Struggling Russia gets unexpected gold in 110-meter hurdles
BEIJING (AP) — Russian hurdler Sergey Shubenkov knows all about his country’s doping scandals, he’s just not paying attention to any to it.
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Dutch must end 'Black Pete' racial stereotypes: U.N. body
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A U.N. body called on the Netherlands on Friday to revamp its “Black Pete” Christmas tradition, where white performers black up to entertain children, as many saw it as a “vestige of slavery”. Prime Minister Mark Rutte quickly dismissed the recommendations, saying it was not the government’s job to shape folklore. What Christmas songs you should sing, how you celebrate Christmas and Easter –
Reporting Hurricane Katrina: How covering the story swept journalists into the drama
Journalists are observers. We are trained to help others by reporting stories, not by becoming part of them. Hurricane Katrina, however, tested those boundaries for many of us.
Gunman in on-air deaths remembered as 'professional victim'
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The man who was news director during Vester Flanagan’s rocky tenure at Virginia station WDBJ-TV described him as someone who constantly saw himself being victimized by others.
Ashley Madison CEO steps down in wake of hacking
NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of the company that runs adultery website Ashley Madison is stepping down in the wake of the massive breach of the company’s computer systems and outing of millions of its members.
Jury mulls fate of defendant in New Hampshire prep school rape trial
A New Hampshire jury is set to begin its first full day of deliberations on Friday in the trial of Owen Labrie, a former student at an elite prep school accused of raping a 15-year-old freshman girl on campus days before his graduation. The trial, which began last week, has exposed uncomfortable aspects of the culture of St. Paul’s School, a nearly 160-year-old academy whose alumni include powerful U.S. business
Behind bright facade, Mississippi coast still battles Katrina demons
The columned facade of Pass Christian’s city hall looks out over the Mississippi coastline to a refurbished harbor, a new yacht club and a bar where locals streamed in for sundown cocktails. A few miles west, in the city of Bay St. Louis, tourists strolled through the colorful galleries, antique stores and cafes that dot its quaint main street. Ten years ago this week, the eye of Hurricane Katrina ripped
Netflix drug drama 'Narcos' blurs line between cartels, agents
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Not all cops are good guys and not all drug suppliers are obvious villains in Netflix Inc’s dark drug drama “Narcos,” a bilingual examination of the history of cocaine smuggling in America and its most menacing supplier. “Narcos,” premiering across all Netflix territories on Friday, explores the origins of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the tense relationship between his Medellin cartel and
What Your Genetic Blueprint Says About You: The Rise of Epigenetics
Health care and medicine is living through a major transformation. We’re entering into a new era of medicine where prevention precedes treatment. Now this idea, believe it or not, is quite new. Of course, prevention is always the ideal, but sadly the health care sector has been programmed to curing the problem, rather than erasing the problem…
Inmate left to inhale own feces can sue NY prison officials
A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit accusing New York prison officials of locking an inmate for weeks in tiny cells that reeked of urine and feces, including one cell where they disabled his toilet and forced him to inhale his own excrement. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday said Aaron Willey could pursue civil claims against officials at the Wende Correctional