How The Founders Of ‘Who What Wear’ Built An Online Empire
“Yes, You Can Make It In Fashion” is a HuffPost Style series that profiles men and women across every area of the fashion industry and explores how they rose to…
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Iran’s President calls airstrikes on ISIS ‘theater,’ says broader campaign needed
“It is a common threat for all of us,” he said. “And this requires a unison effort from all of us.” “We need a vast campaign of operations … the…
UN Criticizes Civilian Deaths In Ukraine Fighting
The United Nations on Tuesday sharply criticized both the Ukrainian government and the pro-Russian rebels for turning bus stops, schools, markets and hospitals into battlegrounds where civilians are getting killed….
How doctors can win back parents on measles vaccine
About a third of American parents harbor some degree of “vaccine hesitancy” that leads them to resist getting recommended vaccines. It’s also true that nearly a third of Americans think…
5 Real Ways To Combat The Stigma Around Mental Illness
An estimated 43.7 million American adults — 18.6 percent of all adults in the U.S. — suffer from a mental illness. But only 13.4 percent of U.S. adults get any…
Eddie Huang Against the World
On a cold, dark street in Tijuana, Mexico, I asked Eddie Huang a question that many people were sure to ask him in the months to come. “What did you…
UN Court: Serbia and Croatia Didn’t Commit Genocide in 1990s
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ top court ruled Tuesday that Serbia and Croatia did not commit genocide against each other’s people during the bloody 1990s wars sparked by…
SkyTran’s levitating pods, a taxi for the sky?
Driverless pods, gliding above city streets using a network of elevated guideways. This is SkyTranbut is it the future? SkyTran wants to do away with train schedules and central stations…
France arrests 8 more with alleged jihadist links
He said 161 legal investigations into terrorism are currently ongoing, with 547 people implicated in the inquiries. – France last month suffered its worst terror attacks in decades when 17…
Katy Perry, Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande And Other Musicians Read ‘Mean Tweets’
Twitter is a place to share information and hold a conversation, 140 characters at a time. But for some, it’s a place to hurl insults at famous people, and on…
Why ‘Surveillance Is The Dominant Business Model On The Internet’
Andrew Keen, author of “The Internet is Not the Answer,” is known as the “Antichrist of Silicon Valley.” He calls Google a monster, Uber a bad idea and wants governments…
Akon Explains Why African-Americans Overlook Traveling To Africa
–Multiplatinum recording artist-producer Akon explains why Africa isn’t viewed as an ideal location to vacation for African-Americans. (Al Jazeera) Yes No Who is this person? VOTE More Notable/Quotables: – 10/17/11:…
World Hijab Day encourages women to try covering up
“Modesty is part of our Islamic faith,” Khan wrote in an email. “No one should be discriminated (against) for following their faith.” So Khan started World Hijab Day to build…
Chef Teaches Inmates At Cook County Jail How To Cook, How To Live
particularly one as large and with as storied a past as Illinois’ Cook County Jail. But a new beginning is exactly what’s being served up these days in Division 11….
RadioShack Prepares To Shut Down In Deal With Sprint: Report
(Reuters) – Troubled electronics retailer RadioShack Corp is preparing to shut down the chain in a deal that would see half the stores taken over by Sprint Corp, Bloomberg News…
Super Bowl ad highlights hidden nature of domestic violence
Caller: “I’d like to order a pizza for delivery.” Dispatcher: “Ma’am, you’ve reached 911” Caller: “Yeah, I know. Can I have a large with half pepperoni, half mushroom and peppers?”…
Lululemon Guru Chip Wilson Is Moving On
The morning sun threw a halo of light on the billboard-size liability waiver standing at the trailhead of Grouse Grind, a steep, dangerous ascent just outside Vancouver, British Columbia. Hikers…
Diane Warren Calls Out Rita Ora For Not Supporting ‘Grateful’
No one was more surprised to see Diane Warren listed among this year’s Best Original Song nominees than Diane Warren herself. “I’m still shocked,” Warren, who was nominated for writing…
‘Teddy Love’ Sex Toy Is More Hot Than You Can Bear
Teddy bears and sex toys are two things that people commonly take to bed, but no one has ever thought to combine them until now. A new product called “Teddy…
5 Powerful Habits That Drive Every Great Leader To Success
If you take a look inside most any management textbook, you’ll find that there are four classic functions of management that have been written about for decades: plan, organize, lead,…
In The World Of Vietnamese Street Food, Pho As We Know It Only Scratches The Surface
Turning left at what we thought was a dead end in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, we hesitantly inched down Ngõ Trung Yên road, wide-eyed and excited, but with little idea of…
Egypt Sentences 183 to Death Over 2013 Killings of Policemen
CAIRO — An Egyptian court has sentenced 183 people to death over the killing of 15 policemen in violence that engulfed the country after the 2013 ouster of Islamist President…
The 2015 Super Bowl Commercials You Need To See
For the not-so-sports-obsessed people out there, Super Bowl XLIX is as much about the newest buzz-worthy commercials as it is about the Patriots and the Seahawks. But for those of…
Winter storm cancels more than 2,000 flights as Northeast braces
The storm put the metropolitan Chicago area’s more than 9 million people under a blizzard warning Sunday, and another 65 million people are under a winter storm warning across 18…
‘The Evil Hours’: Author’s deep, personal take on post-traumatic stress
Now, post-traumatic stress is the fourth-most diagnosed psychiatric disorder in the United States, with 28 million expected to suffer from it in their lifetimes. Everyone knows — or thinks they…
McCain defends ‘low-life scum’ remark
The Arizona Republican made the remark after protesters rushed a Senate Armed Services Committee witness table where 91-year-old Henry Kissinger, the secretary of state under President Richard Nixon, was testifying….
Pro-Democracy Protesters Return to Streets of Hong Kong
HONGKONG — Pro-democracy protesters streamed through the heart of Hong Kong on Sunday in their first sizable show of strength since the police cleared occupations that blocked streets for 11…
AirAsia Captain Left Seat Before Jet Lost Control: Sources
(Reuters) – The captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unusual procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control,…
Will Soylent solve our food problems?
The No. 1 resolution people make? Lose weight. (This is America, after all, where 69% of us are overweight and 35% are clinically obese, making us the second-fattest country in…
Shots Fired During Protest Against Charlie Hebdo in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunfire erupted Saturday at a demonstration in Kabul where several hundred people had gathered to protest the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in the satirical…