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

Tim and Mary Katharine Gann of Cleveland, Tennessee, are suing the restaurant chain Steak’n Shake for serving their son Caleb a bowl of chili mixed with Blair’s Mega Death Hot Sauce. Caleb’s parents claim their son suffered a “severe physical re...   read more

To speed up the process of evicting Americans from their homes, mortgage companies hired thousands of new employees in recent years who not only had no experience in foreclosures, but also did not know what they were doing. The percentage of bor...   read more

Massey Energy Co., owner of the mine where the worst accident in 40 years took place in April, failed another inspection following a surprise visit on September 28 by federal regulators.   Officials with the Mine Safety and Health Administrati...   read more

The Great Recession was tough enough on many nonprofit organizations, as donations declined due to Americans having less money to donate. But adding to the misery of groups like Goodwill, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the American Red Cross...   read more

Branding is dangerous business in Pakistan when it involves humanitarian aid and the old red, white and blue.   A coalition of 160 charities, including Oxfam, Save the Children, World Vision and Care International, have warned leaders in Washi...   read more

Spending more on health care has not produced a longer-living population for the United States, research shows.   When compared to survival rates in a dozen other countries, Americans aged 45 and 65 fared worse, suggesting that the value of he...   read more

Peter Diamond, a professor of economics at MIT, is not qualified to serve on the board of governors for the Federal Reserve, says U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama), who is holding up the nominee’s confirmation.   Diamond is an authority on...   read more

Lacking the resources to prosecute due to budget cuts, District Attorney Mike Schrunk of Multnomah County, Oregon, says his office will no longer go after low-level drug offenders and thieves as well as other violators of the law.   People wil...   read more

The United States is moving up in the world in terms of gender equality. The latest Global Gender Gap Report from the World Economic Forum shows the U.S. is now ranked 19th out of 134 countries when it comes affording opportunities for women. Th...   read more

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security appear to be at cross purposes when it comes to the Internet.   For the seventh year in a row, homeland security officials are promoting their National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is des...   read more

From the U.S. military to the FBI to the State Department and the Pentagon, there seems to be no shortage of demand for people who speak Arabic or Urdu (the official language of Pakistan). But there’s no need to look outside the United States’ b...   read more

When the Chinese government-owned energy company Cnooc (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) tried to buy the U.S. oil company Unocal back in 2005, it was forced to withdraw its bid because of national security concerns in the U.S. Five year...   read more

Scientists and beekeepers have been searching for an explanation to the massive die-off of honeybees during the last four years as the result of a syndrome known as colony collapse disorder. Honeybees pollinate about 30% of all food consumed and...   read more

Just weeks before the November election, the Obama administration has announced a record number of arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants, countering attacks by Republicans that Democrats have not been tough on the immigration issue.   ...   read more

While the private sector created a modest number of new jobs in September, governments at all levels continued to downsize, especially schools and city and county agencies.   About 64,000 new jobs were offered by private employers last month. ...   read more

Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman of Yemen is one of 48 detainees whom President Barack Obama has deemed too dangerous to ever be released, part of a group that former Vice President Dick Cheney called “the worst of the worst.”   But questions ...   read more