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A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before he developed symptoms said the media and politicians could have done a better…
As Wisconsin prepares to try two children as adults in an attempted murder case allegedly inspired by the mythical Slenderman, the prosecution of two preteens in adult court challenges our…
This is “Black Friday” and then some. Thanks to the huge numbers of office Christmas parties, paramedics, bouncers and doctors are struggling to scrape binge drinking Britons off the pavement….
On Wednesday, another storm system will race across parts of the South. That’s the fourth storm system in the last two weeks, and folks are getting mighty sick of it….
READ: Supreme Court to hear religious freedom case “[We] know of no administrative actions that could, and therefore we have no plans that would, undo the massive damage to our…
Groups as disparate as the Center for American Progress and ACLU on the left and the Koch Brothers on the right; Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker;…
Eighteen people have contracted carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, so far this year, said Kevin McCarthy, spokesman with the Carolinas HealthCare System. Of those, 15 had CRE upon admission to the…
Eighteen people have contracted carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, so far this year, said Kevin McCarthy, spokesman with the Carolinas HealthCare System. Of those, 15 had CRE upon admission to the…
You read that right. There’s a planet between Mars and Jupiter. You may not have heard of it, but it was discovered in 1801 — 129 years before Pluto. It…
You read that right. There’s a planet between Mars and Jupiter. You may not have heard of it, but it was discovered in 1801 — 129 years before Pluto. It…
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has crude, stomach-turning tactics when it comes to dealing with its enemy, but experts say that its moneymaking methods are highly sophisticated, especially…
It’s being called a very close shave, at least in astronomical terms: new research indicates that 70,000 years ago a dim star passed within a mere 8 trillion kilometers (5…
HAVANA — Anuja Agrawal jumped on the phone. President Obama had just announced that he would restore diplomatic relations with Cuba — and Ms. Agrawal, who runs a medical tourism…
Atop a steep hill on the University of Wisconsin campus is a granite boulder affixed with a bronze plaque honoring the university system’s lofty mission: to benefit the entire state…
At the University of Southern California, sex has a price. In economic terms, it is much too low. In consequential terms, it can be much too high. Just north of…
PALO ALTO, Calif. — In late 2013, an A.T.M. in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day. No one had put in a card, or touched a…
In today’s Huffington Post Gay Voices RaiseAChild.US “Let Love Define Family™” series installment, Patrick Roth and Wade Holmes share how reading tragic news stories about LGBT youth suicides spurred them…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A panel created by the governor after the deadly Newtown school shooting released a set of draft recommendations Thursday for improvements to school safety and changes…
WASHINGTON — Art Pope, the wealthy owner of a chain of dollar stores, became a pioneer in the use of big money to seize power at the state level in…
This discovery surprised people, but it shouldn’t have. The things around us are increasingly computerized, and increasingly connected to the Internet. And most of them are listening. Our smartphones and…
In Dubai, the Gulf State mega-city situated in one of the hottest parts of the world, the benefits of evaporative cooling have long been known. Neighboring Saudi Arabia is already…
The hackers who stole millions of health insurance records from Anthem Inc. were able to somehow commandeer the credentials of five different employees while seeking to penetrate the company’s computer…
“Would you rather have A.L.S., Alzheimer’s, or Parkinson’s?” someone asked. All those diseases are devastating, but A.L.S. is unique in that it usually kills within two to three years of…
In addition to unprecedented budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin (UW) system, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker struck “the search for truth” and the Wisconsin Idea from the university’s mission…
After years of legal troubles, California’s prison system is finally on the right track. Read the whole story at The San Francisco Chronicle
“It’s definitely easy not to be aware how much sugar you’re consuming,” says the University of California, Davis’ Kimber Stanhope. In the latest episode of Fig. 1, a web series…
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Matiullah Khan and Muhammad Aywaz were each dug in, their property dispute in southern Afghanistan at an impasse. Despite paying more than $1,000 apiece in lawyers’ fees,…
Nicknamed RAY by its creators, the automated forklift truck is the brainchild of Germany’s Serva Transport. Aimed at business travelers in a hurry, the automated parking system can be controlled…
Since it was launched in 2009, NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope has identified more than 1,000 exoplanets and almost 4,200 exoplanet “candidates.” It’s even found entire solar systems–but never one…
The Venezuelan government has sent troops to patrol huge lines snaking for blocks outside state-run stores in the center of Caracas, the capital. Some states have barred people from waiting…