Leap Day & Why We Need It
Time to leap for joy; it’s Leap Day. It’s the extra 24 hours we get every four years on February 29th. The idea of adding…
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ISIS threatens Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey
ISIS threatened Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey on Wednesday with promises that its hackers are fighting back against efforts to wipe social media…
Snowden: Would return to US with guarantee of fair trial
Speaking via Skype from Russia, Edward Snowden told an audience of supporters in New Hampshire on Saturday that he is willing to be extradited to…
Quick-thinking tanker crew saves F-16 pilot over ISIS-controlled territory
An F-16 pilot was nearly forced to eject from his aircraft over ISIS territory due to a fuel emergency last year, an incident that could…
Hamas proudly shows off its new tank, just one small problem
The Palestinian political organization Hamas proudly displayed a captured and rebuilt Israeli tank on social media Monday, but users were quick to point out that…
Danish teen fought off her attacker – now she’ll face fine
A 17-year-old girl who was physically and sexually attacked in Sønderborg will herself face charges for using pepper spray to fend off her assailant. The…
Five dead, suspect held in Canada school shooting: PM Trudeau
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Five people were killed in a school shooting in a remote part of Saskatchewan on Friday and a suspect is in…
Merkel says Austrian cap on refugees ‘not helpful’ for European solution
Germany said on Wednesday Austria’s decision to cap the number of refugees it will let in and tighten border controls was “not helpful” to German…
Hottest year on record, by a lot
NOAA: December is first month 2 degrees above normal Last year was the Earth’s warmest since record-keeping began in 1880, the U.S. National Oceanic and…
Cable news network Al Jazeera America to shut down
The cable news channel Al Jazeera America, which debuted in 2013 to great fanfare when it promised to cover American news soberly and seriously, will…