Face-Off: NYC Lawmakers Grill Airbnb on Illegal Hotels
For about a year now, Airbnb has been at the center of a heated battle, pitting residents and lawmakers against one another in New York City. At issue: whether the website, which allows users to list...
View ArticleObama Heads to India to Mend Fences with Modi
Delhi’s international airport was closed for two hours yesterday morning because President Obama is visiting India. He wasn’t, however, in the country and is not arriving for another four days, but...
View ArticleRussia Successfully Tests Alternative to U.S.-Funded GPS Technology
Units in Russia’s air force are now operating with a Russian-developed navigation system, an alternative to the U.S.-funded GPS. The home-grown navigation project called GLONASS was installed in SU-25...
View ArticleThe Many Republican Responses to Obama’s State of the Union
Since 1966, the opposition party has taken the opportunity to deliver an official televised response to the president’s annual State of the Union address. On Tuesday night, after President Barack Obama...
View ArticleThe Indian Dream? World Bank Says Social Mobility in India Comparable to U.S.
A recently released World Bank report has claimed that the chance of escaping poverty is now roughly the same in India as it is in the U.S.The report, called Addressing Inequality in South Asia,...
View ArticleWhy Is This Man Claiming Sanctuary From the Feds in a Church?
Arturo Hernandez Garcia was laying floor tile on a construction site in Lone Tree, Colorado, one day several years ago when another contractor wanted to walk through the room he and his crew had...
View ArticleFeds Settle Over Fake Facebook Profile Used in Drug Case
The Justice Department reached a $134,000 settlement with a woman in upstate New York on Tuesday after the Drug Enforcement Administration used information from her cellphone to create a fake Facebook...
View ArticleWas Poet Pablo Neruda Murdered?
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will reopen an investigation into the death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda to determine if the poet was poisoned more than 40 years ago by a military dictatorship, after...
View ArticleBig Rig Crashes, Spills Ramen Noodles All Over Highway
Truck driver Larry Scholting dozed off while making a delivery on a North Carolina highway, crashing his tractor-trailer into a bridge support. The truck split in half and while Scholting walked away...
View ArticleObama Left Questions Unanswered on Community College Plan
The words zero and cost stood out in President Obama’s State of the Union address last night, but many higher education experts feel uneasy about a proposal to make community college more affordable....
View ArticleHacking Group Lizard Squad Hit With a Cyberattack on Its Own Network
The hacker cohort Lizard Squad, who gleefully shut down the Xbox Live and PlayStation networks over the holidays, has been hit with a cyberattack on its own network.On Christmas Eve, Lizard Squad’s...
View ArticleIt Might Be Time to Deflate Patriots Coach Bill Belichick
How do you solve a problem like Billghazi?If the NFL concludes the New England Patriots intentionally deflated 11 of the 12 footballs—heretofore known as a “Belichick’s Dozen”—used during Sunday’s AFC...
View ArticleSnowden on Cyberwar: America Is Its Own Worst Enemy
After a year punctuated by hacks and data breaches, most notably a cyberattack against Sony, President Barack Obama used part of his State of the Union address on Tuesday to mention the growing threat...
View ArticleJustice Department to Clear Darren Wilson in Michael Brown Shooting: Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is about to close the investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, and clear the white police officer...
View ArticleGerman PEGIDA Leader Resigns After Hitler Pose Prompts Investigation
The leader of the fast-growing German anti-Muslim movement PEGIDA resigned on Wednesday after a photo of him posing as Hitler, and reports that he called refugees "scumbags", prompted prosecutors to...
View ArticleSuspense Builds As ECB Prepares to Unveil QE
European shares were at a seven-year high and the euro sat near an 11-year low on Thursday as the European Central Bank prepared to take the plunge into full-scale quantitative easing.Market...
View ArticleJapanese Reporter's Bid to Save Friend Led to IS Abduction
It is an unlikely friendship that ties the fates of war correspondent Kenji Goto and troubled loner Haruna Yukawa, the two Japanese hostages for whom Islamic State militants demanded a $200 million...
View ArticleU.S. and Cuba Clash Over Immigration at Start of Historic Talks
The United States and Cuba clashed over U.S. immigration policy on Wednesday at the first session of high-level talks seeking to restore diplomatic ties between the Cold War adversaries.The Americans...
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Our Sleep Problem and What to Do About It
If you’re feeling cranky, confused or too tired even for sex, blame it on Thomas Alva Edison. We’re all bushed, and it’s all his fault.Humans have been screwing with their body clocks—and getting less...
View ArticleFour Decades Later, Roe v. Wade Is Still Monumental
On January 22, 1973, a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first three months of pregnancy across the United States. More than four decades...
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