Chronic pain drives millions of Americans to suicide
Daily Mail - Mon Sep 10, 2018
Chronic pain from cancer, arthritis, and other conditions drives millions of people to suicide every year, a new report warns. More»
Trump Threatens Canada Again
Toronto Star - Sat Sep 8, 2018
WASHINGTON - Returning to his bellicose trade rhetoric, US President Donald Trump warned Friday that he would cause the "ruination" of Canada if he imposed tariffs on Canadian-made cars. More»
Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and InfoWars Accounts
NBC New York - Wed Sep 5, 2018
Twitter has permanently banned accounts for right-wing conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones and InfoWars from the platform, the company said Thursday. More»
Test results show 10 passengers on beleaguered Emirates jet had ... the flu?
New York Daily News - Wed Sep 5, 2018
Test results on 10 sickly passengers on the Emirates jet from Dubai that landed at Kennedy Airport came back positive for the flu, official said. More»
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
New York Times - Tue Sep 4, 2018
I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. More»
Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
NPR - Sat Sep 1, 2018
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a terrible way to die. More»
Fox News host Laura Ingraham suggests having the government take over Facebook and Twitter 'like public utilities'
Raw Story - Fri Aug 31, 2018
Fox News host Laura Ingraham made a stunning suggestion on her Friday night show, arguing that the American government should take over private social media networks so that they can be regulated. More»
Florida cow tests positive for mad cow disease
Miami Herald - Thu Aug 30, 2018
A Florida cow has turned up with a form of mad cow disease, the sixth to be confirmed in the U. More»
Detroit shutting off drinking water in all schools because of lead, copper contamination
USA Today - Wed Aug 29, 2018
DETROIT - Detroit's city school district is shutting off drinking water to all of its schools after test results found elevated levels of lead or copper in 16 of 24 schools recently tested. More»
Trump cancels pay raises for federal employees
CNN - Wed Aug 29, 2018
Washington - President Donald Trump told lawmakers on Thursday he was scrapping a planned pay raise for civilian federal workers, saying the nation's budget couldn't support it. More»
California Passes Bill To Expunge Old Marijuana Convictions
Huffington Post - Tue Aug 28, 2018
California lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that provides a legal framework to wipe out previous marijuana convictions. More»
Fox News Reporter Adam Housley Leaves Amid Objections to Network
Politico - Sat Aug 25, 2018
Another on-air reporter is leaving Fox News over frustrations with the direction and tone of the network, the second in the last three weeks to defect for those reasons. More»
White House blocks bill that would protect elections
Yahoo News - Fri Aug 24, 2018
WASHINGTON - A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation's defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the Senate at the behest of the White House, which opposed the proposed legislation, according to congressional sources. More»
Michael Cohen Surrenders to the FBI
CNN - Mon Aug 20, 2018
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty today to eight counts that include tax evasion and campaign finance violations. More»
Vandals paint Nazi symbols on wall at Jewish temple in Indiana
CNN - Sun Jul 29, 2018
Nazi images, including a swastika, were discovered Saturday morning painted on a structure that is part of a Jewish synagogue in Indiana, the temple said. More»
New York Times tells Trump: Don't call reporters enemies of the people
BBC - Sat Jul 28, 2018
The publisher of the New York Times has urged President Donald Trump not to continue labelling reporters "enemies of the people", saying it could "lead to violence" against the media. More»
Trump's White House misspells 'United States' in embarrassing official statement
Raw Story - Thu Jul 26, 2018
President Donald Trump's White House released an official statement via its Twitter feed in which it misspelled "United States. More»
Sacha Baron Cohen Ridicule Prompts Georgia Lawmaker To Quit
BBC - Tue Jul 24, 2018
A Georgia lawmaker ridiculed for dropping his trousers and using racial slurs on Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America? show has said he will resign. More»
Microsoft Says Russia Tried to Hack Three 2018 Midterm Election Candidates
The Hacker News - Thu Jul 19, 2018
ASPEN, Colorado - Microsoft said it detected and helped the US government to block Russian hacking attempts against at least three congressional candidates this year, a Microsoft executive revealed speaking at the Aspen Security Forum today. More»
FDA Recalls Common Heart, Blood Pressure Medications Due to Cancer Risks
NBC New York - Sun Jul 15, 2018
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced a voluntary recall of several medicines containing an ingredient used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. More»
Maryland elections company bought by Russian oligarch close to Putin
The Guardian - Sat Jul 14, 2018
A company that provides key services for Maryland elections has been bought by a parent company with links to a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, state officials said on Friday after a briefing a day earlier from the FBI. More»
California DA Proposes Solution for Unwanted Politicians - Shoot Them
Huffington Post - Mon Jul 9, 2018
"Being a loud-mouthed c*nt in the ghetto you would think someone would have shot this b*tch by now" one Facebook comment from his account read. More»
Man, 92, Hit With Brick In Brutal July 4th Attack, told "go back to your own country"
KCBS-TV - Sun Jul 8, 2018
LOS ANGELES - Loved ones are looking for answers after a 92-year-old man was hit with a brick in a brutal July 4th attack. More»
Subway employee calls police on two parents and their four kids eating dinner
Daily Kos - Thu Jul 5, 2018
The employee freaked out because this isn't some Cleaver family reunion! These people have high levels of melanin in their skin. More»
Five People Shot Dead in the Capital Gazette newsroom
Daily Mail - Thu Jun 28, 2018
The gunman who shot dead five people and injured two others at Maryland's Capital Gazette newsroom had previously sued the newspaper and threatened staff after they exposed him for Facebook stalking a woman. More»
Air Force Veteran, 58, Protesting Against the VA, Sets Himself on Fire in Atlanta
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 26, 2018
A 58-year-old Air Force veteran from Georgia set off a homemade explosive device strapped to his chest outside Georgia Capitol. More»
GOP Senators Accuse National Science Foundation Of Funding Climate 'Propaganda'
Huffington Post - Sun Jun 24, 2018
Four Republican senators this week demanded an investigation of the National Science Foundation's grants, accusing the federal agency of "propagandizing" by supporting a program to encourage TV meteorologists to report on climate change. More»
Border patrol agents are stopping people on highways in New England to check their citizenship
CNN - Sun Jun 24, 2018
Far from ground zero in the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration along the southern border, US Customs and Border Protection checkpoints on highways in Maine and New Hampshire are catching the eye of civil liberties groups. More»
The Dreadful History of Children in Concentration Camps
The Conversation - Wed Jun 20, 2018
Children and family have been central to the institution of the concentration camp from its beginnings 120 years ago. More»
White House announces plan to merge Education and Labor departments
CNBC - Wed Jun 20, 2018
The White House announced a plan on Thursday to combine the Education and Labor departments to form the Department of Education and the Workforce. More»