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A tourist takes a selfie near the Turret of the Forbidden City in Beijing. The city issued a "red alert" Monday over dangerous levels of air pollution.

Beijing Issues Its First Ever 'Red Alert' Over Air Pollution

Schools were advised to cancel classes, and some industrial plants must slow or stop production. The warning system was instituted in 2013.

Last month, Microsoft released its first major update to its operating system since 2012.

Microsoft's Windows 10 Is Now On 75 Million Devices, Company Says

Microsoft Vice President Yusuf Mehdi announced Tuesday that the new operating system is running in 192 countries and on a wide range of devices, including ones made as early as 2007.

Students at Hailiang Foreign Language School in Zhuji watch robots performing in a class in March. The operator of the school, Hailiang, saw its stock price reach unprecedented — and erroneous — heights Thursday.

Error Briefly Makes Chinese Education Firm World's Most Valuable Company

For less than 10 minutes on Thursday, a company that operates eight private schools could claim a market capitalization of $5.14 trillion.

Pedestrians walk past a "Look!" sign on the crosswalk at the intersection of 42nd Street and Second Avenue in New York. Cities all over the country are looking for ways to get pedestrians to pay more attention.

It's Now Illegal To Text While Crossing The Street In Honolulu

Laws that ban tapping on a phone while driving have become common, but in Hawaii, a new escalation targets pedestrians.

A 2010 photo shows the Discovery Communications networks headquarters building sign in Silver Spring, Md. Discovery Communications is buying media company Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal worth nearly $12 billion, it announced Monday.

Sharks, Meet Chefs: Discovery To Buy Scripps, Acquiring Food Network And HGTV

Discovery Communications, which owns the Discovery Channel, TLC and the Oprah Winfrey Network, will buy Scripps Networks Interactive, which owns a number of lifestyle shows, for nearly $12 billion.

Sylvan Esso: 'Die Young,' From The Echo Mountain Recording Sessions

Watch Sylvan Esso perform a version of the the duo's song "Die Young" with members of Wye Oak, The Mountain Goats, Hiss Golden Messenger, Mountain Men and Megafaun.

On 'Blankets,' Craig Finn Chronicles A Lost Lover's Search

The Hold Steady frontman says his new album, I Need A New War, completes a thematic trilogy. Its opening track unfolds like a short story full of grace and instability.

Target said it will raise its minimum wage as high as $24 per hour.

Target is raising its minimum wage to as much as $24 an hour

The retail giant currently pays a $15 per hour starting wage, but said it would raise it to as much as $24. Companies have been boosting pay and benefits in an effort to keep and attract workers.

John Velazquez rides Medina Spirit across the finish line at the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., in May 2021. Medina Spirit failed a post race drug test and on Monday, was stripped of his 2021 title.

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit stripped of 2021 title after failed drug test

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission determined Monday that Medina Spirit had betamethasone in his blood, and is now disqualified from last year's race.

Visitors shelter from the rain under the Peace Flame as they visit the Memorial Park and the nearby Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on April 21 in Hiroshima, Japan. The dome in the background was destroyed during the attack, and preserved as a monument. The park, museum and dome are dedicated to the victims of the world's first nuclear attack, and to the pursuit of peace.

In Historic Step, Obama To Visit Hiroshima Later This Month

President Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Japanese city since America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of 1945.

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