‘Schoolteachers in Texas will be allowed to use lethal force against students without risking legal repercussions if a new bill being considered in the Lone Star State’s legislature becomes a law. The bill –HB 868, […]
‘A San Francisco public defender was arrested Wednesday for doing what many public defenders don’t have a good rap for doing. Defending her client. But police called that resisting arrest, the only charged they jailed […]
‘Few in Greece, even five years ago, would have imagined their recession- and austerity-ravaged country as it is now: 1.3 million people – 26% of the workforce – without a job (and most of them […]
‘Greece’s newly-elected anti-austerity Finance Minister says his government will no longer cooperate with the troika of international lenders or seek aid extension. Yanis Varoufakis made the announcement on Friday, following a meeting with Eurogroup President […]
‘Camels, goats, cows and donkeys carrying explosives could be used in deadly attacks by Nigerian terror group Boko Haram. Intelligence reports gathered by Nigerian’s security agencies reveal the group is planning to use the livestock […]
‘The latest news out of Madison isn’t good for students at Wisconsin’s public universities: Gov. Scott Walker just announced a plan to cut $300 million in state funding for the publicly funded UW system over […]
‘All front-line police officers should be offered a Taser in light of the increased terrorism threat, the head of the Police Federation says. Steve White said it would help protect against “dangerous people” who could […]
‘As if Froot Loops weren’t already a poor enough choice, with their sugar, dyes, and artificial flavors, (and no “froot” anywhere in sight) now, independent testing has shown that those ingredients aren’t the worst thing […]
‘David Cameron has defended MPs against the cynicism of the British electorate by saying politicians “love” their communities and “overwhelmingly” enter Westminster for the right reasons. The Prime Minister said Britain’s political class was motivated […]
‘For years I have said “we’re all philosophers whether we know it or not”, yet more recently I have also come to understand that we’re all meditators. There are a few common barriers to the […]
‘Yesterday, we heard John McCain call protesters low life scum. Today, we learn that a Florida Sheriff recommended running them over. Dark clouds gather over America as officials in power continue to show how much […]
‘Anonymized credit card data – only locations and times of purchases made – are enough to identify a person, a new MIT study shows. Shopping habits are so unique, that knowledge of only four transactions […]