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…
Arts Nov 03 Taylor Swift breaks up with Spotify Following her decision to not put her new album “1989″ on Spotify last week, Taylor Swift has now removed all her albums from the music streaming service.
World Nov 03 Canada launches first air strikes against Islamic State targets Over the weekend, Canadian fighter jets launched the country’s first airstrikes against ISIS strongholds since joining the U.S.-led campaign to combat the extremist group in Iraq, Canada’s defense minister said.
Arts Oct 30 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell dies at 87 American poet Galway Kinnell, whose work emphasized the ordinary over the fantastical, died from leukemia Tuesday at his home in Sheffield, Vermont. He was 87.
Health Oct 29 California orders 21-day quarantine on travelers from Ebola-afflicted countries Passengers who arrive in California from an Ebola-stricken West African country and have had contact with an infected patient will face a 21-day quarantine, state health officials said Wednesday.
Nation Oct 27 Second student dies from Washington school shooting A 14-year-old girl, injured from Friday’s Washington state school shooting, has died, bringing the death toll to three, including the shooter who died from a self-inflicted wound, the Associated Press reported.
Nation Oct 23 What does Michael Brown's official autopsy report actually reveal? After the official autopsy on Michael Brown was leaked to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday, details of the autopsy seemed to be partially misconstrued, according to outside experts commissioned by the newspaper to review the report.
Economy Oct 07 Smart robots will take over a third of jobs by 2025, Gartner says As industrial robots continue to acquire cognitive skills, machines will replace one in three human workers by 2025, Gartner analysts predicted Monday.
Health Oct 06 Spanish nurse contracts Ebola, the first case of transmission outside West Africa A nurse in Spain has tested positive for Ebola. This is the first known case of someone contracting the virus outside of West Africa, the country's health officials said Monday.