The median income of American households decreased significantly from 1999 to 2014 across the lower, middle and upper classes, according to Pew Research Center. The research group found that, "nationwide, the median income of U.S. households in 2014 stood at 8% less than in 1999, a reminder that the economy has yet to fully recover from the effects of the Great Recession of 2007-2009." Despite this drop in income, members of the upper class are still doing well for themselves. Pew defines upper class as adults whose annual household income is more than double the national median ($55,775 in 2016), after incomes have been adjusted for household size. Smaller households require less to support
Social media pranksters have spent the past few days encouraging iPhone owners to say "108" to Apple's personal assistant, Siri. While the dial code will appear fairly innocuous to most global iPhone users, 108 is India's version of 999 in the UK (or 911 in the US). Although a lot of Twitter posts simply encouraged iPhone owners to "ask Siri about 108", others then suggested that you should also close your eyes for five seconds, leaving just enough time for the call to actually connect while Siri processes the request.
Dave Chappelle says that while he’s a “fan” of erstwhile sketch comedy show Key & Peele, a lack of credit he received for its success has hurt his feelings. Speaking to Gayle King during an interview on CBS This Morning to coincide with the release of Chappelle’s new Netflix comedy specials, Chappelle discussed the tension he feels with the Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key series, which aired on Comedy Central years after Chappelle’s Chappelle’s Show went off the air. “When I did Chappelle’s Show, there were certain conventions of the show that the network resisted. I fought the network very hard so that those conventions could come to fruition,” Chappelle told King.
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Four prison guards who are alleged to have killed a schizophrenic inmate by effectively boiling him to death have escaped charges. Darren Rainey was forcefully held in a scalding hot shower for hours after he smeared faeces on himself at the Dale Correctional Institution in Miami, Florida, in 2012. Rainey, 50, had refused to stand under the shower but was told by Officer Roland Clarke that he could not leave until he washed.
When FBI Director James Comey testifies in front of the House Intelligence Committee Monday, Democrats will be listening carefully-and noting any information that bolsters a case for impeachment. It's unclear how much detail Comey will disclose about these issues but the president appeared to be on edge Monday, tweeting that his administration had nothing to do with Russia. "The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign.
Eric Trump and his wife Lara are expecting their first child this September - and they’re having a boy.