The 13th Juror: Watching Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for clues
“Get your hair out of your face.” “Stop fidgeting.” “Can’t you smile once in a while?” At a time when Tsarnaev should be making a good first impression on the…
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Valentine’s Day Needs To Break Up With Food
Valentine’s Day and eating have long gone hand in hand. There’s the chocolates. The fancy dinner. More chocolate (in the form of dessert). When people think about celebrating this day…
10 Tips For Leadership When You’re Not The Boss
When founders and CEOs look to hire and promote managers, they want people who exhibit leadership. But how can you exhibit leadership if you’re stuck in individual contributor roles? No…
‘Did you lose because you had your period?’
“Has sport’s last taboo been broken?” wondered commentators, after the 22-year-old described feeling “light-headed” and “low on energy,” putting it down to her period. “We talk about sex quite openly,…
Plane That Crashed in Taiwan Had Trouble in Both Engines, Agency Says
HONG KONG — The plane that crashed Wednesday into a river in Taiwan’s capital, killing at least 35 people, was having problems with both of its engines before the crash,…
Investigators: Repeated stall warnings before TransAsia crash in Taiwan
Flight GE235 crashed into a river in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, shortly after taking off Wednesday with 58 people on board. Authorities say that so far, 35 people have been confirmed…
Promise of Europe Lures Syrians and Smugglers
SIDE, Turkey — He left his home in Syria over a year ago and set out more than a dozen times, he said, on perilous and ill-fated seaborne journeys to…
HUFFPOST HILL – Schock Staffer’s Early Exit Poses Challenge For ‘Downton’ Writers
An Aaron Schock adviser resigned for posting racist messages on Facebook — this never would’ve happened had a wireless not been installed in Downton. The White House politely reminded Tom…
An Obamacare ‘Replacement?’ Don’t Believe The Hype
It’s Obamacare replacement season! Or at least, that’s what congressional Republicans want people to believe. Nearly five years after the Affordable Care Act became law and two years into its…
Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Suspected in Anthem Attack
Investigators of Anthem Inc.’s data breach are pursuing evidence that points to Chinese state-sponsored hackers who are stealing personal information from health-care companies for purposes other than pure profit, according…
‘Fresh Off The Boat’ Brings Asian-Americans To The Table On Network TV
When you think of a network sitcom, you think of white people. – Sign up here for Live Today, HuffPost Live’s new morning email that will let you know the…
This Depressing GIF Says A Lot About Our Student Debt Problem
America’s skyrocketing student loan debt may be keeping young people from moving out of their parents’ homes. There’s “a clear positive correlation between a state’s student debt growth and the…
2 Dead At University Of South Carolina In Apparent Murder-Suicide
The University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health in Columbia was briefly locked down Thursday after an apparent murder-suicide that left two people dead. The university’s emergency information…
The Largest Measles Outbreak In Recent U.S. History Wasn’t At Disneyland
The largest U.S. measles outbreak in recent history isn’t the one that started in December at Disneyland. It happened months earlier in Ohio’s Amish country, where 383 people fell ill…
Veterans Pan, and Cheer, Their Counterparts on the Screen
Chris Marvin, 35, a retired Army helicopter pilot who broke his legs, an arm and bones in his face in a crash in Afghanistan in 2004, says he often does…
Aid Agencies Need More Funds Than Ever Before. This Is How They’re Coping
2014 was a tumultuous year. Fresh fighting rocked countries like the Central African Republic, Ukraine and South Sudan, even as ongoing violence in Syria and Iraq lingered. The turmoil left…
MLK’s Mother Was Assassinated, Too: The Forgotten Women Of Black History Month
On June 30th, 1974, Alberta Williams King was gunned down while she played the organ for the “Lord’s Prayer” at Ebenezer Baptist Church. As a Christian civil rights activist, she…
FDA chief to step down in March
Hamburg called her tenure at the helm of the agency a “privilege” and said she made her decision to resign with “mixed emotions.” – “From keeping our food supply safe…
‘American Sniper’ fame weighs on trial of accused killer
An attorney for Routh wants the trial’s venue moved, saying a fair trial is impossible there. With a population of just under 40,000 people, the defense says it might be…
6 Dangerous Anti-Vaccination Arguments Analyzed, Explained, And Shut Down
Science has provided ample evidence that childhood vaccines are safe and effective, and public health authorities maintain that vaccines are as important as seat belts in protecting our children. Even…
5 things to know for your New Day — Thursday, February 5
TRANSASIA AIRWAYS CRASH Under duress: Rescue workers are trying to find 11 people still missing from the TransAsia Airways plane that crashed into a river in Taiwan, amid concerns that…
Rescuers search for 11 still missing from Taiwan plane that crashed in river
One of the bodies was recovered Thursday from the cabin of the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft, which had earlier been hauled out of the Keelung River in Taipei, the…
Taiwan Plane Crash Death Toll Passes 30
Rescuers were searching for 12 people Thursday morning after using a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan’s capital following…
Here’s Why Oscar Romero Became A Martyr And Why His Work Still Isn’t Done
Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero died as a martyr, opening a path toward his beatification, which is the last step before sainthood. For many people…
Comedians Raise Funds For A Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding ‘Museum’ In Their Hallway
It’s not a campaign for potato salad, but this might be one of the more creative uses of Kickstarter we’ve seen yet. After streaming ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary spotlighting…
Boko Haram Slaughter Over 100 People In Cameroon
ACCRA, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Boko Haram fighters killed more than 100 people during an attack on the north Cameroon town of Fotokol, murdering residents inside their homes and in…
Cultural Life Goes On in Donetsk, War Permitting
DONETSK, Ukraine — The persistent shelling was barely audible through the thick stone walls of the Donetsk National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. It might have been nothing more than…
Jeff Bridges Still Has The Jelly Sandals From ‘The Big Lebowski’
Jeff Bridges has been a lot of things: a stoner who loves bowling, a boxer, a computer programer, a country musician and even a ghost-hunting dead U.S. marshal from the…
The Idea Of The ‘Perfect Body’ Hurts Men, Too
“I’m tired of hearing people analyse — criticize — appraise — and hate on my body.” That’s what men participating in a new BuzzFeed video, “Things Men Are Tired Of…
Sloths Are ‘Magical’ Creatures. Here’s Definitive Proof
“Sloths are very magical animals,” says Claire Trimer, a sloth wrangler. “I’ve watched the effect that they have on other people, not just me… People just fall in love with…