Jan 09 How young newsmakers helped shape the world in 2013 By Vanessa Dennis Pope Francis and NSA leaker Edward Snowden can argue over who rightly deserves the title "Person of the Year," but many of the year's big stories involved younger people. From drone strikes and cutting edge medical research, to Hollywood… Continue reading
Jan 09 Snapchat says 'sorry' after 4.6 million users' data was leaked Updated Jan. 9: One week after Snapchat's database was hacked, the company released an apology to their users, and a security update. The update gives users the chance to opt-out of linking their phone number with their user name. Continue reading
Jan 09 First H5N1 bird flu death confirmed by Canada By Justin Scuiletti Canada's health minister Rona Ambrose confirmed Wednesday the first North American death from avian flu. Continue reading
Jan 09 Polar vortex exposes natural gas supply problem Frigid temperatures led to a rise in natural gas prices, exposing a weakness in the infrastructure. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images As the U.S. thaws out from the deep freeze that gripped much of the nation this week,… Continue reading
Jan 09 Iranian Supreme Leader: Nuclear talks show 'enmity' of U.S. against Iran Hours before Iranian and EU officials were expected to meet in Geneva, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered harsh criticism of the U.S. and the EU partners meeting with representatives of his country. Iran and the group, known as… Continue reading
Jan 09 Solar flare may give states a peek at the Northern Lights .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%; } Video by NASA People in… Continue reading
Jan 09 NJ Gov. Chris Christie apologizes for bridge-closure scandal, fires top aide .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%; } In a news conference Thursday,… Continue reading
Jan 09 50 years on, what strides have we made in the war on poverty? In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson launched a broad platform to abolish American poverty. Fifty years later, Kwame Holman looks back on the historic legislation, while Jeffrey Brown talks to presidential historian Robert Dallek, Angela Glover Blackwell of PolicyLink and Glenn… Continue reading
Jan 09 White House to tackle income inequality in five 'Promise Zones' *U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House December 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Image* President Barack Obama announced his new strategy to… Continue reading
Jan 09 Don't worry, be happy and 8 other ways to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's By Jason Kane When Jamie Tyrone found out she had a 91 percent genetic risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, she saw only two paths ahead of her -- live in fear of the debilitating dementia, or do everything she could to stave it… Continue reading