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 New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is so out of control, with 20 current or former officers facing criminal prosecution, that the U.S. Department of Justice wants a federal court to take over supervision of the force.   A move by the Jus...   read more

Radiation detectors at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport went off this week after two planes returned from Tokyo, raising concerns over how the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan will impact the United States. Radiation was also detected on an...   read more

After participating in the pursuit of famed bandit Pancho Villa in the early 20th century, the Browning M1911 automatic pistol is again making history—becoming the first-ever official firearm of a U.S. state.   In deciding to establish a state...   read more

A longtime politician and former labor leader, Gary Albert Doer assumed his responsibilities as Canada’s ambassador to the United States on October 19, 2009.   Born March 31, 1948, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Doer attended St. Paul’s High School. H...   read more

Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata became ambassador of Italy to the United States in October 2009.    Born on June 9, 1946, in Bergamo, Terzi earned a law degree at the University of Milan, specializing in international law.   During his first two ...   read more

Instead of keeping watch itself, the Department of Defense today relies on contractors to monitor the work of other contractors, a risk strategy that became cemented during the Iraq War thanks to a politically-connected—and powerful—company with...   read more

The tsunami generated by the Japan earthquake last week traveled more than 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean before striking California’s coast, and still it unleashed enough force to do millions of dollars in damage to two harbors.   In No...   read more

Leaders of some of the largest banks in the country will be enjoying a huge payday soon, once the Federal Reserve approves higher dividend payments by selected financial institutions.   Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, may soon ...   read more

In accepting a substantial credit line from Duke Energy for its 2012 convention, the Democratic Party finds itself accused of two double standards.   First, party officials promised to not accept any donations, from corporations or individuals...   read more

Haiti could be facing nearly twice as many cases of cholera this year than what the United Nations has predicted, say researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Francisco.   A new study warns that nearly 780,...   read more

The nuclear crisis in Japan is now considered more severe than the Three Mile Island accident that took place four decades ago in the United States, according to an international regulatory body.   Nuclear accidents are rated on a scale of one t...   read more

Maintaining support for the war in Afghanistan, both in the United States and in the war-torn country, is getting tougher all the time.   Afghans have increasingly questioned the reliability of American and NATO forces when attacks on civilian...   read more

Profit margins are expected to climb nearly 9% this year among companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, marking an 18-year high.   The third consecutive year of the bull market will see profits increase 8.9% in 2011, which would be the hi...   read more

If Republicans and other critics of public employee retirement plans think such pensions are too generous and costly to taxpayers, they really should consider what members of Congress are enjoying.   An analysis by McClatchy Newspapers found t...   read more

Nearly half a trillion dollars. That’s how much a nuclear accident, similar to what’s occurring in Japan, could cost the United States if it happens here, with most of the expense being borne by taxpayers.   A 2009 study by two university prof...   read more

Fearing the collapse of its own autocratic regime, the Sunni royal family of Saudi Arabia on Monday intervened in the domestic upheaval of neighboring Bahrain where the Shia majority has grown tired of the Sunni monarchy.   Saudi military forc...   read more