Science

Zombie climate skeptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV

Study finds overwhelming scientific consensus that humans have caused global warming, but media still hasn’t…

Scientists prepare to explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Scientists are to set off on a research expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch…

Young people using Alzheimer’s dementia drugs to boost brain power

Medicines used for Alzheimer’s disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder taken by 1% of 14…

Report: Shrinking glaciers behind a third of rise in sea levels

Water from the world’s shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise…

Tech News

Facebook exec and ‘Lean In’ author Sheryl Sandberg says it’s OK for women to cry at work

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it’s ok…

Three new factory suicides at Apple supplier Foxconn

Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three…

Media

Actor Gerard Depardieu compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II

French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to…

Gaza filmmakers look to 3D ‘Scarecrow’ film as a showcase

Filmmakers in Gaza have finished making what is believed to be the first Palestinian animated…

World

Debate on bill to protect Afghan women from violence halted after complaints it is ‘against Islamic teaching’

The Afghan parliament on Saturday cut short a debate on a bill to protect women from violence after complaints from…

Bollywood bad boy Sanjay Dutt held in ‘terrorist’ jail for arms possession

Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants…

France legalizes same-sex marriage

France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months…

Venezuelan president still waiting for recognition from U.S.

Venezuela's Maduro still waiting on Washington's recognition (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro,…

U.S. News

Confederate Civil War General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson venerated with lemons 150 years after his death

It has been 150 years since Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died, and visitors are still bringing…

New York auction houses celebrate after billion-dollar sales week

Two of New York’s leading auction houses combined for the art world’s richest sales week…

O.J. Simpson’s lawyer: I told him to go to the cops

The lawyer accused of bungling O.J. Simpson’s defense in his armed robbery trial said Friday…

Appeals court rules Fair Sentencing Act applies retroactively to crack offenses

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a 2010 law mandating less-stringent penalties on…

Hit-and-run driver flees scene to avoid ‘defecating in his pants’

A 27-year-old Florida man fled the scene of an auto accident but authorities said the…

Federal judge stays application of Arkansas’ restrictive 12-week abortion ban

U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright issued an injunction against Arkansas’ recently-passed ban on abortions…

Outgoing IRS chief tells Congress abuses were ‘foolish mistakes’ and not political

The outgoing head of the IRS told Congress Friday that the US tax agency made…

Justice Department reveals that it lost track of two suspected terrorists in witness protection

In a disturbing report released Thursday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General,…