The company announced the news in a memo to staffers. The layoffs, which are expected to mean over 200 lost jobs, come at a tumultuous time — for BuzzFeed and the online media industry.
Part thriller, part noir, and part tropical gothic, Morris Collins’ debut novel follows a New York photographer on a dangerous and increasingly surreal journey through Central America.
As a child on a New York farm, Eben Bayer helped his dad shovel wood chips in the barn. That’s where he noticed a stretchy web of fungus that became the basis of his biodegradable packing material.
The Vampire Weekend frontman shares “2021” and “Harmony Hall” from FOTB, the band’s highly anticipated new album.
Kim Jong Un praised Trump’s “unusual determination” to come to an agreement. A second summit, expected around late February, could be a chance for the two countries to work out crucial details.
Over 10,000 immigrant children are in U.S. custody. In the past year, lawyers say at least 170 willing sponsors were arrested and put in deportation proceedings after coming forward for the child.
Microsoft says its search engine is no longer accessible in China. The country is known for blocking electronic access to information deemed harmful to the state.
The Trump administration has inspired a new activism on the part of liberal religious groups. Like the Moral Majority of the 1980s, they fear an assault on their most basic Christian values.
Whether it’s lowering interest rates or stimulus spending, many of the tools the federal government uses to fight a downturn are already stretched.
A woman’s health issues related to pregnancy don’t always end at the baby’s birth. Scientists say complications from childbirth, such as hypertension or diabetes, increase her risk of heart disease.
Officials haven’t said what the grand jury is investigating. Hashemi hasn’t been accused of any crime. She was held as a material witness and now has been released from further grand jury obligations.
James Jackson admitted he was driven by a plan to murder scores of black men to spark a nationwide race war. It’s New York state’s first conviction of first-degree murder as an act of terrorism.
The utility company is trying to convince a federal judge to modify a wide-ranging proposal to mitigate wildfire risk. PG&E is also seeking bankruptcy protection.
The government shutdown has led the budget of federal court systems to run dry, causing disruptions to the pursuit of justice. Court officials fear that things could get worse in coming weeks.
Police say they responded to a 911 call from someone who said he had opened fire in a SunTrust bank in Sebring, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon. The suspect is a former trainee prison guard.
At first the teachers were skeptical, but after two weeks they joined in “because the music is full of energy … it really gets the happiness flowing,” Zhang Pengfei told a local newspaper.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the committee’s chairman, said the White House appeared “to have disregarded established procedures for safeguarding classified information” — and he wants to know more.
The Lithuanian-born director, poet, archivist and critic, who died Wednesday, not only made dozens of experimental films — he helped carve a place for countless other filmmakers to do the same.
The Death Certificate Project aims to weed out doctors who are overprescribing opioids, but some physicians say the investigations are having a chilling effect on the legitimate treatment of pain.
The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service says it is considering how the nation could implement a universal service program and whether it should be mandatory or optional.
President Trump promised to find an alternative setting for his State of the Union speech after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared the House chamber off limits during the partial government shutdown.
President Trump recognized Juan Guaidó over Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s president as protesters flooded the streets. Maduro said U.S. diplomats have 72 hours to leave.
Nathan Sutherland, 36, a licensed practical nurse who police say worked at the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, has been charged with sexual assault and vulnerable adult abuse.
Thousands of coal miners across Appalachia are grappling with complicated black lung, a disease that has drastically changed their lives, their communities and their families.
The African nation is one of the poorest in the world. But it’s driving out some aid groups that are offering help.
Friends say they’re worried for the safety of the Chinese-Australian writer and former diplomat whose push for political change earned him the nickname “the democracy peddler.”
After more than a year of negotiating with the school district, Denver teachers could begin a strike as soon as Jan. 28. It would be the city’s first teacher strike in almost 25 years.
The grim news was expected as the number of open homicide cases continued to climb month after month, making the last 12 months the deadliest on record — an average of 91 deaths per day.
For many, Afghanistan does not at first conjure up images of black bears and musk deer. But that’s just what Alex Dehgan found when his team went there in hope of establishing the first national park.
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission says the Zimbabwe army severely beat protesters upset over a spike in fuel prices. President Emmerson Mnangagwa condemned what he called violence on both sides.
Baker made his name as a columnist for The New York Times, where he wrote thousands of columns over more than 30 years. He won one Pulitzer Prize for commentary, and another for his autobiography.
Verlon Jose, vice chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, says President Trump’s proposed border wall would cut through the reservation, with negative impacts.
Justice Ginsburg’s recent surgery recalls more than two centuries of Supreme Court encounters with aging, nervous breakdowns, vanity, and triumphs over adversity.
Democrats and immigrant rights advocates say the president’s proposal to end the shutdown contains big changes to asylum law that they’re calling a “poison pill.”
Three men and a 16-year-old youth have been arrested and authorities say 20 weapons and three improvised explosive devices were seized. The alleged target was Islamberg, near the Pennsylvania border.
Relief pitcher Mariano Rivera’s unanimous selection is an honor that eluded the game’s greats such as Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Willie Mays.
