A Valentine for black men
They say love can heal all wounds. So on this Valentine’s Day I’m sending a love letter to black men with a prayer that in the coming years the black…
Category: Headlines
Usain Bolt confirms he will retire after 2017 World Championships
The Jamaican sprint starwho has won six Olympic gold medals and is the reigning world record holder over the 100 meter and 200 meter disciplineshad previously intimated he would quit…
Homeless, And In Love: A Moving Story Of A New York Couple Who Lives On The Street
Though they don’t have a roof over their heads, they have each other. – For more of Takira and Will’s story, and to see the profiles of several other homeless…
Affordable Housing Initiative Demands Action For Historic Rental Crisis We Can’t Ignore
Advocates are proving why home is so much more than a place to store your belongings. Home Matters, a campaign supporting affordable housing initiatives nationwide, is using the month of…
Shooting At Copenhagen Free Speech Event, Danish Media Reports
Danish media say several shots have been fired at a cafe in Copenhagen where a meeting about freedom of speech was being held, organized by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who…
Iran Nuclear Negotiator Told Off By Supreme Leader: Control Your Temper With Kerry
Iran’s foreign minister says he has been told by the country’s top leader to control his temper during nuclear talks with Western diplomats. Mohammad Javad Zarif tells Iran’s Shargh daily…
Bahrain Protesters Rally On Anniversary Of Crushed Uprising
Protesters took to the streets in predominantly Shiite areas of Bahrain and set tires alight along a major highway Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of widespread protests calling for…
Painted love: the 10 most popular erotic paintings as chosen by the internet
The list, which is topped by Gustav’s Klimt’s The Kiss, includes well-known works by Renoir, Botticelli, Toulouse-Lautrec and Leighton, as well as two paintings each by Manet and the English,…
Boko Haram Attacks Nigeria’s Gombe, Prompting Fierce Battles With Military
Scores of Boko Haram fighters traveling in a convoy of vans attacked the northeast Nigeria town of Gombe Saturday morning, engaging in heavy fighting as the military responded with ground…
WHO: Up to 100 feared missing after boats collide on Congo River
The collision happened Thursday morning but news of the disaster is only just emerging. Eugene Kabambi, a WHO spokesman in the country’s capital, Kinshasa, told CNN that the wreck occurred…
U.S. Says Images Show Russian Armaments Near Embattled Ukraine Town
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — The United States released satellite images on Saturday meant to bolster its case that Russia has joined separatists in an all-out assault on the Ukrainian Army during…
Mexico Train, Bus Crash Kills At Least 16
MONTERREY, Feb 13 (Reuters) – At least 16 were killed and 30 injured in a collision between a freight train and a bus on a highway in the north of…
Multicolored Snow in Russia? No Worries, Officials Say
MOSCOW — In some places, say New York, the panic over snow often begins as soon as there is a forecast for it. In Russia, where it is a bit…
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…
Halifax Attack Foiled By Canadian Police
Canadian police said Friday they’ve foiled a plan by at least two suspects to kill people in a public place in the Halifax-area – Canadian Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney…
Iran Ayatollah Khamenei Sent Obama Secret Letter: WSJ
(Adds White House declines to comment, more details from the report, background) WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S. President…
Snatching Little League team’s title is a lousy move
To paraphrase the ESPN “30 for 30” sports documentary opening: “What if I told you that a sport based on lying, cheating and rule bending worked perfectly fine as long…
This Initiative Could Help 60,000 Poor Farmers
Farmers in the developing world will soon benefit from an effort aiming to pull their communities up the economic ladder. The Enhanced Livelihoods Investment Initiative (ELII) could help improve the…
David Carr, we’ll miss you
To see three nationally well-respected leaders in the field vanish in a week’s time has left many in the news business shaken. Williams deserves the least sympathy; he caused his…
This is a revolutionary pope
Catholicism is a global religion, of course, and it’s changing fast under the leadership of this very bold pontiff. The right-versus-left argument has also been in play, dramatically, as this…
Big Bird joins Twitter, chirps ‘Tweet’
With just one word, the yellow-feathered star of “Sesame Street” on Friday joined the ranks of famous Twitterers. His first tweet sounded a little tentative. – Big Bird’s Twitter debut…
Second Argentine prosecutor renews probe of President
An Argentine prosecutor said Friday there is enough evidence to continue an investigation into whether President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner hid Iran’s alleged role in a deadly 1994 bombing, a…
13 Photos Of Humans Simply Being Good To One Another
Kindness doesn’t have to involve a grand show of affection. Whether it’s making dinner for a friend, or complimenting a stranger, small acts of good can put a smile on…
Why America’s Yemen policy is failing
News that the United States has suspended operations at its embassy in Yemenand reports that Houthi rebels have seized U.S. Marines’ weaponshave laid bare the failure of U.S. policy in…
The Future Of Crime: Smartphone Tracking, Neurohacking, And AI Assisted Murder
The world Marc Goodman outlines in exhaustive detail in his forthcoming book, Future Crimes, is as real, gritty, and frightening as life outside the Matrix. Indeed, Goodman opens his book…
In Your Head: This Is Your Brain On Love
They don’t call love a drug for nothing. When we fall for someone, our brains release a cocktail of chemicals, creating feelings of euphoria and pleasure and (if all goes…
Even With Cease-Fire, Economy in Ukraine Is Crumbling
KIEV, Ukraine — The Merefa Glass factory, which has manufactured bottles and jars in Ukraine since 1896 and employed more than 2,000 people, has suspended operations because its main furnace…
About 700 Migrants Rescued Off Coast Of Libya
ROME, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Two commercial ships and an Italian coastguard vessel rescued about 700 migrants from overcrowded boats near the Libyan coast on Friday, days after more than…
Obama: FBI investigating ‘brutal and outrageous murders’
“No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship,” Obama said in a statement….
Struggling Single Mom Of Four Wins $188 Million In Powerball
Bummed that you didn’t win Wednesday’s massive Powerball drawing? – NBC noted that Holmes’ windfall would be worth $188 million distributed over 30 years, or $127 million in a lump…