France: Protesters clash with police over new security law
Police and demonstrators have clashed in Paris as tens of thousands took the streets to protest against new security legislation, a controversy intensified by the beating and racial abuse of a...
Iran Blames Israel for Assassination of Top Nuclear Scientist
Iran held a state funeral for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top nuclear scientist who was assassinated while driving on a highway outside of Tehran on Friday. Iran accused Israel of orchestrating the...
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Coronavirus
If there's one question about coronavirus that we ask more than any other, it's surely "What is my risk?"
Not only "What's my risk of catching the virus", but, were that...
Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill Will Get A Congressional Vote Next Week, Leader Announces
A bill to federally legalize marijuana will receive a full floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives next week, a top Democratic leader in the chamber announced on Friday.
House Majority...
Watchdog Accuses Trump’s NOAA of ‘Choosing Extinction’ for Right Whales by Hiding Scientific Evidence
As the North Atlantic right whale was placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of critically endangered species Thursday, environmental protection groups accusing the U.S. government of bowing...
How Black & Indigenous Groups Won the Fight to Stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Anti-pipeline activists are celebrating after Duke Energy and Dominion Energy announced they are dropping plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600-mile pipeline that would have carried fracked gas from...
Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it
Amazon Web Services is currently having an outage, taking a chunk of the internet down with it.
Several AWS services were experiencing problems as of early Wednesday, according to its status page. That means...
7 People Killed by a Musical Instruments
We’re used to taking it figuratively. One “slays” on guitar, is a “killer” pianist, or wants to “die” listening to a miraculous piece of music. History, though, is surprisingly rich with...
Could Native American vote be heard this year?
Amidst the racial rancour that is the 2020 United States election, Native American voters have an opportunity never seen before.
To get to the 270 electoral college votes and the U.S. presidency,...
Marijuana legalization proponents outraising opponents 36-to-1 in 2020
Financial support for marijuana legalization, both medical and recreational, has grown significantly in 2020 compared to 2016.
Proponents of state ballot measures have outraised opponents this election season by almost 36-to-1, a...