Dec 09 'Day of Action' rally demands more funding, new reform agenda priorities Thousands of teachers and students are rallying in cities across the nation Monday for the National Day of Action, a movement organized by the American Federation of Teachers union that seeks to reclaim their vision of the nation's… Continue reading
Dec 09 HIV reappears in two Boston patients thought to be cured After discontinuing the use of antiretroviral drugs and seeing no signs of HIV for months, two men who were thought to be cured of the virus have seen their infections reappear, The Boston Globe reports. Continue reading
Dec 09 Iran foreign minister tells TIME nuclear program deal is 'dead' if Congress imposes new sanctions Exclusive: Iran's Foreign Minister @JZarif says sanctions would kill nuclear deal http://t.co/Vwt11H3pRj— TIME.com (@TIME) December 9, 2013 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif told TIME Magazine "the entire deal" over the country's nuclear program… Continue reading
Dec 09 Ex-San Diego Mayor Filner sentenced for harassment Bob Filner -- the embattled former mayor of San Diego -- was sentenced Monday to three months of home confinement and three years of probation for sexually harassing women, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading
Dec 09 Pope Francis most talked-about topic on Facebook in 2013 By News Desk New data from Facebook revealed the year's most talked-about topics and trends on the social network. Pope Francis led the list, followed broadly by the word "election" and the Royal Baby. Facebook measured the number of posts in… Continue reading
Dec 09 Vice President Biden: Mandela 'challenged us to do better' Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden visited the South African Embassy in Washington D.C. Monday morning to pay their condolences for the death of former president Nelson Mandela. Mr. Mandela's death on Dec. 5 led to an outpouring… Continue reading
Dec 09 Torre, LaRussa, Cox elected to baseball Hall of Fame; ex-Tigers slugger wins a different kind of election 3 managerial kings in the Magic Kingdom. #WinterMeetings pic.twitter.com/eYWKWvHzPW— MLB (@MLB) December 9, 2013 Managers Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa, and Joe Torre were elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame Monday morning. Each… Continue reading
Dec 09 Music legend Carlos Santana talks to Jeffrey Brown on Monday's PBS NewsHour Tonight on @NewsHour, music legend Carlos Santana sits down w/ @JeffreyBrown pic.twitter.com/JMxY4pCHXG— NewsHour (@NewsHour) December 9, 2013 Tune in online at 6 p.m. ET and watch a special online excerpt of… Continue reading
Dec 09 Giant panoramic photos capture the size of protests in Kiev Click the photo above to explore Independence Square in 360 degrees.Photo by Airpano.ru The crowd protesting in Kiev on Sunday was estimated to be the largest since the Orange Revolution in 2004. Airpano.com, a site that features… Continue reading
Dec 09 High court hears dispute between airline, pilot WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is questioning whether a Wisconsin airline can be held liable for reporting one of its pilots as mentally unstable and potentially armed. Federal authorities pulled the pilot off a flight on which he was a… Continue reading