RECIPE A reader who can “barely boil water” asks how to pull off Valentine’s Day dinner. Here’s the perfect no-cook recipe Valentines Day Smorgasbord (Mary Elizabeth Williams) With the caveat that he can “barely boil water,” a reader recently reached out to Salon Food for suggestions for a Valentine’s Day dinner that feels special. Fortunately, one of the…Continue Reading

Chinese streaming services have censored an LGBTQ plotline and other sexually suggestive segments from “Friends” — prompting outrage from rabid fans of the popular sitcom. Axed was dialogue in the series’ first episode about Ross’s ex-wife, Carol Willick, who divorced him after realizing she was a lesbian.  Several sexual exchanges were altered. Ross’ comment in…Continue Reading

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign paid an internet company to “infiltrate” servers at Trump Tower and the White House in order to link Donald Trump to Russia, a bombshell new legal filing alleges. The Friday filing from a Department of Justice prosecutor tasked with investigating the origins of the FBI’s Russian probe served to throw…Continue Reading

Jon Bon Jovi’s four-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot apartment was bought by the musician in 2017 for $18.94 million. Glen E.Johnson So, much for “Never Say Goodbye!” New Jersey rocker Jon Bon Jovi is selling his four-bedroom Greenwich Village condo for a whopping $22 million. Bon Jovi has put his luxurious Greenwich Lanes pad at 155 West 11th…Continue Reading

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar is set to begin his three-day visit to the Philippines on Sunday with an aim to strengthen bilateral ties. Jaishankar will visit the Philippines from February 13 to 15, to discuss regional and international issues of mutual interest, said the Ministry of External Affairs in its official statement on…Continue Reading

Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh at the Texas A&M versus Alabama football game.Matt LohstrohHOUSTON — When Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh were sophomores at Texas A&M University, they decided to get into the business of mining bitcoin on the oil fields of East Texas. The year was 2019, and at the time, the idea of…Continue Reading

U.S. soldiers stand next to U.S. Army Stryker wheeled tanks at the Grafenwoehr training area.Armin Weigel | picture alliance | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON – Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered U.S. troops who deployed to Ukraine last year to leave the country and reposition elsewhere in Europe.The new marching order comes as an estimated 100,000 Russian troops…Continue Reading