NYC Passes Amendment to Protect Unpaid Interns Against Sexual Harassment
Following a legislative hearing last week, the New York City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to pass an amendment extending sexual harassment and civil rights protections to unpaid interns.The...
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Newsweek Rewind: Remembering the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Its 25th Anniversary
For today's Newsweek Rewind, we feature the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which occurred twenty-five years ago, on March 24, 1989. One of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, Exxon Valdez...
View ArticleSorry State: Maine Has Never Made the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies” –Andy Dufresne, escaped inmate, Shawshank State PrisonIn the shadows of the lighthouses from Quoddy Head to Kittery,...
View ArticleThe Sad 5: Schools That Have Never Tasted March Madness
In addition to the states of Alaska and Maine, there also five schools that have enjoyed Division I tenure for 25 years or more that have never found themselves in the grip of March Madness:—St....
View ArticleToday in Tabs: Magis Amica Tabula
I hope no one expects me to cover this petty Silver - Krugman shit.— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) March 27, 2014Turgid man-baby Nate Silver is not having a good day. Yesterday, responding to a number of...
View ArticleMeet the Zubaydahs. Not Terrorists. Really.
Famous family names can be a blessing, or a curse. You can be a Rockefeller or… an Abu Zubaydah. If it’s the latter, can a website clear your name?Heshem Abu Zubaydah, a Florida truck driver since...
View ArticleKiev Bailed Out, With No Help From Fiscal Conservatives
In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate and the House on Thursday passed aid packages for Ukraine that include both $1 billion in loan guarantees and additional sanctions on Russian officials and...
View ArticleObamacare Reaches Its Target. Can We Stop Pretending That Number Matters Now?
The White House announced Wednesday that more than 6 million Americans have signed up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, a long-awaited target set by Obama administration, with four days left...
View ArticleObama Urges Russia to Pull Back Troops From Ukraine Border: CBS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday said Russia's troop buildup on the Ukraine border was out of the ordinary and called on Moscow to pull its military back and begin talks to...
View ArticleFor Caregivers, Alzheimer’s Can Be a Life Sentence
About two dozen men and women sit in pairs in the sanctuary at Saint Peter’s Church in midtown Manhattan, reading sheet music and singing the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “Getting to Know You.” A...
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Stopping Putin: The Military Option
President Barack Obama is getting anxious that Russian president Vladimir Putin is on the point of invading Ukraine.“You've seen a range of troops massing along [the Russian/Ukraine] border under the...
View ArticleWho Is Leaking Turkish PM's Top-Level Secret Plans?
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's spymaster discusses possible military intervention in Syria with army and civilian chiefs, and days later their words are broadcast on the internet for all the...
View ArticleForeigners Escape Taliban Siege in Kabul, One Afghan Child Killed
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen stormed a Kabul guesthouse used by a U.S.-based aid group and held four foreigners hostage for several hours on Friday, just eight days before Afghanistan holds a...
View ArticleNicole Bricq, French Minister, Caught on Tape Saying Food at State Dinner for...
PARIS (Reuters) - France's trade minister had to eat humble pie on Friday after she was caught on film saying that food served at a state dinner for China's President Xi Jinping was...
View ArticleVideo: Watch the Heartwarming Moment a Deaf Woman Hears for the First Time
A woman hears her own voice for the first time in her life after having a cochlear implant fitted. Joanne Milne was deaf for 40 years, suffering from Usher Syndrome. -- Original video:...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Official...
Newsweek Magazine Letter to the EditorThe March 14 article “The Only Thing Scarier than Bio-Warfare is the Anti-Dote” contains significant misleading and inaccurate statements. The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleObama Tries to Soothe Saudi Fears on Iran Nuclear Deal
RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Saudi king Abdullah he would not agree to a bad deal with Iran on its nuclear program, a senior American official said, on a visit aimed at allaying...
View ArticlePutin Calls Obama to Work Out a Diplomatic End to Ukraine: White House
RIYADH (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss a U.S. diplomatic proposal for Ukraine, the White House said.Obama suggested to Putin that...
View ArticleChristie's Three-Step Comeback Plan
It's been a rough few months for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Once a Republican presidential hopeful, he saw his star start to wane in January when his top staffers and advisers were caught up...
View ArticleFor Soldiers With Gulf War Illness, a Clue to the Mystery in Their Cells
As a kid, Adam Such knew he wanted to join the military when he grew up. And after graduating from West Point in 1989, he went on to have a career that included 17 years in special operations, which he...
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