Korean electronics giant Samsung is off to a great start in 2017 as the company reported operating profits of $9.2 trillion in the final quarter of 2016. This represents a quarterly improvement of 50 percent, which is impressive even for companies that operate in the competitive sector of consumer electronics. What makes the quarterly…
Obama is facing the final stretch as President. With only six days left on the clock, what’s the President doing with his final hours? As many would expect when it’s time to move on, the family has been planning their transition out of the White House. They have already found a new home;…
Meghan Markle had already garnered fame as a television actress on the show Suits, but her level of recognition went practically into outer space recently when it was announced that she was dating Prince Harry of the British royal family and grandson of Queen Elizabeth. She has maintained a prominent spot in international headlines ever…
Jessica O. Matthews is more than just a business woman who was named the Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation in 2012 and cracked the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2014. She’s also the creator of that soccer ball that produces electricity. Better known as Soccket, it’s the energy-harnessing soccer ball…
It seems that the threat of nuclear war was at its height in the early 1990s, then brought back into the spotlight after 9/11 and the war in Iraq. Now, a decade or so later, we once again face another dangerous threat of a potential nuclear strike. Flexing his power, North Korean leader Kim Jong…
Trump raged about immigration while on the campaign trail, demanding that Mexico would have to build a wall and pay for it all along the Texas/Mexico border. Back in September, Trump even traveled to Mexico and met with Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto; however, no words were exchanged about building a border wall. Now…
President Obama gave his final presidential address on Tuesday night in Chicago, telling the American people he’s optimistic about the country’s future, while warning his fellow Americans to defend and guard our democracy. Obama held back tears at moments as he spoke to the American people as President for the last time. He walked us…
For most people, a mug shot is just an embarrassing reminder of a mistake. For Jeremy Meeks, it completely changed his life for the better. Meeks went to jail in 2012 on weapons charges, after a history of gang involvement and prior prison time for grand theft auto. When the Stockton, California Police Department…
In late 2017, the future will arrive. BMW has announced a new line of driverless luxury vehicles capable of navigating the complexities of traffic and chauffeuring passengers safely to their destinations. This new technology has some drivers skeptical, but early reviews of the self-driving 7 Series suggest that the futuristic fantasy of completely autonomous…
Playwright August Wilson introduced his brilliant play Fences to the theatrical world in 1983; today Denzel Washington has taken the provocative play to a much larger screen as a film starring himself and Viola Davis. Troy Maxson, played by Denzel Washington, introduces spectators to an incredibly nuanced view of the black American working-class man…
