Ceasefire or No, Death Toll Keeps Rising in Ukraine
KIEV/MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) - Five Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the past four days, the military said on Tuesday, underscoring the strains in a ceasefire between government forces and...
View ArticleArizona Gets Relief After Deadly, Record-Breaking Storm
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Parts of Utah and Colorado were placed under flash flood warnings on Tuesday, a day after the drought-stricken U.S. Southwest was hit by a record downpour that turned highways into...
View ArticleWhite House: U.S. Journalist Steven Sotloff Not 'Sold' to Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no information indicating beheaded American journalist Steven Sotloff was "sold" to Islamic State militants by moderate Syrian opposition rebels, White...
View ArticleBlast Targets Leadership of Islamist Group Fighting ISIS
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An explosion killed the leader of one of Syria's most powerful Islamist insurgent groups Ahrar al-Sham on Tuesday, the group said, and an organization that monitors violence in the...
View ArticleThe Sordid Ray Rice Whitewash: Craven for the Raven
I’m sorry. Did I miss some shocking new development in the Ray Rice case? What changed? On Monday morning, Rice was a running back for the Baltimore Ravens who was serving a two-game suspension for...
View ArticleMasterCard: Apple Pay Is as Safe as Using a Credit Card
As anticipated, Apple announced a slew of new products and features—including the iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch—at its launch event on Tuesday. Among the most trumpeted was Apple Pay, a digital wallet...
View ArticlePhotos: Pakistan and India Floods Leave More Than 400 Dead
Deadly flooding has killed more than 400 as monsoon rains continues to fall on India and Pakistan. The rains began on Sept. 3 and are considered the worst since flooding killed 1,700 in 2010.Indian and...
View ArticleWill Apple Watch Lead the Masses to Strap-On Wearable Tech?
All eyes were watching, or attempting to watch on live stream, as Apple unveiled its newest hardware, the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch.While the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are incremental upgrades of the...
View ArticleWhy Are Police Being Armed to the Teeth? Senators Ask
“What purpose are bayonets being given out [to local police] for?” The question was posed by Senator Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
View ArticleThe Drug War Is an Expensive Failure, Commission Says
The Global Commission on Drug Policy today called the global War on Drugs a failure. Not only has it failed "on its own terms," the Commission wrote, with consumption and production of illicit drugs on...
View ArticleKerry in Iraq Backs New Government and Aims to Build Coaltion Against ISIS
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Baghdad on Wednesday, beginning a tour of the Middle East to build military, political and financial support to defeat Islamic State militants controlling...
View ArticleBritish PM Begs Scots: Don't Rip Our 'UK Family' Apart in Independence Vote
British Prime Minister David Cameron implored Scots on Wednesday to shun independence to keep the United Kingdom "family" intact as he scrambled to stem a steep rise in secessionist support ahead of...
View ArticleStudy Says Marital Woes Hit Children of Rich Harder Than Poor
Parents’ separation can increase behavior problems for children—especially those 5 or younger—but mostly in high-income families, not lower-income ones, a study released Wednesday revealed.Families...
View ArticleFeeling a Bit Iffy About ‘Abilify’
So thorough has been pop culture’s assault on the English language that even the high priests of diction have ceded the inner sanctum. Among the words recently ushered into the august Oxford English...
View ArticleAmerica Pays More Than Anyone Else for Internet
The amount an American family spends on phone, television and Internet services each year can easily come to several thousand dollars. If that sounds like a lot, it is. In other parts of the world,...
View ArticleLawmakers Blast Child-Abuse Inquiry on Tax Shelter Jersey Island
Neil McMurray used to be a professional fisherman and crabber—until one of his children was repeatedly bullied in school and he found himself investigating what he began to view as a startling lack of...
View ArticleKey Economic Posts for France and Britain in New EU Commission
Jean-Claude Juncker, the incoming president of the European Commission, handed key economic and financial responsibilities to French and British members of a restructured, 28-strong team on...
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An Invasive Menu: Eating Termites and Water Rats to Save New Orleans
In almost all cases, eating meat is environmentally unfriendly. It takes vast amounts of water and greenhouse gas emissions to get that hamburger on your plate. But what if the meat comes from...
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I Read and Replied to Every Single PR Email I Received for a Week
Like most of the journalists I know, I spend about a third of my workday writing articles, another third making bad jokes on Twitter, and another third deleting press releases. It's not that I’m...
View ArticleBadger-Killing Begins Again in England, Despite Evidence it Doesn’t Help Cattle
For the second year in a row, hunters have begun killing badgers in two counties in southwest England for the alleged purpose of reducing the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle. The wild animals carry...
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