Nov 15 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service destroys six tons of ivory More than six tons of confiscated ivory was destroyed by U.S. officials at a facility just outside of Denver Thursday. The ivory mostly consisted of tusks, carvings and jewelry that had been confiscated over the past 25… Continue reading
Nov 15 African bid to defer Kenyan trial fails at the UN President Uhuru Kenyatta. Photo by Hoss Njuguna/AFP/Getty Images A request by the African Union to postpone the International Criminal Court trials of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, failed after a split vote among… Continue reading
Nov 15 #TyphoonHaiyan MT @afpfr: A typhoon victim keeps her husband alive by manualy pumping air into his lungs pic.twitter.com/JfctvBqW2g #Haiyan— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) November 15, 2013… Continue reading
Nov 15 China's president creates security council, similar to U.S. model Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Department of Defense Chinese President Xi Jinping will establish a new national security commission to help advise him on both foreign and domestic issues, Xinhua News reported. Continue reading
Nov 15 5 journalists who got their start covering the JFK assassination By Bridget Shirvell On Nov. 22, 1963, America was changed forever. For the first time, a wide television audience witnessed the unfolding of a national tragedy. Fifty years later, we still remember the events of that fateful day, and the men who… Continue reading
Nov 15 Toronto mayor's powers partially stripped away by city council Photo by Flickr user West Annex News The Toronto City Council voted 39-3 on Friday to limit Mayor Rob Ford's powers, including his ability to appoint and dismiss his senior staff members.The city council does not have… Continue reading
Nov 15 What the Founding Fathers believed: Stock ownership for all Citizen ownership, often demonized as "socialist," has a pedigree dating to the American Revolution. "Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States," oil on canvas by Howard Chandler Christy, 1940, via Wikipedia Commons. Paul Solman: "Using… Continue reading
Nov 15 Iceberg as big as Singapore could cross paths with shipping lanes Before and after photos of an iceberg that was part of the Pine Island Glacier, separating from Antarctica. Images by Holli Riebeek/NASA Earth Observatory An iceberg roughly the size of Singapore, which broke off the Antarctic's Pine… Continue reading
Nov 15 Gwen's Take: The art of the kicked can By Gwen Ifill The coin of the realm in Washington, D.C., is delay. Can't agree on whether to raise the debt ceiling? Put it off. Unable to pass a budget to keep the government open? Put a patch on it. Impossible to stop… Continue reading
Nov 15 What we're watching Friday Health care reform President Barack Obama meets with CEOs in the health insurance industry at the White House Friday to discuss his plan allowing insurance companies to provide coverage for a year for policies that don't meet new guidelines… Continue reading