An Edward Snowden Statue Was Replaced By A Hovering Snowden Image Last Night
Yesterday in a Brooklyn park, anonymous artists erected a large bust of Edward Snowden, who leaked National Security Agency documents. Animal New York has details:"While most people slept, a trio of...
View ArticleFor The Modern Man, The Sweatpant Moves Out Of The Gym
They are not blue jeans. They are not slacks. They are not chinos or khakis."They're like a jogger," Lee Davis says of his pants, walking through an outdoor mall in Los Angeles called The Grove. He's...
View ArticleIcy Traffic Jam On Lake Superior Has 18 Ships Stuck
Huge ice chunks stacked some 8 feet deep on Lake Superior have left 18 freighters stuck. The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards have gotten involved, sending Canadian icebreakers and American vessels to...
View ArticleStudy Finds The Poor Subject To Unfair Fines, Driver's License Suspensions
A new report says an issue highlighted recently in Ferguson, Mo. — that tickets and fines disproportionately burden people of color and the poor, and lead to their incarceration — is not limited to...
View ArticleStorm Clouds Delay SpaceX Spacecraft Launch
Updated at 4:50 p.m. ET.SpaceX has delayed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft by a day, after fast-approaching storm clouds moved into Cape Canaveral, Fla., according to the AP. In...
View ArticleWhite House Says It Will Remove Cuba From List Of State Sponsors Of Terrorism
The Obama administration announced Tuesday it will remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a major step in normalizing relations between the two countries.
View ArticleTwitter Now Allows Users To Receive Direct Messages From Any User
Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET: Twitter responds to harassment questions"Communicating with people you may or may not know in real life just got easier," says Twitter Senior Software Engineer Nhu Vuong in a...
View ArticleGoogle's New Search Algorithm Stokes Fears Of 'Mobilegeddon'
Google has a lot of algorithms. And the company updates them on a regular basis. But one update that started rolling out Tuesday has tech writers across the Internet warning of a coming...
View ArticleGoogle Experimenting With Patent Marketplace To Combat Trolls
In the most straightforward of language, Google announced its very own patent marketplace on Monday.
View ArticleBaltimore Police Hand Freddie Gray Investigation Report To Prosecutors
The Baltimore Police Department says the van transporting Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who suffered a serious spine injury while in police custody and later died, made one more stop than...
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In Baltimore, The Curfew Ends And Residents Observe A Day Of Reflection
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View ArticleWhole Foods Tries To Shake 'Whole Paycheck' Rep With Cheaper Spinoff
Upscale grocery store chain Whole Foods (often referred to as "Whole Paycheck" because of its high prices) announced this week that it's launching a new offshoot brand — with lower prices — to appeal...
View ArticleNew York Governor Pledges Action After Revelations Of Nail Salon Work Conditions
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the creation of a task force to investigate and tackle abuse in the state's more than 2,000 nail salons.
View ArticleUniversity Of Virginia Dean Sues 'Rolling Stone' Over Discredited Rape Article
Nicole P. Eramo, an associate dean of students at the University of Virginia who handles reports of sexual assault for the school, is suing Rolling Stone magazine over the way she was depicted in a now...
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Remembering Nobel Prize-Winning Mathematician John Nash
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARUN RATH, HOST: Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John F. Nash, Jr., died in a car crash yesterday. He was 86. Nash revolutionized...
View ArticleIn California, Technology Makes Droughtshaming Easier Than Ever
California's drought is turning neighbor against neighbor, as everyone seems to be on the lookout for water wasters.Take Los Angeles resident Jane Demian, for example. She recently got a letter from...
View ArticleDrought May Cost California's Farmers Almost $3 Billion In 2015
California's drought isn't just turning green lawns brown or #droughtshaming into a trending topic. It's taking a multi-billion dollar toll on the state's agricultural industry as well.The University...
View ArticleSearch Still On For 2 Men Who Escaped New York Prison Last Week
Two prisoners who escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York last weekend are still on the loose. North Country Public Radio reports that at least 300 tips have come in so far,...
View Article'Headless Body In Topless Bar' Headline Writer Dies
Vincent Musetto, a longtime editor at the New York Post, has died at the age of 74. The Post reports Musetto died Tuesday in hospice care at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, after being diagnosed with...
View ArticleBillionaire Investor Kirk Kerkorian Dies At 98
Kirk Kerkorian, child of Armenian immigrants, casino magnate, World War II pilot and grade-school dropout, died Monday night in Los Angeles.
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Kirk Kerkorian, Las Vegas Casino Mogul, Dies At 98
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Kirk Kerkorian changed the way Vegas did business. The founder of MGM Resorts International died yesterday at...
View ArticleCalifornia Labor Commission Rules Uber Driver Is An Employee, Not A Contractor
In a decision that could have major implications for the entire sharing economy, the California Labor Commission has ruled that a San Francisco Uber driver is a company employee, not a contractor. In...
View ArticleHere's Why The Grass Isn't Greener At This Year's U.S. Open
The U.S. Open kicked off today, at the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Washington. One aspect of this year's tournament is standing out already: the grass. It is quite brown in some...
View ArticleAfter Ben Affleck Scandal, PBS Postpones 'Finding Your Roots'
PBS has released details about an internal investigation that found that actor Ben Affleck exerted improper influence by requesting that the show Finding Your Roots hide details of a slave-owning...
View ArticleInvestigators Probe Fires At 6 Black Churches In 5 Southern States
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View ArticleCarnival Expects to Begin Cruising To Cuba Next Year
Carnival Corp. says it has received permission from the U.S.
View ArticleU.S. Will Lose 'All Credibility' If Congress Rejects Nuclear Deal, Kerry Says
Just after hosting Cuba's foreign minister at the State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry sat down with NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep to discuss the restoration of diplomatic relations...
View ArticleObama And Stewart Have One Last Dance On 'The Daily Show'
President Obama made his seventh appearance on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Tuesday night. It was a meeting of two men nearing the end of big chapters in their lives: Obama is in...
View ArticleCalifornia, New York And Washington, D.C., Make Moves On Minimum Wage
A wave of wage increases in cities across the country, as well as at several major businesses, continued on Wednesday.University of California President Janet Napolitano announced that the minimum wage...
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