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

A sexual discrimination case against Wal-Mart nearly 10 years old is continuing to move forward, although the merits of the class action lawsuit have yet to be vetted in court.   First filed in 2001, the civil case potentially involved 1.6 milli...   read more

Heavily criticized by federal and local officials in the wake of the West Virginia mining accident, Massey Energy Co. is now facing a lawsuit from some of its shareholders.   The civil case, filed by the New Jersey Building Laborers Pension Fund...   read more

It took 346 years, but the Vermont towns of St. George (population: 698) and Shelburne (population: 6,944) finally have an established border between them. The neighboring communities, chartered in 1763, were given overlapping maps during colonial...   read more

Some of the biggest financial players on Wall Street have been helping California’s government sell its general obligation bonds and municipal debt issuances—while at the same time betting against the very same bonds. By participating in credit de...   read more

No shortage of controversy will surround the first military tribunal of a Guantánamo detainee under the Obama administration, scheduled to begin on April 27. On trial will be Omar Khadr, 23, who was 15 when U.S. Special Operations soldiers capture...   read more

Americans could surely use some relief from the burden of healthcare costs, but whatever benefits the recently passed reform plan has to offer are not being realized by a confused population.   When it comes to spending on medical care, the U.S....   read more

For renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, there’s no question that life does exist beyond earth in the universe. But whether we want to actually meet up with other beings, that’s another question, Hawking argues.   In a new documentary produced fo...   read more

Inmates in federal penitentiaries will now be able to publish articles with bylines in magazines and newspapers, following a court-ordered change in Federal Bureau of Prisons’ regulations.   Three years ago, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals rul...   read more

Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase would have to sell off assets and shrink in size if new legislation introduced in the Senate becomes law. Democrats are pushing the bill in an attempt to rid the nation of banks “too big to fail” and...   read more

Without downgrading the seriousness of the revelations, ProPublica has asked why the news about employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) using government computers to view online pornography is being rehashed now?   The discover...   read more

In June, the U.S. military is planning to expand campaigns in key Afghanistan provinces, including Kandahar, where more than 90% of the populace prefers peace and reconciliation with the Taliban. An opinion survey funded by the U.S. Army found tha...   read more

Sixteen years after one of the world’s most horrific genocides, the government of Rwanda has accused its former United Nations ambassador, Jean-Damascène Bizimana, of being a party to the killings. Bizimana, now a U.S. citizen living in Alabama, w...   read more

The United States spends more than $1 trillion a year on national defense, argues George C. Wilson of Congress Daily—an amount that seems ridiculous considering the nature of the enemy.   Total spending on America’s security goes far beyond the ...   read more

Insurance companies that offer life and disability coverage are some of the best customers of the fast food industry when it comes to buying its stocks. Investment data published in the American Journal of Public Health revealed that insurers owne...   read more

An average of 18 veterans kills themselves each day, according to new statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs, revealing the serious problem the nation has with caring for those coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq.   About 950 ex-so...   read more

As expensive as health care is for America as a whole, things are even worse for the military and for wounded veterans in particular. Spending on medical and mental health services for soldiers is increasing twice as fast as the rest of the countr...   read more