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John Boehner Has Some Taylor Swift GIFs For All You Kids
If John Boehner isn’t charming enough to turn you against Obama’s plan to make two-year community college free, the speaker of the House evidently hopes these Taylor Swift GIFs will get the job...
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It’s Official: 2014 Was the Hottest Year on Earth Ever Recorded
Last year was hot. Too hot. Anomalously hot.Independent analyses released Friday from both NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) came to the same conclusion: A hotter year...
View ArticleShots Fired During Pakistani Protests Against Charlie Hebdo
A protest in Karachi, Pakistan turned violent today when those demonstrating against Charlie Hebdo’s depiction of the prophet Muhammad clashed with police outside the French consulate. The police used...
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‘Jump-Outs’: D.C.’s Scarier Version of ‘Stop-and-Frisk’
Two years ago, Cedric Harper and his friends stopped at a convenience store in southeast Washington, D.C., after their high school homecoming to buy candy and Gatorade. As they left the store, Harper...
View ArticlePhotos: Pope Francis Gets Celebrity Welcome in Asia
Pope Francis landed in Manila late Thursday to kick off the second leg of his two-week visit to Asia. The pope is to spend five days in the Philippines, where more than 80 percent of the population...
View ArticleEccentric, Prolific Music Producer Kim Fowley Dies at 75
Resident Los Angeles weirdo and musical luminary Kim Fowley, who in the 1970s famously assembled and produced the teenage punk band the Runaways, has died at the age of 75. Fowley had been suffering...
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‘Significant Threat’ to Europe After 1,300 Jihadis Return Home
Up to 1,300 European jihadists have already returned to the continent after fighting under the banner of ISIS according to ‘cautious’ estimates made by anti-extremism thinktank, the Tony Blair Faith...
View ArticleNCAA May Restore Penn State Wins Removed Over Jerry Sandusky Scandal
Updated | Pennsylvania State University has reached a tentative settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to restore 112 football wins that were vacated following a child...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Consider Gay Marriage
The United States Supreme Court will consider whether the Constitution requires states to recognize same-sex marriage. The Court accepted four separate cases from Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and...
View ArticleSix Questions About the Crisis in Libya
Since the fall of longtime strongman Muammar Qaddafi, Libya has descended into chaos, with rival factions vying for power and influence across the country.This week, members of the country’s warring...
View ArticleReport: ISIS Documents Killing of Gay Man in Mosul
The Islamic State (ISIS) has released images purportedly showing a gay man being pushed from a roof in Mosul, Iraq. The terrorist organization uploaded the photographs to Justpaste.it, a file-sharing...
View ArticleEscape from Mount Sinjar: Portraits of Yazidis in Exile
Last summer, militants from ISIS, the world’s most notorious jihadist group, forced thousands of Yazidis—a religious minority in the Middle East—to flee up Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq. Had they...
View ArticleCar-Stealing Teen Couple on the Lam, Heading South
This here’s Miss Cheyenne Phillips. This is Dalton Hayes. They rob cars, are madly in love and are currently living on the lam. Sounds like a plot loosely based on Bonnie and Clyde, but it’s true: A...
View ArticleNo More Monsieur Nice Guy: Paris Cracks Down on Terror
In last year’s absorbing spy thriller, A Most Wanted Man, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Günter Bachmann, a wheezing German counterterrorism agent determined to worm his way to the top of a Middle...
View ArticleU.S. To Begin Training Syrian Rebels in Coming Weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several hundred U.S. military trainers will begin moving to the Middle East in the next four to six weeks amid efforts to start training this spring for moderate Syrian...
View ArticleWest African Countries Seek Multi-National Force For Fight Against Boko Haram
ACCRA (Reuters) - West African leaders will seek authority next week from the African Union to create a multi-national force to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist insurgents, Ghanaian President John...
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9/11 Museum Acquires Truther Art
When TheVillage Voice chose Anthony Freda to create artwork for a story about the 9/11 Truth movement, he first planned to gently mock the Truthers. It was 2006, and as the article stated, mainstream...
View ArticleSeattle-Area City Bans Cheese Because of Football Rivalry
You gouda be kidding me: News broke this week that a small city near Seattle has issued an executive order to ban cheese, cheese-flavored products and perhaps most importantly, cheese-shaped hats, from...
View ArticleBattle Rages at Ukrainian Airport
KIEV (Reuters) - Fighting raged on Saturday at the main airport of Ukraine's city of Donetsk as separatists resumed attempts to break the tenuous grip of government forces on the complex and Kiev's...
View ArticleChannel Tunnel Set to Reopen After 'Smoldering Load' Closure
The Channel Tunnel operator said services could restart later on Saturday after it evacuated a shuttle train and closed the undersea crossing earlier in the day due to smoke from a truck.Eurotunnel...
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