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ISTANBUL — Continuing its assaults on a string of Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, the Islamic State militant group has seized scores more residents over the past two days,…
The protagonist of a story from Jonathan Lethem’s new collection, “Pending Vegan,” describes himself to readers as a pending vegan. In fact, he’s privately renamed himself Pending Vegan. He’s at…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are poised to impose the toughest rules yet on Internet service providers, aiming to ensure fair treatment of all web traffic through their networks. The…
A review of United flight operations data, which details safety incidents involving United pilots and aircraft, prompted the warning, according to an airline official. READ: Southwest planes grounded over missing…
Glacier Kwong is an 18-year-old student activist and founder of Keyboard Frontline, which campaigns for internet freedom. She spent two months on the streets of Hong Kong last year, taking…
A prominent fundamentalist organization is making headlines after creating an “anti-Christian bigotry map” which includes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy groups. The American Family Association’s interactive map, which…
A police chief in Texas said he believes his colleagues contribute to increased high school dropout rates and reinforce the school-to-prison pipeline when they, rather than school administrators, discipline students…
Talk about a crocodile paradise. Scientists examining fossil outcrops in northeastern Peru near the city of Iquitos were stunned to discover the fossils of not one, but seven different species…
“Entombment,” by the Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch. Museo Jumex in Mexico City has cancelled an exhibition of Mr. Nitsch’s work that was scheduled to open this week, saying that the…
For her latest play, Tanya Barfield aimed for “a transcending love story” that would not only “embrace the dichotomies in life,” but also break fresh ground in the world of…
Three years ago, the young man who would later be known as John Doe 1 shuffled into the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan. The town of 11,000…
Walmart isn’t the only retailer bumping its minimum wage to $9 an hour. – Retailers and fast-food companies have come under heightened pressure from employees and worker groups to increase…
His first kill was a woman who cradled a toddler with one hand and held a grenade in the other. “I had to do it to protect the Marines,” Kyle…
Last week Andre Landeros Michel debuted his second collection, entitled Version II, during New York Fashion Week. The New York-based designer founded his label LANDEROS NEW YORK in 2013 and…
Last week, we asked editors at The Huffington Post to share which books they think all men should read, as a way of subverting the typically macho roundups of books…
This was to cover the costs that Europe’s clubs and leagues will spend on rescheduling their championships, many of which run between August and May. But FIFA Secretary General Jerome…
I lost my driver’s license over a year ago. I lose stuff all the time. Credit cards, passports, car keys, cash, books, bags, laptops. It doesn’t worry me, they usually…
WASHINGTON — Susan E. Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress…
WASHINGTON — The American electorate is more diverse than ever, which means Republicans will have to attract a record percentage of minorities to win the presidency in 2016, a GOP…
Bill O’Reilly continues his frenzied attacks on Mother Jones’ David Corn, even after at least seven former CBS colleagues have come forward, with varying degrees of outrage and disdain, to…
James D. Watson’s sold for $4.76 million while the one owned by William Randal Cremer, a member of Parliament and labor activist, fetched just $17,000. Now another Nobel medal —…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) grilled Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday over public advocacy of deregulation by the central bank’s top lawyer, Scott Alvarez. “The Fed’s general…
Fugate outlined a bevy of of consequences of varying sizes to FEMA operations if DHS funding lapses this Friday. Any operations not directly tied to life-saving and protecting property, he…
This piece was originally published by Capital & Main. As our “State of Equality” series has documented, economic inequality poses a grave threat to California’s future. But conditions would be…
Christie’s proposal comes after deliberations between his administration and New Jersey’s largest teachers union, one of Christie’s most bitter rivals, which has signed on to the roadmap that will serve…
Christie’s proposal comes after deliberations between his administration and New Jersey’s largest teachers union, one of Christie’s most bitter rivals, which has signed on to the roadmap that will serve…
A Fort Lauderdale police was suspended after footage emerged in which the cop appears to slap a suspect in the face. Officer Victor Ramirez was placed on leave with pay…
With so many famous beaches on this planet, you’d think it would be easy to guess which one is “the best beach in the world.” Is it a Caribbean oasis…
NEW DELHI — Rahul Gandhi, long expected to be the next leader of India’s beleaguered Congress Party, threw political commentators into fits of baffled speculation on Monday when party officials…
The Senate failed to do one of its most basic functions: approving legislation funding airport thigh groping. The left is embroiled in a debate over whether Elizabeth Warren should run…