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America’s skyrocketing student loan debt may be keeping young people from moving out of their parents’ homes. There’s “a clear positive correlation between a state’s student debt growth and the…
If Twitter can be seen as representative of broader cultural attitudes, the news surrounding Go Set a Watchman, a novel Harper Lee penned before To Kill a Mockingbird but guarded…
The NBC anchor issued an abject apology in his “Nightly News” program Wednesday, admitting he’d falsely claimed to have been in a Chinook helicopter shot down over Iraq 12 years…
The University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health in Columbia was briefly locked down Thursday after an apparent murder-suicide that left two people dead. The university’s emergency information…
The allegations were made by Zacarias Moussaoui in sworn statements filed as part of a legal brief in an ongoing lawsuit brought by the families of 9/11 victims against the…
The Pope’s trip to the United States later this year had been confirmed but the exact details were not known. He’s expected to attend a World Meeting of Families summit…
A great portrait is more than just a frozen reflection of the subject’s appearance. It’s a chance moment, blanketed in natural light, in which the subject’s authentic self is visible…
Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to steam yours with mugwort; fans of the “vajacial” endorse slathering on masks and enzymes, but vaginas are true marvels that need little to stay fit…
This post originally appeared on artnet News. Brian Boucher Jamian Juliano-Villani, Animal Proverb, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 36 by 24 inches. New York artist Jamian Juliano-Villani is being accused by…
Originally posted on Kirkus Reviews: This month, a whole host of great fiction and nonfiction is being published. In fact, there’s so much thoughtful writing we’ve expanded this week’s list,…
In the original 1982 “Poltergeist,” evil spirits entered the world through televisions. Now imagine what would happen today in our world full of smartphones and tablets. Scared yet? If not,…
Scores of companies have had data breaches in the past few years. And for the most part, the publicly traded companies who’ve been hacked have all bounced back. Target (TGT)…
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we’re thinking about the makeup we’re going to wear on a night out with our dates, friends or (best of all) ourselves. Yes, that…
Though 21 days have yet to pass since the start of the tax filing season, some early filers are getting antsy because they usually receive their refunds more promptly. They…
It’s been nearly eight years since the founder of travel blog Everything-everywhere.com sold his house to hit the road as a full-time traveler. Since then, the Wisconsin native has been…
On Tuesday, the Indiana state Senate voted 39-11 in favor of a bill to explicitly permit religious discrimination in hiring by some organizations that contract with the state. Under the…
Yet it might also serve as a reminder that a religion now considered universally benign once endured suspicion, vocal protest and even government surveillancemuch as Islam has in recent years….
By John O’Donnell and Jan Strupczewski FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank abruptly canceled its acceptance of Greek bonds in return for funding on Wednesday, shifting the…
This article comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report, where it was originally published. When Robert Grey attended law school at Washington and Lee University, connecting with…
“Fresh Off the Boat” is good — at times, very good. Without question, it’s one of the best new shows of the broadcast network season: funny, well-acted and promising on…
NEW YORK (RNS) A high-profile alliance of conservative Catholics and evangelical Protestants is set to issue a sweeping manifesto against gay marriage that calls same-sex unions “a graver threat” than…
Talk about getting the last laugh … An 83-year-old Connecticut woman who died Jan. 27 pre-wrote her own obituary in which she claimed she had died hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro. The…
LA Galaxy’s Robbie Rogers got a special shout out from President Barack Obama during the soccer team’s visit to the White House this week. Obama praised Rogers, who came out…
“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.” So reads the quote of French mathematician Blaise Pascal, emblazoned…
Paying too much attention to your Facebook friends’ updates could be bad for your mental health, according to a new study. Researchers found that heavy Facebook use may make certain…
All through his most recent American tour, the British singer Sam Smith has been stunned by the size of his crowds. When he first played in Philadelphia, last March, it…
Dozens remain missing. Rescuers scrambled to pull survivors from the submerged wreck of the twin engine turboprop aircraft, which went down shortly after takeoff from the Taiwanese capital. Fifty eight…
TRIPOLI, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Gunmen have stormed the al-Mabrook oilfield in central Libya, a spokesman for state-run National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Wednesday. Armed factions allied to two…
Die-hard “Beverly Hills, 90210” fans have been waiting for a reunion show since the popular drama went off the air back in 2000, but according to Ian Ziering, television networks…
Shepard Smith wanted viewers to know what happened in the newly released ISIS video, which appears to show Jordanian fighter pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive by the Islamic…