There Were At Least 12 Other Terrorist Attacks The Week Of Charlie Hebdo
WASHINGTON — The world has been mourning the almost 20 people killed around Paris on Jan. 7 and 9 in some of the most vicious radical Islamic terror attacks in…
Rahm Emanuel Wants Chicago Parkland For Obama Presidential Library
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel planned to introduce an ordinance Wednesday aimed at substantially improving the city’s chances of hosting the Obama presidential library by setting aside space…
Here Are The Most Expensive Countries In The World To Live In
You might think life here in America is expensive. But it turns out that when compared to the rest of the world, the U.S. doesn’t even make the list of…
GOP rebuttals: 2 speeches, only 1 with immigration
One, given in Spanish by Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo, asked the President to “cooperate” with congressional Republicans to make immigration reform happen. “We should also work through the appropriate channels…
A Fake Onion Story About Overstock.com Just Became A Reality
On Nov. 5, 2013, satirical news site The Onion posted an article claiming that online retailer Overstock was going to create a streaming service for original video content. On Jan….
‘Action Movie Kid’ Proves Quality Time With Dad Is Never Boring
For James, aka Action Movie Kid, hanging out with dad is far from ordinary. With a little editing, DreamWorks digital effects artist Daniel Hashimoto recently turned his afternoon with his…
Kendall Jenner’s First Estée Lauder Ad Is Confusing, So We’re Breaking It Down For You
Kendall Jenner’s gig as the face of Estée Lauder is starting off with a bang — but folks just can’t seem to figure out what she’s selling in her first…
Megyn Kelly, ‘Attractive-Looking Blond’ Anchorwoman, Leads The Pack At Fox News
Fox News’ Megyn Kelly has long been singled-out for her good looks, and a recent profile in The New York Times Magazine details just what her Fox News colleagues first…
‘Exploding Kittens’ Card Game Is Probably The Next ‘Cards Against Humanity’
Cats against humanity. After just 20 minutes on Kickstarter, a card game known as “Exploding Kittens” had been reached its $10,000 goal. Within an hour, its backing was at 1000…
This Guy Just Made $1 Billion Betting On Oil Prices
You know what’s cool? An oil-price collapse that saves you a few dollars when you fill up the Escalade. You know what’s cooler? An oil-price collapse that makes you ONE…
Benedict Cumberbatch Proves You Can Make Even The Lamest Names Sound Cool, Take Notes
Jimmy Kimmel thinks Benedict Cumberbatch has “the greatest name ever given to a human being,” but he’s not sure if the actor would have the same amount of swag without…
The Fascinating Idiosyncracies Of The Austistic Brain
Even with mounting scientific research and hundreds of clinical studies, the autistic brain remains something of a mystery. Some research has suggested that there is too much connectivity in the…
Sylvester Stallone Surprises Tourists With Selfie After They Run ‘Rocky’ Steps
You might climb to the top of the Empire State Building, and never meet King Kong. Or visit Katz’s Delicatessen, and never encounter Meg Ryan. But tourists who ran the…
Environmentalists Reject Obama’s Call For Expanded Trade Powers
WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 environmentalist organizations sent a letter Wednesday to every member of Congress, urging them to oppose granting President Barack Obama “fast-track” authority to pass new free trade…
Planet Politics: The U.S. Is Back, But Still Cautious In The World
WASHINGTON — The speech is, after all, called the State of the Union, not the State of the World. So perhaps President Barack Obama can be excused for dwelling on…
Watch ‘Broad City’ Interview Sleater-Kinney About Feminism, Music And So Much More
This is a dream come true. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer of “Broad City” sat down with Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney at New York’s Ace…
Takeover in Yemen threatens downward sectarian spiral; al Qaeda set to benefit
The Houthi are Shia from northern Yemen and make up about 30% of the population. They’ve been at war with the central government for the best part of a decade….
Today is dedicated to museum selfies
The Internet event, which is celebrating its second year running, invites fans, curators, and museum managers to snap a photo of themselves in front of their favorite collections and share…
Dating As An Autistic Woman
“I have to tell you something about myself, something important,” I said to my boyfriend. We were lying on a bed in a University dorm, a girl and boy who…
Jasmine Whitbread: First And Third World ‘Not Geographic Anymore — They Cut Right Across’
Jasmin Whitbread, CEO of Save the Children, spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos on Wednesday about the major progress that has been made to help lessen the severity of issues…
This Teen Could Have Had A Sweet 16 Party, But She Did Something Incredible Instead
On Dec. 13, 2014, Nubia Wilson turned 16. But instead of celebrating with a glamorous Sweet 16 birthday party, the California teen dedicated this milestone to improving the lives of…
This Is What Happens When You Encase Flowers In Giant Cubes Of Ice
For centuries, flowers have appeared in art as manifestations of Memento Mori, a Latin phrase that translates to “remember (that you have) to die.” Artists from Philippe de Champaigne to…
Reality TV Show ‘Street Art Throwdown’ Promises To Discover Next Banksy
This article originally appeared on artnet News. by Cait Munro In the tradition of such great art-centric reality shows as “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” and “Gallery Girls”…
Artist Addresses Racial Injustice, From 1700s Europe To Present Day America
Titus Kaphar doesn’t quite turn absences into presences, but rather into something in between. His artwork conjures a space somewhere between here and gone, past and present, traditional and contemporary….
What didn’t make the State of the Union?
In the 70-minute-long address, the President gave only lip service to immigration reform. He made no remarks on protecting Social Security and Medicare — just as Republicans have hinted at…
States Fear The Supreme Court Will Eliminate This Key Anti-Discrimination Tool
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state…
UC Berkeley Chancellor Explains Why He Wouldn’t Let Students Stop Bill Maher’s Speech
Some University of California, Berkeley students attempted, unsuccessfully, in October to stop comedian and HBO TV host Bill Maher from speaking at their winter commencement ceremony, due to his controversial…
How I Became An Acclaimed Erotica Writer
Aurora Rose Reynolds, 33, was working as a personal assistant when her first erotica novel, Until November, went viral. Now she’s working on her seventh book. Read the whole story…
Cameroon says it freed German from Boko Haram
Biya did not detail how, when or where the operation took place. He said he was thankful to all those who “directly or indirectly helped in the achievement … and…
How The World Can Cope With Its Food Demand Struggles
Dr. Shenggen Fan, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, spoke with HuffPost Live about how new technology can help the world deal with struggles related to food…