World Apr 08 PHOTO: Ballot boxes travel via cab in Indonesia Ballot boxes are carried via pedicabs Tuesday in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in preparation of Indonesian legislative elections on April 9.
Nation Apr 07 UPDATE: Death toll rises to 33 in Washington mudslide A total of 24 bodies have been recovered from the Washington mudslide, Washington officials reported Monday.
Science Apr 06 NASA sets solar flare images to music NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has released dramatic video of a "mid-level" solar flare from April 2. [youtube:http://youtu.be/_8yPQEE2Dnk] Flares are short, powerful bursts of radiation emitted from the sun's surface. NASA says the radiation cannot penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, but on rare…
Arts Apr 06 Author and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen is dead at 86 Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen died at his home on in Sagaponack, N.Y. of leukemia on Saturday. He was 86. Matthiessen was known as a novelist and non-fiction writer as well as for his work as an environmental activist and American…
Nation Apr 03 Women are outnumbered and underrepresented in the news industry, research finds Women get fewer bylines in print and online, and less time on air than men by a considerable margin, a new study by the Women’s Media Center finds. The report, The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2014…
Nation Apr 02 3 killed, 16 wounded by shooter at Fort Hood One person is dead and 14 others injured in a shooting at Fort Hood, a Texas Army base in Killeen, Texas, a senior U.S. defense official told the Associated Press.
Politics Apr 02 Read the Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }…
World Apr 01 Fishing boat collides with cargo ship; three dead At least three are confirmed dead and two are missing after a cargo ship collides with a fishing boat in Spanish waters.
World Mar 30 How do e-cycling hubs work? Used electronics are one of the fastest growing sources of waste globally. In Africa two countries feature as dumping hot zones: Nigeria and Ghana. There are also ‘suspected’ e-waste dump sites in a number of other African countries. Kenya is…
World Mar 29 People across the planet celebrate 'Earth Hour' by switching off the lights As part of a campaign to encourage environmental awareness well before Earth Day on April 22, the United Nations and the World Wildlife Fund are urging people around the globe to turn off their lights for…