Behold, the World's First Semiaquatic Dinosaur
Here’s something you didn’t see in The Land Before Time: An international research team of scientists has confirmed the existence of the world’s first semiaquatic dinosaur, in today’s edition of the...
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Stateless Try to Make Their Home Their Country in Ivory Coast
TENKODOUGOU, Ivory Coast (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three years after the civil war, patriotic sentiment is running high on Independence Day in Ivory Coast. But in seven, small hamlets hidden in...
View ArticleSenator Ted Cruz Booed Off the Stage—for Supporting Israel
Republican presidential hopeful and freshman senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, was booed off stage Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.—and he’s probably happy about it.The Tea Party rock star, who famously...
View ArticleA Woman Named Isis Asks You to Stop Saying ISIS
The rise of the Islamic State, better known as ISIS, has meant suffering, death and destruction for the people living in the parts of Iraq and Syria it controls. But another group of people are feeling...
View ArticleColorado Teen, in Love With an ISIS Militant, Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge
On Wednesday, suburban Colorado teenager Shannon Conley pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and to providing material support to Islamic State militants. Conley, 19, was stopped at the Denver...
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New Yorkers and Tourists Remember Where They Were on September 11, 2001
Everyone has story about where they were on September 11, 2001, the day four planes pierced through clear skies and crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, a Pennsylvania field and the...
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of 9/11 Brand Tweets
It’s 9/11, and you know what that means. It’s time for #brands to tweet tone-deaf nonsense in an attempt to capitalize on a national tragedy. We compiled some of the best and worst.Here they are:The...
View ArticleKick Your Smoking Habit With...Magic Mushrooms?
A small group of longtime smokers were able to kick their nicotine habit after taking psilocybin—the same hallucinogenic present in magic mushrooms—in a cognitive behavioral therapy treatment program...
View ArticleThe Quiet Town That Became an Isis Recruiting Ground
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View ArticleOscar Pistorius Verdict: Runner Guilty of Culpable Homicide
Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide on Friday, having escaped the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend, and the Olympic and Paralympic track star could face a...
View ArticleBlockaded Gaza Faces Huge Challenges to Rebuild After War
GAZA/NAHAL OZ Israel (Reuters) - Fifty days of war in one of the most densely populated parts of the world have left swathes of Gaza in ruins. With the economy reeling under an Israeli-Egyptian...
View ArticlePutin Looks to Asia as EU Tightens Sanctions
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for new efforts to strengthen cooperation with China and ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia after the European Union tightened sanctions...
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Exclusive: ISIS Starts Recruiting in Istanbul’s Vulnerable Suburbs
When Deniz Sahin’s ex-husband phoned out of the blue to say he wanted to see their two young children, the call came as a welcome surprise. The father, a former alcoholic, who had kicked his addiction...
View ArticleLandslides Add to Misery of Kashmir's Worst Floods in Decades
Rescuers raced to help communities hit by landslides in Indian Kashmir on Friday while thousands were stranded, homeless and hungry in the city of Srinagar, most of which was submerged by the region's...
View ArticleIan Paisley, the Preacher Who “Saved the Union” Dies, Aged 88
Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland’s first ever First Minister died on Friday morning at the age of 88, his wife Baroness Eileen Paisley said in a statement.“My beloved husband, Ian, entered his eternal...
View Article'Uplifting News' Subreddit Bans Huffington Post, Slams Its 'Parasitic...
Yesterday, a moderator of Reddit's r/UpliftingNews, a subreddit dedicated to—what else?—uplifting news, posted an announcement: Its moderators would refuse to publish links to any stories by The...
View ArticlePolls Put Scottish Unionists a Nose Ahead as Vote Approaches
Supporters of keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom have clawed back a tiny lead over separatists less than a week before Scots vote in an independence referendum that is balanced on a knife edge,...
View ArticlePistorius's Next Battle Is To Avoid Notorious C-Max Jail
After his conviction on Friday for the negligent killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year, Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius's next battle will be to stay outside the...
View ArticleAlbum Review: U2’s Bland ‘Songs of Innocence’ Is So Much Less Provocative...
Once—long ago, but not so long that you can’t faintly remember—U2 kept two steps ahead of the curve. On the band’s best works, from way back in the mid-’80s and then on into the glitzy ’90s, Bono and...
View ArticleMexico's President Slams Gov. Rick Perry
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry's deployment of National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexican border is "reprehensible" and puts neighborly relations at risk, Mexican President Enrique Pena...
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