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 large group of Asian-American fishermen have sued BP in federal court claiming the oil company discriminated against them when it hired locals to help with the 2010 oil spill.   Through BP’s Vessels of Opportunity (VoO) program, about 5,000 bo...   read more

A Vietnam Era veteran who started his cemetery career as a day laborer has risen to be the number one man at Arlington National Cemetery, the crown jewel of the national cemeteries, which conducts about 27 funerals per day. Patrick K. Hallinan was...   read more

The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), which manages the Transportation Department’s research and development programs with the goal of creating technologies that can be used to improve transportation, has an acting administ...   read more

Lasting upwards of 10 years, the “Enduring Strategic Partnership” between the United States and Afghanistan will take effect after American combat forces have pulled out of the war in 2014. But the long-term agreement could wind up being a very sh...   read more

President Barack Obama has proposed easing export controls on firearms in an effort to help American manufacturers boost their sales. But officials within the administration have objected to the controversial plan, which some say could result in a...   read more

At the very end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the prized Lost Ark of the Covenant is last seen disappearing inside an immense government warehouse, presumably lost forever amid thousands and thousands of boxes.   The same fate may have befallen th...   read more

Faced with runaway costs from housing too many prisoners, politicians in Georgia have decided to change the way the state deals with low-level offenders so that correctional facilities primarily house violent criminals.   Under landmark legislat...   read more

A Pennsylvania eighth-grade student and her mother won a battle after challenging school officials’ position that students must stand during the Pledge of Allegiance or else be punished for “disorderly conduct.”   Carolyn Raja sued the Brownsvil...   read more

Apple is a leader not only in technology but also tax dodging.   The world’s most profitable tech company has developed over the years creative legal ways (that other companies have followed) to minimize its tax hit with the U.S. government.   ...   read more

Officials in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) have been touting their agency’s timely delivery of mental health services to veterans. It turns out those claims were greatly exaggerated.   According to the VHA, 95% of first-time mental-he...   read more

In an era when 97% of climate scientists believe that climate change is a serious problem, increasingly isolated scientific skeptics have turned to the skies to explain why the threat of global warming is much ado about nothing.   Richard S. Lin...   read more

Bad air may contribute to cases of obesity for some inner-city residents of New York City.   Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health studied more than 700 pregnant women and found those exposed to higher concentratio...   read more

The Obama administration has crafted a master plan for biotechnology that emphasizes economic opportunities while ignoring sufficient regulation of the industry.   The National Bioeconomy Blueprint, released by the White House, is part of the Ob...   read more

A little-known office within the U.S. Department of Agriculture has come under scrutiny for killing thousands of animals in the name of helping ranchers and the environment.   Over the past dozen years, Wildlife Services, which has an annual bud...   read more

Wal-Mart, exposed for bribing officials in Mexico, is by no means the only major American corporation to get busted recently for payoffs. In fact, the retail giant has plenty of company when it comes to breaking the law and supporting efforts to c...   read more

A pesticide used on farms and golf courses has been linked to brain abnormalities in babies, according to a group of researchers.   The chemical chlorpyrifos, found in Dow Chemical’s pesticide Dursban, can impact the development of the cortex, w...   read more