Uber Bases Reopen in NYC
The five Uber bases in New York City that were suspended earlier this week have reopened, a source familiar with the matter tells Newsweek.In October, the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) requested...
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Photo Essay: London - Home of the Storytellers
These seven storytellers are from as far afield as Sierra Leone and Iceland. Each of them has learned the art of spoken storytelling according to their own cultural traditions, and all have made their...
View ArticleGrenades Used in Mosque Attack But Backlash Remains Muted
Training grenades were thrown into a mosque courtyard west of Paris early on Wednesday night according to French newspaper Ouest-France in one of a limited number of isolated incidents at mosques in...
View ArticleFemale Istanbul Suicide Bomber Identified as Russian Citizen
The female suicide bomber who blew herself up at an Istanbul police station Tuesday has been identified as a Russian citizen. Diana Ramazova has been named as the female assailant who carried a bomb...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo to Print 1 Million Copies Next Week
Following a terrorist attack that killed 10 of their employees on Wednesday, the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will still go to print this week. In fact, the Paris-based publication will amp...
View ArticleFriends of Charlie Hebdo Suspect Mourad Hamyd Claim He Is Innocent
Late Wednesday night, 18-year-old Mourad Hamyd was reported to have turned himself in to French authorities, wanted by Parisian police in connection with a deadly terrorist attack on French satirical...
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Second Night of Vigils For Charlie Hebdo Victims Held in Paris
Vigils are being held in Paris for the second night to remember the twelve people shot dead in a terrorist attack at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.Tens of thousands of people...
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Elvis: Moving in Memphis
Elvis Presley was born 80 years ago today. A special Newsweek edition story traces the "King of Rock 'n Roll's" humble beginnings as a kid trying to make it big. The kid from Memphis put “Elvis” on his...
View ArticleIndependent Investigation Finds NFL Did Not See Complete Ray Rice Video
An independent investigation of the National Football League determined that no one at the NFL saw the complete video of the Ray Rice elevator incident before TMZ made it public in September. The...
View ArticleKirby Delauter Is Sorry for Telling Paper Not to Print His Name Without...
It’s a lighter media story amidst a week of despair: A Maryland newspaper has stolen the last laugh after a local councilman threatened to sue the paper merely for printing his name without...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court: Guilty as Charged
After 227 years of history, how should we judge the U.S. Supreme Court? All of my years of studying, teaching and practicing constitutional law have convinced me that the court has rarely lived up to...
View ArticlePhotos: Syrian Refugees Hit by Rare Snowstorm in Lebanon
An unexpected and rare snowstorm that hit Lebanon Tuesday has killed four Syrian refugees and forced hundreds of thousands of displaced Syrians across the region to endure freezing winter...
View ArticleOn His 80th Birthday, Revisiting the Conspiracies That Have Kept Elvis...
The late and great “King of Rock and Roll,” Elvis Presley, would have celebrated his 80th birthday today. To commemorate the occasion, Legacy Recordings has released Elvis’s Complete '60s Albums...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Aviation Safety Rules Need Reforming
The crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, though tragic, was not an enormous surprise to anyone who follows aviation in Indonesia, or who has flown repeatedly in Indonesia. This is not to say that AirAsia has...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Invests in Weed
As first reported byBusiness Insider, entrepreneur Peter Thiel intends to become one of the first institutional investors to hitch his wagon to the legal weed industry, through his venture capital firm...
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Photos: How Newspapers Around the World Are Paying Tribute to 'Charlie Hebdo'
Across the world, news outlets are standing with Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical publication victimized in a terrorist attack that killed 10 of their journalists on Wednesday. Some publications...
View ArticleStyrofoam Food Containers to Be Banned in New York City
Single-use Styrofoam cups and food containers, the kind that are ubiquitous at food carts and takeout restaurants all over New York, will be banned in the city beginning July 1 of this year, Mayor Bill...
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Meet Farid Benyettou, the Man Who Trained Paris Attack Suspect Cherif Kouachi
Updated | While initial reports following Wednesday's attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris described the gunmen as lone wolves, authorities now believe that at least one of the three suspects,...
View ArticleRadicals Rising: France After the 'Charlie Hebdo' Murders
Here in Paris, night has fallen and the national day of mourning has come to a close. The country is trying to recover from Wednesday’s horrific attack on Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine,...
View ArticleRecord-Breaking Cold Grips the U.S.
(Reuters) - Record-breaking cold that gripped the U.S. East and Midwest on Thursday snarled travel, shut schools, filled homeless shelters and even led to zoo penguins being ordered inside.Snow...
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