12/21/2015 - 19:57
In the wake of increasingly inflammatory campaign rhetoric from presidential candidates, a cross section of religious and lay leaders invoked the words of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in a joint statement advocating tolerance.
12/15/2015 - 16:15
Getting a drone for Christmas? Better land that sucker long enough to register it with the federal government.
12/14/2015 - 09:54
It’s done. An agreement to stem the tide of climate change unites more than 190 nations, all of whom have promised to lower greenhouse emissions.
12/11/2015 - 13:06
As a college student, you are most likely to become a victim of: A) Auto theft, when someone becomes envious of your 1987 Mazda; B) Burglary, when your free-spirited roommate leaves the dorm room unlocked; or C) Assault, when a student brings a gun on campus and starts firing.
12/08/2015 - 14:04
The U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to hear a challenge to an Illinois city’s ban on assault weapons.
11/27/2015 - 22:07
DVDs are easy gifts for the lazy shopper. Relatively inexpensive, they can be appreciated over time. For history lovers, there were seven good options from 2015:
11/19/2015 - 16:36
Good news for our furry primate cousins: From now on, chimpanzees will not be used in experiments by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
11/12/2015 - 23:18
Most television shows are here today and gone tomorrow, but the good ones are remembered. As proof, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will add props used in the blockbuster series
Breaking Bad to its collection.
11/12/2015 - 10:24
Pressing a point about the need for vocational education, Marco Rubio used this line during the recent Republican debate: “Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers.”
11/06/2015 - 21:05
American job growth was strong in October: Businesses added 271,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Nov. 6.