World Dec 22 In landmark ruling, orangutan granted legal ‘person’ status in Argentina A court in Argentina ruled Sunday that an orangutan was entitled to some basic rights as a "non-human individual" and can live in a partially free primate sanctuary, local media reported.
Science Dec 19 Kepler keeps going, finds new ‘super-Earth’ NASA’s Kepler space telescope, once thought “beyond repair,” has found a planet two and a half times the size of Earth outside the Milky Way, the space agency announced Thursday.
Nation Dec 18 Transgender government workers now protected under Civil Rights Act Claims of workplace discrimination against transgender people will now be covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Attorney General Eric Holder announced in a memo released Thursday.
Arts Dec 04 ‘Gangnam Style’ proved to be swan song for YouTube’s view limit Psy's horse-galloping music video "Gangnam Style" exceeded YouTube's view limit, a potential problem Google, which owns the video service, said it anticipated months ago.
Nation Dec 03 Cleveland police officer who shot Tamir Rice was unfit for duty years ago, records show The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice last week was previously “distracted” and “weepy” during his firearms qualification training at a suburban Ohio police department, new internal documents revealed Wednesday.
Nation Nov 21 Internet TV startup Aereo files for Chapter 11 banktuptcy Following an unfavorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sided with TV networks, startup Internet company Aereo said Friday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Health Nov 17 Ebola-striken surgeon dies at Nebraska hospital An Ebola-stricken surgeon who was working in West Africa and was transported to a Nebraska hospital for treatment died early Monday, a hospital official confirmed.
Arts Nov 15 Co-founder of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books is dead at 78 R.A. Montgomery, co-author and publisher of the long-running "Choose Your Own Adventure" series, the classic children's book series responsible for letting generations of young readers choose from dozens of possible endings, died Nov. 9 at his home in Vermont, his…
Politics Nov 13 Obama may push executive action to cover 5 million undocumented immigrants After promising to take broad actions on immigration by the end of the year, President Barack Obama is expected to announce a plan that would protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, The New York Times reported.
Nation Nov 12 Ahead of grand jury decision, Michael Brown’s parents testify before UN committee Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. joined a delegation that took the events surrounding their son's killing to an international forum, listing several recommendations for the United Nations Committee Against Torture to help "end racial profiling and police brutality against…