Dad and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has always wanted to join a book club, but he doesn’t have time to get through 400-500 page novels. So instead, he formed…
Jordan has executed two imprisoned jihadists in retaliation for the murder of its pilot, Lt Moaz al-Kassasbeh, by ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State. The executions follow Jordan’s initial…
Other than hailing from Chicago, there is very little known about new artist Goodbye Tomorrow. Premiering his/their debut track on Monday, “Jay Z” plays more like a Kanye West track,…
“Dan has been beside me on every step of this incredible journey, starting with those earliest days of the campaign in 2007,” Obama said in a statement on Wednesday. “And…
Hanan is not the woman’s real name. Though now in Turkey, not her native Syria, the 26-year-old is still so terrified and traumatized that she has not left her relatives’…
MARSEILLE, France — Since Marina Picasso was a child, living on the edge of poverty and lingering at the gates of a French villa with her father to plead for…
But as Rodrigues puts a phalanx of seven- and eight-year-olds through their paces thousands of miles away in Asia, all that matters is he’s still involved in football. He’s now…
Today, the world’s most famous groundhog saw his shadow. According to Groundhog’s Day tradition, we are therefore destined to endure six more weeks of the winter blues. To help you…
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….
If the attribution is confirmed, the sculptures would be the only known surviving bronzes by Michelangelo, according to the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, which is displaying the works beginning Tuesday….
Measles continues to be a global problem, but was declared “eliminated” in the U.S. in 2000. This was achieved through high vaccination rates, but an increasing number of American parents…
We know what you’re thinking — heels and snow are two terms that do not go well together. And yes, if you live in a place like New York City,…
It could be a scene from a print by 19th century Japanese artist Hokusai, but behind the evocative image is a modern story. Leading the four through the snows of…
Her son has been sick before, but this time it’s different: Last week Eli was at a Phoenix Children’s Hospital clinic with a woman who had the measles, which spreads…
California could soon have the highest minimum smoking age in the country if a bill introduced Thursday makes its way through the legislature. – Hernandez’s office notes that California would…
Andddd that’s a wrap. We’ve officially made it through the first month of 2015. In four short weeks, we’ve experienced the State of the Union, Deflategate, “The Nightly Show” premiere,…
www.today.com: As a divorce mediator for many years, I thought I was more prepared than anyone for what lay ahead as I faced my own divorce. Well, I was wrong!…
Halfway through “The Overnight,” Adam Scott and Jason Schwartzman get naked. Very naked. We say “very” not only because the scene is revealing, but because it’s a slow burn to…
‘Frozen’: Why kids can’t ‘Let It Go’ “What excites us most is the chance to use distinctive animation and visual design to tell wonderful stories influenced by culture and traditions…
But it’s a truly incredible scene. Rhett survived nearly four years of chemotherapy for leukemia and has been in remission for a year and a half. Now he has another…
www.telegraph.co.uk: Last night I hosted a dinner party at my house, after work, for eight mums from my son’s school. Not a major achievement as it goes – jar of…
I’ve been here 10 days now, and spent last weekend on call at ELWA Hospital, the 55-bed facility that SIM runs just outside Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city. The news here…
Menendez and the bill’s Democratic supporters, including the Senate’s No. 3 Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer, promised President Barack Obama in a letter Tuesday they would wait until after the March…
As I wrote about in “Big Data Has Potential to Both Hurt and Help Disadvantaged Communities,” information gathered by data brokers is increasingly having an influence on the composition of…
I’m meeting Andy Puddicombe for the first time at his airy offices just off the beach in Venice, California. And it’s weird. Not because the cofounder of the meditation platform…
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Many, however, didn’t even try to sign up. The survey found that nearly six out of 10 uninsured people who appeared eligible for coverage through the health law did not…
But snoring can be more than just an annoyance to anyone else in the room; it can be a symptom of a serious health condition, and has been linked to…
An electrical fire that spread to a 15-foot Christmas tree prompted a blaze that reduced a 16,000 square-foot riverfront mansion near Maryland’s capital to ruins, killing a couple and four…
Instead, a random draw will decide which team goes through to play Ghana on Sunday. All four teams could have faced the drawing of lots had there been no winners…