7 ways to celebrate World Pangolin Day
I kinda hate that there’s a “day” for everything, these days. Friday, for example, was simultaneously Love Your Pet Day, Cherry Pie Day and Handcuff Day (apparently celebrating the 1912…
Teen Girls Create Award-Winning App In Hopes Of Preventing School Shootings
In October 2014, high school freshman Jaylen Fryberg shot five students and then himself in Washington state. To help cope with this tragedy in their community, a group of teenage…
Herzog ‘calling Netanyahu’s bluff’ on security
The head of Israel’s main opposition Thursday promised to reignite the peace process as Prime Minister, suggesting a resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict would enable Israel to play a more…
Rudy Giuliani’s fall from America’s Mayor
But by amplifying his charge that President Barack Obama doesn’t love America, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani appears ready to risk sullying the powerful mythology that grew around his…
There’s A Tattoo Removal Cream In The Works, But WIll It Actually Work?
Regretting that tattoo you got a few years ago? Alec Falkenham, a researcher at Dalhousie University in Halifax, is working on a fix. – Only time will tell if this…
Bulgarian bones could be John the Baptist’s, scientists say
The most famous of them all, the Turin Shroud, is widely regarded as a Middle Ages forgery, and even the Catholic Church does not insist the shroud was actually used…
‘Trust Nobody, And Proceed With Caution’
both male and female — an orientation video offering advice on how to identify, and avoid, sexual predators behind bars. Read the whole story at The Marshall Project
How A Parent’s Incarceration Mentally And Emotionally Scars Their Children
Ifetayo Harvey’s father was sentenced to 15 years in prison for cocaine trafficking when she was just 4 years old. Even though he only served half of his sentence, he…
San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Hits Back At Lawmakers Challenging Morality Clauses
(RNS) San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has rejected criticism from state lawmakers over the use of morality clauses for Catholic schoolteachers, asking whether they would “hire a campaign manager who…
U.N. Panel Threatens to Name Those It Accuses of War Crimes in Syria
UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations panel investigating potential war crimes in Syria’s civil war threatened on Friday to release a closely guarded list of names of those it accuses…
U.N. Panel Threatens to Name Those It Accuses of War Crimes in Syria
UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations panel investigating potential war crimes in Syria’s civil war threatened on Friday to release a closely guarded list of names of those it accuses…
More Women Are Leaving Behind Religious Identities For Something More Spiritual
(RNS) Nadia Bulkin, 27, the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother, spends “zero time” thinking about God. And she finds that among her friends — both guys…
U.N. Panel Threatens to Name Those It Accuses of War Crimes in Syria
UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations panel investigating potential war crimes in Syria’s civil war threatened on Friday to release a closely guarded list of names of those it accuses…
Huckabee meets with Netanyahu in advance of U.S. visit
“Gov. Huckabee encouraged [Netanyahu] regarding his upcoming speech to Congress,” said Huckabee’s Communications Director Alice Stewart in a statement to CNN, adding that the Governor assured the Prime Minister that…
How America’s First Black Film Defied Racism 100 Years Ago
The 87th annual Academy Awards on Sunday will honor Hollywood’s biggest achievements of the year, but many have already taken note of who’s been left off of the nomination list:…
‘Parenthood’ May Be Over, But Mae Whitman And Lauren Graham Are Best Friends Forever
When Mae Whitman dropped by HuffPost Live on Friday to discuss her new film “The DUFF,” she confirmed what we’ve all known for a long time: “Parenthood” is the source…
Takata to Be Fined $14,000 a Day by N.H.T.S.A. in Airbag Investigation
In an escalating standoff with Takata, federal regulators said Friday that they would begin to fine the Japanese auto supplier $14,000 a day, saying it had not fully cooperated in…
Making history: Battles brew over alleged bias in Advanced Placement standards
And in partisanship. The College Board, which creates standards for what knowledge students in AP classes must demonstrate to get college credit for taking the course, introduced a new 95-page…
Bol Bol, 6-Foot-10 Son of Manute, Adjusts to High School Basketball
Bol Bol, center, during a junior varsity game at Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, Kan. Bol, the son of the former N.B.A. player Manute Bol, is a freshman.”…
This Map Shows The Most Lucrative Animal Product In Each State
About a month ago, I published two maps that illustrated some broad trends in American agriculture: Above all, that while states on the coasts tend to produce fruits and vegetables,…
Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad take on Boko Haram at Nigerian border
A pickup loaded with Chadian troops crosses the bridge into Gambaru to reinforce their peers locked in an hours-long heavy exchange of gunfire with Boko Haram fighters. A suspected terrorist…
‘Envelope, please’: 6 things you may not know about the Oscars envelope
The shining Oscar statuette is a celebrated symbol of the Academy Awards, but there is another icon on the Oscars scene. Weighing a quarter of a pound and seen by…
‘Envelope, please’: 6 things you may not know about the Oscars envelope
The shining Oscar statuette is a celebrated symbol of the Academy Awards, but there is another icon on the Oscars scene. Weighing a quarter of a pound and seen by…
‘Envelope, please’: 6 things you may not know about the Oscars envelope
The shining Oscar statuette is a celebrated symbol of the Academy Awards, but there is another icon on the Oscars scene. Weighing a quarter of a pound and seen by…
Takata to Be Fined $14,000 a Day by N.H.T.S.A. in Airbag Investigation
In an escalating standoff with Takata, federal regulators said Friday that they would begin to fine the Japanese auto supplier $14,000 a day, saying it had not fully cooperated in…
Coptic Christian bishop: I forgive ISIS
Christians across the world expressed horror and outrage at the mass killing, with Pope Francis calling the victims “martyrs” whose violent deaths should unite the fractured Christian community. Remarkably, though,…
Student Who Reported Gang Rape By Football Players Sues UNM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A woman’s lawsuit accuses the University of New Mexico of giving short shrift to her report of being raped by two football players and another man….
Group Urges Holiday Inn Boycott Following Lawsuit To Shut Down Colorado Marijuana Industry
One of the nation’s largest marijuana policy reform groups is calling for a nationwide boycott of Holiday Inn after a hotel management company that owns a Holiday Inn in Colorado…
Rudy Giuliani’s Obama critique puts 2016ers in a bind
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who is contemplating a presidential run, tried to strike that balance in his comments to The Associated Press that while he had “no doubt” Obama loves…
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Claim That I’d Change My View On Weed In Exchange For Support Is ‘Outrageous’
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) disputed a claim that she offered to change her position on medical marijuana if a donor took back criticism, calling it “outrageous.” “I wouldn’t change…