Anchor’s Away: Brian Williams’ Biggest Sin Was Making Himself the Story
Brian Williams may have just lucked into the perfect job: On the same day NBC announced it was suspending the Nightly News anchor for claiming to have been aboard a helicopter downed by RPG fire during...
View ArticleThree Muslim Students Shot Dead at University of North Carolina
Three Muslim students were discovered fatally shot at residences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Tuesday afternoon, according to the Chapel Hill Police Department.The three students...
View ArticlePilot Warns of ‘Great Danger’ As ISIS Fire on Baghdad Flights
A former Iraqi Airways captain has resigned due to the threat of Islamic State (ISIS) militants shooting at flights arriving and departing from Baghdad International Airport, it has been revealed.The...
View ArticleUkraine Peace Talks Begin, Overshadowed by Fighting
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine began peace talks in Belarus on Wednesday, while in Ukraine pro-Moscow separatists tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war's worst...
View ArticlePhotos Show Powerful Sandstorm Blasting Middle East
A sandstorm sweeping across the Middle East is causing disruption at several of the region's travel hubs, raising air-pollution levels and coating things with a layer of sand.The storm was caused by a...
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The Night My Heart Stopped Beating
I think sometimes doctors forget what it’s like to be patients. But I’ve been there, and I know how frustrating and scary it can be.I remember one night, I was lying in a hospital bed, resting...
View ArticlePremier League Continues Financial Dominance Over European Rivals With New TV...
The English Premier League is set to dominate its European rivals for years to come in terms of the amount it can pay and pay for players, after a record deal for domestic television rights that leaves...
View ArticleCosta Concordia Captain Gets 16 Years for Disaster
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court convicted the former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner on Wednesday for his role in the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people and sentenced him to 16 years in...
View ArticleApple Invests $850 Million in Solar Power, Citing Climate Change
Apple has set its sights on the sun as a power source in the past, and another big project is on the horizon. CEO Tim Cook announced Tuesday at a Goldman Sachs technology conference that the company is...
View ArticleKansas Gov. Brownback Rolls Back Employment Protections for LGBT Workers
Some people in Kansas may be at risk of losing their jobs because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Yesterday, Republican Governor Sam Brownback issued an executive order removing...
View ArticleProsecutors Say NYPD Officer Worried About Job, Not Dying Man He Shot
As Akai Gurley lay dying in the unlit stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project Nov. 20, of last year, the New York Police Department rookie who fired the fatal shot "just stood there" for four minutes...
View ArticleU.K., U.S. Embassies Suspend Operations in Yemen
The American and British embassies in Yemen have shut down operations amid growing tensions and concerns over the safety of staff, with France planning to follow suit and shut down its embassy on...
View ArticleGive ‘The Daily Show’ to Jessica Williams Already
It’s a daunting task, replacing a beloved television personality who has hosted Comedy Central’s flagship news show longer than its younger viewers have been alive.Except Daily Show higher-ups don’t...
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‘House of Cards,’ Season 3, Briefly Appears Online 2 Weeks Early, Removed by...
Ten episodes from the third season of House of Cards, Netflix’s original political thriller starring Kevin Spacey, appeared for about half an hour on Netflix today before being taken down. Netflix has...
View ArticleISIS Terrorist, Former Rapper Cuspert Now on State Department Watch List
This week, the U.S. Department of State designated Denis Cuspert, alias Abu Talha al-Almani, a global terrorist. “As a result of the designation, all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which...
View ArticleThousands Protest Against Houthi Rule in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemenis in the capital Sanaa and the central city of Taiz held the largest protests yet against a takeover by a Shi'ite Muslim militia group on Wednesday after the United States,...
View ArticleGreece's Finance Minister Still Hopeful For Deal With Euro Zone
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis played down a failure to reach a common position with the rest of the euro zone and said he believed a "healing deal" on Greece's finances...
View ArticleCeasefire Agreed For Eastern Ukraine After Minsk Summit
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have agreed a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, participants at the summit talks said on Thursday.The deal reached after all-night negotiations...
View ArticleNorth Korea Fights For 'People's Dreams' With Barrage of Slogans
"Let the strong wind of fish farming blow across the country!""Let the wives of officers become dependable assistants to their husbands!""Let us turn the whole country into a socialist fairyland by the...
View ArticleWidow of Paris Gunman in Islamic State Territory: IS Magazine
A magazine run by the Islamic State militant organization has published an interview with the French widow of a Paris hostage taker, its first official claim that Hayat Boumeddiene is in their...
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