Apple’s Tim Cook Says He Is ‘Proud to Be Gay’

Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said he was “proud to be gay” in an essay published early Thursday, becoming by far the most prominent executive of a public company to come out.

Zambia's Guy Scott makes history as white president in sub-Saharan Africa

When Guy Scott takes the reins as Zambia's interim President, he'll become the first white African head of state in sub-Saharan Africa since apartheid.

Scott became vice president three years ago.

His boss, President Michael Sata, died Tuesday while undergoing treatment for an unknown illness in London.

What different religions say about aliens

Religions have surprisingly diverse approaches to the issue of possible extraterrestrial life, David Weintraub found. Below, a quick survey adapted from his book “Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal With It?” and interviews with the author.

2 drug chains disable Apple Pay, as a rival makes plans

NEW YORK — Apple Pay, the Silicon Valley giant’s highly anticipated mobile wallet, has been available for only one week but already may be inciting a battle within the payments industry.

Breaking: Possible Ebola Patient Rushed To Maryland Hospital For Testing

A hospital in Baltimore told staff to prepare for a “potential Ebola patient” Monday night. The University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore sent a memo saying it had accepted the patient from the state health department, later confirming the details on its Twitter account.

Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V" Pushed Back

Young Money president says they're looking for a new release date for Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V."

Although most of us were expecting this, the time has come to formally announce that Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V will not be dropping on October 28th as originally expected. There have been mixed signals concerning whether or not a pushback would actually occur, as we reported, Weezy is reportedly hosting a pre-album release party in New Orleans, but on the other hand, we've yet to receive any official tracklisting (despite a few circulating on the internet), and there has been no iTunes pre-order for the LP.

Today, Karen Civil gets confirmation from the Young Money president that they are looking for a new release date for Tha Carter V. That's all the information we have at the moment concerning the album delay, but we'll keep you posted when any new information surfaces. Here's all we know about Tha Carter V so far.

In the meantime, Nicki Minaj has announced a new single "Only" to feature Lil Wayne, Drake and Chris Brown.

Marissa Mayer Trying to Poach Top Amazon Sales Exec to Help Turn Around the Turnaround at Yahoo

Last week, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer bought herself some time with increasingly disgruntled investors by turning in a better than expected performance for the third quarter, with a small uptick in revenue rather than an expected decline. While still full of signs that Yahoo’s core business was still struggling, the results were good enough that Wall Street bid up the stock anyway.