FCC Considering Move to Ban NFL Redskins Team Name
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to punish broadcasters for using the moniker of the Washington NFL team, the Redskins, a word many consider a slur to...
View ArticleAir Strikes Will Never Work, Say the Troops Fighting Isis
It will come as little comfort to President Obama and his European allies, but there is widespread agreement over how the jihadist Islamic State (Isis) can be defeated in northeast Syria and northern...
View ArticleThe Soothing Sounds of Bob Ross
For decades, public television’s how-to-paint circuit has been dominated by one person: a gentle, Afro-haired landscape artist named Bob Ross. Through his half-hour show, The Joy of Painting—which...
View ArticleIndia Aims to Boldly Enter the Outsourced Space Race
In the cosmic equivalent of a hole-in-one, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) last week guided Mangalyaan, a 1365kg space vessel 680 million kilometres away from Earth and successfully...
View ArticleBritain Drops Terrorism Charges Against Vocal ex-Guantanamo Inmate
LONDON (Reuters) - A British man who was once held at Guantanamo Bay will be freed from prison, police said on Wednesday, after prosecutors dropped accusations that he had attended a terrorism training...
View ArticleNew Polish PM Highlights Eurozone Instability in Debut Speech
Poland's new Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Wednesday she would largely stick to the policies of her predecessor Donald Tusk, including a cautious approach to the question of when eastern Europe's...
View ArticleTurkey May Let Foreign Troops Use its Bases in Islamic State Campaign
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey may send troops into Syria and Iraq and allow foreign soldiers to use its bases for cross-border incursions against Islamic State militants, according to a government proposal...
View ArticleAt Least 10 People Killed in Shelling on and Near School in East Ukraine
At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday when shells hit a school playground and a mini-van in a nearby street in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, city authorities and Reuters witnesses said.There were...
View ArticleBritain's Hill Starts Ordeal in EU Parliament
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain's controversial choice for the European Commission declared his support for closer European financial integration at the start of an expected tough confirmation hearing in...
View ArticleHas the ISIS crisis pushed the CIA into bed with Hezbollah?
A few months ago, a former top CIA operative applied for a Lebanese visa to do some work in Beirut for an oil company. While he was waiting for approval, a package arrived at his client’s office....
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Despite Censorship, Mainland Chinese Are Watching Hong Kong
“Arise People Who Do Not Want to Be Enslaved.” So reads the headline today in the Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong on China’s National Day—the 65th anniversary of the Communist Party...
View ArticlePremiere: Stevie Nicks Reflects on ‘Hard Advice’ From Friend Tom Petty
The bewitching Stevie Nicks has led a celebrated career over the past four decades, both in her group Fleetwood Mac and solo, guided by her earnest croons about heartbreak, hang-ups and a little magic...
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Joshua Wong, the 17-Year-Old Leading Hong Kong's Democracy Protests
Joshua Wong is “skinny” and “bespectacled” with a “meager physical frame,” CNN reports. His hair is “floppy,” his shorts are “baggy,” his T-shirts are “stripy,” The Guardian says. At 17, he is not...
View ArticleChina May Be Monitoring Hong Kong Protesters’ Off-the-Grid Chats
An app called FireChat is making headlines for being the go-to medium for communication among pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. It was downloaded 100,000 times in 24 hours. Though the peer-to-peer...
View ArticleWhy Did It Take 2 Days to Get Texas Ebola Patient Into a Hospital?
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in a U.S. hospital was evaluated initially and turned away, a critical missed opportunity that could result in others being...
View ArticleBritish PM Cameron Pledges £7 Billion Pounds in Tax Cuts Ahead of May Vote
Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hand almost half the British population a tax cut if re-elected next year, a pledge he hopes will win over millions of voters and refocus debate away from a...
View ArticleSandy Hook Elementary School Cleared After Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Monroe, Connecticut—the eponymously named institution attended by former students of the Newtown, Connecticut, school—was evacuated late this morning due to a low-level...
View ArticleOfficials Warn Ebola Outbreak Is Morphing Into a Humanitarian Crisis
A few hours before news broke of the first Ebola diagnosis in the United States, health officials said the global response to the virus has so far failed to slow the outbreak in West Africa.The...
View ArticleRoger Waters Wants You to Stop Asking Him About the New Pink Floyd Album
In November, Pink Floyd will release its first album since 1994. Soon after, founding member Roger Waters will mark 30 years since leaving Pink Floyd in 1985, which means he’s been out of the band for...
View ArticleWhite House Fence Jumper Pleads Not Guilty in September 19 Breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Iraq war veteran accused in the September 19 breach of the White House pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in federal court.The court ordered a mental competency review for Omar...
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