Nation Feb 24 Writers get all aboard Amtrak’s train residency program There’s something romantic about train travel. The stillness aboard as the landscape swiftly changes outside your window, passengers and places coming and going along the way. For many, those cramped train cars come with extra room for creativity. When writer…
World Feb 20 Al-Jazeera journalists facing trial in Egypt plead not guilty Three Al-Jazeera journalists facing trial in Egypt pleaded not guilty on Thursday to terrorism-related charges. The high-profile case was adjourned until March 5 after the 40-minute hearing. The journalists have been held in Cairo’s maximum security Torah Prison, facing charges…
Education Feb 18 Do ACT and SAT scores really matter? New study says they shouldn’t Remember fretting about your ACT and SAT scores? A new study argues that it's only a number and not a reliable predictor for college success.
Nation Feb 14 So long hair curlers and lonely salads, the new Getty woman has chutzpah A business woman standing in her cluttered office, an infant child chewing on her phone cord. The working mom juggling an iron, a baby and a cell phone in the air. The frazzled pregnant mother, on the phone while children…
Nation Feb 13 What the winter weather wallop of the Northeast looks like Wintery weather shut down much of the eastern seaboard Thursday, as a huge storm system moved north, leaving a thick coat of snow and ice in it’s wake and after leaving a treacherous mess across the south. The brutal…
Nation Feb 13 Facebook launches 50 new gender options for users Facebook users will find Thursday that they’re no longer limited to identifying themselves as either male or female. A new custom option will allow people to choose from around 50 different terms for their gender…
World Feb 06 Iraqi security forces ‘abusing women,’ report says Detained for months and years without charge, women in Iraq spoke up in a Human Rights Watch report about the country’s judicial system.
World Feb 05 U.S. Navy warships enter Black Sea ahead of Sochi Games Two U.S Navy ships have entered the Black Sea in the event that American athletes need to be evacuated from the Sochi games.
World Feb 05 Syria misses deadline for chemical weapons handover Syria on Wednesday failed to meet yet another deadline in the handover of its chemical weapons arsenal. The internationally brokered disarmament agreement is now several weeks behind schedule, threatening an established June 30 deadline. The Syrian government…
Education Feb 03 Even at an early age, women underrepresented in tech Silicon Valley business woman Sheryl Sandberg has popularized a movement to get professional women to “lean in” and fight for their positions at the top of their fields. With no female equivalent of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates in tech,…