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Three New England communities made a list of the top 10 ski towns in the United States, and one was crowned the best of them all. The “Best Ski Town” is Bethel, Maine, as voted readers of USA Today’s 10Best after a panel of experts and editors put out a list of 20 nominees.

Airbnb is pushing out several new safety features in the wake of a tragic incident at one of their bookings, CEO Brian Chesky announced Wednesday.

President Donald Trump is trying to influence votes on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Trump on Monday tweeted that viewers should vote for former White House press secretary Sean Spicer. The president called Spicer a “good guy” and wrote “he has always been there for us!”

A woman in a 2017 sex tape with Kevin Hart is suing the comedian and others allegedly involved in the tape’s creation or publication online for $60 million. Montia Sabbag alleges in the federal lawsuit filed Monday in the Central District of California that she was secretly videotaped “without her knowledge or consent, while she was engaged in private, consensual...

Hasbro wants to take the conversation over the gender pay gap out of the board room and into the living room with its new Ms. Monopoly game, launching this month. Dubbed “the first game where women make more than men,” the updated version of the classic board-game introduces new women-centric elements, starting with its titular character. Ms. Monopoly is the...

Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio claimed at least 31 lives in less than 24 hours and left scores of people wounded, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun violence. In the Texas border city of El Paso, a gunman opened fire Saturday morning in a shopping area packed with thousands of...

ESPN has condemned the comment LaVar Ball made toward ‘First Take’ host Molly Qerim on Monday’s show.

In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the government’s food assistance program, previously known as food stamps. They thought the information could lead to a series of stories and potentially help them identify fraud in the now $65 billion-a-year program. They sent a stream of what they thought were routine...

The bills don’t stop piling up for workers affected by the government shutdown. Some national companies are offering relief to federal workers. Here’s an overview of how workers can get the help they need need.

USA Today is being criticized for publishing an op-ed Wednesday from President Donald Trump with factual inaccuracies that go unchallenged. The opinion piece claims that a push by some Democrats for “Medicare for All” would hurt seniors and effectively eliminate the Medicare program, which provides healthcare to Americans older than 65 and those with disabilities. “How can @usatoday allow Trump...

Alec Baldwin has pulled out of playing Bruce Wayne’s father in the “Joker” movie.

What controversy?
“The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening waded into the waters surrounding his controversial animated character Apu during an interview with USA Today… and basically shrugged.

The actress and model says she wasn’t signaling that she was pregnant when she posted a photo of herself on Instagram with the caption “Bearing fruit.”

Many in the YouTube community were heartbroken over Tuesday’s shooting at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters and took to social media to offer their support for the victims. The platform has created stars out of many of its most popular vloggers, some of whom noted they’d visited the building in San Bruno, California. Authorities identified Nasim Aghdam as the shooter...

After reportedly agreeing to be an NBC correspondent for the remainder of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, Adam Rippon has decided he will not join the network as a sports analyst. “I’m so flattered that NBC wanted me to work as a correspondent, but if I took this opportunity, I would have to leave the Olympic team, I’d have to...

Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage, singer Halsey and rapper Lil Yachty will add their voices to “Teen Titans GO! to the Movies.”

Adam Rippon doesn’t want his monthlong dispute with Mike Pence over the vice president’s record on gay rights to overshadow his long-awaited Olympic performance. Or those of the rest of the American team.

Tom Brady’s wife, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, turned the New England Patriots Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles into a teachable moment for the couple’s children after Sunday’s game.

The coordinator of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team stepped down Friday, the latest fallout from revelations of repeated and long-term sexual abuse of minor gymnasts by their former longtime team doctor Larry Nassar....
Valeri Liukin, former Soviet Olympic champion and father of 2008 U.S. gold medalist Nastia Liukin, cited stress from “the present climate” as reason for his stepping down, NBC...

A recent report “All the Money in the World” star Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million while co-star Williams was only paid an $80 per diem totally less than $1,000 for the extensive reshoots has several Hollywood stars and crying foul on social media.