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Teachers are gradually being given the tools to get girls into computer science, but tech companies must pull their weight too For women in the tech industry, working in teams dominated by male colleagues can be a lonely...

Phone calls this week to BlackJet, the private jet seat-booking service backed by Ashton Kutcher, Jay Z's Roc Nation and others, went directly to an answering service. The West Palm Beach, Fla., company, which was still ...

From Walmart to McDonald's these are America's most popular stores. Douglas McIntyre of 24/7 Wall Street takes a look at the Top Ten.          

An anonymous congressman has dropped a bombshell election-year book that confirms why Americans hate their national government and have rallied to anti-establishment presidential candidates like Donald Trump. The veteran...

This luxury yard furniture is basically a flying couch. It's called a Kodama Zome, a modern spin on a style of geometric design that was first popularized back in the late 1960's. The pod -- a comfy couch that seats thr...

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images One of the biggest causes of the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 was as obvious as looking in the front yards of homes across the country. Foreclosure signs popped up at a startling rate, an...

Delivery of medical supplies, vaccines, baby milk and hygiene items was turned back at a government checkpoint.

Wall Street just got its second tech initial public offering of the year -- and it looks like profits are sexy again. Acacia Communications -- a Massachusetts-based maker of high-speed optical data cabling -- raised $103...

China plans to spend heavily on technology to help cities cope with headaches such as air pollution and traffic jams -- and perhaps unruly mobs and outlaws. Silicon Valley companies are teaming up to seize the opportunit...

Schools that don't comply won't receive federal funds.

REUTERS/Yuri Gripas While it doesn’t get discussed much in the media, children’s programming has become a major focus for “over-the-top” players like Netflix, Amazon, and HBO. Netflix has launched 20 kids and fa...

Flickr/Paul Longinidis This post from LinkedIn Influencer Andreas von der Heydt appeared originally on LinkedIn. In today's complex and highly dynamic world, many people rush from one meeting to another. They chase task...

Brazil's new president, Michel Temer, takes over an economy in a deep recession. Can his team turn the ship around?

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group says its top military commander Mustafa Badreddine was killed in Syria. …

Point guard is at draft combine in Chicago looking to impress NBA teams Prominent mock drafts project ex-Wolfpack star to be chosen in second round Barber says death of close friend added to his urgency to grow up fast �...

Opposition activists say suspected Syrian government airstrikes in the northern city of Idlib killed at least five people. …

An oil sheen longer than two miles is spotted about 90 miles off the Louisiana coast as four wells are shut down.

CalTech theoretical physicist Sean Carroll stopped by BI to talk about string theory, parallel universes, and other exciting topics he discusses in his new book, "The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the...

Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person, has died in New York at age 116

RAF fighters based in Estonia headed off three planes that approached Baltic skies without identifying themselves, says UK defence secretary British fighter jets were scrambled to intercept three Russian aircraft approac...

 Apple made the bombshell announcement today that it has invested $1 billion in China’s top ride hailing app. Didi Chuxing (formerly called Didi Kuaidi) is often described in U.S. media as Uber’s Chinese rival, but ...

Donald Trump's campaign is disavowing the real estate mogul's former butler, after he posted to Facebook Thursday that he wants President Barack Obama to be killed.