Is Obama Keeping His Promise to Constrain the Use of Drones?
After watching the State of the Union address two weeks ago, 72 percent of viewers, according to one CNN poll, said that they felt President Obama’s policies would move the country in the right...
View ArticleISIS Captors Didn’t Carry Koran, Former Islamic State Hostage Says
In a televised interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, French reporter Didier François offered some insights on what it’s like to be an ISIS captive, after he was held for over 10 months in Syria,...
View ArticleHealth Benefits of Addressing Climate Change
Opponents of action to mitigate climate change often suggest that regulation could have a negative impact on jobs. But such a view may diminish the importance of other factors and obscure a fuller...
View ArticleRussia Helps Target Islamic State Financing
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia is leading a U.N. Security Council initiative to ratchet up pressure on countries to cut off the cash flow to Islamic State militants, Russia and council diplomats...
View ArticleUAE Stops Airstrikes Against Islamic State After Execution: Officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from flying air strikes in the U.S.-led international coalition campaign against Islamic State fighters, who are occupying parts of Iraq...
View ArticleWhere Apple Gets the Tantalum for Your iPhone
Nobody likes to think his or her iPhone was made from minerals derived from a country where warlords and mass rapists profit from the mines. So a year ago, Apple made a bold claim: It had audited...
View ArticlePhotos: The Free Syrian Army Fighter Who Takes Care of Puppies
Across Syria, photographers have captured soldiers of the Free Syrian Army caring for stray dogs and taking them in as their own. Some fighters, like Ahmed al-Hussein, care for entire packs of dogs....
View ArticleSilk Road Operator Found Guilty of Drug Charges
(Reuters) - The suspected operator of the underground website Silk Road was convicted on Wednesday on narcotics and other criminal charges for his role in orchestrating a scheme that enabled around...
View ArticleShipwreck Treasure Hunter Accused of Cheating Investors Is Captured
A marine engineer who recovered millions of dollars’ worth of gold from a 19th century shipwreck but was accused by his investors of cheating them out of their share of the treasure has been arrested...
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New Lawsuit Could Make N.Y. 6th State Where Doctors Can ‘Aid in Dying’
Sara Myers isn’t suicidal, but she wants to choose when to die. Four years ago, doctors diagnosed Myers, 60, with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which...
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All the Super Bowl XLIX Highlights You Missed, From Dadvertising to Goodell’s...
Yesterday we dissected the infamous 2nd-and-goal from the 1 call from Super Bowl XLIX. Today we will examine the rest of the circus, from NBC’s telecast (well done, Cris Collinsworth) to the...
View ArticleU.S. Government Warned on Withholding Detainee Abuse Photographs
A drawn out legal battle over the release of approximately 2,100 pictures depicting U.S. military abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, which are said to possibly be more disturbing than the Abu...
View ArticleDemocrats Ready to Join Obama in Snubbing Netanyahu Speech to Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to address Congress next month on the need for stronger sanctions against Iran is turning into a major political and diplomatic blunder for the Israeli...
View ArticleGreece's Growth-Linked Debt Plan May Face Legal Obstacle Says Lawyer
Greece's plans to make its debt more manageable by swapping rescue loans for growth-indexed bonds may be deemed illegal under European Union rules, according to a lawyer who worked on the country's...
View ArticleNATO Meets to Approve Strengthening Forces in Eastern Europe
NATO defense ministers met on Thursday to sign off on a network of command centers in eastern Europe to rapidly reinforce the region in the event of any threat from Russia, as well as a new regional...
View ArticleTaiwan Pilot Hailed as Hero for Pulling Plane Clear of Buildings
Taipei's mayor hailed the pilot of a crashed TransAsia Airways plane a hero on Thursday for narrowly avoiding buildings and ditching the stalled aircraft in a river, likely averting a worse disaster.At...
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Bringing Anne Frank Home - to Germany
Like many people in their seventies and eighties, Buddy Elias and his wife Gertie are downsizing – clearing out the attic and getting rid of several generations’ worth of papers, clutter and...
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Sex Slaves on the Farm
From the passenger seat of the red Camaro convertible hurtling away from Southampton Road, Janet watched the scenery change from one-story houses to tobacco fields and apple orchards. She had come to...
View ArticleSouth Africa Turns Blind Eye to Its Tortured Past
Through the use of death squads, many apartheid defenders in South Africa conducted a dirty war against those whom they perceived as threatening the regime. Victims were of all races and included Chris...
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Remembering Carl Djerassi: Playwright, Chemist, Birth Control Pioneer
Dr. Carl Djerassi, who died last week at age 91, was known across the world for his pioneering work on birth control. But family and friends also remember the scientist as a forward-thinking teacher...
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