LA police shooting: What we know and don’t know
Because the man appears in the four-minute video to be on his back on the ground when shots are fired, some have blasted the police, saying excessive force was used….
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‘Surfer Angel’ Guido Schaffer Considered For Sainthood
The world could one day get a patron saint of surfing now that the Vatican is considering a Brazilian man known as the “Surfer Angel” for sainthood. Guido Schäffer, a…
Pope Francis Leads Thousands In Prayer At The Vatican For Christians Kidnapped By ISIS
Pope Francis has led tens of thousands of people in prayer in St. Peter’s Square for Christians and others who have been kidnapped or are victims of other “intolerable brutality”…
3 Ways Relics And Artifacts Can Help Us ‘Find Jesus’
relics, as some call them — associated with Jesus? Even the most suspect claim of a “lost” gospel or an “explosive” archaeological find that purports to shed light on the…
Woman In Wheelchair Shovels The Snow And Blows Us Away
The record snow in Massachusetts has met its match. From her motorized wheelchair, Crystal Evans of Braintree has shoveled snow for more than 100 hours since January, WCVB reported. Holding…
A scientific tale of two dresses
“Why do some people love cilantro and others say it tastes like soap? Why do some people have perfect pitch and others are tone deaf? It’s the same with vision…
Kevin Sessums Sees His Book’s Most Negative Review As An Endorsement
Former Vanity Fair editor Kevin Sessums details his years of celebrity hobnobbing, drug abuse and promiscuous sex in his new memoir I Left It On The Mountain, and while this…
A scientific tale of two dresses
“Why do some people love cilantro and others say it tastes like soap? Why do some people have perfect pitch and others are tone deaf? It’s the same with vision…
Introvert Travel Just Became A Thing, Thanks To New ‘Introvert Retreat’ In England
Group tours, guided treks and big-name cruises sound like great vacation ideas at first, but then there are all. those. people. The point of travel is often to escape our…
Mayor Of Jerusalem Tackles Knife Attack Suspect In The Street
JERUSALEM, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Israel’s mayor of Jerusalem and his security guard wrestled a Palestinian attacker to the ground near city hall on Sunday after an ultra-Orthodox Jew was…
Mayor Of Jerusalem Tackles Knife Attack Suspect In The Street
JERUSALEM, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Israel’s mayor of Jerusalem and his security guard wrestled a Palestinian attacker to the ground near city hall on Sunday after an ultra-Orthodox Jew was…
Monitoring group: 10 children killed by Syrian forces
In addition, at least four people including two women and two soldierswere killed and others injured during an explosion in the city of al-Qardaha in Lattakia province, the birthplace of…
To Jump-Start Your Exercise Routine, Be Mindful
By now, many of us, beset by bad weather and declining motivation, are struggling to maintain our New Year’s exercise resolutions. But a timely new study offers encouragement, suggesting that…
Ash Wednesday Explained: The Meaning Behind The Dirt
(RNS) Chances are you’ll see a bunch of folks walking around with shmutz on their foreheads this Wednesday (Feb. 18). The ‘Splainer asks what having a dirty forehead has to…
Attorney General Eric Holder sees success in fewer drug prosecutions
In a speech Thursday at the National Press Club, Holder pointed to the new data as showing the fruits of his Smart on Crime initiative, an effort focused on reducing…
Suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 10 police officers, injures 8 others
One suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance to the headquarters, allowing three others to enter the complex and also detonate their explosives, said Din Mohammad Darwish, a spokesman…
Beloved Mexican soap actress Lorena Rojas dies after battle with cancer
She had been fighting cancer since 2008. That year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2013, after the tumor metastasized to others parts of her body, she told Mexican…
Googly-Eyed Pup Shows You Don’t Need To Conform To Be Lovable
Don’t worry so much about trying to be cool. Sure, you could follow the crowd, look like everyone else, adopt a poised and detached demeanor and hope that someday, you’ll…
Hong Kong ferry captain jailed for deadly collision
A jury found him guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter and endangering the lives of others at sea on Saturday. The captain of the other vessel, which was owned by…
Brian Williams Used ‘Thuggish Kids’ To Dramatize Hurricane Katrina Story
Brian Williams has been accused of many things, but being racist has not been one of them. Yet one of the stories Williams told whose authenticity has been called into…
3 Little Reminders That Put Love Into Perspective
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about cards, flowers and romantic dinners. At its core, it’s about celebrating love — for others and yourself. Self-acceptance is just as important as affection for…
Toronto Jane’s Twitter trail through Syria
Jeff Weyers, a senior analyst with the Canadian counterterror research group iBRABO, has been tracking her movements through Syria with every tweet. “I don’t think she knew that she was…
Oregon man pleads guilty to role in 2009 suicide bombing
Reaz was accused of helping Ali Jaleel, a citizen of the Maldives Islands, and two others believed to have carried out the attack by using a large, bomb-laden truck to…
North Korea: Fairyland or ‘country of mushrooms?’
Published by the state-controlled KCNA news agency, the slogansmore than 300 in totalwere prepared by the Workers’ Party of Korea and called for “painstaking efforts” to improve the livelihoods of…
What LGBT Students Want You To Know About Being A Better Ally
Want to know how you can be a good ally to your LGBT friends? Listen up. As part of GLAAD’s #GotYourBack campaign, the organization visited three colleges and asked students…
In Chapel Hill And Across The Country, Thousands Honor Slain Muslim Students
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Thousands of people gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday to pay tribute to the three young Muslims who were killed…
Your Name Says More About You Than You Think
When it comes to stereotyping others, it takes no more than a name. That goes double for non-Anglophile names that carry a strong cultural currency, like Cashmoneya, TraNequa or Shaniqua.
Life of a modern-day maid
That said, all maids (a term many dislike) are different. Being people, some clearly enjoy the job more than others. Some are treated as members of the family; others become…
First ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Reviews Range From ‘Half-Baked Excess’ To ‘Fascinating’
Unless you’re Kim Kardashian, “Fifty Shades of Grey” reviews were embargoed until Wednesday morning. But when it rains corny sex dramas, it floods. After a couple of outlets published their…
Bruce Jenner Issues Statement After Fatal Car Crash
Reality star and former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner has spoken out following a multi-car collision on Saturday that left one person dead and seven others injured. – The Los Angeles…