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A Panel of Middle-Aged Dads Reviews the New Tweedy Album
Several years ago—somewhere between 2007’s Sky Blue Sky and 2009’s Wilco (The Album), let’s say—Jeff Tweedy and his band Wilco faced a new charge. The music, breezy and comfortable and so far removed...
View ArticleThe Election Where Votes Didn't Matter: Afghans Upset as Results Are Suppressed
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghans risked their lives to vote in an election supposed to mark the country's first democratic transfer of power. More than 50 people were killed during the run-off ballot...
View ArticleIsraeli High Court Orders Migrant Detention Center Closed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's high court on Monday outlawed a detention center where African migrants are held without trial and ordered some 2,000 inmates there released over the next three...
View ArticleWhite House Fence Jumper Had 800 Rounds Ammunition in Car: Prosecutor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The man who scaled the fence and ran into the White House on Friday night had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car and had been arrested in July with a sniper rifle and...
View ArticleHeavy Losses as Islamic State Deals Iraq's Army a Blow
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi soldiers described on Monday how Islamic State fighters inflicted heavy losses in a chaotic raid on a military base just an hour's drive from Baghdad, highlighting the...
View ArticleMaking the Breast Pump Suck...Less
As people around the world waited in line over the weekend for the newest version of the iPhone, more than 150 moms, dads, engineers, designers, health care professionals and educators met at MIT Media...
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Over 100 'Flood Wall Street' Climate Protesters Arrested in Downtown Manhattan
On the heels of the People's Climate March -- perhaps the largest ever climate change protest -- and the third anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, activists converged in the Financial District in...
View ArticleBig Oil Heirs to Say Goodbye to Fossil Fuels
John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in oil and at one point controlled the refining of almost all the oil produced in the U.S. through his company, Standard Oil. But now his heirs are taking...
View ArticleChina Surpasses EU in Per Capita Carbon Emissions
For the first time, per capita emissions in China have surpassed that of the European Union, according to a new report. That means that through their daily activities (like driving a car) and that of...
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Hope in Sierra Leone as Ebola Lockdown Ends
A sense of relief was palpable in Sierra Leone Monday morning after a 72 hour government lockdown related to the deadly Ebola outbreak was lifted.The national lockdown, which had confined people to...
View ArticleU.S., Partners Launch First Airstrikes in Syria
(Reuters) - The United States and partner nations are carrying out the first air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, the Pentagon said on Monday, in ongoing operations that mark the opening...
View ArticleIslamic State Posts Propaganda Video of UK Hostage Criticizing War Buildup
Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Tuesday that appears to show British journalist John Cantlie criticizing preparations for U.S.-led attacks on the militant group,...
View ArticleU.S. Air Strikes Hit ISIS Training Camps and Supplies in Syria
The United States and Arab allies hit Islamic State targets including training camps, headquarters and weapon supplies in northern and eastern Syria in dozens of air and missile strikes on Tuesday, the...
View ArticleIsrael Says its Troops Kill Hamas Men Accused of Slaying Teens
Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday and the military said they were members of Hamas responsible for the killing of three Israeli youths in June, an...
View ArticleIsrael Downs Syrian Warplane It Says Violated Its Golan Airspace
Israel shot down a Syrian warplane on Tuesday, saying the aircraft crossed the battle lines of Syria's civil war and flew over the Israeli-held Golan Heights, perhaps by accident.The incident coincided...
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When Jihad Came to the Australian Outback
Even in Australian terms, Broken Hill – 852km north of Melbourne, 1,150km west of Sydney – feels a long way from anywhere. Yet, in its boom days, the sweltering main street boasted more hotels than any...
View ArticleTextbook Case of Bad Textbooking in Texas
It is not elitist to believe your cable guy shouldn’t be performing heart surgery. Or that an archaeologist shouldn’t be representing the defendant in a murder trial. Or that a lawyer shouldn’t be...
View ArticlePiezoelectricity, and Other Ways Your Body Can Charge Your Phone
One day in 2002, University of Pennsylvania physiologist Larry Rome got a call from the military. The caller said special forces in Afghanistan were carrying around big backpacks, weighed down with...
View ArticleMore Scots Join SNP in a Week Than Scottish Labour’s Total Membership
The Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) has nearly doubled its membership since its independence campaign ended in a narrow defeat last Thursday, overtaking the Lib Dems as the third largest UK political...
View ArticleAt the Movies: Where Have All the Women Gone?
The stereotyping of women is pervasive in the movie industry and less than a third of women characters are given speaking roles, according to a study on gender in movies.The Geena Davis Institute on...
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