Without measuring any ingredients, Southwestern Pueblo chef Norma Naranjo scoops handfuls of flour, baking powder, salt and shortening into a stainless steel bowl. Naranjo dribbles in tepid water as she kneads the simple ingredients into dough. When it becomes pillowy, she gathers a bit in her fist, pinching small rounds between her thumb and forefinger. […]

Super Typhoon Mangkhut has reached the Philippines, blasting the northern coast with strong winds and heavy rain. Forecasters say the typhoon, with winds of 205km/h (130 mph) and gusts of up to 255 km/h, is the strongest storm of 2018 so far. More than four million people are directly in the path of the storm […]

Colin Jost and Michael Che will step out from behind the Weekend Update anchor desk to host NBC’s 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (Monday, 8 EDT/5 PDT), with their boss, “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels, steering the three-hour (we hope) awards show from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Why is the tag team known for […]

WASHINGTON – Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty Friday to two felony conspiracy charges and reached an agreement to provide “complete cooperation” with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manafort’s plea deal brings investigators further into the president’s inner circle of advisers and added another conviction to their […]

Hurricane Florence, which is nearing the US East Coast, could kill “a lot of people”, officials warn. Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) administrator Brock Long said storm surges may bring catastrophic flooding to inland areas. Though Florence has been downgraded to a category two storm with 105mph (165km/h) winds, Mr Long said it remained “very […]

Urban scapes significantly impact communities at large; however, their effects often go unnoticed. For minorities and race-conscious individuals, this begs an important question: how obvious, and how extensive, is the urban designer’s ability to manipulate the racial divide? As a minority and designer (though not of the urban variety), I was curious to see the […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued its first cryptocurrency-related disciplinary action, charging Timothy Tilton Ayre, a broker in Agawam, MA., with securities fraud and the unlawful distribution of HempCoin, which the agency claims is an unregistered cryptocurrency security. FINFRA, a not-for-profit organization overseen by the SEC to author rules and enforce compliance of federal securities laws, has accused […]

Adobe Systems Inc (ADBE.O), the maker of image-editing software Photoshop, is in negotiations to buy Marketo Inc, a privately held cloud-based marketing software company, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal would boost Adobe’s cloud-based software offerings as it takes on larger peers Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Oracle Corp (ORCL.N). Marketo offers business-to-business […]

Moscow -Two Russians accused of a nerve agent attack in the UK have admitted they visited the city where the assault took place, but say the purpose of their brief trip was to visit its historic cathedral, and not to poison a former double agent who happened to live there. When the men identified as […]

Wanted: Actor dude to wear Superman’s cape. Muscles, heart and a winning smile needed. Mustaches need not apply. It seems Hollywood may be in need of a new Man of Steel after a post from The Hollywood Reporter about Henry Cavill stepping away from the role following his stints in “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Justice […]