Rand Paul defends shushing interview
Talking to CNBC’s Kelly Evans on Monday, Evans started to follow up with a question about tax repatriation for corporations overseas while Paul was still talking, and the senator started…
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Brian Williams On Iraq, In 2007: ‘I Looked Down The Tube Of An RPG That Had Been Fired At Us’
Last week, it came out that “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams’ story about a 2003 RPG attack in Iraq has changed dramatically over the years. – H/T Mediaite
SpongeBob SquarePants Answers 7 Big Questions And Debunks 1 Popular Theory
Are you ready, kids… for some answers? You might not know it, but actor Tom Kenny has been a big part of your childhood. Kenny is the voice of the…
China Purges a Party’s Rolls (and Tissues)
BEIJING — The authorities in southern China have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper and 20,000 packages of tissues containing unflattering images of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive, according…
Artist ‘Fights’ His Drawings, And They’re A Knockout
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…
‘The Runway Museum’ Showcases A Different Side Of Ballroom Culture
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…
Mystery ash covers parts of Washington, Oregon states
The volcano, located on the Kamchatka peninsula in extreme northeast Russia, “spewed an ash plume to about the 20,000-foot level in late January,” the agency says. “It has been deposited…
NBC’s bid for the truth on Brian Williams led by veteran ‘digger’
Esposito is the senior executive producer of NBC’s investigative unit. He normally tries to break news about subjects like government wrongdoing. He strives to get his stories on Williams’ “NBC…
United Arab Emirates, Key Ally in U.S. Fight Against ISIS, to Rejoin Air Campaign
MUNICH — The United Arab Emirates has informed the United States that it plans to resume its participation in the American-led airstrikes against the Islamic State group, a senior State…
Ukraine at crossroads: What’s next in conflict?
It’s hard to imaginebut truethat the raging conflict between Ukraine and Russia, or at least Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels, all started with a humble trade agreement. As tensions run high…
Love Thy Neighbor: Vaccinate (All Together Podcast)
Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER, the podcast dedicated to exploring how ethics, religion and spiritual practice is informing our personal lives, our communities and our world. ALL TOGETHER is…
Former Marine: Veterans Are ‘Enraged’ At Brian Williams Fabrication
NBC “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams recanted on Wednesday his story about being in a helicopter that was shot down by RPG fire while he covered the war in Iraq…
Pope should make these four women saints
Romero was assassinated in 1980 by a right-wing death squad after preaching against the government’s oppression and human rights violationswhat Catholics call “the preferential option for the poor.” To me,…
This Is What It Means To ‘Lift Like A Girl’
“I like to feel strong. I like showing that I can.” That’s what one young woman has to say about powerlifting in a new video from students at Oxford University,…
Parents to parents: Vaccinating is personal
Doctors told Vallejos she had four options: abortion; taking the pregancy to term and letting nature take its course; putting her baby through three separate reconstructive heart surgeries after birth;…
The Changing Face Of Feminism
This article was written by teen reporters from The Mash, a weekly publication distributed to Chicagoland high schools. By Laura Bartusiask, Woodlands Academy and James Wendt, Naperville North Everybody’s been…
American held by ISIS moved by suffering of Syrian people
“Syrians are dying by the thousands and they’re fighting just to talk about the rights we have,” the humanitarian worker told The Daily Courier, her hometown paper in Prescott, Arizona,…
This Little Girl’s ABCs Are So Metal
Talk about taking the ABCs to the next level. A 2-year-old little girl gave a seriously heavy metal rendition of the alphabet wearing a pink, animal-eared hoodie. The whole thing…
Even in age of reality TV, public gender transitions still uncommon
Who can blame him? Though the mainstream is increasingly aware of the various ways some people are modifying their gender presentations — even in our Instagrammed, reality-show age — it…
Soledad O’Brien On Storytelling, Feminism’s ‘PR Issue’ & Not Taking ‘No’ For An Answer
What does it take to get to the top — without losing your center? Our “Making It Work” series profiles successful, dynamic women who are standouts in their fields, peeling…
Weighing a Run in 2016, Jindal Faces Big Budget Shortfall
BATON ROUGE, La. — In recent weeks, the office of Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has issued news releases about the “mindless naïveté” of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the folly of…
Russians, hackers cited as threats in new Obama National Security Strategy Document
“Violent extremism and an evolving terrorist threat raise a persistent risk of attacks on America and our allies,” Obama writes in the report’s introduction. “Escalating challenges to cybersecurity, aggression by…
This week in politics: Hand-washing, vaccines and ‘Downton Abbey’
Things have gotten worse in Ukraine and the U.S. is considering providing assistance to the military. News broke that ISIS had burned a Jordanian pilot alive, renewing questions about President…
Jonathan Banks Didn’t Approve Of This ‘Breaking Bad’ Scene
The following contains spoilers about the final season of “Breaking Bad.” – Sign up here for Live Today, HuffPost Live’s morning email that will let you know the newsmakers, celebrities…
Recording Academy President Neil Portnow On How All The Grammy Collaborations Come Together
With just a few days until Sunday’s Grammy Awards, the roster of performers continues to grow. Specifically, it’s being loaded with more of the unusual A-list collaborations for which the…
Arthur C. Clarke Accurately Predicted The Rise Of Google, Skype, E-mail — In 1976
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke shared his thoughts about the Internet and e-mail, search engines and smartwatches, all in one interview. – H/T Reddit
Tribunal censures UK over US surveillance data sharing
The tribunal’s ruling was in response to a complaint brought by civil liberties campaign group Liberty, among others, in the wake of claims by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden about…
My country’s problem with menstruation
At that age, getting a monthly visit from a certain bloody friend was relatively uncommon. The boys were kept in the dark and my friends and I talked about it…
10 Art Therapy Techniques To Get You Through That Lingering Winter Gloom
This post goes out to all our readers who have just about had it with winter. Whether you’ve been in hibernation since pre-Winter Storm Juno, watched everything on your Netflix…
The Problem With Calling Women ‘Females’
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been immediately skeptical of men who use the word “female” to describe women. Before I was able to put my finger on…