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

Robert G. Leonard of Richmond, Virginia, got more than he wanted from taking the antidepressant Trazodone. One day after taking the medication, Leonard awoke with an erection that would not stop. After two days, he finally sought emergency medical...   read more

Although the members of Congress are supposed to represent their constituents, when it comes to wealth, they are not representative. While millionaires make up only 1% of the U.S. population, they constitute 44% of all lawmakers on Capitol Hill—23...   read more

It used to be that joining the Army was a way for a young person to have a career and get in shape. But these days millions of young people have no chance whatsoever of becoming a soldier because they’re in such poor condition. The Defense Departm...   read more

Walmart may end up paying as much as $85 million to its workers for unpaid wages, according to a settlement reached this week in federal court. After combining more than 30 lawsuits, U.S. District Judge Philip Pro approved a deal that requires the...   read more

Latin American leaders have expressed concern over a new bilateral military agreement between the United States and Colombia that involves security issues related to “anti-U.S. governments” in the region. The 10-year treaty gives American military...   read more

Jacob M. Appel does not mince words when describing his feelings about private health insurance. For the bioethicist and medical historian, the system is nothing short of a criminal enterprise that should be put out of business. Leaving sick peopl...   read more

As if the federal health care overhaul didn’t have enough controversial components, the Senate has included in its version a provision requiring insurance companies to cover Christian Science prayer as a medical treatment. The idea was pushed by R...   read more

Representing a landmark indictment of the Bush administration’s extraordinary rendition program, a court in Italy on Wednesday convicted 23 Americans accused of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from Milan in 2003. In the practice of extraordinary rendit...   read more

When Ernest Hemingway wrote “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” he inadvertently crafted a perfect metaphor for the modern problem of global warming now threatening the famous icy peak in Tanzania that inspired the story early in the 20th century. In Hemi...   read more

The end result was not worth the wait for the National Security Archive at George Washington University. Twenty years ago, archive officials filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the CIA to learn more about a shady Iranian character name...   read more

A group of Chicago police officers has been accused of making false arrests to pad their overtime, according to a lawsuit filed against the city. Clinton Ware claims in her federal suit that she was arrested on phony charges that were later droppe...   read more

Opponents of gun control are trying a new legislative tactic to skirt federal laws regulating the sale of firearms. Lawmakers in Montana and Tennessee have adopted legislation stating that guns or ammunition manufactured in these states and that r...   read more

Employers who don’t give their workers paid sick leave may end up helping worsen the H1N1 pandemic in the United States. It is estimated that about 40% of all private-sector employees do not receive paid sick days, forcing those who come down with...   read more

Perhaps anti-terrorist campaigns in rugged South Asia need to begin employing bears to do the dirty work. Reports out of India say two members of the militant group Hizbul Mujahideen were killed by a Himalayan Black Bear in Kashmir after they soug...   read more

A new face has begun appearing alongside the immigrant day laborers outside home improvement stores: Caucasian-Americans. Las Vegas was one of the first cities to note the new trend, brought on by a local unemployment rate of almost 14% that has m...   read more

News of CIT’s filing for bankruptcy won’t spoil Christmas for holiday-hungry retailers, but it will amount to an empty stocking for taxpayers. CIT provides short-term financing to small- and mid-sized businesses that manufacture and supply merchan...   read more