Over the weekend, ISIS executed 21 Coptic Christians.
Following news of the gruesome mass beheading, Egypt launched an attack on ISIS targets in Libya on Monday, dropping bombs onto militant camps, training sites, and weapons storage areas.
Two days after ISIS released a ghastly 22-minute-long video showing captive Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh burned alive, Jordan hit back with…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) re-introduced the Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2015 on Friday, a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) that would restore federal voting rights for non-violent, “low-level” ex-offenders.
Sen. Paul explained,
“A criminal record is currently one of the biggest impediments to voting in federal elections. The Civil Rights Voting…
RT@wxjerdman #Boston will set their rec. snowiest month, only needing 1/2 of Feb. to do it! http://t.co/qJWNEJM7vC pic.twitter.com/BaeA9jOM7O
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) February 13, 2015
Winter Storm Neptune headed straight for Boston this Valentine’s Day weekend is predicted to hit the city with the force of a Category 2 hurricane, as if Massachusetts hasn’t suffered enough…
When a person passes away, their Facebook page becomes a memorial of sorts. Friends and relatives often visit the account pages of their lost loved ones to look at photos, post memories and offer their best wishes for the individual’s repose.
Now, members can choose a “legacy contact”—whether it be a friend or relative—to manage their account when they pass away, Facebook announced Thursday…
According to U.S. Census Bureau data released this week, the movie industry saw an increase in revenue while the number of movie theaters and employees dropped.
The data released Tuesday from the Economic Census Industry Series shows that total receipts for the nation’s film industry have increased $1.2 billion since 2007.
"Receipts for the nation’s motion picture and video industry—covering…
NASA released an awe-inspiring five-year time-lapse video of the sun on Wednesday in celebration of the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s fifth anniversary since it launched on Feb. 11, 2010.
The video captures one frame every 8 hours starting when SDO data of the sun became available in June 2010 to Feb. 2015. According to NASA, the different colors represent the various wavelengths with which the…
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day 2015, Twitter users are using the hashtag #WhatIsLoveIn4Words to describe what they think the holiday is all about.
Here’s some tweets showing what cute, unique, and odd meanings they came up with:
Bringing her flowers anyway... #WhatIsLoveIn4Words pic.twitter.com/8xpnmze3nD
— Topista (@thetopista) February 12, 2015
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In an interview with comedian and talk show host Michael Loftus, actor Charlie Sheen, a self-proclaimed “constitutional Republican,” suggested he run for the Oval Office in 2016.
When asked what three laws Sheen would pass as “king of America” for a day, the former Two and a Half Men star replied,
“Skilled vets in front of our schools, that have been vetted. Right? Um, ten-percent tax…
The robotics company Boston Dynamics is calling its latest life-like creation "Spot," nearly 100 pounds lighter and apparently much faster than its older four-legged robot friend, "BigDog."
Like BigDog, Spot can navigate by itself and negotiate rough terrain. The dog-bot can also absorb shock and recycle that energy.
As seen in the video, even if you give it a good kick, Spot bounces right…
The University of Michigan is spending $16,000 to implement what is being called an “Inclusive Language Campaign,” created to encourage students to stop and think about "the impact of their word choices on others.”
The university’s student life website reads,
"Please join the U-M’s new campus-wide initiative, the Inclusive Language Campaign (ILC). ILC aims to encourage the campus community to…
