Science

New PTSD drug may allow vets to reprogram traumatic memories

Researchers claim to have found a promising new therapy in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress…

British wildlife faces ‘stark’ threat as 60 percent of species assessed in ‘The State of Nature’ report decline

British wildlife is under serious threat, according to a major new study out Wednesday, which…

Villagers find ancient sports statue in Mexico

Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting…

Early humans responded to changes in climate with cultural and industrial innovation

Early humans living in South Africa made cultural and industrial leaps in periods of wetter…

Tech News

American teenagers doing more to protect online privacy: study

American teenagers are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites, but taking steps…

Rand Paul demands Congress ‘apologize’ to Apple for tax avoidance hearing

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday lashed out at fellow members of Congress for looking…

Media

23 leading academics, authors and film-makers accuse New York Times of treating Latin American political leaders differently

Chomsky, Stone and Moore sign petition urging editorial inquiry Here’s a story that the New…

David Bowie’s ‘Spiders From Mars’ bassist Trevor Bolder dies

Trevor Bolder, the bass guitarist in David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars band, has died at…

World

Unknown gunman kills 12 at Baghdad brothel

Unknown gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and…

Stockholm riots stretch into the third night as prime minister decries ‘hooliganism’

Rioting spread across Stockholm’s suburbs early Wednesday in the third night of unrest to hit the Swedish capital, as Prime…

Vatican says it’s a ‘credible’ partner in war against money laundering

The Vatican on Wednesday said it was a “credible partner” in the struggle against money laundering as it published its…

French far-right pays tribute to Notre Dame suicide of Dominique Venner

France’s far-right paid tribute to a writer and activist who shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris’s…

Afghan interpreters who served with British forces to get UK visas

About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan will be offered the chance to…

U.S. News

Swiss banks face massive fines over Americans’ hidden bank accounts

Swiss banks holding US citizens’ funds that are not declared to American tax authorities are…

Massachusetts Lt. Governor resigns to take job at local Chamber of Commerce

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Tim Murray (D) is expected to resign in June 2013 in the…

‘The Rendition Project’ sheds new light on U.S. government’s global kidnap and secret detention program

Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions…

Chinese restaurant owner rides out Oklahoma tornado in restaurant’s walk-in freezer

For years Anita Zhang’s neighbors joked that if a tornado ever bore down on her…

Senate committee approves comprehensive immigration reform bill

The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability when…

Sen. Leahy chides colleagues for killing LGBT equality in immigration bill

Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Tuesday reluctantly withheld an amendment to the comprehensive…

Rescuers dig for life after tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma

Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a…

Bradley Manning trial to be closed for some testimony: judge

Some testimony in the espionage trial of a US soldier who passed secret files to…