Six amazing signs from the “Stand with Texas Women” rally
Thousands of Texans turned out on Monday to support reproductive rights -- and get cheeky with some poster board SLIDE SHOW
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:53 PM UTCslideshow, Texas, Wendy Davis
Best of the worst: Right-wing tweets on the Texas abortion battle
Conservatives' most discordant responses to Wendy Davis
slideshow, Texas, Wendy Davis
Edward Snowden releases statement from Moscow
The NSA whistle-blower says he left Hong Kong once it "became clear my freedom and safety were under threat"
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:26 PM UTC 20Edward Snowden, Russia
X-ray vision, coming soon
An MIT professor and her student have devised technology that lets us track a person's movements through walls
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:20 PM UTCWiFi, superman, x-ray vision, Wi-Vi
Dark money group lies to IRS about being dark money group
A Better America Now is the latest right-wing nonprofit to fail to report millions spent on campaign ads
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:27 PM UTCProPublca, election
Report: Computer user believed to be Adam Lanza discovered
He had a "fetish" for a certain type of bullet and obsessively corrected Wikipedia articles about killers
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 14Adam Lanza, Newtown, Sandy Hook
Hey, GOP: Mexican immigrants aren’t necessarily Democrats
New research suggests they're all over the political spectrum -- and that right-wingers are more likely to vote
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:30 PM UTCPacific Standard
Texas Senate meets, promptly votes to recess until July 9
The opening day of the hotly anticipated second special legislative session lasted all of 30 minutes
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:56 PM UTC 10Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion
Erick Erickson, Internet comedian, jokes about reproductive rights
He'll be here all week, folks
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:43 PM UTC 19Erick Erickson, Media, Twitter
Bodies of Arizona firefighters recovered
Flags in Prescott, Ariz., are flying at half-mast to commemorate the 19 lives lost in the wildfire
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:20 PM UTCAssociated Press, Arizona
Report: Snowden asks for political asylum in Russia
The Interfax news agency claims Snowden's representative handed over his request Sunday
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 10Associated Press, Interfax
Planned Parenthood gets the Tami Taylor seal of approval
Connie Britton has partnered with the women's health service provider on a campaign to "stand with Texas women" VIDEO
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 5:03 PM UTCVideo, tami taylor
Ohio governor signs budget laced with antiabortion provisions
The two-year budget also includes amendments to defund Planned Parenthood and cut funding to rape crisis centers
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:14 PM UTC 21Rape, rape crisis centers
Will Egypt’s army stage another coup?
The military has given the country's rival forces 48 hours to resolve the current political crisis
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:49 PM UTCGlobalPost, Egypt, Middle East
Putin: Russia won’t turn over Snowden
But the leaker should stop harming "our American partners"
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:37 PM UTCPutin, Vladimir Putin
The high cost of giving birth in the U.S.
The U.S. model encourages "more expensive care, rather than care that is good for the mother,” says one expert
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:30 PM UTCbirth, Childbirth, Pregnancy
Vatican monsignor questioned in corruption plot
Monsignor Nunzio Scarano has been arrested in a $26 million corruption plot
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 1:05 PM UTCVatican, Rome, pope
Wendy Davis gears up for round two of Texas abortion battle
Davis and her Democratic colleagues prepare for the second special session on Monday afternoon
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:53 PM UTC 16Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion
Obama, Bush heading to the same African city
Both will be in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at the same time, though it's unclear whether they will meet
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:45 PM UTCFrom the Wires, Barack Obama
Report: NSA spied on European diplomats
Der Spiegel says that secret NSA documents show that the US bugged offices in Washington, New York and Brussels
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:39 PM UTCNSA, Spying, Europe
We must hate our children
We crush them with debt to go to college -- and today, rates are actually set to double. Are we out of our minds?
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 555Student loan interest rates
Before Edward Snowden: “Sexual deviates” and the NSA
When the last major defection hit the NSA, the government smeared the leakers as gay. New documents show they lied
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 13NSA, Edward Snowden
U.S. to Europe: Our snooping is the same as yours
The intelligence community pushes back against anger from allies over American surveillance abroad
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:29 AM UTCNSA, Spying, Edward Snowden
Arizona tragedy: 19 firefighters killed in out-of-control wildfire
It's the deadliest fire involving firefighters for at least 30 decades. Some 200 homes have also been destroyed
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:09 AM UTC 24Arizona wildfire
It’s not just Whitey Bulger: Meet another Mafia killer aided for decades by the FBI
The Colombo family killer stopped counting after 50 murders. A deal with the feds helped him get away with it all
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 8:25 PM UTCBooks, Gregory Scarpa Sr., FBI
Debunking “unfair advantage” myths about trans athletes
Why attack arguments like "higher testosterone levels" and "greater bone density" are simply wrong
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 81Fallon Fox, outsports
NSA reportedly has secret data collection agreement with several European countries
UPDATE: The Guardian has taken down its story on the NSA's deal with EU countries "pending an investigation"
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 9:33 PM UTC 89NSA, Europe, data collection
NSA reportedly spied on European Union offices
According to a "top secret" document obtained by Edward Snowden
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 10NSA, Edward Snowden, EU, Spying
Biden to Ecuador: Don’t grant Edward Snowden asylum
The NSA whistleblower is reportedly in a Moscow airport, looking to go to a country where he will not be extradited
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 7:33 PM UTCJoe Biden, Ecuador
Off the beaten track: Subway kiosks are the new artist hangouts
From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, select underground newsstands have begun hawking literature from indy publishers
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 6:30 PM UTCALLDAYEVERYDAY, Art, newsstands
Phantom noise could spark diplomatic dispute
An engineer is bent on uncovering the origins of the mysterious "Windsor hum" that's driving Ontario residents mad VIDEO
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 19Windsor hum, Audio, Ontario
Russian police arrest gay rights activists under new “gay propaganda” law
The statue prohibits public displays of homosexuality
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:13 PM UTC 16From the Wires, Gay Rights
When exfoliation kills
Microbeads used in many skin products are polluting the Great Lakes and directly harming marine life
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:00 PM UTCScientific American
Remember the Minutemen
The movement collapsed on itself, but its legacy lives on with the "secure the border" fantasists
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 3:30 PM UTC 19Border, Minutemen, Louis Gohmert
American college student killed amid protests in Egypt
Andrew Pochter, 21, interned at a nonprofit and worked towards "the pursuit of peace and understanding"
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 3:02 PM UTCEgypt, Mohamed Morsi
Obamas visit Nelson Mandela’s family in South Africa
The president urged leaders to follow the example set by the ailing former South African president
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:37 PM UTCBarack Obama, Michelle Obama
McDonald’s refuses to open branch in the West Bank
Settlers in Ariel are now threatening to boycott the fast-food chain
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 28GlobalPost, ariel, west bank
Without full-time jobs, workers flock to temp towns
Short-term work has become a mainstay of the American economy, intensifying the rise in income inequality
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 12ProPublica, Unemployment, Temps
GOP and the Voting Rights Act: Can these Republicans do the right thing?
Once upon a time, brave Republicans helped make the Voting Rights Act law. Its future depends on similar courage
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 68Voting Rights Act, Republicans
Gay marriage is back in California
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals took an "unusual, but not unprecedented" step in freeing couples to marry
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:55 PM UTCGay Marriage, prop 8
Is Chile the next Brazil?
A new protest movement picks up where the student mobilizations of 2006 left off
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:00 PM UTCInternational Business Times
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