Sniffing Out Smuggled Money Is About to Get Easier With New Device
Sniffing out illegal wads of cash will soon become easier for border patrol guards with the development of a new device that aims to stem the illicit flow of roughly $30 billion in U.S. currency into...
View ArticlePhotos: Ferguson Is Boiling
It's been five days since an as-yet-unnamed police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri. Protestors have taken to the streets every day since to express their grief and...
View ArticleThere’s Still a Lot We Don’t Know About Fracking Chemicals
As the U.S. fracking boom continues to expand, tapping vast deposits of previously unreachable oil and natural gas, scientists, regulators and even the industry itself still do not know much about...
View ArticleBrazilian Presidential Candidate Killed in Plane Crash
Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday morning, Globo television network reported, possibly upending the October election, causing a temporary drop in...
View ArticleNSA's Cyberwarfare Program Could Start Wars, Wired Says
Today Wired published an extensive profile of Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence worker who leaked a trove of National Security Agency documents that exposed the agency’s online surveillance...
View ArticleOldies Station: Indian Radio to Fire All DJs Aged Over 35
India’s national public radio broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR), took drastic measures this month to make sure its stations stays young: They fired 100 presenters for being too old. Now, the oldies...
View ArticleExperimental Ebola Drug, ZMapp, Arrives in Liberia
MONROVIA (Reuters) - A consignment of experimental Ebola drugs arrived by plane in Liberia on Wednesday to treat two doctors suffering from the virus, which has killed more than 1,000 people across...
View ArticleSexonomics: Is Prostitution a Personal Choice?
In an editorial entitled “Prostitution: A Personal Choice,” the Economist comes out hard against banning prostitution this week, questioning whether the dangers of sex-trafficking and violence against...
View ArticleU.S. Ground Forces Might Evacuate Trapped Yazidis in Iraq
EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - The United States has not ruled out using American ground forces in an operation to extract thousands of desperate civilians trapped on a mountain by Islamist militants, but...
View ArticleHow Liberal is Martha’s Vineyard? The Answer May Surprise You
How liberal is Martha’s Vineyard? It’s considered a truism that the island is super-liberal, adding to its lure for Democratic presidents seeking a beautiful spot to unwind. And a future president may...
View ArticleCongrats, Internet: You Trolled Robin Williams’ Grieving Daughter Off Twitter
Celebrity deaths bring out the worst of the Internet, as Zelda Williams learned firsthand this week. The 25-year-old daughter of late actor and comedian Robin Williams says she is quitting Instagram...
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Ebola Frontline: Social Media Is Raising Ebola Awareness in Sierra Leone
Another leading doctor in Sierra Leone, Dr. Modupeh Cole from Freetown’s Connaught Hospital, has died of Ebola. His death is a stark reminder of the danger that doctors and nurses across West Africa...
View ArticleFerguson Police Chief Says Officer Involved in Shooting Was Injured
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - The police officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager last weekend in Ferguson, Missouri, an incident that has sparked repeated and sometimes violent...
View ArticleGaza Truce Extended for Five Days to Allow for More Talks: Palestinians
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel and Palestinian factions negotiating in Cairo agreed on Wednesday to extend a truce for five more days to allow them to reach a lasting agreement to end the fighting in Gaza,...
View ArticleWomen and Teens Suffer 'Barbaric Rape' by Islamic State Fighters
Iraqi civilians are being subjected to “barbaric” sexual violence committed by Sunni Islamic State (IS) jihadist fighters, the U.N reports.Two U.N. officials say they’ve received accounts of “barbaric...
View ArticleTel Aviv Diary: The Waiting Game Continues. Is the Ceasefire On or Off?
Tel Aviv -- Today was a day of waiting in Israel. Would an agreement be reached with Hamas before the ceasefire runs out tonight at midnight? Might the ceasefire be extended, even if an agreement was...
View ArticleHuffington Post, Washington Post Reporters Arrested in Ferguson
Two reporters covering ongoing protests in Ferguson, Missouri, reported on Twitter that they were arrested by police Wednesday evening. The Huffington Post's Ryan Reilly and Wesley Lowery of The...
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How America’s Police Became an Army: The 1033 Program
As many have noted, Ferguson, Missouri, currently looks like a war zone. And its police—kitted out with Marine-issue camouflage and military-grade body armor, toting short-barreled assault rifles, and...
View ArticleNew Five-Day Gaza Truce Holds After Shaky Start
A renewed truce between Israel and Hamas appeared to be holding on Thursday despite a shaky start, after both sides agreed to give Egyptian-brokered talks more time to try to end the Gaza war.The...
View ArticleRescue Mission for Trapped Yazidis Less Likely After Reconnaissance Mission
A U.S. mission to evacuate Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain by Sunni militant fighters is far less likely after a U.S. assessment team sent there on Wednesday found the humanitarian situation not...
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