John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind,” has died along with his wife in a car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. He was 86.
Umpires ejected the second relief pitcher in less than a week for exhibiting a foreign substance.
From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — The sleepy United States senators thought they were done voting. But then, around 1 a.m. on the Saturday before Memorial Day, Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky and presidential candidate, marched spryly to
WIRED: Google Maps suffered the latest in series of embarrassing occurrences. It was discovered that when searching for “n***a house” and “n***a king,” Maps returned a surprising location: the White House.
The green flag waves at the 99th Indianapolis 500 Sunday at 12:15 Eastern. More than 350,000 fans converge on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and millions more watch on ABC at home, to see who finishes 200 laps around the 2.5 track first.
HUFFINGTON POST — Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Friday evening to make a point-by-point analysis of why a trade deal being negotiated by President Barack Obama would harm the United States.
CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia, warning that more “black days” loom ahead in a direct challenge to the rulers of the Sunni kingdom.
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Defense attorneys in the Colorado theater shooting trial are trying to keep jurors from knowing the worst details by objecting to emotional testimony and pictures with even small amounts of blood.
In a stunning victory, Dr. Ben Carson swept the straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) in Oklahoma City on Saturday.
A crisis is a time of intense difficulty or danger. Medically, it is the turning point of a disease when an important change takes place, indicating either recovery or death.
Dr. Ben Carson won the presidential straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) on Saturday in Oklahoma City.
With his presidential announcement this month, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is already distinguishing himself as the Republican with the most compelling vision in a generation.
Authorities said in court papers Friday that the brutal killings of the Savopoulos family in Northwest Washington probably involved a conspiracy of more than one person taking the victims captive and waiting more than 19 hours for a $40,000 ransom before killing them and setting fire to their multimillion-dollar home.
The United States and its allies have staged 22 air strikes on Islamic State targets since Friday, including four near Ramadi, the city taken by the militants this week, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
When your boss discusses your retirement party before you decide to quit, it may be time to look elsewhere for employment.
A London taxi driver, convicted of making bombs which were used against U.S. forces in Iraq, one of which killed a U.S. sergeant, was jailed for life on Friday and told he would spend at least 38 years behind bars.
From the Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — A revealing conversation on the Senate floor Thursday showed precisely how secretive President Barack Obama’s pending trade deals are, and the absurdity of arguments to the contrary. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Elizabeth Warren
From Investors Business Daily: Much is being made of Marco Rubio’s tight personal finances, including his purchase of $3,000 home refrigerator. But all they’re doing is showing how ordinary the candidate is and how little he has to do with
From the New York Post’s Page Six: Chelsea Clinton is so unpleasant to colleagues, she’s causing high turnover at the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, sources say. Several top staffers have left the foundation since Chelsea came on board
“Congress is forgetting its duty: to improve jobs and wages for Americans,” Sen. Jeff Sessions writes.
A person could use up an awful lot of bandwidth cataloging all the things former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has to overcome on her way to the Democratic presidential nomination and a four-year term of her own in the White House. One could argue that her potential stumbling blocks are even more severe than most her husband had to surmount on his way to the Oval Office back in 1992.
Sidney Blumenthal is right back where he wants to be: in the middle of another partisan blood feud with the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy he’s been fighting since the 1990s.
Major League Baseball suspended Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Will Smith for eight games on Friday. Umpire Jim Joyce ejected Smith from Thursday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves for the foreign substance on his right arm.
New polling has bad news for establishment Republicans.
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Authorities in the country where the Ebola epidemic began are concerned about a new outbreak of cases just as officials hoped the crisis was coming under control.
