nobel prizes
entertainment
Virginia Tech student charged with sexual assault filed civil lawsuit against her
Virginia cancels Virginia Tech game after players killed A Virginia Tech football star who was charged with sexually assaulting another student was on the Maryland football team's radar from the first day of preseason...
world
The ACLU says the only proper purpose of execution by injection is to kill an individual
Court denies 19-year-old's request to witness her father's execution by the state of Missouri A 19-year-old high school student says she requested an email from a friend who would have been allowed to witness...
health
Julie Powell’s “Julie and Julia”: Cooking in Miniaturist Pain
Julie Powell's 'Julie and Julia' transformed food writing. How to watch the movie version. Julie Powell's 'Julie and Julia' shaped food writing. Julie Powell's “Julie and Julia: Cooking in Miniaturist Pain” is a book...
entertainment
Social Justice: The Social Group of a Person
Accommodation Is Not a Shield From Criticism So far, we’ve looked at the relationship of an individual and his or her environment, looking at the environment as a whole. We also talked about social...
sport
Brazilian military panel dismisses allegations of fraud in July 1 presidential election
Brazil military finds no fraud in election, but refuses to rule it out A military panel investigating the July 1 election of president Dilma Rousseff has dismissed allegations of fraud by her chief of...
sport
Hawaii’s first supervolcano erupts
Hawaii volcano eruption has some on alert, draws onlookers Updated It has a unique history — a series of eruptions, a slow but steady growth, and now an unprecedented eruption with a massive plume...
national
Photographing a Woman Holding a Baby
Review: Christina Fernandez's photographs, on view in Riverside, are a major pivot in Chicano art. Fernandez, 33 year-old, was raised in a household in which both she and her father were both creative. “I...
us
Los Angeles City Council approves abortion law
L.A. City Council approves law targeting pregnancy centers that mislead on abortion (Los Angeles Times) Updated 9:45 am, Tuesday, June 12, 2014 Women seeking abortion after a miscarriage must undergo a medical examination showing...
europe
Navy Ship Cleaning Boosts As China Threatens China
Ports reveal unprecedented surge in harmful emissions; officials blame COVID-19 logjam WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy has dramatically ramped up its ship cleaning operations as tensions with China escalate over the coronavirus outbreak and...
asia
The 50th Anniversary of the Electoral College
Op-Ed: A big reason the South goes red? Gerrymandering and voter suppression. Today marks the 50th anniversary of what the federal government claims is a national election—the election of an antiabortion candidate to the...