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

Oregonian Gary Haugen is having trouble making up his mind whether he wants to live or die. The 49-year-old prisoner has been on death row since 2007 for fatally beating and stabbing fellow inmate David Polin in 2003, while Haugen was serving a ...   read more

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the military’s secretive, high-tech operation responsible for inventing the forerunner to the Internet (ARPAnet) and the technology behind the stealth fighter, unmanned drone aircraft, globa...   read more

Francisco Reynoso has been in a world of hurt since the death of his son. Not only has Reynoso grieved the loss of Freddy Reynoso, but he’s also suffered an onslaught of bill collectors seeking repayment of the son’s college loans.   When Freddy...   read more

Scientists conducting research into autism suffered a serious setback recently when a large number of brain tissue samples were destroyed by a freezer malfunction.   The accident occurred at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, which hou...   read more

Reporters covering the trial of a man accused of plotting to blow up George W. Bush cannot interview the alleged assassin, a federal appeals court ruled this week.   Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a Saudi Arabian citizen who had chemical engineering ...   read more

The nation’s top Navy officer is a bubblehead and proud of it. In Navy slang, a bubblehead is a sailor who has served his career mainly in the submarine fleet, and that is surely true of Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, who became the 30th Chief of...   read more

In order to secure a new international trade agreement with Pacific nations, the Obama administration appears willing to grant foreign corporations the power to avoid U.S. laws.   This revelation came in the form of a leaked document posted onli...   read more

In these tough economic times, millions of Americans have leaned heavily on food stamps. This government assistance program also has done well by some of the country’s biggest banks and corporations.   An investigation by the advocacy group Eat ...   read more

Being called before a congressional committee to testify can be intimidating for most. Fortunately for Jamie Dimon, he had plenty of friends inside the room, and nearby.   Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, appeared this week before the Senate Ba...   read more

Under the Obama administration, airport security is no longer a priority on American soil only. U.S. security officials now are screening airline passengers at foreign airports before they board planes bound for the United States.   Fourteen air...   read more

A group of delegates loyal to Ron Paul, who has suspended his active presidential run but is still seeking delegates, are suing the Republican Party claiming leaders have tried to coerce them into supporting Mitt Romney at the Republican National ...   read more

Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve provided more than $4 trillion in near zero-interest loans and other help to banks and businesses whose executives also served as directors for the national bank.   At least 18 current a...   read more

The battle over illegal immigration has ensnared federally-funded health clinics that face losing support from Washington, as well as patients too afraid to seek medical help.   In Alabama, operators of local clinics have had to conduct outrea...   read more

The cancer research wing of the World Health Organization has determined exhaust from diesel engines causes cancer.   The determination by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that diesel fumes are a human carcinogen expands ...   read more

Gun manufacturers and the National Rifle Association are fighting new laws intended to help police use new technology to more quickly track down the owners of weapons used in crimes.   Known as microstamping, the new technology utilizes lasers...   read more

Fed up with state budget cuts to its university, UCLA’s business school has decided to forego public financing and become a privately-funded institution of higher education.   The switch to private financing was all but certain after UCLA’s Ac...   read more