i i A dog named Sky activates the tug sensor on the FIDO vest. The vest is a piece of wearable technology designed to allow working dogs to perform more tasks and communicate more information. Rob Felt/Courtesy of Georgia Tech hide caption itoggle caption Rob Felt/Courtesy of Georgia Tech A dog named Sky activates the
i i A rebel fighter takes aim during a training session in Eastern al-Ghouta, a rebel-held region outside the capital Damascus, earlier this month. Russia is inviting Syrian opposition groups to peace talks in Moscow, but few of them want to go to a country that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Abd Doumany/AFP/Getty Images hide
House and Senate Republicans are wrapping up a two-day joint retreat to plot out their legislative strategy for the 114th Congress, the first all-GOP-controlled one since President Obama took office. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2015/01/16/377780890/republican-retreat-meant-to-bridge-divide-between-house-senate?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
Police in France have made more arrests in connection with last week’s terror attacks in Paris. Authorities in both Germany and Belgium also have been conducting security operations and detaining suspects. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2015/01/16/377780874/broad-anti-terror-crackdown-covers-france-germany-belgium?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
After criticism, Duke University allowed its campus chapel tower to be used in a weekly “call to prayer” for the school’s Muslim community. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2015/01/16/377780911/duke-university-backpedals-after-cancelling-muslim-call-to-prayer?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
i i Pope Francis disembarks from the plane upon his arrival at the airport in Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday. In comments to reporters aboard the plane, Francis said though the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine was an “aberration,” free speech “cannot make provocations,” especially against people’s faith. Ettore Ferrari/EPA /LANDOV hide caption itoggle caption Ettore
i i Bruno Mbango Enyaka gets his flu shot at a community health center in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 7. Gabe Souza/Press Herald via Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Gabe Souza/Press Herald via Getty Images Bruno Mbango Enyaka gets his flu shot at a community health center in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 7. Gabe
i i Bar-headed geese tend to follow the sharp ups and downs of the Himalayas as they migrate, research finds. John Downer/Nature Picture Library/Corbis hide caption itoggle caption John Downer/Nature Picture Library/Corbis Bar-headed geese tend to follow the sharp ups and downs of the Himalayas as they migrate, research finds. John Downer/Nature Picture Library/Corbis The
i i Close up of doctor writing on a medical chart with patient lying in a hospital bed in the background. XiXinXing/Corbis hide caption itoggle caption XiXinXing/Corbis Close up of doctor writing on a medical chart with patient lying in a hospital bed in the background. XiXinXing/Corbis Obama administration officials have warned that ambitious experiments
i i A prison bus left the roadway and hit a train, just outside Odessa, Texas. Ten people were killed. Tom Michael/West Texas Public Radio hide caption itoggle caption Tom Michael/West Texas Public Radio A prison bus left the roadway and hit a train, just outside Odessa, Texas. Ten people were killed. Tom Michael/West Texas
President Obama is expected to lay out plans today intended to make it easier for cities, towns and rural communities to offer their citizens fast and cheap broadband Internet. The move would ask the Federal Communications Commission to address state laws that prevent cities from building their own municipal Internet services. But it’s likely to
i i The morning after an incident shut down a major subway line in Washington, D.C., traffic snafus made lots of drivers late, including Justice Antonin Scalia, pictured in 2013. Josh Reynolds/AP hide caption itoggle caption Josh Reynolds/AP The morning after an incident shut down a major subway line in Washington, D.C., traffic snafus made