Mass Vote Registration in Georgia Brings Accusations of Voter Fraud
There’s something fishy going on in Georgia. On the eve of the midterm elections—with high profile Senate and gubernatorial races on the line—a group undertaking a historic effort to register tens of...
View ArticlePink Floyd Reveals More Details About First Album in 20 Years
Pink Floyd, or what has remained of it since the 1985 departure of bassist-turned-frontman Roger Waters and the 2008 death of keyboardist Rick Wright, has revealed new details about its forthcoming...
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ISIS's Forgotten Hostages: Islamic State Still Holds Thousands
The names of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and the British aid worker David Haines have become well-known since their gruesome deaths at the hands of the Islamic State, more...
View ArticleAlgeria Hunts for Kidnapped Frenchman While Paris Rules Out Deal
Algerian military and police set up checkpoints and sent troops into mountains east of Algiers on Tuesday to look for a Frenchman kidnapped by militants who threatened to execute him over France's...
View ArticleThousands More Hostages Taken By ISIS Remain Forgotten
The names of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and the British aid worker David Haines, have become well-known since their gruesome deaths at the hands of the so-called Islamic State...
View ArticleObama Addresses Airstrikes on ISIS and Khorasan Group
In a statement delivered on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday morning, President Barack Obama said the United States had carried out targeted airstrikes Monday night in Syria and Iraq against...
View ArticleVolunteering in America Is On the Decline
The United States has a long history of volunteering. Enshrined in the United States Constitution, the right to form voluntary associations has been a treasured aspect of American life since the...
View ArticleUK PM Cameron: Queen 'Purred' at Scottish Referendum Result
UK Prime Minister David Cameron was overheard earlier today describing how the Queen “purred” when he told her that Scotland had rejected independence in last week’s referendum. Segments of a...
View ArticleEver Just Want a Cuddle? Now There’s an App for That
There are already brick-and-mortar cuddling businesses like Snuggle House in Wisconsin (though it was shut down last year after being accused of acting as a front for prostitution). But now there is an...
View ArticleItalian Government Moves to Seize Property of Putin Allies
The Italian government has frozen assets and seized property belonging to two Russian oligarchs on the EU’s blacklist, deemed to be in the inner circle of president Vladimir Putin.Arkady Rotenberg,...
View ArticleSuleiman Abu Ghaith, Bin Laden Son-in-Law, Sentenced to Life in U.S. Prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A seemingly unrepentant Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday in New York following his conviction on terrorism charges.A...
View ArticleFired UPS Worker Kills Two Supervisors, Self, in Alabama Shooting
BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) - A recently-fired UPS employee on Tuesday shot dead two supervisors at the company facility where he had worked in Birmingham, Alabama before turning the gun on himself,...
View ArticleAnti-Obama Filmmaker D'Souza Gets Community Confinement for Election Law...
(Reuters) - Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza was sentenced on Tuesday to spend eight months in a community confinement center during five years of probation after pleading guilty to a...
View ArticleNew Documents Reveal Information About Police Cellphone Tracking Devices
Newsweek has previously reported on the shroud of secrecy surrounding state and local law enforcement’s use of Stingrays—tracking devices that give a cellphone’s location and extract call logs.But...
View ArticleVideo Pleads for Amir Hekmati's Release From Iranian Prison
The ailing father of a former U.S. Marine jailed in Iran released a video Monday pleading to authorities to allow him to see his son before his condition worsens.The video was released by the #FreeAmir...
View Article1.4 Million Ebola Infections Possible by January, U.S. Forecasts
NEW YORK/GENEVA (Reuters) - Global experts issued stark new warnings of the scale of West Africa's Ebola outbreak on Tuesday, with the U.S. government estimating between 550,000 and 1.4 million people...
View ArticleThe $30 Pink Cellphone That Could Help Save the Lives of Pregnant Women
A new campaign launched Monday is hoping to reduce deaths of expectant mothers in developing countries by providing them with mobile phones loaded with health advice and emergency numbers. The Zero...
View ArticleISIS Hostage Alan Henning Sends Family Audio 'Pleading for His Life'
LONDON (Reuters) - The wife of a British aid worker being held by Islamic State - the militant group targeted by U.S. and Gulf Arab air strikes in Syria - said on Tuesday she had received an audio...
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Wood Bison, North America’s Largest Animal, to Be Reintroduced Into Alaska
Wood bison, the largest animal in the Americas, once roamed throughout present-day Alaska and western Canada. But unregulated hunting in the 1800s nearly wiped them out, and by the middle of the 20th...
View Article20,000 Days, and One Intimate New York Evening, with Nick Cave
Few things in New York are worth the trek to Times Square on a weekend evening, though an appearance by Nick Cave—on screen or in person—stands among them. At a Saturday night Town Hall premiere of the...
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