Fun was first a verb meaning "to cheat or hoax." It came from fon, an old word for "fool." It still retains some of that sense in “make fun of,” but now also means "a merry good time." Fond also goes ...

Calls claiming to be from your bank, text messages prompting you to click on a link, or emails congratulating you for winning a non-existent prize. If you are deluged with scam attempts, then chances ...

Florida on Tuesday carried out its 15th execution of the year — a record under Gov. Ron DeSantis — putting to death Norman Mearle Grim Jr., who was convicted of raping and murdering his neighbor more ...

Kim Masters talks with documentarians Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman about their film, The Alabama Solution. Plus, Masters is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to break down the latest updates on ...

Isn't this the solution to many of the problems of binary floating point arithmetic? After all, this is a strict value of zero. This is a bitwise comparison of binary numbers. This is the absence of ...

Want more Early Word than this? There’s more. Way more. Subscribe now to read the full story. Cheers, Memphis! It’s Wednesday, Oct. 15, and Downtown’s Center City Development Corp. will consider a ...

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