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

Logs were placed across the road on April 1, along with a “closed” sign, according to the civil complaint. Cheng says the road closure was “unauthorized” and goes against the doctrine of “love your neighbor.” Cheng accused Father George Belgarde, the Jesuit shrine’s director, of taking “an openly hostile stance toward our temple and our members, and refused to discuss or consider a compromise like his predecessors.” Belgarde became director of the Shrine in 2011.   read more

In 2012, reports of murder, rape, and similar violent crimes increased in the West as well as in major metropolitan areas of the United States. In the Western U.S., violent crime rose 3.3%, according to data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.   read more

Twenty years after the Cold War, the U.S., Russia, Britain, France, and China are holding onto their nuclear arsenals and even expanding them despite their commitments to non-proliferation. In 2013, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said those nations plan to or are currently deploying new nuclear weapons and delivery systems.   read more

To stem the high number of sex crimes in the armed forces, Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand has introduced legislation that would give military prosecutors, rather than commanders, the power to decide which sexual assault cases to try. However, the U.S. military’s top commanders have told Congress that they object to the idea.   read more

Connecticut could become the first state to require food manufacturers to label products that contain genetically modified organisms. Connecticut will mandate GMO labeling if four other states, at least one of which shares a border with it, passes similar regulations, and if those states include Northeastern ones with at least 20 million people.   read more

After dismissing his legal defender, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army officer accused of killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, four years ago, said he did so in order to protect Taliban leaders from the American military. He claimed “defense of others” to explain the killings.   read more

Three conservative Supreme Court judges—Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr.—joined liberal Stephen Breyer and swing-vote Anthony Kennedy in deciding it’s okay for police to use DNA tests to identify suspects in custody, rather than just to find those responsible for unsolved crimes.   read more

After the George W. Bush administration launched the 2003 invasion of Iraq, officials promised that with access to its oil the war would pay for itself. However, almost half of Iraq's oil is now bought by Chinese companies, which intend to purchase even more in the near future, including one of Iraq’s largest oil fields, which is owned by Exxon Mobil.   read more

The Department of Health and Human Services plans to fast-track new medications to combat antibiotic resistance and biological agents that terrorists might use. Supporters of speeding up new drugs want new antibiotics immediately tested on severely ill patients, rather than taking the customary and legally approved route of conducting studies.   read more

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) found in a review of data from 2010 that Caucasians and African-Americans have similar rates of using marijuana, but blacks are nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested for its possession.   read more

Workers who smoke cost more to employers. Micah Berman, lead author of a study at the College of Public Health and Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, reported that the “annual excess cost to employ a smoker is $5,816” due to sick leave, lower productivity, and additional healthcare costs.   read more

The Wall Street Journal and other news organizations seeking doctor-specific information will still have to file Freedom of Information Act requests, which will then be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the Department of Health and Human Services. In 2012, the Obama administration, as part of the Affordable Care Act made some doctor-specific Medicare data available to local community groups, but not to news organizations.   read more

In 2010, there were more deaths due to gunfire, including suicides, homicides, and fatal unintentional shootings, than motor vehicle fatalities in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. In some locations, the total of gun-related deaths was at least twice that of the number of motor vehicle-related deaths. In Alaska, it was 144 vs. 71, and in DC it was 99 vs. 38.   read more

Zakaria Kandahari, identified as the chief interpreter for an American Army Special Forces A Team stationed in Wardak Province, is wanted in connection with the deaths of 17 Afghans. Afghan officials want to arrest Kandahari on murder, torture and abuse of prisoner charges, and they have accused the American military of shielding him from capture.   read more

The group plans to display a monument bench that will feature quotes from Madalyn Murray O’Hair, a renowned atheist activist, an excerpt from the Treaty of Tripoli signed by President John Adams, and quotes from founders Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.   read more

The plaintiffs from High Times Magazine, The Daily Doobie and The Hemp Connoisseur insist they “do not sell or promote obscenity,” and demand the court throw out HB 13-1317. They pointed out that alcohol is banned for Americans younger than 21, but that alcohol-related magazines are allowed to be sold openly.   read more