“Umbrella” changed everything for Rihanna. The Barbados-born pop sensation had burst onto the scene in 2005 with “Pon De Replay,” reaching No. 2 in the US and hitting Top 10s worldwide ...

But Sengoku-era Japan had its own share of folktales about Yokai - ghosts, spirits, monsters and demons - which were all widely believed by the superstitious public. To the east of Kiyomizudera ...

Over the years, I’ve actually found the opposite to be true. Now that I own an umbrella I really like, I care far too much to leave it in a cab or underneath a restaurant table. My Blunt Metro ...