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After an incredibly busy 2014, during which health stories like Ebola, new food nutrition label rules, and the debate about the right to die sparked by Brittany Maynard dominated the…
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After an incredibly busy 2014, during which health stories like Ebola, new food nutrition label rules, and the debate about the right to die sparked by Brittany Maynard dominated the…
Hundreds of Islamist militants have seized a multinational military base in northeastern Nigeria, according to a government official. “Boko Haram overwhelmed the Multinational Joint Task Force and dislodged them from…
From avoiding traffic jams, to analyzing pedestrian flow patterns, to finding the best public toilet in town, crowdsourcing apps are showing that many smartphones make for light work. With thousands…
Harvesting papayas is Lemeul Mantey’s livelihood. He’s determined to get the best out of his trees, which grow in the farming community of Nsawam, west of the Ghanaian capital of…
Ask Kevin Lynch. Originally from Chicago, Lynch moved to Shanghai over a year ago with his wife and daughter “for an adventure.” When a position in the advertising company he…
But Greenfield’s success follows tremendous adversity. As a teenager, he survived two horrific years in concentration camps during the Holocaust, and lost his parents and siblings at the hands of…
Few European Union politicians will have raised a New Year glass in expectation of a brighter future. Many fear that 2015 could be the year in which both the euro…
The two young women are seen in Islamic garb with only their faces showing. They appear to be seated against a wall. One reads a brief statement in English, which…
The man who captained AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lived in a picturesque neighborhood in the suburbs of Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city. We headed there to see if family members or friends…
A year ago, who would have believed that a brutal militia would take over parts of Syria and Iraq, forcing the U.S. to re-enter the Middle East fray? Who would…
Police reviewed hundreds of online postings–and made several arrests–over alleged anti-cop threats made in the wake of the killing of two officers last month. It used to be a lot…
Leelah explained that she always felt like a girl and wanted her parents to accept that. They did not, mother Carla Alcorn told CNN, for religious reasons. Though she loved…
Tod Papageorge, the American photographer, is one of these. And not only can he remember the clubhe has a collection of stunning pictures to prove it. Now those pictures are…
As the “founder and self-appointed captain” of Beard Team USA, he was responsible for bringing the sport of competitive bearding to the United States in 2003. Since then, things have,…
Being a professional fine-art taxidermist, it’s obvious what category he places himself. “I know it’s hard to believe, but the presence of death has nothing to do with it for…
The Art of Movement is a monthly show that highlights the most significant innovations in science and technology that are helping shape our modern world. In a warehouse about the…
I grew up near the same tree-moss-draped area of Louisiana where U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise met with followers of David Duke, the Klu Klux Klan leader who in the ’90s…
Mario Cuomo was famous for the idealism he expressed in soaring oratory, but he had a prickly practical side as well. Cuomo, the political infighter, was famously combative: He frequently…
As if she didn’t smash 2014 enough with a blockbuster album and dominance of the headlines, Swift had one final gift for the world on December 31. –
At least 17,049 civilians were recorded killed in Iraq during 2014, Iraq Body Count said, roughly double the number recorded in 2013which in turn was about double that of the…
While many people are recovering from a hangover, Englishman Steve Abraham will be cycling more than 200 miles on New Year’s Day. And he then aims to do the same…
Bono has shared with fans that recovery from an accident has been slow going and that he’s worried he may never play guitar again. The U2 frontman underwent hours of…
The Premier League is, after all, the only major football league not to shut down over the holidays. Some supporters had more reason to cheer than others, and on that…
“This has been the toughest decision of my life and one which both me and my family have agonized over for a good deal of time,” Gerrard, who has played…
For years China has been the envy of the world, hailed as the great ‘economic miracle’ thanks to its sustained double-digit growth. Of late, however, the Middle Kingdom has also…
Now picture 33,000 people living there, within the space of one city block. That was Kowloon Walled City, once considered the densest settlement on earth. “A huge monstrosity of buildings“…
The popular 21-day Annapurna Circuit takes trekkers in a horseshoe-shaped route around a majestic segment of the Himalayas in Nepal. On the 10th day of the tour, Chaudhary and his…