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82 Released Chibok Schoolgirls Arrive in Nigerian Capital
The 82 Chibok schoolgirls released in a swap between terrorist group Boko Haram and the Nigerian government have arrived in the capital city of Abuja, the government said Sunday.
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Donald Trump Can't Stop Talking (And Talking) About The 2016 Election
Trump was asked by the AP's Julie Pace whether or not he would veto a spending bill that kept the government open but didn't include the $1.4 billion he has requested as a sort of down payment on his much-promised border wall. Here's how Trump answered:
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AboutThatCar.com: 2017 Toyota RAV4
Toyota’s RAV4 is a benchmark in the compact sport utility market. And with time, it keeps getting better. For the 2017 model year the crossover gets some additions designed to make it better and that will surely keep pressure on its competitors.
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Twitter User Suspended for 'calling out bigotry'
Twitter's strategy toward online harassment is notoriously flawed -- and the latest reminder came on Monday.
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The Untangled Truth About Loving Your Natural Hair and Beauty By Michele Tapp Roseman
Just in time for Black History Month, Hairlooms asks: Why is it so difficult for Black women to embrace their hair? And, how can Black women overcome the multi-layered challenge of embracing their natural hair and beauty? Author Michele Tapp Roseman helps readers answer these questions for themselves, to write a new story that they can pass along.
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Civil Rights Will Suffer Under Sessions
Donald Trump's first three weeks in office have left Americans reeling from what Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan called his "cloud of crazy." His cabinet nominees seem intentionally perverse: an education secretary who has no clue about public schools; an energy secretary who wanted to eliminate the department; a treasury secretary from Goldman Sachs who ran a home foreclosure factory.
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Baggage Handler Trapped in Cargo Hold During Flight
United Airlines is investigating how a baggage handler became trapped in the cargo hold of a regional jetliner during an hourlong flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Washington's Dulles International Airport.
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NIH Study Shows Exercise May Lower Risk of High Blood Pressure In African Americans
Researchers who study cardiovascular health have long known that exercise is one way to keep high blood pressure at bay.
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Homeless, Terminally Ill Dogs Find Sanctuary Here
The brown-eyed beagle rests his head on the edge of his bed, his eyes peering out as volunteers walk by and stop to pet him. He's known as "Much Loved Bob," and volunteers say he doesn't have much time left.
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Cancer Survivor, Republican Has Change of Heart On Obamacare
Tiffany Koehler was raised in foster care, is biracial, a veteran and a cancer survivor.
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Sessions Opens the Door Again to Privatized Prisons
Next week, March 7, will mark the 52nd anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the historic march and shocking police riot in Selma, Ala., that helped build public support for passage of the Voting Rights Act.
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Lung cancer screening decision aid delivered through tobacco quitlines improves informed decision-making
Tobacco quitlines provide an effective avenue to reach people eligible for lung cancer screening
In the first comparative clinical trial of lung cancer screening decision aid versus standard educational information, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that a decision aid delivered through tobacco quitlines effectively reaches a screening-eligible population and results in informed decisions about lung cancer screening.
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Pediatricians call for schools to end active shooter trainings that could traumatize students
A top pediatricians' group says realistic active shooter drills can unnecessarily traumatize children, and schools should stop running them.
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Donald Trump just got another excuse if he loses the 2020 election
On its face, President Donald Trump's immediate insistence that he will not participate in a virtual second debate in a week's time makes very, very little political sense.
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Texas grand jury indicts Netflix for allegedly promoting lewd material over the film 'Cuties'
A grand jury in Texas has indicted Netflix over the French film "Cuties," which has become the target of intense online criticism since it began streaming on the platform in September.
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Why the GOP Wants to Steal Your Vote?
Trick or treat is the time old tradition where children put on costumes and knock on doors in hopes of getting a treat of candy and not a trick. For the last four years, Americans have been in a sort of a game of Halloween minus the costumes. Donald Trump has been supplying all the tricks of lies, policy changes, and false claims but no treats!
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AMNH Announces Online Halloween Costume Contest; Virtual Programming for Halloween and Day of the Dead
To celebrate Halloween on October 31, the American Museum of Natural History is offering a range of family-friendly online programming in the run-up to the holiday, on topics including “spooky” insects like scorpions, spiders, and roaches; bat ecology and biodiversity; and fossilized mammal skeletons. The Museum is also launching a costume contest asking viewers who tune in to online programs next week to share their pictures of natural history-themed costumes on Instagram and Twitter, with the winner awarded four tickets to the Museum.
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'Love Actually' filmmaker and Forest Whitaker: In the midst of Covid-19, the human race has a historic opportunity
The world is still in the grips of a global pandemic that has killed more than 1.1 million people and infected more than 43.1 million worldwide. Lives and livelihoods have been threatened and lost. While the future remains uncertain, it's clear that we face a new and changing world.
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CEOs of Google, Twitter and Facebook grilled in Senate hearing
A Senate Commerce Committee hearing with the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter is underway on Wednesday amid cries of conservative bias and threats to change a crucial law, known as Section 230, that protects the companies' ability to moderate content as they see fit. The tech CEOs appeared via video.
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Social Security could come to a screeching halt
Donald Trump once claimed that he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue in New York City and not lose any voters. He's now seeing whether the same is true if he kills Social Security.
