In a world of digital addicts, oversharing on social media is often seen as a character flaw — but a new study reveals it might actually be good for your health. Researchers from Penn Medicine and Stony Brook University analyzed the Facebook statuses of 999 participants whose posts were more than 500 words — amounting … Continue reading "Scientists can predict medical conditions off your Facebook posts"

Pink News, an LGBTQ digital publisher in London, is suing Pride Media, owner of Out and The Advocate, claiming the American publisher owes it close to $200,000 in back payments for advertising that ran adjacent to its copy on the Pride Media publications. According to court filings, Pride Media was running content from Pink News … Continue reading "Pride Media sued by LGBTQ publisher over back payments"

It’s a good time to be Niecy Nash right now. The veteran actress currently stars in two buzzy shows airing simultaneously: Netflix’s “When They See Us,” helmed by powerhouse Ava DuVernay, and TNT comedy “Claws,” now in its third season (Sundays at 9 p.m.) Nash, 49, has been a supporting player in a slew of … Continue reading "Niecy Nash dishes on her TV dominance with ‘Claws’ and ‘When they See Us’"

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and transit officials this week revealed plans to redesign subway emergency exit gates as part of a larger effort to crack down on fare-beaters – after recently installing a new easy-to-hop version that has made evasion simpler than ever. Standing alongside Cuomo as the governor announced beefed-up police forces to combat fare-beaters … Continue reading "MTA to overhaul subway exit gates after installing easy-to-hop model"

Dry your eyes, drag queens and club crawlers: Ricky’s will soon be down to its last pair of stores — and they may not last long. The New York beauty supplies retailer — a longtime destination for pink wigs, sex toys, Halloween costumes and exotic shampoos from Japan — will have shuttered all but two … Continue reading "Iconic costume, beauty store Ricky’s fading fast in Manhattan"

A D.C. man is facing a series of charges after barricading himself in a utility closet in a Queens building that’s home to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign, cops said Sunday. Douala Hashi, 31, allegedly argued with security on the ground floor of the Jackson Heights building just before 5 p.m. Saturday and ran up to … Continue reading "Nut charged in chaotic break-in at Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s campaign offices"

O.J. Simpson’s Twitter account allegedly sent a series of menacing direct messages — including a string of 16 knife emojis and the warning that “I WILL FIND YOUR ASS AND CUT YOU” — to a parody account that skewers the disgraced football star over his acquittal in the 1994 slayings of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson … Continue reading "O.J. Simpson’s Twitter account threatens man with knife emojis"

WASHINGTON — In a sometimes-awkward sales pitch, former Vice President Joe Biden suggested Monday that he was the Democratic candidate who could unite black and white America — and win broad swaths of the South. “First of all, I plan on campaigning in the South. I plan, if I’m the nominee, winning Georgia, North Carolina … Continue reading "Joe Biden boldly predicts he’ll win southern states in 2020 election"

A former Southern Baptist pastor who once backed strict anti-abortion legislation in Texas has been charged with repeatedly molesting a teenage relative over the course of two years, sometimes several times a day, court records show. Stephen Bratton, who stepped down last month from Grace Family Baptist Church in Houston, was arrested Friday after a … Continue reading "Ex-pastor charged with molesting teen relative in Texas"

Dear Greg, I was asked some tricky job-interview questions that left me blank. How should I have answered these: Tell me the differences between you and your brother? What are the qualities you would change in your father? What was the greatest setback in your life and how did you deal with it? The first … Continue reading "How to nail the interview and pick the right job"