Archives for General News
April 2015
Thursday, April 30:
House to Vote on Measure to Strike Down D.C. Reproductive Health Law
North Korea's Kim Jong Un Cancels Trip To Moscow: Russia
Bernie Sanders Announces He Is Running for President
Sandy Tolan: The One-State Conundrum
What to Say to People Who Drone on About How Good Drones Are (2 comments)
Wednesday, April 29:
Kim Jong Un Executed 15 Officials This Year, South Korea Says (5 comments)
Back in Baltimore, Martin O'Malley is heckled, and could face political fallout (1 comments)
US CEOs Find Crowded Field in Iran -
House Republicans Want To Block Predatory Lending Protections For American Troops (2 comments)
Roberts sides with liberals to uphold judicial campaign finance restriction.
U.S. Attacks in Afghanistan Go Beyond White House's Pledges
Bernie Sanders To Launch Presidential Campaign
Tuesday, April 28:
U.S. Senate rejects bid to toughen Iran nuclear review bill (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders to Announce Presidential Bid on Thursday
Gay Marriage Arguments Divide Supreme Court Justices (1 comments)
Hotter and Wetter: Report Finds Global Warming Driving Extreme Weather
Megacity metabolism: What cities are the worst energy hogs? -- ScienceDaily
20 Iconic #BaltimoreRiots Protest Signs, Images and Tweets (35 comments)
Linn Washington, Jr.: The Slow Public Execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal by Pennsylvania Prison Authorities (5 comments)
The one word reporters should add to Twitter searches that you probably haven't considered
Andrew Cockburn: How Assassination Sold Drugs and Promoted Terrorism
CEO Who Set Minimum Wage at $70K is Swamped With Business Now - Good News Network (2 comments)
Financial Terrorism - The global threat (1 comments)
Monday, April 27:
Tulsa Police Official Resigns in Case of 73-Year-Old Volunteer Deputy Who Killed Suspect
Baltimore Police Clash With Youths After Funeral for Freddie Gray
Effort by Japan to Stifle News Media Is Working
Greek-Russia ties bloom as default looms (2 comments)
Christian Appy: From the Fall of Saigon to Our Fallen Empire
Quake-Aid Need Acute In Nepal Capital; More So In Villages
5 years after BP spill, drillers push into riskier depths
Sunday, April 26:
Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Tops 3,000
Radio Station WIBC Admits The 'Real' Reason They Are Dumping GOP Extremist Rush Limbaugh (2 comments)
"Clinton Cash" Author Defends Upcoming Book
US Secretary of State Kerry to meet with Iran foreign minister Monday (1 comments)
Elizabeth Warren Tells Obama To Put Up Or Shut Up On Trade (5 comments)
Cities and States Pay Massive Secret Fees to Wall Street
Green Party of Philadelphia, "Fund schools without property tax increase" (2 comments)
Adding Geopolitical Context back into American History
Saturday, April 25:
Scenes of Chaos in Baltimore as Thousands Protest Freddie Gray's Death
Nepal Earthquake: At Least 1,130 Dead After 7.8-Magnitude Tremor
Canada is walking into a copyright trap
Apparent anti-semitic headline on TheMarketBusiness, recommended by google (5 comments)
Time-Lapse Video Of The Calbuco Volcano Erupting In Chile
How Can Our Senators and Representatives Vote for Giving Away Our Monetary Sovereignty? (4 comments)
Friday, April 24:
Iran says nuclear talks making gradual headway
Rewarding "Flu" Farmers With Our Tax Dollars (5 comments)
Health of World's Ocean 'Collapsing Before Our Eyes'
To Send a Message, Judge Sentences David Petraeus to 75% of One Speaking Fee (2 comments)
Israelis March Against Arabs (2 comments)
Democrats Accusing Obama of Doing More to Pass TPP Than Anything Else He's Done As President (5 comments)
ABC News: "Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops" (10 comments)
Pharmacologist: Oklahoma Can't Square Its Lethal Injection Protocol with Science (1 comments)
Woman Successfully Defends Herself from Armed Attacker Only to Be Shot When Police Arrive
Thursday, April 23:
House Panel Asks Hillary Clinton To Testify Twice On Emails, Benghazi
David Petraeus Is Sentenced to Probation in Leak Investigation
Loretta Lynch narrowly confirmed by Senate as attorney general
Michael Brown's family sues Ferguson, Mo., for wrongful death (1 comments)
Secret Koch memo outlines plans for 2016
Did a "nickel ride" kill Freddie Gray?: Philadelphians Know All About Police Murder by Van Ride (3 comments)
Texas Legislative Panel Votes To Restrict Same-Sex Marriage
Hillary Clinton is getting bombarded with new financial scandals
Warren Weinstein, Adam Gadahn Killed in U.S. Operation (1 comments)
Natylie Baldwin: 3 Western Media Myths About Russia (6 comments)
Engelhardt: The Future Foreseen (and Not)
Oklahoma Recognizes Role of Drilling in Earthquakes
Hillary Clinton Calls For 'Toppling' The 1 Percent (?) (4 comments)
After Getting Called Out, Elizabeth Warren Accuses Obama Of Deliberately Hiding Trade Details (2 comments)
Wednesday, April 22:
Facing threat in Congress, Pentagon races to resettle Guantanamo inmates
Patriot Act extension: Mitch McConnell proposes continuing NSA's bulk data collection through 2020
DEA Chief Michele Leonhart Retires Over Handling of Colombia Sex Scandal
Man shoots computer in Colorado Springs alley, gets revenge he wanted - and a citation
Senate, Clearing Hurdle, Sets a Thursday Vote on Loretta Lynch
Giant Sinkhole Opens Up at Solikamsk: what is Rybolovlev responsibility?
Tuesday, April 21:
DOJ Claims Grossly Disparate Treatment Will "Promote Respect for the Law" (1 comments)
David Brock to NY Times: Don't Outsource Your Journalism to Rupert Murdoch
National Guard Referred to Ferguson Protesters as 'Enemy Forces', Emails Show
Police Cadet Quits Academy, Reports Cops After Witnessing Homeless Man Being Beaten
Eric Holder's DOJ Backs Police Killings (1 comments)
Japan just broke its own high speed rail record--US isn't even in the conversation
Egyptian Court Sentences Morsi to 20 Years in Prison
Senate vote on Lynch for attorney general seen this week
Prosecutors blame captain for causing deaths in migrant shipwreck
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: DEA Chief to Resign
Land Tax Justice at last in NYC?; My new Book (4 comments)
Deciphering Detox Therapies (1 comments)
Nick Turse: AFRICOM Behaving Badly
Natylie Baldwin: The Rise and Fall of the Russian Oligarchy (1 comments)
New Data Confirms Racial Bias in Fatal Police Encounter (22 comments)
China will sign road, rail and energy projects with Pakistan that will alter trade and geopolitics in the region (2 comments)
Monday, April 20:
Michele Bachmann: The Rapture Is Coming And It's Obama's Fault (3 comments)
WSU statistician sues seeking Kansas voting machine paper tapes (9 comments)
Another White House fence-jumper arrested
Earth Day Celebration Packs the National Mall
Poverty shrinks brains from birth (1 comments)
Laura Gottesdiener: Another Round of Detroit Refugees?
Official Leaks: "These Senior People Do Whatever They Want" (2 comments)
Sunday, April 19:
Putin says ready to work with United States
700 people feared dead in Mediterranean migrant shipwreck (1 comments)
Khamenei says Iran nuclear weapons are U.S. "myth"
Chelsea Manning and the Deepwater Horizon Killings (3 comments)
At Republican Gathering, All Talk Is of Hillary Clinton (None of It Is Good)
TX Woman Ticketed for Feeding Homeless Invokes Religious Freedom Argument
New study shows poor kids have smaller brains than affluent kids (11 comments)
It's Over: Republicans Quietly Drop the War on Obamacare (2 comments)
Internat'l gender equality: how the U.S. fails (1 comments)
Saturday, April 18:
Secret Chemtrail Pilot Speaks, on Dec 8, 2014 - YouTube (2 comments)
UN agency appeals for $30 million to help besieged civilians in Yarmouk camp
A Trade Rule that Makes It Illegal to Favor Local Business? Newest Leak Shows TPP Would Do That And More (1 comments)
Friday, April 17:
Obama Torches Republicans Over Loretta Lynch Delays: "This Is Embarrassing"
The True Cost of Gun Violence in America (3 comments)
Bloomberg Blames "Internal Network Issue" For Global Outage
How's That Demographic Thing Working Out for You, LaPierre? (4 comments)
U.S. woman shot and wounded in Pakistan
US paratroopers to train Ukraine army as Russia complains
Democrats' Civil War Over Trade Deal
Causing genocide to protect us from terror
"Troll hunting" algorithm could make web a better place (3 comments)
Thursday, April 16:
Republicans Push $269 Billion Handout For Millionaire Heirs And Heiresses (1 comments)
U.S. senators agree on path to fast-track trade bill (1 comments)
Meet the CEO Who Took a Pay Cut to Set His Employees' Minimum Wage at $70,000 a Year (2 comments)
Everything You Need to Know About Your Rights When Filming Police
NBC correspondent Richard Engel changes his Syria kidnapping story
How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor
Michael Klare: Is the Age of Renewable Energy Already Upon Us?
Natylie Baldwin: 3 Western Media Myths About Vladimir Putin (7 comments)
UN envoy to Yemen resigns after criticism of failed peacemaking
Elizabeth Warren Hammers The Endless Failures Of Wall Street Regulators (5 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: US, Canada Obstruct Final Declaration at Summit of the Americas (5 comments)
Wednesday, April 15:
Landmark Injunction Cheered as Crushing Blow to Japan's Nuclear Restart
Iran leader: We are in talks with "the major powers," not the U.S. Congress
ISIS Camp a Few Miles from Texas, Mexican Authorities Confirm (5 comments)
Tennessee House approves bill to make Bible official state book
Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin seeks to have conviction tossed
Aaron Hernandez Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder (3 comments)
Humor: Who Are These Old People at My Class Reunion? (3 comments)
Child Poverty in the U.S. is Among the Worst in the Developed World (9 comments)
Tuesday, April 14:
President Obama Agrees to Accept Senate Compromise Deal on Iran
Insecticide contamination of global surface waters substantially higher than expected -- ScienceDaily (1 comments)
Guns To Surpass Car Accidents As Leading Cause Of Deaths Among Young People (6 comments)
Sentenced To 20 Years Behind Bars for Stillbirth
Taliban Attack Kills 18 Afghan Soldiers, Some Beheaded
Nick Turse: The U.S. Military's Battlefield of Tomorrow
Qatar, China, Egypt, India and Nigeria "worst countries to work in" - with U.S. not far behind (1 comments)
U.S. is a World Leader in Child Poverty (3 comments)
Report Shows 1 Million Iraqis Dead from US Invasion, Occupation (2 comments)
Bold Step: Reparations Movements Make International Connections (2 comments)
Monday, April 13:
Ex-Blackwater Guards Sentenced to Prison in 2007 Killings of Iraqi Civilians (1 comments)
Russia opens way to missile deliveries to Iran, starts oil-for-goods swap (1 comments)
Marco Rubio Announces 2016 Presidential Bid
Your pain reliever may also be diminishing your joy -- ScienceDaily
Peter Van Buren: In the Middle East, Bet on a Winner (Iran!)
UNIQLO, Japanese Fast Fashion Label, Accused of Labor Violations
Sunday, April 12:
Five abducted aid workers killed in Afghanistan
How the FBI is whitewashing the Saudi connection to 9/11 (4 comments)
Republican hopeful Paul opens criticism ahead of Clinton announcement
Kerry says he stands by presentation of Iran nuclear deal
We Don't Know How Bird Flu Is Spreading--Factory Farmers (2 comments)
Turkey Caught Funneling Arms to Syrian Rebels
Hillary Clinton Launches 2016 Presidential Campaign (5 comments)
Laura Bush "Shocked" at Initial Barbara Bush Hesitancy to Support Jeb Bush's White House Bid (2 comments)
Reflections on Cuba: from Communism to Consumerism
Saturday, April 11:
Obama blasts GOP critics of Iran deal
Hillary Clinton's Calculus on Embracing Obama (1 comments)
Raul Castro Says Cuba Blockade Not Obama's Fault
U.S. Capitol locked down after shots fired, police say
The Clear and Present Danger of Dark Money in Judicial Elections (1 comments)
Toxic Weed Killer Glyphosate (Monsanto's Roundup) Found in Breast Milk, Infant Formula (9 comments)
Dogs Weigh in on NRA Convention--Humor Cartoon (5 comments)
Friday, April 10:
Obama, Castro to meet on sidelines of summit (1 comments)
Authorities: 1 dead, 7 hurt in Illinois town after tornado (1 comments)
Hillary Clinton to launch 2016 campaign on Sunday en route to Iowa (1 comments)
Real-time pix of killer cop planting evidence: Officer Slager Must be Punished (1 comments)
Thursday, April 9:
What reporters forgot to tell you about the 'doc fix' bill and changes to Medicare (1 comments)
Lincoln Chafee, exploring 2016 run, says Clinton's Iraq vote should disqualify her
US warns Iran on backing Yemen rebels, Tehran defiant
Chicago: Voters Report Ballots Pre-Marked for Emanuel
Iran's Khamenei demands all sanctions end when nuclear deal signed
Barbara Boxer Tells Bob Corker It's "Reckless" And "Irresponsible" To Vote Now On Iran Bill
Secret Service manager put on leave during probe of alleged assault
Obama to Call for End to "Conversion" Therapies for Gay and Transgender Youth
Wednesday, April 8:
Bill would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected (2 comments)
Barack Obama Seeks Ban on 'Conversion Therapy (1 comments)
US soldier shot dead in Afghanistan "insider attack"
Springfield, MO, repeals nondiscrimination ordinance protecting LGBTQs (2 comments)
Rand Paul in spat with second reporter (1 comments)
How Parents can Change Education (2 comments)
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Convicted Of Boston Marathon Bombing (1 comments)
A third of Republicans support Iran nuclear deal: Reuters/Ipsos poll
After re-election, Chicago Mayor Emanuel faces tougher road
Press Briefing: Saudi Bombing of Yemen Sparks Humanitarian Crisis
It's a Scary World For Gun Advocates (8 comments)
Pentagon Moves More Communications Gear into Cheyenne Mountain
U.S. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades
Tuesday, April 7:
Chicago mayoral race: Garcia concedes defeat to Emanuel
Snowden statue points to divide in US society: Is he hero or traitor? (1 comments)
Chuck Schumer bucks White House on Iran (3 comments)
California Cities Oppose Homeless "Right to Rest"
Steven Starr, Lynn Eden, and Theodore Postol: *Today's Nukes Deadlier Than Ever (2 comments)
Oil Spill Management Market is Estimated to Reach USD 114,441.1 Million by 2020
Gregoire Chamayou: Hunting Humans by Remote Control
Monday, April 6:
Accused Boston bomber followed brother's lead, defense argues
Highlights from Bernie's Western Swing
We are eating WHAT? (1 comments)
Rahm Emanuel, Chuy Garcia campaign over Easter weekend
Anand Gopal: How to Create an Afghan Blackwater
Sunday, April 5:
Rolling Stone Retracts Debunked UVA Rape Story After Report (1 comments)
Netanyahu continues attack on Iran nuclear agreement: it's "a very bad deal"
Five Years On, the WikiLeaks 'Collateral Murder' Video Matters More than Ever
Amanda Knox writes letter pledging to help wrongfully convicted people
*Who's Playing "Hide and Cheat"? (3 comments)
G.O.P.'s Israel Support Deepens as Political Contributions Shift
Saturday, April 4:
Koch Brothers Aggressively Hunting 2016 Hispanic Vote
GOP budget proposals include deep cuts for federal employees
Former Iranian Ambassador: Historic Nuclear Deal has Prevented a New War in the Middle East
Anti-US Protests Broke out in Kiev (2 comments)
Energy East Tar Sands Pipeline Hits Major Snag as TransCanada Forced to Scrap Terminal
Outrage After City of Ferguson Releases Racist Emails
Friday, April 3:
Netanyahu: Israeli Cabinet United In Opposition To Iran Nuclear Deal
We could all be crying 'I can't breathe!': Catastrophe Looms by 2100 if Climate Change isn't Sharply Curtailed Now ( (1 comments)
John Boehner and Mitch McConnell Approval Ratings Plummet As Republicans Sink To New Lows (1 comments)
Report: Islam Fastest-Growing Major Faith in Coming Decades
Bernie Sanders: For a Political Revolution (1 comments)
Sustainable Agriculture Means Hope for Haiti (2 comments)
Thursday, April 2:
"Towards a World War III Scenario": Book review
Huckabee: Gay-Rights Movement "Won't Stop Until There Are No Churches" (2 comments)
Fukushima update 4-2-15- time for Japan to give up? (2 comments)
Obama's Next Move May Be Lifting US Protection Of Israel At UN (1 comments)
Kenya Attack: Al Shabab Targets Christians at Garissa University College (1 comments)
Republican White House hopefuls attack Obamacare but take money (1 comments)
Steve Fraser: Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property
Indiana Pizza Parlor Reportedly Becomes First Business To Reject Catering Gay Weddings (6 comments)
Kabuki Democracy (High or low Theater?)
Wednesday, April 1:
Palestinians formally join International Criminal Court (1 comments)
Execution by medical neglect?: Pennsylvania's Prison System is Torturing Mumia Abu-Jamal and his Family Too (8 comments)
Texas Lawmakers Want To Stop Towns From Banning Fracking
Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted On Public Corruption Charges (2 comments)
Arkansas governor rejects bill after pressure over gay discrimination
Shell's Arctic drilling plans on track as Obama administration OKs lease sale
California Imposes Unprecedented Statewide Water Restrictions
The 5 Worst Climate Change Truthers In Congress
Arkansas Governor Asks Lawmakers to Recall Religious Freedom Bill