Nature World NewsSee The United States' 'Freezer Burn' From SpaceNature World NewsAlthough the media has egregiously been playing up the "snowmageddon" since winter storm Juno made her way across the East Coast, the US has still been experiencing some record cold, with local complaining that they haven't felt so chilled in years.
Foreign PolicyThe United States Isn't Immune to Grexit FalloutForeign PolicyThe United States has very little direct exposure to Greece, meaning the Mediterranean nation's exit from the European monetary union (or Grexit, to use the awkward nickname for the possibility of Greece leaving) would not directly cause financial ...
MassLive.comState Street Style: The United States Courthouse in Springfield [Photos]MassLive.comSPRINGFIELD — Rising only three stories and a total of 60 feet, the United States Courthouse on State Street commands a presence that few buildings ten times as tall do. Sweeping vistas of glass framed by tall columns create a facade like nothing else ...
Yahoo NewsPreventing homegrown terrorism within the United StatesYahoo NewsAnd while recent attacks have been carried out in other countries, U.S. law enforcement officials warn that American cities are targets as well. What worries them most is that, like in Europe, Canada and Australia, would-be perpetrators are likely ...
CBSSports.comThe Links: Will Rory McIlroy ever be popular in the United States?CBSSports.comMcIlroy always will struggle to gain Tiger/Phil-like popularity in the United States, anyway. Fair or not, American sports fans embrace American sports stars more vigorously than those from other countries. That's provincial and not especially open ...
Pacific StandardThe New Heartland: 'We're Like the India of the United States'Pacific StandardWe noticed that they were treating workers differently, scrutinizing us much more closely—nitpicking our work, because we deal with customer interaction. Our calls used to be monitored, where they could listen to us.... Eventually it got to the point ...
Dallas Morning NewsMakers of luxury goods shift focus to United StatesDallas Morning NewsPurveyors of high-end luxury goods are chasing millionaires in the United States, as upper-income spending falters in Europe and in the emerging markets once considered luxury's promised land. And the wealth, they say, is not just confined to the ...
Center for Research on GlobalizationWhy the United States Always Loses Its WarsCenter for Research on GlobalizationAmerica loses all its wars because it seems we've always been on the wrong side of history. Morally nor legally should any nation have the right to invade and occupy another sovereign nation, much less believe it can achieve victory in long, protracted ...
JalopnikHere's How People Illegally Import Cars To The United StatesJalopnikAs many of you know, I'm currently in the midst of importing a Nissan Skyline GT-R to the United States. Some of you have asked why I chose the Skyline GT-R, and so today I must reveal the answer to this question: because I still have thousands of ...
PolitiFactIn Barbary wars, did U.S. declare 'war on Islam'?PolitiFactThis excerpt offers a lot to chew over (and the full text includes even more), but for this fact-check we're going to focus on the opening claim -- that "over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the ...
New York TimesMexican Political Family Has Close PRI Ties, and Homes in the USNew York TimesOver the years, he and members of his immediate family — starting with his father, José Murat Casab, a former governor of Oaxaca — have bought at least six properties in the United States, including two condominiums near a ski resort in Utah, another ...
Roll Call (blog)United States (or Pals) Sharing Military Intelligence With Bashar al-Assad?Roll Call (blog)Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has made new claims that the United States-led coalition has shared intelligence with him about its strikes on the Islamic State group inside his country. Sort of. It's interesting to read the headlines about the interview ...
Kingsport Times NewsLetters: US will soon be United States Socialist RepublicKingsport Times NewsThe USSR is gone today but will soon be back. With this country going down the path it's on with our foolish socialistic dictator, our name will soon be changed to the United States Socialist Republic. Obama thinks only of himself. He raises no one up ...
OregonLive.comImmigration keeps the United States going: Guest opinionOregonLive.comFourth, baby boomers will need younger people to take care of us. Because we have tended to have smaller families than our parents, the nation faces a rising elderly-dependency ratio, defined as the number of people 65 years or older to every hundred ...
NewsweekFemale Genital Mutilation on the Rise in the USNewsweekThe data, the first on FGM in the U.S. for a decade, is being published to coincide with the United Nations' International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. More than half a million women and girls in the U.S. are at risk of undergoing FGM in the U.S. or ...
New York TimesMakers of Luxury Goods Shift Focus to United StatesNew York TimesPurveyors of high-end luxury goods are chasing millionaires in the United States, as upper-income spending falters in Europe and in the emerging markets once considered luxury's promised land. And the wealth, they say, is not just confined to the ...
Washington Post (blog)Airfare is falling all over the world — except in the United StatesWashington Post (blog)If you're searching for a cheap airfare, you're looking in the wrong country. Really. Go anywhere but the United States. Go to Bangkok, where airfares for North American travelers are down 7 percent over the last year (according to Kayak). Or Milan ...
Student PulseComparing Health Systems and Challenges in Costa Rica and the United StatesStudent PulseRising rates of chronic diseases, aging populations, and mounting medical costs threaten the financial solvency of the health care systems of the United States and Costa Rica. Despite ranking 1st in health expenditures, the United States achieves the ...