Police are asking for help identifying more than 180 people who were caught on surveillance video looting a Missouri convenience store after a Ferguson grand jury failed to indict a…
WASHINGTON — Republicans are waging a last-minute campaign to gather support for net neutrality legislation that critics say will undermine the principles of a free and open Internet. A draft…
Making fun of stock photos is a past time as old as stock photos themselves, but one brave Photoshopper is taking the art to the next level. Enter Matthew Vescovo,…
Instagram just got a little bit safer for female body hair. About three weeks ago, the photo-sharing platform disabled the account of the Australian online magazine Sticks and Stones after…
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to acknowledge that climate change is real, bringing itself up to date with every major scientific body in the world. But the Senate also…
In the same week that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held its first hearing on the issue of rewriting No Child Left Behind, two separate…
A man arrested for riding his bicycle inside a supermarket really mugged in his mug shot. – Police weren’t amused. Follette now faces charges for resisting arrest and exhibiting a…
Virtually no one knew the 2-year-old by name. Now the world knows him as patient zero. Researchers from The New England Journal of Medicine say they believe Emile was the…
“Logic dictates that if Russia wants to increase the pressure on Europe, it should try beyond the territory of the former Soviet Union,” writes Ivan Krastev in the Financial Times….
A leading human rights group said Wednesday that Egypt is failing to protect its women from widespread violence and criticized the country’s authorities for “token” legal reforms that have not…
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What happens when you take away the impossibly long lashes and neon lipstick from a Bratz doll? Well, she looks a lot more like a real person. – For more…
Barack Obama’s bringing back the ’90s. ALL of the ’90s. In Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, President Obama touted our new revamped economy. According to the president, “Our…
LONDON — President Vladimir V. Putin surprised the world in December when he aborted long-laid plans for a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea to Europe, saying Russia would…
The Bronx Museum of the Arts and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Cuba announced Wednesday that a major exchange of works from their collections would take place this…
It paved the way for the creation of so-called super PACs, and unlimited, undisclosed contributions to outside groups that are often impossible to track. As a consequence, political operatives expect…
SANA, Yemen — President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi of Yemen appeared to bow on Wednesday to the demands made by the Houthi movement, whose militiamen have besieged his presidential palace…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has begun work on a legal memo recommending no civil rights charges against a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., who killed an unarmed black…
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Across a violent swath of southern Afghanistan, rumors are swirling about a band of former Taliban fighters who have claimed allegiance to the Islamic State and are…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — As he decides whether to run for president a third time, Republican Mitt Romney has accepted an invitation to speak at Jacksonville University’s spring graduation in…
In one corner, we have “Captain America’s” Evans, a dyed-in-the-wool fan of the New England Patriots. Evans landed the first blow Monday with a tweet to Pratt that said in…
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Shelling from both Ukrainian military and rebel separatist positions continued Wednesday over a remote border checkpoint northwest of Luhansk that Ukraine said was seized Monday by Russian…
This little teddy bear of a dog had a loving home for the first 9 years of his life, but Chewy’s situation changed and his family could no longer keep…
Over the years, we’ve seen the Victoria’s Secret Angels do it all. From Taylor Swift karaoke to wearing bras worth more than many homes, the lingerie company has pulled out…
What if Captain America wore a turban and roamed the streets fighting intolerance? This is exactly the superhero cartoonist Vishavjit Singh envisioned when he created Sikh Captain America, who, unlike…
The fictional world of “Harry Potter” has made a profound impact on human rights in Muggle society. And it used chocolate to do it. – To be fair trade certified,…
BRUSSELS — The Belgian authorities on Wednesday partially identified two men believed to be Islamic militants who died last week in a police raid, releasing the first names and nationalities…
On Tennis By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY MELBOURNE, Australia — It was Rafael Nadal’s night at Melbourne Park on Wednesday, as he found a way to win when his body was sending…
BERLIN — The leader of an anti-immigrant movement that has attracted tens of thousands of supporters and upended political debate in Germany stepped down on Wednesday after he was found…
Good news, bro: Scott Weiland will provide lead vocals for Art of Anarchy, a new band featuring Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal from Guns N’ Roses and bassist John Moyer from Disturbed…