Understanding the Epidemic of Farmer Suicide
I first heard about the problem of farmer suicide in 2010, when I came across a newspaper article about Dean Pierson, who shot and killed around 51 of his cows before taking his own life. The image...
View ArticleGM to Seek Court Protection Against Ignition Lawsuits
(Reuters) - Signaling a tougher stance toward legal claims stemming from its recent recall over faulty ignition switches, General Motors Co said it will ask a U.S. court to bar lawsuits related to...
View ArticleWhat the Puck? Another Hollow Spring for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Ice pellets, freezing rain and even snow strafed the city of Toronto on Tuesday, wreaking havoc on the highways. Winds gusted up to 37 miles, per hour, while temperatures dipped below freezing. With...
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Today in Tabs: The Tabliest Decade
Today's tabs were written piecemeal while I traveled to New York, so they're scattershot and disconnected and lack any kind of meaningful overarching narrative, much like life itself, and I'm not even...
View ArticleFormer Madoff Aides Seek to Have Convictions Tossed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five former Bernard Madoff aides have asked a federal judge to throw out their convictions, three weeks after a jury found them guilty of fraud and conspiracy for helping Madoff...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Signs Bill Protecting New York’s Unpaid Interns From Sexual...
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill protecting unpaid interns against sexual harassment and workplace discrimination at New York City Hall on Tuesday afternoon.“New York City is fortunate to have one of...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Accuse Assad of Crossing the 'Red Line' Again
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of a new poison gas attack in the Syrian capital on Wednesday, posting footage of four men being treated by...
View ArticleVideo: Mass Al Qaeda Meeting in Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda's wing in Yemen has vowed to attack the United States, in a video apparently showing a gathering of the group celebrating a mass jailbreak of fighters.In...
View ArticleNewsweek Rewind: 15 Years After Columbine, a Nation Still Asks ‘Why?’
This Sunday will mark a dark, bloody anniversary: It’s been 15 years since the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., in which Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, murdered 12 fellow...
View ArticleA Lightweight’s Guide to the Tribeca Film Festival
Call me shallow. There are dozens of films I should go see at the Tribeca Film Festival this month, but what I really want to do is watch Mary Poppins, Splash and a movie that looks like the soccer...
View ArticleFour-Way Talks Call for End to Ukraine Violence
GENEVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States, Russia, Ukraine and European Union together called on Thursday for an immediate halt to violence in Ukraine, where Western powers believe Russia is...
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Divers Search for Hundreds Missing After Korean Ferry Accident
JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) - Rescuers fought rising wind, strong waves and murky water on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, most of them teenaged schoolchildren, missing after a South...
View ArticleSaudi Conservatives March Against Westernization, Women's Rights
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian conservatives have staged a rare protest outside the Royal Court in Riyadh against "Westernizing" reforms including moves to allow physical education for schoolgirls,...
View ArticleVideo: Snowden Challenges Putin on Mass Surveillance on Call-In Show
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Edward Snowden, the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked details of U.S. intelligence eavesdropping, asked Russian President Vladimir Putin a question on Thursday...
View ArticlePistorius Prosecutor Hammers Forensic Expert as Trial Adjourns Until May
PRETORIA (Reuters) - The murder trial of Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was adjourned on Thursday until May 5 after the state wrapped up three days of punishing cross-examination of a...
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Starting Five for Thursday
1. Hail Bale Gareth Bale, a Welshman playing for Real Madrid, races past his FC Barcelona defender up the sideline to score the game-winning goal in the Copa del Rey. Shades of the Auburn field goal...
View ArticleNATO Says Sending Ships to Baltic to Bolster Defense of East European Allies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO is sending part of its naval rapid reaction force to the Baltic Sea as part of measures to step up the defense of its eastern European allies in response to the Ukraine...
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Barefoot in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan students are marching barefoot, building crucifixes and planning to burn effigies of President Nicolas Maduro to try and breathe new life into their protest movement over...
View ArticleKerry Condemns Call for Jews to Register In Ukrainian City
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Jews in a city in eastern Ukraine had been ordered to register with the authorities, calling the idea intolerable."Just in...
View ArticleScientists Find Distant Earth-Sized Planet That Could Support Water and Life
About 500 light years away, the fifth planet orbiting a small dim star called Kepler-186 has caught scientists’ eyes as being not only roughly Earth-sized, but also within what’s called the “habitable...
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