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Deep in the Heart of Texas
Texas voters are heading to the polls to cap off a most unusual primary election season. "We haven't had Republican primaries like this, ever" said Democratic strategist Jason Stanford of Austin.Texas...
View ArticlePutin: Military Force Would Be 'Last Resort' in Ukraine
(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin delivered a robust defense of Russia's actions in Crimea on Tuesday and said he would use force in Ukraine only as a last resort, easing market fears that East-West...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: Revelations
We're looking for another great science & technology editor for The New Yorker website. Thoughts?— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) March 3, 2014The end times are upon us, brothers and sisters. As...
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Photo Essay: Railway Renegades
Becoming an adult is a complex and sometimes painful process. Terrified by this transition, some people stay in a halfway stage before youth’s tranquility and carelessness vanish forever. I decided to...
View ArticleRussia Test-Fires ICBM Amid Tension Over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said it had successfully test-fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on Tuesday, with tensions high over its seizure of control in the Crimea and its threat to...
View ArticleNYT Corrects 161-Year-Old Article on '12 Years a Slave'
On Jan. 20, 1853, The New York Times ran an article on Solomon Northup, whose behind the memoir "12 Year a Slave." In it, his name is spelled wrong. NoYesYesWeb
View ArticleTurkish PM Says Rival Will 'Pay Price' as New Recordings Emerge
(Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday berated an Islamic cleric he accuses of plotting to wreck his government, as more voice recordings apparently intended to embarrass the Turkish...
View ArticleJudge Says Ecuador's $9.5 Billion Settlement Against Chevron Was Fraud
Was it all a con? A U.S. federal judge ruled Tuesday that legal proceedings in Ecuador leading to a $9.5 billion judgement against Chevron for polluting the Amazon were fraudulent and carried out with...
View ArticleTo Put Pressure on Putin, Make Life Hard for Rich Cosmopolitan Russians
To understand the ways in which the world has changed since the end of the Cold War in 1991, when the Soviet Union disintegrated, take a walk along London’s Brompton Road on any summer afternoon....
View ArticleAbbott, Davis Win in Texas Primaries Roiled by Tea Party Clout
(Reuters) - The top candidates for Texas governor easily won primary elections on Tuesday while favorites of the conservative Tea Party movement shook up several races with established Republicans.With...
View ArticleRT America Anchor Resigns In Protest Of 'White-Washed' Ukraine Coverage
Update: Liz Wahl, an anchor for Kremlin-funded RT America, resigned live on air on Wednesday, BuzzFeed’s Rosie Gray reported.Wahl said she resigned in protest of the network’s coverage of Russia’s...
View ArticleIsrael Says Seized Gaza-Bound Rocket Shipment From Iran
(Reuters) - The Israeli navy seized a ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday that was carrying dozens of advanced Iranian-supplied rockets made in Syria and intended for Palestinian guerrillas in the Gaza...
View ArticleRussia Rebuffs West on Crimea Ahead of Paris Talks
(Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it could not order "self-defense" forces in Ukraine's Crimea region back to their bases ahead of crucial ministerial talks in Paris aimed at easing tensions over...
View ArticleVideo: U.S. House Hearing on IRS Scandal Dissolves in Shouting
(Reuters) - A brief congressional hearing ended in shouting and confusion on Wednesday after a former U.S. Internal Revenue Service official refused to answer questions about a 10-month-old controversy...
View ArticleMore Tough News for Bitcoin Doesn't Deter the Currency's True Believers
It’s been a trying few weeks for Bitcoin and those who insist the digital currency marks the future of the global economy.Barely a week after $350 million in Bitcoin was reportedly stolen from massive...
View ArticleU.N. Envoy Forced Out of Crimea by Hostile Pro-Russian Crowd
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - A U.N. special envoy was forced to abandon a mission to Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea region on Wednesday after being stopped by armed men and besieged inside a cafe...
View ArticleSAT Gets Radical Revamp and a Return to a 1600 Top Score
The creators of the SAT exam announced major changes to the college-entrance exam Wednesday. The redesign, the first since 2005, will make the essay portion optional, remove the most obscure vocabulary...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: It Is What It Is
Sometimes I catch myself idly caressing the curves of my MacBook.— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) March 4, 2014I'm here for you, dear reader, so let me level with you: nothing important happened on the...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Deaths Vastly Under-Reported, Study Says
Alzheimer’s is a fatal disease. Over 5 million people in the U.S. currently live with Alzheimer’s, and most have a life expectancy of 3 to 10 years after diagnosis. With that number in mind, how were...
View ArticleThree Gulf Arab States Recall Envoys in Rift With Qatar
RIYADH/DOHA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar on Wednesday in an unprecedented public split between Gulf Arab allies who have fallen...
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