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African-Americans have been monumental — and often controversial — forces in the political realm since Reconstruction. Americans are hip to Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Shirley…
Gina Rodriguez and America Ferrera have more in common than being the only Latina women to have won Golden Globes for best actress: Both of their series’ were originally Latin…
Hillary Rodham Clinton, who won’t yet say whether she is running for president, is assembling a massive campaign team-in-waiting that outstrips anything on a Republican side that remains factionalized and…
A windy storm sweeping down the West Coast knocked down trees, ripped through freeway and street signs, delayed hundreds of flights and knocked out power for thousands of people in…
We often hear about the tortured relationship artists have with their work. Alex Solis takes that to a clever extreme in his “Inkteraction” series. Solis fights his character drawings in…
Kim Kardashian caused yet another Internet frenzy on Friday night. However, this time it didn’t involve showing off her butt — it was all about chopping off her hair. That’s…
Friends and family are planning to gather for the funeral of a 17-year-old girl shot to death by Denver police officers. – On Thursday, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock canceled a…
She’s as sexy as … Muzak. Vanessa Bayer of “Saturday Night Live” hilariously spoofs the “Fifty Shades of Grey” elevator scene in an ad for Audi.
Israeli opposition leaders are calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his planned speech in front of the U.S. Congress. Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog said Saturday that instead…
An Albuquerque police officer searching a former drug lab came across an unexpected find. While searching a condemned apartment abandoned two years ago after it was discovered to be a…
North Korea said Saturday that it has test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile, a move experts in Seoul viewed as an attempt to raise tensions ahead of joint military drills…
Firefighters in Northern California rescued a horse that got stuck in an outdoor bathtub. – Phantom, a Palomino/Appaloosa mix, was not injured.
A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital Saturday killed more than three dozen people hours before the city’s longtime curfew was set to come to an end. The deadliest…
* Merkel says arming Ukraine would only worsen conflict * U.S. Senator Graham accuses Berlin of turning back on ally * Talks with Putin yield little beyond agreement to talk…
The mother and grandparents of a 7-year-old boy who was so malnourished that one doctor said he looked like a Holocaust survivor pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault for failing…
For the next 30 days, GPS for the Soul and meQuilibrium are providing you tips on how to live a healthier, happier and stress-free life. See the previous stress tips…
Despite being declared beaten in 2000, measles is back, due largely to declining vaccination rates in parts of the United States. “We should not be in this boat,” Dr. Pritish…
When news broke that an avocado a day could keep cholesterol at bay, squeals of joy from guacamole-lovers were audible. –
For years, some current and former American officials have been urging President Barack Obama to release secret files they say document links between the government of Saudi Arabia and the…
AMMAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Jordan carried out a third straight day of air strikes on Islamic State targets on Saturday, it said, in response to the group’s killing of…
A man who says he got a traffic ticket for eating a cheeseburger while driving in metro Atlanta won’t be prosecuted after all. – He said the officer told him,…
The parents of a 26-year-old American who Islamic State extremists say was killed in an airstrike in Syria said in a statement addressed to group leaders that the claim of…
In many respects, Andy Mientus became a Broadway star in spite of himself. Although he can be seen as Marius in the current revival of “Les Misérables,” the 28-year-old actor-singer…
Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime performance featured everything from dancing sharks to Missy Elliott, but one notorious right-wing pundit was left unimpressed by the spectacle. Mission America’s Linda Harvey, whose…
The Grammys are February 8, and while LGBT artists have always been well-represented in music, there are some genres that don’t get their due. Take punk rock—born out of 1970s…
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(RNS) The film adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” which opens in theaters next week (Feb. 13), has movie morality guardians armed and heading for battle. The Catholic bishop of…
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) Mohamed Ahmed, a gas station manager who moonlights as an anti-terror propagandist, is ready to launch another strike against Islamic State terrorists. He’s just waiting for his tax…
Are you ready to enter “The Runway Museum”? – What’s next for you? I’m currently working with a recording artist on coordinating and choreographing their music video, which I’m extremely…
Feb 6 (Reuters) – The number of U.S. drivers under the influence of alcohol is steadily dropping, but the use of illegal drugs by drivers is on the rise, new…