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after an improbably long life, considering the self-inflicted abuse he endured through the years — at 83 in Lawrence, Kansas. It’s somehow perversely appropriate that an iconoclast of Burroughs’ power…
In the first Affordable Care Act case three years ago, the Supreme Court had to decide whether Congress had the power, under the Commerce Clause or some other source of…
The federal government this week announced a reform to an investigative tool that gives the FBI sweeping surveillance power. But a target of that surveillance said the change appears to…
Christy Turlington has more staying power in the modeling industry than most. And as it turns out, her long-lasting streak isn’t exclusive to her career, but applies to her relationship,…
Former “Power Rangers” star Ricardo Medina Jr. was released from jail today after the district attorney’s office declined to charge him in the stabbing death of Joshua Sutter on Saturday….
The two-minute ride down seems much longer than that. Once we reach the bottom of the shaft, we begin a 3.5 kilometer walk underground to the site where miners are…
A neglected, weed-strewn field in a small Cuban town where there are more horses than cars seems an unlikely setting for a major shift in government policy. But in the…
“I think they could do better with white, working people and I think this last election showed that,” Webb said, referencing the 2014 midterms where Republicans took control of the…
Long before Black Lives Matter became a rallying cry for justice, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was demanding a similar call to action with “All power to the people.”…
To tackle energy poverty, many entrepreneurs are increasingly devising innovative solutions to explore feasible alternative power options. One of them is Rose Twine. Having grown up in both urban and…
The 300 MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, which is being developed in the country’s North-East, hopes to produce 20% of the country’s current installed electricity generating capacity when it…
During a blizzard or snowstorm, it’s crucial to stock your home with the essentials. Before the frozen rain begins to pile, be sure to have batteries, candles, bottled water and…
Alexandre Afonso is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at King’s College London. His work analyzes austerity reforms in southern Europe. The views expressed in this commentary are solely his. As…
Pundits can talk all they want about the President being “more aggressive” in his State of the Union address and report on how he won’t be willing to be passive…
ATHENS — Alexis Tsipras, the leftist political maverick who swept to power on Sunday in Greece in a popular rebellion, formed a new coalition government on Monday with a right-wing…
PARK CITY, Utah — “The Hunting Ground,” set for release in theaters and broadcast on CNN, was billed by the Sundance Film Festival as a “piercing, monumental exposé of rape…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Towns and cities across Pakistan plunged into darkness early Sunday when an apparent militant attack on a transmission line short-circuited the national electricity grid, presenting a fresh…
Faced with one of the biggest crises of her presidency, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has given her countrymen a confusing and sometimes contradictory view of how her most damaging accuser…
Saudi Arabia’s new monarch, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, comes to power at a time when blogger Raif Badawi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000…
“Dominance.” “Power.” “Strong.” “Alpha.” “Control.” – The one thing every man we spoke to agreed on is that having fewer limitations on what men and women “should” and “shouldn’t” do…
The announcement by the Attorney General’s office came as Yingluck, who was ousted in May last year shortly before the military swept to power in a coup, faces an impeachment…
This story originally appeared on Climate Central. Technological progress has been brutal to the yellow pages and compact discs. Coal may be headed the same way in the U.S., partly…
Ever wonder what’s behind that famous “aloha spirit?” Why are people in Hawaii so darn healthy and happy all the time? The local culture is a big part of it,…
French company NewWind has created the “Arbre a Vent” or “Wind Tree,” a 3-meter-tall generator designed for urban environments which makes the most of smaller air currents. Operating in near…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama used his first State of the Union address after once again ramping up U.S. military involvement in the Middle East to describe his foreign policy…
In Sanaa on Tuesday, the presidential palace was overrun by Shiite Houthi rebels, a situation the country’s minister of information described as the “completion of a coup.” That’s a problem…
A worker at Japan’s wrecked nuclear power plant died after falling into a water storage tank, the latest in a growing number of accidents at the site still struggling to…
One of these historic windmills is “De Kat,” meaning “The Cat,” which uses wind power to create pigments for paint. The listed building has a rich history; first built between…
The roads were closed as a security measure after the presidential chief of staff was abducted in Sanaa last week. Yemen described the unfolding events as a bid to seize…
Gift of the Givers, an African nongovernmental organization specializing in disaster response, said Malawi was facing “probably the greatest flood disaster in the history of its existence.” In a Facebook…