Jennifer Lopez sings ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’ to brutal dictator
Pop singer Jennifer Lopez appeared in a special concert Saturday night for the dictator of Turkmenistan, who runs one of the world’s most brutal and oppressive regimes. “It was our pleasure!” she...
View ArticleJudge showed ‘anti-Christian bias’ by upholding yoga classes in school: lawyer
By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Yoga in a public school’s fitness program does not amount to teaching children religion because despite its roots in Hindu philosophy it is part of American...
View ArticleEdward Snowden threatens new leaks over ‘illegal aggression’
LONDON (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has broken his silence for the first time since he fled to Moscow eight days ago to say he remains free to make new disclosures about...
View ArticleWatch: Wendy Davis addresses crowd outside Texas State Capitol
Thousands of pro-choice activists gathered at the Texas State Capitol on Monday to kick off the state legislature’s special session. They were joined by Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth), who...
View ArticleExtremophile microbes to inherit the Earth in two billion years
Two billion years from now, an ever-hotter Sun will have cooked the Earth, leaving microbes confined to pockets of water in mountains or caves as the last survivors, a study said Monday. The bleak...
View ArticleRafael Correa says Ecuador helped Edward Snowden by mistake
Ecuador is not considering Edward Snowden’s asylum request and never intended to facilitate his flight from Hong Kong, president Rafael Correa said as the whistleblower made a personal plea to Quito...
View ArticleIntelligence chief James Clapper apologizes to Congress for ‘erroneous’ NSA...
The US director of national intelligence, James Clapper, has attempted to head off criticism that he lied to Congress over the extent of government surveillance on American citizens, with a letter to...
View ArticleArizona mourns tragic loss of 19 fire fighters killed by massive wildfire
The bodies of 19 young firefighters killed in America’s deadliest wildfire in 80 years were removed in a cortege of white vans, as experts probed how they perished so suddenly. The names of the dead...
View ArticleLeVar Burton explains his ritual to prevent being shot by police
He’s not exactly known for bad behavior, but even the former host of the children’s show Reading Rainbow fears he will be mistreated by police because of his skin color. Actor and director LeVar Burton...
View ArticleMorsi rejects army ultimatum but vows ‘path of democratic change’
Egypt’s presidency on Tuesday rejected an army ultimatum threatening to intervene if Islamist President Mohamed Morsi did not meet the demands of the people, raising the stakes in the country’s...
View ArticleDocuments show Cardinal Dolan — top U.S. Catholic official — shielded...
By Brendan O’Brien and Geoffrey Davidian MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Roman Catholic Church officials in Milwaukee vigorously shielded pedophile priests and protected church funds from lawsuits during a...
View ArticleNursing home staff allegedly abused elderly Alzheimer’s patients
By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) – Twenty-one current and former employees of a nursing home for Alzheimer’s patients in Georgia, including its owner, face a total of more than 70 criminal charges...
View ArticleIllinois governor vetoes several provisions of ‘flawed’ concealed carry gun bill
By Greg McCune CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois governor Pat Quinn on Tuesday vetoed parts of a gun bill that would have allowed people to carry more than one gun, carry guns into some places that serve...
View ArticlePaula Deen’s accuser: Lawsuit not just about ‘the N-word’
The lawsuit against former Food Network host Paula Deen doesn’t simply revolve around the use of the “N-word,” the woman who filed the lawsuit clarified on Tuesday. “This lawsuit has never been about...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman’s injuries were ‘insignificant,’ medical examiner testifies
By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – Volunteer watchman George Zimmerman suffered “insignificant” injuries in the fight in which he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, a...
View ArticleFrance’s Marine Le Pen expected to face charges for incitement to racial hatred
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right Front National, is expected to face charges for incitement to racial hatred in France, after the European parliament voted to lift her parliamentary...
View ArticleIn ‘sneak attack,’ North Carolina GOP pushes bill that could close all but...
Legislation to ban Islamic law in North Carolina now also contains a number of anti-abortion measures, potentially closing all but one abortion clinic in the state. “This attempted sneak attack on...
View ArticleMilitary air tankers join fight against deadly Arizona wildfire
The US military ordered four air tankers to join fire-dousing efforts in Arizona, where firefighters were battling a still out-of-control inferno which killed 19 of their comrades. The Modular Airborne...
View ArticleEgypt’s army ‘ready to die’ to protect against ‘any terrorist, radical or fool’
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s high command said on Wednesday the army was ready to die to defend Egypt’s people against terrorists and fools, in a response to Islamist President Mohamed Mursi that was...
View ArticleHope mixes with fear as Egyptian army prepares to overthrow Morsi
By Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO (Reuters) – When military helicopters monitoring Egypt’s protests whirr over downtown Cairo, storekeepers and shoppers stop talking and crane their heads to catch a glimpse....
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