Hoboken station crash: New Jersey train disaster ‘kills one’
Source: BBC At least one person has been killed and dozens injured, some of them critically, after a commuter train crashed into a railway station in the US state of […]
Is the FDA Too Cozy With Drug Companies?
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin A new report look at the “revolving door” between the FDA and drug companies People who work at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as […]
New York City Is Taking Aim At Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post BY Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New York City kicked off a social media advertising campaign on Monday to combat negative perceptions of Muslims and counteract increasing instances of threats and violence, officials said. Showing an array of photographs of Muslim men and women, […]
California Is Trying To Keep Muslim And Sikh Students From Being Bullied
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias — Fifty-five percent of adolescent Muslim students in California say they’ve been targeted for their faith. In a move hailed by civil rights groups, California Gov. […]
How decades of divorce helped erode religion
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Two widely recognized trends in American society might have something to do with each other. Divorce rates climbed to the highest levels ever […]
Trump, Clinton to trade jokes instead of barbs at Al Smith dinner
Source: RNS By David Gibson NEW YORK (RNS) This has been an unconventional election by almost any measure, with both candidates garnering record high negatives from the voters and political […]
Donald Trump’s woeful debate likely to worsen problems with women
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/09/27/donald-trumps-woeful-debate-likely-to-worsen-problems-with-women.html WASHINGTON — How did Donald Trump’s performance at the first presidential debate hurt him with women? “How much time have you got?” said Katie Packer, a veteran Republican strategist who specializes in persuading female voters. There was his manner — glowering, contemptuous, interrupting his female opponent dozens of times. […]
Donald Trump Struggles to Deal With Debate Loss
Source: Time By Zeke J Miller / Melbourne, Fla. How does a man whose brand is all about winning come to terms with defeat? After a widely panned performance in Monday’s […]
Addicted Parents Get Their Fix, Even With Children Watching
Source: The New York Times By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE It was a horrific video — a young mother who had overdosed was lying unconscious on the floor of a Family […]
TRUMP BLASTS CLINTON AS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BLOWS UP OVER NAFTA FIGHT
Source: Vanity Fair It took less than 15 minutes for Donald Trump to crack during the Monday’s presidential debate and for Hillary Clinton to grow exasperated, as the relative calm […]
The secret costs of Islamophobia
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)With Adele’s song “All I Ask” playing in the background, a Maryland teenager opened her computer and wrote an emotional letter to […]
Diligent Hillary Clinton Upstages Donald Trump at Crucial Moment
Source: Time By Zeke J Miller / Hempstead, N.Y. @ZekeJMiller&Philip Elliott Perhaps you can’t wing your way to the White House. At the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, authenticity proved to be no substitution for preparation. Strong words faded in the face of solid experience. And, in a […]
Colombian Government and FARC Rebels Sign Peace Accord Ending Five Decades of Conflict
Source: Time By Joshua Goodman and Andrea Rodriguez / AP The 2,500 guests at the ceremony were asked to wear white as a sign of peace (CARTAGENA, Colombia) — Colombia’s government […]
Houston Gunman Dead After Opening Fire at a Strip Mall
Source: Time (HOUSTON) — A disgruntled lawyer wearing military-style apparel with old Nazi emblems had two weapons and more than 2,500 rounds of live ammunition when he randomly shot at drivers in a Houston neighborhood Monday before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Nine people were injured […]
6 takeaways from the first presidential debate
Source: CNN Hempstead, New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton stepped onto the debate stage Monday night determined to show that only one candidate is ready to be president. Clinton poked, prodded and […]
Defying prejudice, Islam’s mystical, musical strain appeals to New Yorkers
Source: Economist Every Thursday night, the music of a tanbour, a long-necked stringed instrument, resounds across the wooden floors of a Manhattan room, wrapped with warm Persian rugs. Barefoot men […]
Obama: African-American museum helps tell fuller story of America
Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama said Saturday that the newelevates the often-overlooked impact of black Americans and will help others better understand the breadth of the American story. “This national […]
Syria conflict: US and UK rhetoric ‘unacceptable’ – Russia
Source: BBC Russia has criticised the US and UK for using “unacceptable” tone and rhetoric in speeches on Syria at the UN, after being accused of “barbarism”. On Sunday, US […]
How Hillary Clinton Can Defeat Donald Trump in the First Debate
Source: Time By Frank Luntz Frank Luntz is a news analyst and contributor to CBS News and the Fox News Channel Put Trump on trial Secretary Clinton: You’ve prepared for this […]
How Our Health-Care System Is Feeding the Obesity Epidemic
Source: Time By Bruce Lee Bruce Lee is an associate professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and executive director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center We must prioritize prevention Obesity in America is a staggering public health crisis, ravaging our population, hampering the quality […]