Democrats have sent the legislative text of a sweeping proposal for drug price controls to the U.S. Senate parliamentarian, who may report on Monday whether the provisions qualify for the budget reconciliation process that allows lawmakers to evade a filibuster and pass a bill with a simple majority.

Played by humans, chess is a game of strategic thinking, calm concentration and patient intellectual endeavour. Violence does not usually come into it. The same, it seems, cannot always be said of machines. Last week, according to Russian media outlets, a chess-playing robot, apparently unsettled by the quick responses of a seven-year-old boy, unceremoniously grabbed and broke his finger during a match at the Moscow Open.

Drinking coffee before shopping may lead to increased spending, a new study has suggested. The research, published in the Journal of Marketing, assessed how caffeine affects consumer spending, and if customers are prone to impulsive purchases after drinking coffee, tea, or soda at retail stores or car dealerships.

Honey Boo Boo is going under the knife to live a healthier life. Born Alana Thompson, the reality star will head to New York City in August after her 17th birthday to undergo weight-loss surgery, her manager confirmed to Page Six Wednesday morning.

“It is a sign of the speed at which events are moving that Hurst and Blackett’s unexpurgated edition of Mein Kampf, published only a year ago, is edited from a pro-Hitler angle. The obvious intention of the translator’s preface and notes is to tone down the book’s ferocity and present Hitler in as kindly a light as possible. For at that date Hitler was still respectable. He had crushed the German labour movement, and for that the property-owning classes were willing to forgive him almost anything.

Remember earlier this month, when Nintendo and Lego revealed a massive new Bowser set? At the time we all thought that was a big Bowser. And to be fair, at a foot tall and nearly 3,000 pieces, it’s still pretty large (and will set you back $270). But now we have an even bigger Bowser. This massive new Bowser animatronic won’t be for sale, but will be hanging around San Diego Comic-Con later this week.

Game of Thronesstar Emilia Clarke has opened up about the two brain aneurysms she suffered while filming the show. The actor, 35, previously revealed she had survived two brain aneurysms in 2011 and 2013. An aneurysm is a bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall, usually where it branches.

A British tech entrepreneur posted on Reddit looking for help getting a Cold War era nuclear early warning radar dish to spin again. British tech entrepreneur William Sachiti had been living and working in the abandoned Royal Air Force (RAF) air defense radar station for about three months when he posted a thread on Reddit looking for help.

James Gunn on Wednesday shut down comic Scott Adams’ shocking tweet that urged parents with violent teenagers to “watch people die” or “kill your son” by pointing out he was a violent teen addict who managed to turn his life around.

Elon Musk had twins with one of his company’s executives last year. Musk welcomed twins with Neuralink’s Shivon Zilis in 2021, bringing his child tally up to nine known children, according to court documents obtained by Insider.

While our ancient ancestors did practice cannibalism, eating other humans just couldn’t compare with taking down a mammoth.

Johnny Depp recently won a defamation case against his ex wife Amber Hears who has been asked to pay $10.35 million in damages to the actor.

One of Stranger Things‘ creators has responded to leading lady Millie Bobby Brown’s semi-serious suggestion that the Netflix series make like Game of Thrones and kill off a slew of major characters.

It is the news many have been waiting on for years - a pill claiming to provide a cure for a hangover has gone on sale in the UK. Swedish brand Myrkl claims its product is the first ever to break down alcohol effectively. It reports that up to 70 per cent of booze in the body can be broken down in just an hour.

In 2009, when the comedian Nathan Fielder first moved to L.A., he learned to tell his managers not to send him to meetings. Why bother? If the point was to charm people into giving him a job, sitting down with them could only hurt his chances. “I’d always say, ‘If people like the stuff I’m making, I’m not going to do anything to heighten that in person,’ ” he recalled. “I’m not going to be very funny in the room.”

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, the White House said on Friday. Jobs, who revolutionized the world 15 years ago this week when the first iPhone went on sale, will be honored along with sixteen other Americans for his contributions to the country.

The new Amazon series features Pratt as a PTSD-suffering Navy SEAL out to violently avenge the murder of his family and expose an elaborate government conspiracy.

This may sound strange, but it’s good to make mistakes. In fact, there are certain mistakes you should make in life to become stronger.

Join me in a thought experiment. Imagine you are imprisoned in a room by a despotic regime and allowed contact with the outside world only through a primitive computer. Called a text-only terminal, the computer lets you send and receive as many written messages as you like. It lets you read as many articles as you like.

A home listed last week in the northwest Ohio town of Celina gives new meaning to the phrase "jail house." The property, featured on the Zillow Gone Wild listing of unusual homes, includes two jail cells, complete with beds, that allegedly once housed gangster John Dillinger.