Powerful Photos Depict Veterans Who Use Art Therapy To Heal
This photo series originally appeared in the February issue of National Geographic magazine. Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan often return home with wounds that can’t be seen…
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Obama goes on offense
Yet Democrats should not get too excited. Speeches can be moving and they certainly can inspire, but the situation on Capitol Hill remains dire for proponents of liberal reform. Republicans…
The True Story Of How 4 Undocumented Teens From Phoenix Beat MIT In A Robotics Competition
It all came down to grit, determination and some tampons. Ten years ago, four undocumented Hispanic teenagers from a tough neighborhood in Phoenix built a robot named Stinky out of…
A Civil Rights Group That Works With The NFL Has Publicly Denounced The ‘Redskins’ Name
A civil rights group that has worked with the National Football League on diversity issues in the past filed a complaint to the league on Monday over the continued use…
California’s Forests Have Lost Half Their Big Trees, And Climate Change May Be To Blame
California’s biggest trees are doing a disappearing act, and researchers say the disturbing pattern may be strongly driven by climate change. A study published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of…
Democrats Expected To Decide On Convention Site Soon
Democrats are closing in on a final decision on where to hold their 2016 national convention. – Democrats will need to decide whether to stage it in a big city…
Poll: Nearly six in 10 Republicans want Romney to run
Romney confirmed Friday night in a speech at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting that he’s seriously thinking about jumping back into the fray, hinting that his campaign would focus…
NSA Tapped Into North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say
The trail that led American officials to blame North Korea for the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November winds back to 2010, when the National Security Agency scrambled…
Pope Francis: Throngs gather in Manila for Mass
The nation intensified security at all venues, with the presidential detail deployed to safeguard the pope. About 25,000 Philippine national police are backing the presidential security detail tasked with safety…
As Keystone vote looms, it’s crunch time for federal agencies to weigh in
The State Department on Friday notified those agencies have only until February 2 “to provide their views on the national interest with regard to the Keystone XL Pipeline permit application,”…
Does GOP want a boiling planet?
That means average land and sea temperatures, worldwide, have never been hotter in modern times, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (the gold standard for global climate data)…
2014 was Earth’s hottest year on record
The National Climatic Data Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, noted the average temperatures over land and oceans were higher in 2014 than any year since…
Racing legend Kauto Star steps out in new sport
The 14-year-old racehorse, one of the greatest steeplechasers of all time and a two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, made his dressage debut at London’s Olympia Horse Show on Tuesday. Dressage,…
Wilfried Bony joins Manchester City
Hours after pictures of Bony holding aloft a City shirt emerged on Twitter, the English Premier League champions have finally confirmed the signing of the Ivorian striker. Bony, who scored…
The perils of stardom on Capitol Hill
Ernst, a political unknown who rose to fame in 2014 with an ad promising she could cut pork in Washington because of her experience castrating hogs on her family farm,…
Dempsey: Gitmo a ‘psychological scar’
In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Dempsey said the detention facility in Cuba “does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or notit does.” –…
Lowdown on College Football Playoff National Championship game
Here is the what-you-need-to-know information about this game and how the teams got there. 1. This game is historic for college football For the first time ever, the highest level…
Scary world could give GOP a foreign policy opening
Even before terrorists killed 12 people at a Paris magazine this week, Republicans were fine-tuning an assault on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy as timid and naive, and stumbling everywhere…
Exploring the world’s first 12 heritage sites
Checking off the world’s most important natural and cultural wonders can be a herculean task. The World Heritage List — that most lauded and recognizable of preservation lists — includes…