In a meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CA) rolled out on Thursday what they called a campaign to economic issues important to women. “Our success as a nation really depends on our success of women,” Pelosi said to...
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Pelosi: ‘Our success as a nation really depends on our success of women’
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Bill Moyers and analyst Tom Diaz: ‘Stand Your Ground’ makes us more vulnerable to gun violence
The death of Trayvon Martin has ignited a debate not just over our justice system, but on laws such as “stand your ground” that contributed to the tragic result. In this video conversation, gun industry analyst Tom Diaz explains to Bill Moyers how a lethal combination of self-defense laws and...
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The world is aghast over Trayvon Martin. The U.S. needs to look at itself
The jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman say they acted in strict accordance with U.S. law. That in itself speaks volumes “O, wad some Power the giftie gie us / To see oursels as others see us! / It wad frae monie a blunder free us, / An’ foolish notion.” – Robert Burns The US is...
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Trayvon Martin’s parents lead protests in New York and Miami over Zimmerman verdict
By Tom Brown MIAMI (Reuters) – Trayvon Martin’s parents were due to lead demonstrations in New York and Miami on Saturday, as protesters across the country rallied to express anger over the acquittal of the man who shot and killed the unarmed black teenager. The protests, outside...
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Marvel’s ‘Agents’ hope to entice Comic-Con fans to lagging ABC
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Disney offered Marvel comic devotees an exclusive look at its new television series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” on Friday as its ABC network hopes to engage the “super fans” at Comic-Con to bounce back from a ratings decline....
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Man in wheelchair hurt after setting off explosion at Beijing airport
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in a wheelchair detonated a home-made explosive in Beijing airport on Saturday evening, injuring himself and sending smoke billowing through the exit area of the international arrivals section of Terminal 3. Individual Chinese unable to win redress for grievances...
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Colombia’s FARC rebels holding U.S. soldier they willing to release
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels said late on Friday they were holding a U.S. soldier captured on June 20, but were willing to release him to a humanitarian commission as they pursue peace talks with the government. The FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of...
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Woman dies riding roller coaster at Texas amusement park
By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) – A woman died on Friday following an accident on a roller coaster at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington, the park operator said. The unidentified woman was riding the Texas Giant roller coaster ride at the park in Arlington, about 20...
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KBR must face lawsuit over alleged kickbacks from military contracts: court
By Jessica Dye (Reuters) – The government can pursue “enhanced” penalties from Houston-based defense contractor KBR Inc over allegations that employees took kickbacks involving military contracts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The U.S....
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Nazi-themed cafe in Indonesia sparks global outrage
From a painting hung high on a blood-red wall, Adolf Hitler peers down on young students eating schnitzel and slurping German beer in Indonesia’s Nazi-themed cafe. The SoldatenKaffee (“The Soldiers’ Cafe”) opened its doors in the western Javanese city of Bandung in 2011,...
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Hong Kong marks 40th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s death
Hailed as cinema’s first martial arts hero and a cinematic bridge between the cultures of East and West, Bruce Lee helped put Hong Kong on the movie world map. So why are some in the city marking the 40th anniversary of his death in a toilet? “In 1958, Bruce Lee was a student at St...
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Cop cuffs woman having diabetic attack because he thought she was drunk
Dashcam video footage caught New Mexico policy pulling a woman out of a car and cuffing her over suspected drunk driving, but the woman was later revealed to be having a diabetic attack, according to KOAT. Revina Garcia reportedly got into an accident in which she slammed into a truck while having...
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U.S. fighter jets accidentally bomb Great Barrier Reef during training exercise
Two U.S. two AV-8B Harrier jets accidentally bombed Australia’s Great Barrier Reef during a training exercise on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. The jets launched from USS Bonhomme Richard and accidentally released an inert bomb and an unarmed explosive bomb from 164 feet above the...
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UN group warns there are ‘significant’ cybersecurity vulnerabilities in mobile phone technology
By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – A United Nations group that advises nations on cybersecurity plans to send out an alert about significant vulnerabilities in mobile phone technology that could potentially enable hackers to remotely attack at least half a billion phones. The bug, discovered by...
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How Microsoft spent a decade ‘sleeping on the job’
Internet search, online advertising and smartphones all caught Microsoft napping, but is the behemoth finally stirring Once upon a time, a young man named Bill had a vision. He saw “a PC on every desk, and every machine running Microsoft software”. And lo, it came to pass, and the...
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Can Nate Silver save ESPN from itself?
Last March, ESPN hit what some observers considered a new low for the 34-year old network. Commentator Skip Bayless, a real blowhard’s blowhard, got in an on-air shouting match with Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard…
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Japan warns Britain to stay in the European Union
Japan has warned that tens of thousands of British jobs with Japanese firms could be at risk if London pulls out of the European Union, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Tokyo’s submission to a British government consultation said Japanese companies liked Britain because it offered a gateway to...
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Food stamps helped me serve my country. Please don’t cut them now
My single mom struggled to put food on the table sometimes, so government assistance was part of what made me a soldier I’ve eaten government food during two periods in my life: as a child and as a soldier. The first led to the second in more ways than one, and permanently influenced the way...
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Donna Edwards schools Ben Carson for ignoring ‘systemic problems’ about race
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MA) explained to retired conservative neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Sunday that he was making a mistake by refusing to talk about race because there are “deep systemic problems that really impact African-Americans.” Fox News Sunday invited Carson — who has been...
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Former jail keeps memory of Communist repression raw
Sixty years ago, as the Iron Curtain sealed off Eastern Europe, Teodor Stanca was among millions sentenced to jail, death or forced labour for opposing Communist rule. Today, as survivors of this dark page of history are getting older and fewer, 80-year-old Stanca says he hopes a Romanian...
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