What Kind of President Would Benjamin Carson Be?
The official word from Dr. Benjamin Carson, the pioneering Johns Hopkins University brain surgeon who electrified conservatives with his speech at last year’s National Prayer Breakfast, is that a...
View ArticleWhat the Martial Arts Taught Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is often cast as a shadowy chess master making crafty moves on the global stage, a former KGB spy who treats Asia, Europe, the Middle East and former Soviet republics...
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Poison Control in Syria
“The clock is ticking.” Over the past seven months—since she was put in charge of ridding Syria of its chemical weapons—Sigrid Kaag has uttered the phrase more times than she can count.Kaag, 53, whose...
View ArticleAnother Bug in Same OpenSSL Software Hit by Heartbleed
A newly discovered OpenSSL bug called Cupid could allow attackers to strip Web connections of encryption, and it has likely been around for more than a decade. On Thursday, the OpenSSL Foundation...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: 3-2-1 C O N T E N T
Project Xanaduexists! If you know what that is, just go and look at it. Whatever you already think of Xanadu will be amply confirmed. The rest of you: Project Xanadu is a pre-internet hypertext project...
View ArticleG7 Leaders Back 2015 Climate Deal, Aim to Build on U.S. Momentum
BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - The world's leading industrialised nations gave their backing on Thursday to a new global deal on climate change in 2015 after promises from the United States at the start of...
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Brazil Increasingly Unhappy Being the World Cup Host, Poll Says
As soccer fans around the world gear up for the World Cup, Brazilians are growing increasingly unhappy about hosting the games, which start on Thursday, according to a new survey.Sixty-one percent of...
View ArticleGM Fired 15 Over Defect That Killed at Least 13
WARREN Mich. (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Thursday issued a report detailing how for 11 years it turned a blind eye to an ignition-switch problem linked to at least 13 deaths but largely pinned the...
View ArticleBergdahl Had Left His Unit Before, But Returned: Sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military investigation of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's capture by the Taliban found he had slipped away from his unit before but had always returned, raising questions...
View ArticleA Year After Snowden's Leaks, Journalism Adapts
One year ago today, The Guardian and The Washington Post began publishing top-secret National Security Agency documents leaked by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. In addition to altering...
View ArticleChinese Military Spending Exceeds $145 Billion, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese military spending exceeded $145 billion last year as it advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, the Pentagon said...
View Article18 Veterans Died on Secret VA Waiting List
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate negotiators reached a bipartisan deal on Thursday to ease healthcare delays at the Department of Veterans Affairs as the agency's acting boss revealed that 18 veterans on...
View ArticleThe Science of Booze
Am I drinking someone’s spit?On the evening of May 29, approximately 100 beer enthusiasts packed into an event hall at the laboriously cool Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn, New York’s Williamsburg section for...
View Article'Obvious Child' Tries to Reverse the Trend of Risky Abortions in Film
In the United States, abortion is common and safe: One in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime, and the odds of complications from the procedure are less than 1 percent.But on television...
View ArticleThe International Conspiracy Behind the Success of the San Antonio Spurs
Argentina. Australia. Brazil. France. Italy. These nations will be represented in the FIFA World Cup, which opens next Thursday in Sao Paulo, but they are also being represented in the NBA Finals,...
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World Leaders Gather for D-Day Tribute, Hope for Thaw on Ukraine
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER France (Reuters) - World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy under clear blue skies on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings,...
View ArticlePolice Search for Motive in Shooting at Christian College in Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Police were searching on Friday for what drove a man armed with a shotgun to open fire at a small Christian college in Seattle, killing one person and wounding two others before he...
View ArticleWe're Back: Economy Gets Back 8.7 Million Jobs Lost in Recession
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers kept up a solid pace of hiring in May, returning employment to its pre-recession level and offering confirmation the economy has snapped back from a winter...
View ArticleLeBron’s Cramp Unleashes a Firestorm of Dumb
The final score for Game 1 of the 2014 NBA Finals read “San Antonio Spurs 110, Miami Irony 95.” The Heat, the two-time defending champions, had been overcome by the heat. Whether or not you believe in...
View ArticlePakistani Woman Survives Murder Attempt after Marrying for Love
(Reuters) - An 18-year-old Pakistani has survived being shot and thrown in a canal by her family for marrying the man she loved, police said, weeks after the "honor killing" of another woman drew...
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