President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan. The official U.S. figures of number of strikes and estimated deaths…
(CNN) Are the days of Latinos in entertainment changing their given names to appeal to a broader audience long gone? That’s what it looks like now that former “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen has dropped his stage…
Professor John Covach teaches a MOOC class about the history of rock music at the University of Rochester. Never heard of a MOOC? It stands for massive open online course. Using innovative technology, MOOCs open up a free learning platform…
By Claire Duffin He will bow out in the Christmas special when he will be replaced by a new incarnation of the Time Lord. Smith, 30, who has been in the role since 2010, said it had been “an honour” to…
New spectre of cloned babies: Scientists create embryos in lab that ‘could grow to full term’ – Breakthrough could have major implications for stem cell treatments – First time cloned embryos have developed enough to provide stem cells – Raises…
Pictured: The three brothers ‘who kidnapped three girls and kept them captive for 10 years’ as it emerges the victims ‘gave birth to at least FIVE babies in the home’ – Missing women Amanda Berry, 26, Gina DeJesus, 23, and…
Syria’s tragedy can no longer be contained: The world needs to confront the implications of its inability to keep Syria’s horror within its frontiers The capacity of the Syrian civil war to draw other nations into its ghastly vortex has…
Turkey-Syria border town hit by car bombs Syria’s civil war spilled over the border into southern Turkey on Saturday when a series of car bombs killed 40 people in the town of Reyhanli. This was the bloodiest incident on Turkish…
“Churros” are simple fritters that might be described as looking like a big “french fry.” They are the Spanish equivalent of doughnuts, sold at cafes and at street vendor’s carts. Instead of a ring shape, like a doughnut, churros are…
