Elon Musk has unveiled his ambitious plans to build both a lunar base and a city on Mars . And he plans to start in just five years. Using his SpaceX company’s upcoming BFR rocket, Musk hopes to send two unmanned cargo ships to the Red Planet in 2022 and human passengers just two years later.…

The Environmental Protection Agency named a new administrator for the region encompassing New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, filling a post left vacant for nearly nine months. Peter Lopez has little time to waste. The Republican state assemblyman from upstate…

Playboy announced Thursday night that founder Hugh Hefner died at the age of 91, leaving fans, friends and loved ones to share on social media their thoughts on his life. Many have had one familiar (and cheeky) message regarding the magazine giant’s legacy: They’re thanking him for, you know, the…

Playboy founder and legendary ladies’ man Hugh Hefner has died at the age of 91, according to Playboy Enterprises. The magazine said he “peacefully passed away today from natural causes at his home.” Hefner’s dreams of running his own magazine began while he was working as a copy editor at Esquire…

Royal Caribbean, which operates cruise ships and tours around the world, canceled a voyage so that its ship can help with recovery efforts on the Caribbean islands devastated by Hurricane Maria. Royal Caribbean announced Wednesday that it will cancel its Adventure of the Seas cruise, which was…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted on Wednesday that he was wrong to dismiss the idea that fake news shared on the giant social network affected last year’s presidential election. Zuckerberg’s statement came in response to a tweeted attack from President Donald Trump hours earlier. Trump claimed…

One person has died and another has been injured after a rockfall on a popular climbing route in Yosemite National Park, the National Park Service said Wednesday. The incident was reported on El Capitan , a granite monolith that rises straight up about 3,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada of California.…

At a press briefing on Wednesday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to explain why Sudan was not included in the latest version of his travel ban , which restricts entry to America for nationals of eight countries. It didn’t go well. “First of all, can you explain to us why Sudan was…

NOW PLAYING President Donald Trump is convinced there is an ill senator who "can't vote because he's in the hospital." But it turns out the senator to whom Trump seemingly referred, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), isn't hospitalized at all.

A trailer for a supposed new video game that plays on racist stereotypes about Chinese restaurants is riling up a New York congresswoman, who says it’s in bad taste. The game, called “Dirty Chinese Restaurant,” centers around a man named “Wong Fu,” who just inherited a restaurant from his brother.…

Roy Moore is about as odious a candidate as Democrats can imagine. As chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, he refused to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring marriage equality the law of the land. He said Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) shouldn’t be allowed to serve in Congress…

The Kardashians are seriously working overtime. If the prospect of multiple KarJenner pregnancies wasn’t enough to make you tune into the family’s carnival show, aka “Keeping up with the Kardashians,” Kim Kardashian dragging Caitlyn Jenner within an inch of her life might just do it. Remember,…

Almost ten years ago, when Barack Obama first entered the White House, Malia was just 10 years old. Today, she’s a 19-year-old Harvard freshman, and that first day of school was a tough one for Dad. The former president stopped by a reception for the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of…

It’s been seven days since Puerto Rico suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Maria , the strongest storm it’s seen in nearly 90 years. The rest of the world is only beginning to grasp the enormity of the devastation on the island, where it could take months, if not years , to recover. “The…

AUSTIN, Texas ― Jennye Pagoada López approached the San Ysidro border crossing that connects Tijuana with San Diego on July 23, and handed a Customs and Border Protection agent her identification and an ultrasound scan from a Mexican clinic. She was at least two months pregnant. Pagoada, 32, was…

The world’s largest stock photo agency is banning retouched photos in which models’ body shapes have been adjusted. Getty Images sent an email to its contributors this week stating that as of Oct. 1, the company will “require that you do not submit to us any creative content depicting models whose…

The second week of Listen to America , HuffPost’s 25-city tour around the U.S., closed out in Atlanta. The capital city of Georgia was a major hub during the civil rights movement, frequented by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph David Abernathy. It’s hosted the Olympic Games and been featured in…

Americans dislike the recent protests by NFL players, but disapprove even more solidly of President Donald Trump ’s response, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov survey ― which finds the nation split deeply along racial lines, but even more severely along political ones. Those polled say, 48 percent…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― No one wants to get rid of the violence in the streets of Birmingham, Alabama , more than the residents themselves. In 2015, the city was dubbed the nation’s third most violent of its size, according to the FBI. That undesirable ranking came just behind Detroit and St. Louis, the…

Asheville, North Carolina, was stop No. 7 on our Listen To America road trip. We set up shop at 12 Bones Smokehouse and Wedge Brewery to talk to locals about what brings them to the home of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Here’s what they had to say:

The father of New York’s first openly transgender firefighter opens up about his journey toward acceptance in this exclusive clip from the documentary, “ Woman on Fire .” A third generation firefighter, Brooke Guinan began identifying as trans in 2011, three years into her career at the New York…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s “not happy” about Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price using charter planes for official travel, according to a pool report. The president also told reporters that he is looking into the controversy, and said “we’ll see” when asked if he would…

Three people were charged with first-degree murder and a fourth is facing other charges after authorities discovered the burned body of a transgender teen in southern Missouri. According to the Associated Press , the remains of 17-year-old Ally Steinfeld were discovered in a burn pile near the…

Debra Messing said she “regrets” appearing on Megyn Kelly ’s new show. On Monday, Kelly took over hosting duties on “Today” and had Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally on the talk show to promote the “Will & Grace” reboot, which premieres on Thursday. During their appearance,…

Democrats flipped two more Republican-held state legislature seats on Tuesday with special election wins in New Hampshire and Florida. The two races bring the total number of GOP seats won by the Democratic Party to eight this election cycle ― all of them in special races. The results suggest that…

La Croix sparkling water has become something of a phenomenon in recent years, much to the chagrin of Florida locals who take credit for being the brand’s loyal, original drinkers. But despite the fanfare surrounding these colorful cans of goodness, one thing remains true: No one has any idea how to…

If Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress, were to run into U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Capitol Hill, Ellison “would be happy to tell him why he’s wrong” about Islam and how his Islamophobic views conflict with the Constitution, Ellison told HuffPost on Wednesday.…

Even as states continue to push for recreational marijuana reform, 2016 saw a shocking increase in drug arrests, with marijuana arrests at the forefront. How bad is it? By the time you’ve finished reading this, someone will likely be in cuffs for weed-related charges. New data released by the FBI’s…

This is so fly. Pitbull sent his private jet to Puerto Rico to transport cancer patients on the hurricane-ravaged island to mainland U.S. for chemotherapy treatment, CNN reports. Puerto Rico Congresswoman Jenniffer González thanked the rapper on Twitter for the kind act on Tuesday. Gracias al…

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Playboy turned its home page into a homage to Hugh Hefner, who died Wednesday at the age of 91. There were no links or articles. Instead, the website paid tribute to its larger-than-life founder with an oversized image of “Hef” and a single quote that perhaps summed up his life better than any…

An amnesty for nearly 800,000 illegal aliens shielded from deportation by an Obama-created temporary amnesty program may trigger a never-ending flood of chain migration starting with at least 1.4 million foreign nationals coming to the United States. In new research, Center for Immigration Studies…

WASHINGTON ― Obamacare repeal is in shambles. Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker ― a key GOP leader ― is calling it quits. And on Tuesday , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) got even more bad news: An anti-gay, Islamophobic former judge easily won the Senate GOP nomination in Alabama. McConnell…

President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that Sen. Luther Strange was “shooting up” in the Alabama polls thanks to his endorsement. But when Strange lost by nearly 10 points to Roy Moore in Tuesday night’s Republican primary, the president deleted that and two other messages in support of his…

It has been a week since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and millions of Americans who live there are still in need of aid. Disaster response experts warn that full recovery could take years. Much of the U.S. territory is still without electricity. Forty-four percent of the population lacks…

Montel Williams, former talk show host and decorated military veteran, got choked up during an emotional defense of NFL players’ rights to free speech this week. Williams, who served 22 years in the Marine Corps and Navy (retiring from latter service branch as a lieutenant commander), ripped into…

Chuck Rosenberg, acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, will resign at the end of the month, multiple media outlets are reporting. Rosenberg, a holdover from President Barack Obama’s administration, announced his plans on Tuesday, according to an email sent to DEA staff and obtained by…

Overprescribing pain pills after surgery led to a surplus of 3.3 billion unused opioids in 2016, a glut of extra drugs that likely contributed to the United States’ burgeoning opioid crisis, according to a report released by the research firm QuintilesIMS Institute on Tuesday. In addition to the…

On Monday, in response to the protests that swept across the NFL the day before, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board wrote a denunciation that read, in its orotund meatheadedness, a little like the transcript of a sports radio call-in show as hosted by William F. Buckley. “American democracy…

WASHINGTON ― Buried beneath the war President Donald Trump has launched against the NFL over protests during the national anthem is a new claim about Russian involvement in his election: that it did not help him at all. “And by the way, folks, just in case you’re, like, curious? No, Russia did not…