Slang terms come and go, but when the linguaphiles at Oxford Dictionaries, run by Oxford University Press, name one as the “Word of the Year,” it could indicate some longevity rather than a trend. This year’s word, according to the…

One of the many challenges facing veterans in modern American society is finding safe and affordable housing. Because of this difficulty, combined with prevalent rates of mental, emotional and physical trauma, many returning servicemen and women have found themselves living…

What happens when you take a popular hip-hop artist and a furniture designing competition, mix them together, and turn them into a reality TV show? You end up with Spike TV’s newest series, “Framework,” which premiers on January 6 and…

Cash may no longer be king by the time 2019 rolls around. It was only a few years ago that the idea of paying for items at the checkout counter with your phones seemed like something straight out of a…

HealthCare.gov is open for business once again, although right now you can only window-shop. A reconfigured version of the Affordable Healthcare Act’s website went live Sunday night. It has been retooled to increase user-friendliness, after last year’s notoriously rocky start,…