Demonstrators in Islamabad at a protest earlier this week about Malala Yousafzai’s shooting. Aamir Qureshi /AFP/Getty Images i Demonstrators in Islamabad at a protest earlier this week about Malala Yousafzai’s shooting. Aamir Qureshi /AFP/Getty Images Where To Send Messages To Malala: Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, has a webpage with information about how to […]
Sept. 11: The U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was aflame after coming under attack. AFP/Getty Images i Sept. 11: The U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was aflame after coming under attack. AFP/Getty Images Not only is Ahmed Abu Khattala saying he wasn’t part of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya,
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How bright is their future? Students at Barnard College’s graduation ceremony last May. Timothy A. Clary /AFP/Getty Images i How bright is their future? Students at Barnard College’s graduation ceremony last May. Timothy A. Clary /AFP/Getty Images Two-thirds of American college graduates left school last year with student loan debt hanging over their heads and
Say goodbye. Karen Bleier /AFP/Getty Images i Say goodbye. Karen Bleier /AFP/Getty Images Saying that “we have reached a tipping point at which we can most efficiently and effectively reach our readers in all-digital format,” editor Tina Brown announced this morning that Newsweek‘s Dec. 31 issue will be its last print edition. Going forward, she
The number of first-time claims for jobless benefits rose by 46,000 last week, to 388,000, the Employment and Training Administration says. The previous week’s total — 342,000 — was the fewest since early 2008. The increase last week put claims back into the range where they’ve been stuck for a year, between 350,000 and 400,000.
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Sixty years ago, polio was one of the most feared diseases in the U.S. As the weather warmed up each year, panic over polio intensified. Late summer was dubbed “polio season.” Public swimming pools were shut down. Movie theaters urged patrons not to sit too close together to avoid spreading the disease. Insurance companies started
Enlarge Charlie Neibergall/AP Mitt Romney at the first presidential debate at the University of Denver on Oct. 3. Charlie Neibergall/AP Mitt Romney at the first presidential debate at the University of Denver on Oct. 3. If there was any surprise in the first 90-minute presidential debate, it was President Obama’s apathetic performance, not Mitt Romney’s
Enlarge Marko Drobnjakovic/AP July 11, 2012: A woman cried next to the coffin of her relative at the Potocari memorial complex near Srebrenica. More than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were executed there in July 1995. It was the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. Marko Drobnjakovic/AP July 11, 2012: A woman cried