After Pope’s Dove Debacle, Vatican Makes Balloons New Symbol Of Peace
Dove lovers, rejoice. Balloons, not doves, were released as a gesture of peace Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, a year after an attack by a seagull and a crow on…
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Rihanna Just Dropped ‘FourFiveSeconds,’ A New Song With Kanye & Paul McCartney
Surprise! Rihanna released a new song on Saturday night: “FourFiveSeconds” with Kanye West and Paul McCartney. The acoustic track was teased by West on Wednesday at the iHeartMedia Music Summit….
Image on Video Purports to Show Decapitated Body of Japanese Hostage of ISIS
TOKYO — The Japanese government expressed outrage at an image released Saturday that purported to show the decapitated body of one of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State militants…
Japan Seeks to Verify ISIS Video of Hostage Death
TOKYO — The Japanese government expressed outrage at an image released Saturday that purported to show the decapitated body of one of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State militants,…
Eminem Recruits Big Sean, Danny Brown & More For ‘Detroit Vs. Everybody’ Video
Featured on his “Shady XV” compilation, Eminem recruited some of Detroit’s finest emcees — Big Sean, Danny Brown, Dej Loaf, Royce da 5’9″ and Trick Trick — for one of…
Police Release Age-Progressed Photo Of Missing Woman Jennifer Kesse
Police have released age-progressed photos of an Orlando woman who has been missing since 2009. – Anyone with information on the case is asked to call 1-800-423-TIPS.
Conservative PAC Slams Liberal Media Bias, MSNBC In New Ad
Conservative War Chest, a political action committee that aims to “thwart the smear tactics of liberals,” has released a new TV spot attacking leftwing media. – H/T Bloomberg Politics
Eleven rescued as vessel carrying 75,000 gallons of fuel sinks off Hawaii coast
“Mayday, mayday, mayday.” A radio recording released by the Coast Guard established the moment an officer sent a distress call to the base. “Approximately two and half miles west of…
How Uber Fails To Prove Its Drivers Make More Than Taxi Drivers
There’s a lot of uncertainty about how much money Uber drivers make and whether being an Uber driver is, as the company says, an ideal part-time job. Uber released a…
A Few Walnuts A Day May Help Boost Memory, Study Finds
Go ahead, reach for those walnuts. A recently released study suggests that eating a handful of walnuts per day — or even less — may help boost memory, concentration and…
Video shows man shot by police in New Jersey
That’s all it took for the exchange to turn deadly. The police department in Bridgeton, New Jersey, released video this week showing the death of Jerame Reid, 36, who was…
St. Louis County Police Release Footage Of Looting In Ferguson Grand Jury Aftermath
Police are asking for help identifying more than 180 people who were caught on surveillance video looting a Missouri convenience store after a Ferguson grand jury failed to indict a…
Chris Christie Approval Rating Hits 4-Year Low In Poll
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday finds that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s approval rating has hit its lowest point in four years. – HuffPost Pollster’s model, which tracks publicily…
Cuba Fast Facts
Area: 110,860 sq km (slightly smaller than Pennsylvania) Population: 11,047,251 (July 2014 est.) Median age: 39.9 years Capital: Havana Ethnic Groups: white 64.1%, mulatto and mestizo 26.6%, black 9.3% (2012…
Barry Levinson Blames Hollywood’s Diversity Problem On Our Education System
Critics have been furious since the Academy Award nominations were released last week, rendering this year the whitest Oscars since 1998. Many blame the Academy for failing to recognize more…
New ‘Hands Up’ Shooting Is Anything But Black And White
At first glance, it appeared to be another case of cops shooting dead an unarmed black man with his hands raised. But a video, released Tuesday, complicates the claim made…
China denies suggestions it stole designs for new U.S. fighter
“Cyber attacks are hard to trace back and are usually committed across borders. This complexity means that it is extremely difficult to identify the source of the attacks.” – Der…
Google Remembers Martin Luther King With Selma Doodle
Google is celebrating the world’s 30th Martin Luther King Jr. day with one very powerful image. The doodle features a group of great Civil Rights activists, all banding together as…
Terror response concerns drive investigation into D.C. metro incident
The incident that happened on Monday in Washington’s L’Enfant Plaza station, city officials say, was an electrical malfunction that led to one person dead and more than 80 hospitalized. On…
Muhammad Ali back in hospital
Bob Gunnell said Ali is in stable condition and doctors indicated he would be released Friday. – He retired from boxing in 1981 as a four-time heavyweight champion and announced…
Trafficked Chinese boy reunited with family after 24 years apart
On Tuesday, Sun was finally reacquainted with his aging father, Sun Youhong, and a younger sister he had never met. The moment was captured in a moving series of photographs….
‘I failed to protect you’ — Details emerge of victims in deadly Shanghai stampede
The oldest was 37; the youngest was only 12. Shanghai authorities on Friday released details about 35 of the three dozen New Year’s revelers killed in a stampede on the…
Kanye West’s new single ‘Only One’ with Paul McCartney will have you talking
In the waning hours of the year, he released a new song that’s sure to get folks talking. Just not for the reasons we’ve come to expect from Kanye West….
2014 in White House Photos
The White House released its “Year in Photographs” on Tuesday. Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza’s sixth annual roundup of 2014’s memorable “behind-the-scenes” moments captured by official White House photographers…