Trump SoHo is reportedly about to let go some of its staff as demand drops

No more nightly chocolates on the pillows at the Trump SoHo. The hotel is reportedly planning to cut its staff because of fewer corporate bookings since Donald Trump was elected president. Managers of the lower Manhattan property are planning to lay off a dozen room...

Op-Ed: Here’s the real problem with the Trump Russia investigation

The controversies over President Trump’s firing of FBI director Jim Comey, and over the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Russia investigation, are yet another reminder that our existing process for investigating political figures is broken. To fix...

Microsoft reportedly buys Israeli cybersecurity firm Hexadite

Hexadite founded in Tel Aviv in 2014 and now headquartered in Boston, specializes in investigating cyberattacks and mitigating damage to systems by using machine learning. It can be integrated in existing firewall solutions. The company maintains an R&D center in...

Magic mushrooms are the ‘safest’ illegal drug, survey finds

“Magic mushrooms were the safest drugs to take in terms of needing to see emergency medical treatment,” the report said. “The rate is considerably lower than with LSD presumably because of intrinsic safety of magic mushrooms (the greatest risk is...

After Manchester attack, stadiums and malls are labeled ‘target-rich’ environments

With bomb-sniffing dogs, bag inspections and rows of metal detectors at the entrance, the modern concert arena is in some ways a fortress. But the blast that killed 22 people on Monday at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, highlighted the dangers that...

Trump tells Duterte of two US nuclear subs in Korean waters

President Donald Trump told his Philippine counterpart that Washington has sent two nuclear submarines to waters off the Korean peninsula, the New York Times said, comments likely to raise questions about his handling of sensitive information. Trump has said “a...