i Dr. Ben Carson speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on January 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Dr. Ben Carson speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on January 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images Ben Carson, a
i Emergency workers stand near a burnt Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad commuter train Tuesday night near near the town of Valhalla, N.Y. Mike Segar/Reuters/Landov hide caption itoggle caption Mike Segar/Reuters/Landov Emergency workers stand near a burnt Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad commuter train Tuesday night near near the town of Valhalla, N.Y.
i Jeffy Docteur is one of the students in the NSTAR electrician apprenticeship program outside Boston. He says he’s interested in working on switching systems that keep power flowing through the electrical grid. Chris Arnold/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Chris Arnold/NPR Jeffy Docteur is one of the students in the NSTAR electrician apprenticeship program outside
i Heather Quinlan searched for New York accents around the city for her documentary If These Knishes Could Talk. She holds up a sign at the Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Manhattan. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Hansi Lo Wang/NPR Heather Quinlan searched for New York accents around the city for her documentary If
The United States is walking away from a decision to classify detailed statistics about the Afghan security forces. As we reported, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, complained that the classification of this information — everything from numbers on equipment to training to attrition — would harm the watchdog’s effort to
i In this photo provided by the Fountain, Colo. Fire Department, firefighters cut through the half-foot thick ice to rescue two cows stranded in a frozen pond. Darin Anstine/AP hide caption itoggle caption Darin Anstine/AP In this photo provided by the Fountain, Colo. Fire Department, firefighters cut through the half-foot thick ice to rescue two
i Ukrainian soldiers are seen in an armored vehicle topped with a Ukrainian flag near the city of Artemivsk, in the Donetsk region, on Sunday. Manu Brabo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Manu Brabo/AFP/Getty Images Ukrainian soldiers are seen in an armored vehicle topped with a Ukrainian flag near the city of Artemivsk, in the
Taraji P. Henson, left, and Terrence Howard star as Cookie and Lucious Lyon in the Fox TV show Empire. Chuck Hodes/Fox TV hide caption itoggle caption Chuck Hodes/Fox TV The TV industry is scrambling to understand the runaway success of Fox’s Empire, the story of a family-run hip-hop music company that has set ratings records
i Actor Benedict Cumberbatch poses for photographers in London in December. Joel Ryan/Joel Ryan/Invision/AP hide caption itoggle caption Joel Ryan/Joel Ryan/Invision/AP Actor Benedict Cumberbatch poses for photographers in London in December. Joel Ryan/Joel Ryan/Invision/AP English actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry have joined in a campaign to secure 49,000 pardons – most that would be
A Super Bowl commercial for Nationwide Insurance shows an Indian American woman — none other than author and actor Mindy Kaling — trying to hail a cab in New York City. And it’s not easy. “After years of being treated like she was invisible, it occurred to Mindy Kaling she might actually be invisible,” the
i Greg O’Brien (left), with Colleen, Mary Catherine, Conor, and Brendan O’Brien, has been grappling with Alzheimer’s disease for the last five years. Courtesy Greg O’Brien hide caption itoggle caption Courtesy Greg O’Brien Greg O’Brien (left), with Colleen, Mary Catherine, Conor, and Brendan O’Brien, has been grappling with Alzheimer’s disease for the last five years.
i Pakistani protesters in Karachi condemn a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Shikarpur on Friday. Fareed Khan/AP hide caption itoggle caption Fareed Khan/AP Pakistani protesters in Karachi condemn a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Shikarpur on Friday. Fareed Khan/AP At least 49 people are dead and dozens injured after a blast ripped through