When outrages become the new normal — Meanwhile in America
Now and again in President Donald Trump’s Washington, it’s hard to believe what you’re watching with your own eyes. First, on live…
Continue ReadingNow and again in President Donald Trump’s Washington, it’s hard to believe what you’re watching with your own eyes. First, on live…
Continue ReadingCollege-aged women are as much as four times more susceptible to sexual violence than women of all ages. With that in mind, the University of New…
Continue ReadingThousands of protesters filled the streets of downtown Beirut as part of nation-wide demonstrations over deteriorating economic conditions and new…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry has said that every camera flash takes him “straight back” to the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997. In an…
Continue ReadingA Hong Kong court has ruled against redefining the meaning of marriage that would have allowed same-sex unions and civil partnerships in the city.…
Continue ReadingThree Muslim families were not allowed to board a New York City ferry after they were told they posed a “security issue,” according to a…
Continue ReadingThe US and Turkey announced a five-day break in fighting in Northern Syria today. Referred to as a “ceasefire” by the US and as a…
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to business travel, astronauts take the cake. The six space scientists and engineers who live and work in the International Space…
Continue ReadingGo ahead, pass Go, collect $200. Monopoly has leaped off the board and is now a fully immersive, real-world attraction. Here’s what else you…
Continue ReadingMore than half a million petty criminals will be pardoned in Japan next week to mark the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito, the government announced…
Continue ReadingOne in five detainees at the Philippines’ national penitentiary die every year, officials at the prison hospital have revealed. About 5,200…
Continue ReadingAn emergency medical technician raced to assist a colleague who had a stroke on the job, but he fell unconscious before he could help.…
Continue ReadingVietnam’s largest cinema chain has pulled a new Dreamworks animated movie from theaters because it features a map asserting Chinese ownership…
Continue ReadingA man who was deported to the Dominican Republic in 2016 after several criminal convictions was arrested this week and charged with fatally stabbing…
Continue ReadingThe eldest son of “El Chapo,” the jailed notorious Mexican drug kingpin, was captured by Mexico’s military on Thursday, but then…
Continue ReadingMore than a dozen correctional employees in Illinois are under investigation after they were accused of mocking transgender inmates in private…
Continue ReadingEleven men, including several members of the military, have been assaulted near downtown bars in Wilmington, North Carolina, over the course of…
Continue ReadingA grand jury in Alaska returned an additional murder indictment Thursday against a man already charged with the murder and sexual assault of another…
Continue ReadingThe New York City Council voted overwhelmingly to close Rikers Island jail Thursday and open four new borough-based facilities instead. “Today…
Continue ReadingHurricanes and earthquakes are bad enough on their own. Now imagine them combined. That’s kind of what a stormquake is, a phenomenon just…
Continue ReadingThe City of New Orleans plans to bring down two cranes at the construction site of the Hard Rock Hotel that collapsed over the weekend, killing at…
Continue ReadingA dozen women are alleging that a former dorm supervisor at the New York School for the Deaf sexually abused them while they were students, a new…
Continue ReadingIt’s like a defendant on trial getting to sit on the jury too. Venezuela has become the latest accused human rights abuser to win a seat on the…
Continue ReadingMoselean Parker’s 25 years of simmering frustration have boiled over. “I don’t have any reading books in my room! I don’t…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump toured a new Louis Vuitton leather workshop in Texas on Thursday before headlining a campaign rally in Dallas. Trump began his…
Continue ReadingUtah State Trooper Ruben Correa headed to a call of a car on the train tracks, but when he got to the scene a man was still in that car — and a…
Continue ReadingA mother who lost her son to a workplace shooting several months ago is now battling with her homeowners association over her right to fly flags in…
Continue ReadingAfroz Shah, a lawyer in Mumbai, hasn’t had a weekend off in four years. But he hasn’t spent this time writing briefs or preparing for…
Continue ReadingThe Latin American Music Awards (AMAs) feel and sound like the best house party you’ve ever attended. The one-night celebration of the best…
Continue ReadingNASA’s stationary InSight lander is slowly but surely getting to know Mars on a deeper level. Since landing on Mars in November 2018, InSight…
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