A convoy of United Nations vehicles at the Lebanon-Syria Masnaa border crossing on October 1 as a chemical weapons disarmament team awaits entry into the country. AFP/Getty Images Norway has turned down a U.S. request to take on the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons, saying it lacks the capabilities to carry out the task. The […]
Enlarge image i In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, center, stands as the Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court announces the decision in his second trial in Jinan, Shandong Province. The court upheld Bo’s conviction and life sentence for corruption and abuse of power. Xie Huanchi/AP In this
Rebels in Nigeria are reportedly in contact with pirates holding two U.S. crewmen seized from the offshore supply vessel C-Retriever earlier this week, The Associated Press reports. The AP says that an email reportedly from the rebel group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says the men were captured off the coast of
Enlarge image i Rebecca Greenberg made her first visit to StoryCorps with her mother. This time, her father Carl joined them for some laughter and reminiscing. StoryCorps Rebecca Greenberg made her first visit to StoryCorps with her mother. This time, her father Carl joined them for some laughter and reminiscing. StoryCorps When we first heard
The goals of therapy remain the same, but the business side is undergoing big changes. iStockphoto.com In the corporate world of American health care, psychologists and other mental health therapists are still mostly mom-and-pop shops. They build their own solo practices, not unlike Lucy in the Peanuts comic strip gang who hung her own shingle:
Re-election trouble is brewing for longtime Republican senators in deep-red states, from South Carolina to Wyoming. And the trouble is from within. The GOP’s restive Tea Party and libertarian wings, energized by their titular leader, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and funded in part by starve-government groups like the Club for Growth, are waging 2014 Senate
Enlarge image i Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was named by 5 percent of respondents as “the most important Hispanic leader in the country today.” Win McNamee/AFP/Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was named by 5 percent of respondents as “the most important Hispanic leader in the country today.” Win McNamee/AFP/Getty Images While most
Glitches in the HealthCare.gov website, shown here, are making the White House and its allies very nervous. Uncredited/AP President Obama radiated confidence when he took to the Rose Garden earlier this week to convince Americans that the flaws in the Affordable Care Act website would be fixed. It’s understandable that the president himself might be
Enlarge image i Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah attends the first working meeting of the G20 summit in September in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vladimir Astapkovich/Getty Images Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah attends the first working meeting of the G20 summit in September in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vladimir Astapkovich/Getty Images The Sultan of Brunei said his
E-cigarettes are a booming business among smokers who want to light up indoors, smokers who want to quit and, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last month, among children. And right now, e-cigarette-makers have a tremendous amount of latitude in the U.S. to market those products as they choose, even on television,
Enlarge image i Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat speaks during a news conference at the Haitian Women of Miami headquarters on Monday. Lynne Sladky/AP Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat speaks during a news conference at the Haitian Women of Miami headquarters on Monday. Lynne Sladky/AP A group of Haitian activists, including author Edwidge Danticat, had a message
Every once in a while, a student newspaper scores a great scoop: That’s the case with the story dropped today by The GW Hatchet, the independent student newspaper of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The paper reports that for years the university has been misrepresenting its admissions policy. As the paper points out,