Health Jun 18 Thousands of Lyme disease tests unproven and possibly inaccurate, NECIR reports Roughly $492 million is spent on more than 3.4 million Lyme tests in the U.S. each year. But according to the New England Center of Investigative Reporting in a report released Tuesday, that number doesn’t include the thousands of…
Arts Jun 17 Picasso’s ‘Blue Room’ painting hides another masterpiece Using infrared technology, scientists and researchers have discovered a painting of a man hidden below the “Blue Room.”…
World Jun 13 Social media networks blocked in Iraq to prevent insurgency plotting The Iraqi Ministry of Communications has blocked social media networks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in Iraq to prevent the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria from “using the outlets to organise their insurgency.”…
Nation Jun 12 Do you remember the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Fifty years ago this July, President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted the Civil Rights Act. Do you remember its passage?…
Arts Jun 12 Actress Ruby Dee dies at 91 Civil rights activist and actress Ruby Dee has died at age 91, Dee’s daughter confirmed.
Nation Jun 11 Popular Twitter app TweetDeck hacked; shut down TweetDeck, the tweet sharing and scheduling site connected to Twitter, was hacked on Wednesday.
Nation Jun 10 One student killed in Oregon high school shooting, suspect dead One student was killed in a shooting that took place at Reynolds High School outside of Portland, Oregon on Tuesday morning.
World Jun 09 Paris bridge can’t handle weight of love (locks) In 2008, a tradition popped up in France among lovebirds. Couples began linking padlocks to the Pont des Arts–a footbridge in Paris–as a symbol for their love, forever throwing away the key into the river Seines. But on Sunday night,…
Nation Jun 05 U.S. Armed Forces color guard to march in gay pride parade For the first time in American history, the U.S. Armed Forces color guard will march in a gay pride parade. The 39th annual Capital Pride parade in Washington, D.C., is likely to attract 150,000 spectators. While there’s never been…
Nation Jun 03 Record number of earthquakes over 4.0 hits Los Angeles for first time since 1994 In the the past five months, and as recently as Sunday, Los Angeles has experienced five earthquakes — each with a magnitude larger than 4.0. The city hasn’t witnessed such an occurrence since 1994, when the 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake…