It was April 7, 2004, and Nacoça Pio was one of the first to learn of the bloodshed. A leader of the Cinta-Larga—an indigenous tribe that for centuries lived in isolation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest—Pio knew that tensions were high between his people and the white diamond prospectors who came to make their fortunes. in […]

The countdown has begun to expose your most humiliating music search history. Spotify Wrapped is going down soon, and some music lovers are manipulating its results to show their most listened to songs of 2024 – no judgement. “I’m going to hack Spotify HQ before Spotify Wrapped comes out because I’d rather be in jail […]

When Liz Jones, 63, took an early retirement package a few years ago, she did so because she saw the writing on the wall. Jones (name changed for professional reasons) was a senior human resources executive for a large global company in New Jersey, where she had been for more than 20 years. However, she […]

Dear ABBY: Six years ago, my family lost my mother, who was the rock of our family. Two weeks after that, my family started falling apart. My older brother, younger sister and I don’t speak anymore. My brother and I got into a physical fight and haven’t spoken since. A year later, I had a […]

Social media giant Meta plans to lay its own private underwater fiber-optic internet cable that will stretch around the world, according to a new report. Early next year, Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — is expected to announce plans to lay more than 25,000 miles of undersea fiber optic cables, […]

Ah, the glamor of travel. An accomplished globetrotter, known for her sojourns to glam destinations, she sent fans into a tizzy when she revealed that one of her favorite meals in any country is one she cooks in her hotel room. Samantha Brown, host of PBS’s “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love,” made the modest admission […]