Will College Ratings Make Education More Affordable?
On December 19, the Department of Education released its much-awaited “College Ratings Framework” paper. One key goal of the proposed ratings system is to help students, particularly those who are...
View ArticleAnti-Putin Activist Sentenced to House Arrest as Muscovites Take to the...
Authorities in Moscow anticipate major unrest after a city court abruptly sentenced former Russian opposition party leader and outspoken Putin critic Alexei Navalny to three and a half years house...
View ArticleUnited Airlines, Orbitz Team Up to Shut Down 22-Year-Old’s Travel Website
What has both United Airlines and Orbitz suing a 22-year-old New Yorker? Last year he created a website called Skiplagged.com, which helps customers search for cheap flights using a strategy long known...
View ArticleWill Russia’s Crumbling Economy Topple Putin?
In recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin has made two big speeches: his annual address to the Federal Assembly on December 4 and his annual press conference on the December 18. Between the two,...
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Ten World Figures Who Died in 2014
Here are 10 world figures who died in 2014. Each made a mark on history. Some were heroes; some were villains. And for some, whether they were hero or villain lies in the eye of the...
View ArticleCuba's Yoani Sanchez Says Husband, Another Dissident Detained
HAVANA (Reuters) - Prominent Cuban dissident Yoani Sanchez said police detained her husband and another government opponent on Tuesday in what would be the highest profile detentions since Cuba and the...
View ArticleHeather Cho, Ex-Korean Air Executive, Detained in 'Nut Rage' Case
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Tuesday ordered that a former Korean Air Lines executive be detained for delaying a flight following an outburst over the way she was served nuts, in a case...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio to Meet With NYPD Unions After Back-Turning Protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was to meet on Tuesday with the leaders of police unions who accused him of having blood on his hands after two policemen were shot dead in an...
View ArticleU.S. Denies There's an Iranian Prison Swap Deal for Amir Hekmati
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States called on Tuesday for the release of U.S. citizens held in Iran, but denied a report that Washington had proposed a prisoner exchange for a former U.S. Marine.A...
View ArticleA Conversation With the World's Most Self-Loathing PR Person
In the weeks and months after I responded to every PR email in my inbox for a week, I received dozens more emails from PR people responding to the unsavory experiment. But the note I got from Ed...
View ArticleSuicide of Transgender Teen Sparks Heightened Advocacy for Trans Rights
The suicide of transgender teenager Leelah Alcorn has brought heightened attention to the injustices that transgender individuals face. Alcorn, 17, walked in front of a tractor trailer in Warren County...
View ArticleMoscow Police Detain Navalny, More Than 100 Protesters
Hours after a Russian court handed Alexi Navalny a suspended sentence of three and a half years on charges of embezzlement, the prominent Kremlin critic remained defiant on Tuesday, joining thousands...
View ArticleU.N. Security Council Rejects Resolution For Palestinian State
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017.Even if the draft had received...
View ArticleOil Falls Below $57, Heading for Biggest Annual Drop Since 2008
Oil dropped below $57 a barrel on Wednesday and was heading for its biggest annual decline since 2008, pressured by weakening demand and a supply glut prompted by the U.S. shale boom and OPEC's refusal...
View ArticleBodies From Crashed AirAsia Plane Arrive in Indonesian City
The first two bodies from the AirAsia plane that crashed off the coast of Borneo arrived on Wednesday in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where relatives have gathered to await news of their loved...
View ArticleCargo Ship Found Adrift Carrying Almost 1,000 Migrants Docks in Italy
A cargo ship carrying almost 1,000 migrants that sent out a distress call on Tuesday has safely docked in Italy.The 970 migrants aboard the Blue Sky M ship are believed to be mainly Syrian and include...
View ArticleLeft Turn Could Cost UK's Labour the 2015 Election, Says Blair
Ed Miliband, leader of Britain's opposition, has damaged his chances of winning next May's national election by steering his Labour party too far to the left, former Labour prime minister Tony Blair...
View ArticleMargaret Thatcher Considered Banning Sex Toys, Documents Show
If Margaret Thatcher had her way, the British high street could have looked a lot different, notably the absence of mainstream lingerie and sex toy retailer Ann Summers. New documents released by the...
View ArticleOliver Stone Meets Toppled Ukrainian President Yanukovych, Accuses CIA of...
American film director and Pentagon critic Oliver Stone has announced he is shooting a documentary on Ukraine’s revolution arguing the CIA instigated the coup that toppled pro-Russian president Viktor...
View ArticleFake Android App Promises ‘The Interview’, Steals Bank Information
The seemingly endless saga of 2014’s most controversial film, The Interview, just got a little murkier with a fake, data-stealing app making the rounds in South Korea. The fake Android app, which lures...
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