Europeans Reject ‘Undemocratic’ TTIP Clause, Consultation Finds
A European commission report on the findings of a Europe-wide public consultation has outlined ‘widespread opposition’ to major parts of the proposed free trade agreement between the EU and U.S. known...
View ArticlePublic Figures React to Charlie Hebdo's Muhammed Cover
The first edition of Charlie Hebdo to be published since gunmen attacked the satirical magazine’s headquarters was published on Wednesday, produced by the surviving cartoonists and contributors, and it...
View ArticleFour Men Arrested for Chanting ‘Death to Cops, Death to Charlie Hebdo’ at...
Four men are being detained in Paris for chanting “death to cops, death to Charlie Hebdo” outside the kosher supermarket in Porte de Vincennes where four Jewish men were killed last week by radical...
View ArticleMayweather vs. Pacquiao: The Fight of the Century May Be Coming
It’s about time!Floyd Mayweather Jr., vs. Manny Pacquiao, the fight that boxing fans have yearned to see for more than six years, may finally happen. According to Yahoo Sports, Pacquiao’s camp, Top...
View ArticleU.N. Paints Bleak Portrait of Life for Jordan's Syrian Refugees
Syria’s refugees may have escaped the years-long conflict that forced them from their homes, but many now face a life of abject poverty and desperate living conditions, the United Nations said today....
View ArticleObama’s Foreign Policy Surge
Last summer, Barack Obama's foreign policy was failing—or so it seemed to many observers. The re-emergence of Islamist extremism in Iraq, the grisly beheadings of American hostages and the Ebola crisis...
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Women Edited Out of Pic at Paris Rally Sparks Backlash
Call it an iconic photo with a bizarre twist. On Sunday, thousands attended a unity rally in Paris for the victims killed in the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. At the head of the...
View ArticleWe Asked ‘Back to the Future’ Writer Bob Gale to Predict 2045
Back to the Future writer and producer Bob Gale knows that you won’t stop talking about Back to the Future in 2015, and he’s glad.“Both [director] Bob Zemeckis and I are totally jazzed that kids that...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Says He Would Veto a Ban on Police Chokeholds
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday he would veto a bill by city lawmakers that would make it illegal for a police officer to put a person in a chokehold during an...
View ArticleWoman Charged With Stealing From Boston Bombing Victims' Fund
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Maine woman was arrested on Wednesday, charged with fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars from a fund for victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, the Massachusetts...
View ArticleHouse Funding Bill for Homeland Security Would Block Obama on Immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans drew a hard line against President Barack Obama's executive immigration initiatives on Wednesday, voting to block them as they passed a Department of...
View ArticleFish Sperm Could Help Recycle and Extract Rare Metals
Rare earth metals like neodymium are becoming an increasingly important part of modern life, used to make everything from tiny batteries to wind turbines to television screens.But refining them (not to...
View ArticleMeasles Outbreak That Started in Disneyland Spreads to Four States
A measles outbreak that is believed to have begun in the Happiest Place on Earth has morphed into the worst California has seen in 15 years.More than 26 people in California, Utah, Washington state and...
View ArticleOhio Man's Plot to Blow Up Congress Foiled
A man hailing from Cincinnati, was arrested Wednesday by the FBI for allegedly planning an elaborate attack on the United States Capitol, according to a criminal complaint filed against him Wednesday...
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Yosemite Climbers Make History With Free Climb Summit of El Capitan
Updated | Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson have been on a daunting mission that began at the tail end of 2014. On December 27, after years of preparation, they set out to free climb the Dawn Wall...
View ArticleBritish Hospital Testing Patient for Ebola
(Reuters) - A woman suspected of having Ebola was being treated on Wednesday at a hospital in Northampton, central England, a spokeswoman for the hospital said. British media reports said the woman was...
View ArticleCameron to Lobby Obama on Last UK Resident Held in Guantanamo
Prime Minister David Cameron plans to lobby U.S. President Barack Obama for the release of the last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay on his two-day visit to Washington this week, a government...
View ArticleTurkish PM Equates Israel's Netanyahu to Paris Attackers
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday compared his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to the Islamist militants who carried out attacks last week in Paris, saying both had committed...
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To Live and Die in Gitmo
Today, even the people most intimately involved with the events of June 9, 2006, can hardly remember the names of the men who died that night. In the official literature, they are often referred to by...
View ArticleA Response to Newsweek on the Bible
Newsweek’s recent cover story on the Bible, as we expected, proved quite controversial, particularly among the evangelical community. Some agreed with our point, others expressed anger and still others...
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