Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Just Shut Down; U.S. Still Has No System for...
The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant officially went offline Monday, halting the nuclear reaction process and beginning what could be a nearly 40-year process to fully decommission the plant. But what...
View ArticleThe Year in Weird Stories
From attempting to eat DWI test results to 100 missing human brains, 2014 ushered in strange headlines and bizarre tales of human achievement—but mostly ineptitude. And while the media doesn’t have a...
View ArticleTop 10 Most Significant Events of 2014
Every year has its share of significant world events, and 2014 is no exception. Here is my list of the top 10 most significant events of the year. You may want to read what follows closely. Several of...
View ArticleDid Rep. Steve Scalise Actually Speak at a Racist Event in 2002?
U.S. Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the third-highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, has received intense criticism after an allegation emerged Monday that he spoke at...
View ArticleMaryland’s Last Four Death Row Inmates to Get Life Sentences Instead
Outgoing Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley announced Wednesday he plans to commute the sentences of the remaining four inmates on Maryland’s death row into life in prison without parole. Maryland’s...
View ArticleLithuania Detains Alleged Russian Spy Ring at Major NATO Airbase
Several members of an alleged Russian spy ring within the Lithuanian armed forces were detained by the national general prosecution on Wednesday in the Lithuanian city of Šiauliai, near NATO’s major...
View Article2014: The Year in Cyberattacks
While Sony may have dominated the news toward the end of 2014, three major cyberattacks against U.S. companies shook the corporate world earlier this year: Target opened the year by announcing in...
View ArticleAbbas Signs onto International Criminal Court Against U.S. and Israel's Wishes
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day...
View ArticleCIA Behind UFO Sightings in 1950s and 1960s
As 2014 comes to a close, even the CIA is pushing out “best of the year” lists. Starting on December 22, the agency began sharing links to the ten most-popular articles they’ve posted on Twitter this...
View ArticleNetanyahu Threatens Israeli Response to ICC Approach
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday threatened "steps in response" to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's approach to the International Criminal Court and...
View ArticleU.S. Confirms Drone Strike Killed al Shabaab Leader in Somalia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unmanned U.S. aircraft that unleashed Hellfire missiles at a vehicle in Somalia earlier this week killed a leader of the al Shabaab militant group, dealing a setback to its...
View Article55,000 Officers Deployed in France for NYE Celebrations in Wake of Car Attacks
More than 55,000 policemen and gendarme officers will patrol the streets of France as the country prepares to mark the beginning of the new year on Wednesday night, also known as the Festival of...
View ArticleSaudi King Hospitalized, Undergoing Medical Tests
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's elderly King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday for medical tests, state media said, citing a royal court statement, after he suffered what...
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World’s Only Tadpole-Birthing Frog Discovered in Indonesia
Here’s how the vast majority of the world’s frogs mate: The male clasps the female and the two release sperm and eggs into the water at roughly the same time. The eggs are fertilized outside the body,...
View ArticleHarbaugh Going to Michigan Is Great News for Everybody but the 49ers
Michigan football matters again.Michigan matters again because Jim Harbaugh, a former Wolverine quarterback who is the right guy at the right time, chose to come home. “Throughout my life, I have...
View ArticleCourt Approves $5.85 Million Payout to Former Condé Nast Interns
Condé Nast has secured approval from a federal judge to pay a $5.85 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of former interns for the magazine company.As part of the terms,...
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Ten Americans Who Died in 2014 Who Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy
Year’s end is a time for taking stock, counting successes and assessing failures. It is also a time for remembering those who are no longer with us. Here are ten Americans who died in 2014 who through...
View ArticleAt Least 35 Dead, 42 Injured in Shanghai New Year's Stampede
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A stampede killed at least 35 people and injured 43 during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, on the city's famed waterfront tourist strip known as the Bund, authorities...
View ArticleFrozen Palm Trees: Photos of Southern California Covered in Snow
Snow hit Southern California Tuesday evening and just kept coming.More than 180 people in their cars were stranded on snow-covered highways in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, USA Today...
View ArticleCuba Frees Dissidents From New Crackdown Condemned by U.S.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba freed some leading dissidents on Wednesday after holding them overnight to thwart an unauthorized demonstration in a crackdown that has tested its detente with the United...
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