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Songstress Taylor Swift is about to sing in a whole different way. Swift appeared in court in Denver for jury selection in a trial to settle opposing lawsuits filed over whether she was groped by disc jockey David Mueller in 2013. Wearing a white dress under a black jacket, she looked on as lawyers and a judge tried to whittle down a pool of 60 potential jurors to an eight-member jury. Potential jurors had to answer dozens of questions, according to a pre- trial survey obtained by TMZ.com. They were asked if they’d ever purchased a Swift album, attended one of her concerts or watched one of her videos. Speculation swirled Monday around a photo the gossip site says Swift tried to keep from public view, arguing that it would prejudice the jury pool. A judge ruled in her favor months ago . An explainer of Taylor Swift's legal battle against Denver DJ It shows Taylor standing between Mueller and his girlfriend. It’s not clear how the photo leaked or whe...

Anna Brewster stars as Montespan, the most powerful woman in France. Here is her story “The start of season two really is all about Montespan,” Louis XIV actor George Blagden told RadioTimes .com. Advertisement We have already met the king’s mistress in season one of Versailles, Madame de Montespan (Anna Brewster), but in season two this ambitious noblewoman is tightening her control. Two years have passed and now Montespan is the most powerful woman in France. “We start to see how that influence that she’s gained and that favour that she’s gained with the King really starts to affect him and his mind,” Blagden explained . “All of the day to day decisions that he has to make are filtered through the Montespan filter, and we even see him taking her advice on some rather monumental decisions and ignoring his most trusted valet, Bontemps.” Did Madame de Montespan really exist? Yes. Her full name was Françoise Athénaïs  de Rochechouart de Mortemart , Marquise of Montespan, and she was the...

A 31-year-old hiker survived a lightning strike to his head that was so severe, it tore off his clothes and burned a hole in his shoe. The horrifying moment happened as Mathias Steinhuber reached the 9,000-foot summit of a northern California mountain range ahead of his companions. The electricity had shot through his body and exited through his foot, and he was too stunned to realize what took place. Mathias Steinhuber's shoe after he was struck in the head by lightning. ( CHP Valley Air Operations ) "It was like in a dream," the Austrian teacher said from a California hospital . "I woke up. I had blood everywhere. My clothes were ripped apart. At some distance I heard my girlfriend scream my name. My first conclusion was that I probably fell down the mountain." College student dies while hiking in Colorado mountains Steinhuber had bruises from his fall and a number of burns that he said were mostly superficial. The hair on one of his arms was ...

Photos courtesy of Stuyvesant Town “Think of us as a 1947 Cadillac retrofitted with a Tesla engine,” says Marynia Kruk, Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village ‘s Community Affairs Manager . Though the 80- acre residential complex ’s 110 red brick, cruciform-shaped buildings were constructed 70 years ago this month, their imposing facades are hiding an intense network of systems that, since 2011, have allowed the development to reduce its on- site carbon emissions by 6.8 percent, equal to over 17 million pounds of coal saved. To put this in perspective, that’s roughly the same savings as 3,000 drivers deciding to bike or take the train for an entire year or planting a forest of 400,000 trees. This massive sustainability push , along with new ownership (Blackstone Group and Canadian investment firm Ivanhoe Cambridge bought the complex for $5.3 billion in October 2015), updated amenities, and an affordable housing commitment , is driving Manhattan’s  largest apartment complex  into t...

As Houston plots a sustainable path forward, it’s leaving fenceline communities behind. By Raj Mankad August 15, 2017 This article originally appeared on Grist. Juan Parras gives one hell of a tour of Houston’s east side. He’s charming and funny. Wearing a beret, he strikes an old-world look, like he might lead you to a cafe on a plaza. He doesn’t charge a fee for his services. After all, you’re on a “toxic tour,” and Parras is on a mission. Parras grew up in fifties West Texas . He remembers segregated schools, the restaurants that wouldn’t serve him, the unpaved roads, and the people who lived closest to the local refinery. Those experiences led him to a career as a social justice advocate . The resident of Houston’s heavily industrial east side has worked in a city housing department , for a union, for a law clinic, and on a campaign that stopped a PVC factory from being built in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” For the last decade, he has served as executive director of Texas Enviro...