Blizzard 2015 in Photos
A nor'easter once billed as "crippling, and potentially historic" didn't live up to forecasters' predictions in much of the region—but the blizzard hit New England especially hard, dumping up to two...
View ArticleA Police Shooting Inside a Minnesota City Hall Was Caught on Tape
Updated | Minnesotans spending Monday night watching a New Hope city council hearing got more drama than they anticipated when a gunfight between a man and police officers interrupted the...
View Article3-D Scanning Comes to the Doctor, and the Paleontologist, and the Fashion Runway
At the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show held in early January in Las Vegas, I stood in the center of an array of circling cameras, remaining completely still for 12 seconds. Minutes later, a computer...
View ArticleWill Jordan Agree to ISIS Hostage Exchange?
On Tuesday morning, the Islamic State (ISIS) purportedly released a new video showing Japanese hostage Kenji Goto Jogo holding a photograph believed to be of Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh, another...
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Departing Dachau: A Holocaust Survivor's Liberation Story
It was a warm spring day when I first saw Dachau. The fields were green and the birds chirped in the nearby trees. But as my fellow prisoners and I marched through the camp’s gates, a horrific stench...
View ArticleMuadh al-Kasasbeh: Meet the Jordanian Pilot ISIS Is Willing to Swap for an...
In December, a 26-year-old Jordanian pilot crashed in Syria. First Lieutenant Muadh al-Kasasbeh was participating in a U.S.-led bombing mission targeting the Islamic State (ISIS) when his jet went...
View ArticleCan Billionaires Buy Elections?
The news that Charles and David Koch and their network of conservative activists plan to spend $889 million on the 2016 elections has sent shock waves throughout the political landscape. Publicized...
View ArticleA Brief History of Marshawn Lynch Not Answering Questions
Marshawn Lynch, running back for the Super Bowl–bound (and defending champion) Seattle Seahawks, does not want to talk to me. But I’m not taking it personally, because Lynch also doesn’t want to talk...
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Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Reflect on Identity, Memory and Faith
A generation will soon come of age having never heard firsthand testimony from a living Holocaust survivor. The aging ranks of those persecuted by the Nazis during World War II are not yet fully...
View ArticleAsset Forfeiture Drives Justice Department's License Plate Tracking
The Justice Department is building a national database that tracks vehicles’ movements around the U.S. in real time using information obtained from the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) license plate...
View ArticleIsraeli Jets Strike Back After Syria's Golan Attack
Israeli airforce jets struck Syrian army artillery positions near the Israel-occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday, the military said, in retaliation for rockets launched in the area the previous...
View ArticleRussian Government Outlines $35 Billion Anti-Crisis Plan
Russia's government intends to spend at least 2.34 trillion roubles ($35 billion) to help the economy withstand Western sanctions and the collapse in oil prices, according to a plan which implies the...
View ArticleJapan and Jordan 'Agree Prisoner-Swap' With ISIS
A prisoner swap has reportedly been agreed between Japan, Jordan and the Islamic State, which could see an exchange happen within hours. ISIS are demanding the release of Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi...
View ArticleThe Crisis in Yemen Deals a Blow to the War on Terror
Jamal Benomar was worried. Late last month, he was talking to me on the phone as he waited to fly to the Persian Gulf. Yemen was on the verge of collapse, and Benomar, the United Nations special envoy...
View ArticleIncredible Journey: The Boy Who Fled North Korea - for Sweden
The refugee who arrived by himself in Sweden last year gave his name as Han Song. He said it was an alias as he fears reprisals from the North Korean government. Home, Han told Swedish authorities, is...
View ArticleTwo Israeli Soldiers Killed, Seven Wounded as Violence Flares on Lebanese Border
The threat of a full-blown conflict between Israel and Hezbollah increased on Wednesday after the Lebanese militant group fired a missile at an Israeli army vehicle along the frontier, killing two...
View ArticleISIS ‘Attack Saudi Border Post and Infiltrate Town’
Dozens of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters have infiltrated a Saudi Arabian border town via Iraq before melting away into the general population, according to claims by the terror group’s supporters on...
View ArticleIsraeli Soldiers and a U.N. Peacekeeper Killed in Israel-Hezbollah Violence
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish peacekeeper were killed on Wednesday in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel that has raised the threat of a full-blown...
View ArticleReport: Jordanian Officials Demand Proof Pilot in ISIS Captivity Is Alive
Jordanian officials reportedly agreed to release prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi to the Islamic State (ISIS) in exchange for Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh. ISIS offered to release both al-Kasasbeh and...
View ArticleCaptured Ukrainian Pilot ‘Wants to Die’
Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian army officer and pilot who was captured in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and spirited to prison in Moscow, may die in captivity there on the hunger strike she has pursued...
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