This Podcast Is Trying To Put You To Sleep
Drew Ackerman is a podcaster. While the medium is having a moment, his podcast is very different from the others you might have queued up on your iPhone. Ackerman’s podcast…
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Time to face facts over extremism
Our minds still try to resist the idea that someone is willing to kill another human being because of the words that he or she writes. Yet that is exactly…
Bangladeshi-American Writer Killed by Machete-Wielding Assailants
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladeshi-American blogger known for his antipathy to religion was hacked to death on the street in this capital city by two assailants wielding machetes, the police…
Former Miss Turkey Faces Prison For ‘Insulting’ President Erdogan
The lawyer for a model and former Miss Turkey says she could face up to two years in prison for social media posts that prosecutors have deemed to be critical…
GOP Lawmakers Clash Over Shutdown
A tense debate broke out during a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans on Tuesday, a sign of the serious hurdles GOP leaders face ahead of a critical funding deadline for…
From Smartphones to Museum Walls
Credit Eliot Elisofon Credit Lauren Fleishman Credit Rommel Bundalian Madrid.rn rn ” – Residents of the rebel-held city of Douma, Syria, survey damage and try to put out a fire…
Soldier killed, 6 hurt in training accident on U.S. Army base
All of the injured, including one in critical condition, were medically evacuated. The military hasn’t identified them or the soldier killed, waiting on next-of-kin notification. “Our thoughts and prayers are…
Rod McKuen, Prolific Poet and Lyricist, Dies at 81
Rod McKuen, a ubiquitous poet, lyricist and songwriter whose work met with immense commercial success if little critical esteem, died on Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 81. Mr….
Hospital discharges first person diagnosed with Ebola in UK
On December 29, the 39-year-old Glasgow, Scotland, resident became the first person to be diagnosed with the virus on UK soil shortly after returning from Sierra Leone. Five days later,…
UK nurse with Ebola improving
On January 3, London’s Royal Free Hospital said Cafferkey’s condition had deteriorated to critical. – Last week, Save the Children said it was “doing everything possible” to establish how Cafferkey…
Hospital: UK nurse with Ebola now in critical condition
Pauline Cafferkey, 39, of Glasgow is the first person to have been diagnosed with the virus on UK soil. The Royal Free Hospital said her condition “has gradually deteriorated over…