Trump ordered that the term Homo sapiens be changed to Hetero sapiens. In history books and on websites, the airplane from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima will no longer be identified as the Enola Gay, but rather the Enola Straight. Trump also ordered billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, to change his name to Mark American. If he does not do so, he will be charged with terrorism.   read more

As absurd as it might seem at first, the idea of allowing college athletes to major in football could make a lot of sense, argues Dan Treadway, a student at the University of Texas.   Sports like football and basketball dominate many college cam...   read more

On Thursday, federal authorities arrested more than 120 suspected mobsters and their associates in one of the largest organized crime sweeps in U.S. history. Although we are well into the 21st century, it is reassuring to know that many of these g...   read more

Whoever they are, they sure are making a lot of money. That best describes the inner, very rich circle of Goldman Sachs, where a group of 475 partners collectively makes billions of dollars while many remain anonymous.   Unlike other Wall Stre...   read more

A farmworkers’ union, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, a trade association representing 90% of Florida’s tomato growers, agreed to a comprehensive agreement that includes paying pickers a penny more fo...   read more

An audit of military contracts for 24 of its 26 commands and headquarters has turned up more than 4,200 full-time jobs assigned by the U.S. Army that legally should belong to federal employees, but instead are being handled by contractors.   The...   read more

Medicare, one of the most costly U.S. government programs, has been paying health insurance companies in advance of medical services, allowing them to profit from this practice by investing the money.   By “playing the float,” insurers collect...   read more

Americans serving their country in the armed forces are supposed to catch a break from banks when it comes to mortgage rates. But JPMorgan Chase somehow lost sight of this federal requirement, and not only overcharged thousands of military perso...   read more

Stronger federal regulation of the $583 trillion derivatives market was one of the goals of Wall Street reform legislation adopted by the last Congress, in an effort to help reduce the careless trading that crippled the financial industry three ...   read more

In his first action as governor of Tennessee, Republican Bill Haslam espoused the importance of government transparency and being open with the public—while simultaneously wiping out a state law requiring him and his top aides to disclose how mu...   read more

While U.S. media coverage of pirate attacks has subsided, acts of piracy continue to rise. Last year, in fact, was the worst ever, with a record number 1,181 people abducted from 53 ships. Eight were killed.   As has been the case for some tim...   read more

James Dunkin is suing his employer, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), because he claims he was fired for not participating in prayer meetings. Furthermore, Dunkin says his boss, shop superintendent Jeff Kirby, handed out r...   read more

Unable to attack Iran’s secret, fortified nuclear weapons program with conventional means, Israel and the United States may have turned to a new form of computer warfare to achieve what used to be left to military air strikes.   Experts believ...   read more

Wary of how federal regulators might react to its plan, Goldman Sachs has decided not to sell shares of Facebook to U.S. investors. The turnabout was a result of too much public exposure of the plan, which Goldman officials initially didn’t seem...   read more

Like the Buddhist monk who set himself on fire to protest the Vietnam War, Mohamed Bouazizi’s act of self-immolation has fueled political protests and inspired others to kill themselves in the same shocking manner. Self-immolation, which can be ...   read more

Pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline is preparing to spend $3.4 billion to pay for investigations and lawsuits related to its diabetes drug Avandia.   The money—equal to the company’s 2010 fourth quarter profits—comes after allocating $...   read more

The U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg, Cynthia Stroum, has resigned effective January 31. She gave the usual generic reasons for her resignation—family and business.   The American ambassadorship to Luxembourg has long been reserved as a post for ...   read more