V.A.R. Check: In Premier League, Almost No One Is Happy

LONDON — England’s Premier League has long prided itself on the kind of soccer it sells to the world, a compelling product that it bills as a unique brand of high-octane, fast-and-furious soccer. So it is perhaps little surprise that the league’s introduction this season of video assistant refereeing — the game-pausing, controversy-inducing, fan-aggravating replay system in growing use worldwide — has been an uncommonly bad fit here, a case of sound and fury meeting a handbrake. The new system has dominated coverage of the first four...

Tesla Truck Snafu Joins List of Mishaps Before Memes Were Cool

New-product launches don’t always go as planned. Thursday night’s preview of Tesla Inc.’s Cybertruck was one of the more spectacular examples, when Franz von Holzhausen, the company’s design chief, unintentionally shattered two of the pickup’s windows with a metallic ball. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s reaction? “Oh my f---ing god.” Watch the Windows Get Smashed on Tesla's New Cybertruck Watch...

Black Friday

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November). Since 1932, it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the U.S., and most major retailers open very early (and more recently during overnight hours) and offer promotional sales. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but California and some other states observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state government employees, sometimes in lieu of another federal holiday such as Columbus Day.[2] ...

Moroccan Singer Saad Lamjarred Arrested in Paris for ‘Sexual Assault’

Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred has allegedly been arrested in Paris for “sexual assault.” According to Moroccan news outlet Le360, the Moroccan star, who was staying Marriott Champs Elysées, was reportedly arrested by the police of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, on Wednesday 26 October. He was placed in custody before being brought before the competent prosecutor on Friday morning. The Moroccan singer was scheduled to perform on Saturday October 29 at Paris’ Palais des Congrés. “We are following with great interest this issue...

Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton today !

  The first presidential debate is Monday night. Hillary Clinton has some work to do. She was probably expecting to go into the first debate ahead by double digits. WHY ISN’T SHE LIKE, 50 POINTS AHEAD????? She certainly can’t figure it out. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Hillary and Trump at a virtual tie, with 46 percent and 44 percent respectively. (Gary Johnson has 5 percent and Jill Stein has 1 percent.) I used to wonder the same thing, but my younger sister was recently polled. I was so excited...

Las Vegas the city of lights

Las Vegas. It’s a city that can break you, make you and wed you all in one night. It’s a city that can turn your world upside down in a role of the dice. With its loose morals and relaxed laws on gambling, Las Vegas is a global symbol of excess. Having been hit hard by the recession, Las Vegas is booming once again. Its population is on the increase as more jobs are created in the Nevadan city. This economic upturn is powered by the whopping 39 million people who visit the city each year with many of them putting their casino online skills to...

Brazilian star Claudia Leitte to perform with Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez on the official song for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™

© Getty Images One of the vital ingredients of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ has today been confirmed, with the announcement by FIFA and Sony Music of the artists behind the event’s official song. One of Brazil’s hottest musical talents, Claudia Leitte, will team up with global superstars Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez on the track entitled “We Are One (Ole Ola)”. Following the success of Shakira’s “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, the new single, written and co-produced by Pitbull, is set to bring...