May 04, 2015 Archive May 2015

Why can't we remember dreams? The neuroscience of ecstasy and sadness

AP Top Sports News At 4:09 p.m. EDT

The lethal hazard to our children consumer protection refuses to fix

15 feminist Amy Schumer sketches that will make you stand up and cheer

The strange and magical Victorian wonders of "Penny Dreadful" suffer no sophomore slump

"I'm not drinking right now": Sometimes even non-alcoholics need to stop

4 things every woman should know about "coregasms"

AP Top Sports News At 1:10 a.m. EDT

Rodney King's shadow hangs over Baltimore: What the history of the L.A. riots can tell us

10 Things to Know for Today

Our police-state fantasy: Why TV news coverage of Baltimore "seems to make people comfortable with the idea of martial law"

"Game of Thrones" recap: When the enemy is already inside the gates

6 worst right-wing moments of the week — Scalia proves why he's the "Fox News Justice"

Pam Geller responds to deadly shooting at anti-Islam event: "This is a war, and the war is here"

John Oliver lampoons Bud Light's "rapey" ad campaign: "It's like a liquid John Mayer song"

"Good news? Both Muslim savages are dead": Here are the most heinous conservative reactions to yesterday's horrific Texas shooting

Bruce Jenner in the spotlight for 2 'Kardashians' specials

Bernie Sanders wants to lead "a political revolution" to make America more Scandinavian

Soledad O'Brien calls out media's use of the word "thug": "It's a word we use instead of the 'N-word'"

John Oliver perfectly sums up everything that's wrong with standardized testing

Chris Christie's low-rent Machiavellis: The scheming lunatics behind Bridgegate

How Jeb Bush is making a mockery of federal election rules

Peter King is absolutely shameless: Congressman finds a way to make Texas shooting about Hillary Clinton

Don't be fooled by Rick Santorum's #compassion: Empathy for Bruce Jenner won't extend to support for LGBT rights

John McCain, partisan hack: Please, Sunday shows, face reality and stop presenting him as daring maverick

Riots work: Wolf Blitzer and the Washington Post completely missed the real lesson from Baltimore

We've driven 60 percent of the Earth's large herbivores to the brink of extinction -- and entire ecosystems may pay the price

Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals how the world's first trillionaires will make their fortunes

Pam Geller defends fatal anti-Muslim "Draw the Prophet" stunt: "Elite media" has "backlash-o-phobia"

Kris Jenner breaks silence on her life with Bruce Jenner: "I feel like sometimes it didn't exist"

Smith College will now accept transgender female applicants

"Ban Men on 'Mad Men'": Peggy's boss move and Joan's last stand

Ted Cruz makes the Pentagon pinky-swear that Obama is not planning to invade Texas

"Mad Men" recap: "Advertising is not a very comfortable place for everyone"

Falsely convicted death-row survivor opens up: "They had every intention of executing an innocent man"

New York state police handcuff special-needs 5-year-old

How many Seattle police officers does it take to rescue a shirtless protestor from a basketball hoop?

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is dangerous: Why we must reject her hateful worldview

Paul Krugman shoots across David Brooks' bow: GOP-enabled poverty is a death sentence for both blacks and whites

The tragedy of Ben Carson: How a brilliant doctor turned into a right-wing provocateur

Teen chlamydia epidemic rages in sex ed-shunning Texas school district

California drought's devastating toll: 12 million trees killed in one year

Chipotle unveils its "secret" guacamole recipe — and it's extremely underwhelming

Steve Martin preps David Letterman for retirement -- and things get emotional

Donald Trump slams Pam Geller for “taunting” Muslims with “Draw the Prophet” contest: “What the hell is she doing?"

Corporate centrists declare war on Warren Democrats: Why Hillary Clinton must spurn this disastrous neoliberalism

Right-wing radio host: Obama an "uncircumcised philistine" for joking about Michele Bachmann

"Game of Thrones" politics: When the faithful become militant, the crown can lose control

Carly Fiorina's deranged 2016 strategy: I am a woman, but not that woman

Even misogyny is bigger in Texas: This Republican's cruel law would force women to carry non-viable pregnancies to term

Watch Bill Nye explain how holograms work only with emoji

Republican presidents flunk the economy: 11 reasons why America does worse under the GOP

Jumping the Gun: Fox News falsely reports that Baltimore police shot protester in the back

The golden parachute candidate: Corporate-jet conservative Carly Fiorina wants to be president, for some reason