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

The toxic cloud that enveloped the World Trade Center site following the September 11, 2001, attacks caused thousands of firefighters and medical workers to suffer long-term lung damage, according to a new study published in the New England Journa...   read more

Three employees of defense contractor Northrop Grumman are suing Chiquita Brands International for supporting a terrorist group in Colombia that held them hostage for five years. Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes were conducting a ci...   read more

Thanks to obsessive record-keeping by generations of British flower lovers, biologists have determined that plants in the United Kingdom are blooming earlier than at any time in the last 250 years. These researchers also have noticed a change in t...   read more

Nearly a quarter of all Americans unemployed have been without a job for a year or longer, according to a new study by the Pew Economic Policy Group, which noted the rate was the highest since World War II. In its report (A Year or More: The High ...   read more

Anwar al-Aulaqi, a U.S.-born and educated citizen now residing in Yemen, has become the first American to be placed on a CIA assassination list targeting suspected terrorists. Al-Aulaqi surfaced as a controversial figure after it was learned that ...   read more

People with disabilities seeking help from the Social Security Administration can wait twice as long than others depending on where they live in the United States. A review of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) hearings by the company A...   read more

The Federal Communications Commission now must look to Congress if it wants to regulate the Internet and how companies limit customers’ access to the Web. In a 3-0 decision handed down by a Washington appellate court, Comcast won its case against ...   read more

Only five days before the worst mining accident in more than 25 years, the federal government’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) was faulted for not doing a better job of training inspectors. An investigation by the U.S. Department of ...   read more

The ongoing trade deficit between the United States and China have cost American labor 2.4 million jobs since 2001, according to a new study released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The report also revealed that the high-tech industry has ...   read more

Having been banned by the federal government from partnering with payday lenders, some large national banks are now directly making these kinds of high-interest loans to consumers—and avoiding restrictions that limit how much they can charge.   ...   read more

A U.S. military video released by a watchdog group raises questions about the official accounts of why an American helicopter opened fire on a group of Iraqis on July 19, 2007, killing 12, including two journalists working for Reuters.   WikiLea...   read more

News of the U.S. Postal Service’s proposal to end Saturday mail delivery could mean trouble for Netflix. The mail-based DVD rental company has been doing better than ever, posting a $115 million profit in 2009 and boasting a subscriber base of 12....   read more

U.S. Special Operations commandoes in February mistakenly killed five Afghans, including two pregnant women, and then tried to cover up their mistake. An investigation by NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) determined that Americ...   read more

JPMorgan Chase has been accused of telling homeowners to not pay their mortgages in order to be considered eligible for a loan modification—only to then foreclose on the properties for non-payment. The matter was brought to light by a lawsuit file...   read more

U.S. officials are worried that Iran is trying to obtain a record-breaking speedboat to use as a weapon against American or other navies in the Persian Gulf. The boat in question is the Lorne Campbell-designed Bradstone Challenger, a Bladerunner 5...   read more

Next week will mark the end of an industry in the United States when the last remaining sardine factory closes down. Bumble Bee, owner of the sardine cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine, has decided to shutter the operation because of government l...   read more