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I feel your pain , bitter , lonely , nerdy guys . I really do .\nIt sounds corny to say it like that , but I don ’ t know how to say it and be believed . I know that because , having experienced this emotion from the inside for most of my life , I sure as hell resisted believing it when I heard people saying it .\nTher... | allsides-corpus-500 |
Many women are left feeling defeated after Elizabeth Warren ’ s exit from the presidential race .\nWith a crushing loss on Super Tuesday , and voter after voter quoted in the media saying they ’ d vote for a woman , just not Warren , it made some wonder if a woman would be president in their lifetimes . Warren spoke ab... | allsides-corpus-501 |
HAMBURG — First daughter Ivanka Trump moved up to the front row of global diplomacy Saturday , leading an effort to promote women entrepreneurs and then taking over President Trump 's seat at the G-20 summit .\nAs an unpaid adviser to her father , Ivanka Trump has championed women and family issues like paid leave , ch... | allsides-corpus-502 |
Use This Single Loophole to Pay Zero Taxes . See Video\n“ I agree entirely with Saxby Chambliss , ” King said on NBC ’ s “ Meet the Press. ” “ A pledge you signed 20 years ago , 18 years ago , is for that Congress . … The world has changed , and the economic situation is different . ”\n“ I will violate the pledge , lon... | allsides-corpus-503 |
Obama can no longer focus on his predecessor 's role in digging the hole . Obama 's debt problem\nPresident Barack Obama won ’ t be able to enjoy much of a victory lap from his win over congressional Republicans on the fiscal cliff fight .\nThe staggering national debt — up about 60 percent from the $ 10 trillion Obama... | allsides-corpus-504 |
Both sides in the federal talks to avert a year-end fiscal crisis signaled late Monday that significant progress had been made , with sources saying President Obama had offered a higher threshold for tax rate increases and with House Speaker Boehner 's office calling it `` a step in the right direction . ''\nThe late-d... | allsides-corpus-505 |
Led by Patty Murray , progressives on Capitol Hill are already drawing their line . Fiscal cliff : Will liberals jump ?\nA growing bloc of emboldened liberals say they ’ re not afraid to watch defense spending get gouged and taxes go up on every American if a budget deal doesn ’ t satisfy their priorities .\nHere ’ s w... | allsides-corpus-506 |
In Fiscal Cliff PR War , Obama Seeks Help From A Public Already Leaning His Way\nIn Washington 's latest game of chicken , President Obama is counting on voters who see things his way to give him the edge in his quest to get congressional Republicans to accept tax increases on the nation 's wealthiest as part of any fi... | allsides-corpus-507 |
Today 's 'Plan B ' Vote : Part Of Posturing Or A Push Over The 'Fiscal Cliff ? '\nWith the House set to vote this afternoon on Republicans ' `` Plan B '' for avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff , the questions that have been asked every day for weeks are being asked yet again , with added urgency :\nAre we headed over ... | allsides-corpus-508 |
I was just reading an article on the World Net Daily website concerning interviews conducted by the newspaper , The College Fix . It showed a video of students at a supposedly Christian college in Minneapolis , MN , who were answering questions about Thanksgiving .\nI say `` supposedly '' because I could find no refere... | allsides-corpus-509 |
WASHINGTON – Fourth of July festivities in the nation 's capital were anything but typical this year . It was n't just the military tanks , jet flyovers or the speech by President Donald Trump .\nThe president 's role in what is usually a nonpartisan celebration created what felt like three different events : Protester... | allsides-corpus-510 |
President Obama marked Independence Day on Thursday by calling on Americans to follow the example of the patriots who determined the nation ’ s destiny in 1776 .\n“ We , the people , must make their task our own — to live up to the words of that Declaration of Independence , and secure liberty and opportunity for our o... | allsides-corpus-511 |
“ The 360 ” shows you diverse perspectives on the day ’ s top stories .\nPolitics is one of the most contentious subjects in our society . Political polarization and the intensity of opinions have never been more pronounced . This can create a perfect storm of conflict during the holidays , when people with widely diff... | allsides-corpus-512 |
That 's a famous line from the 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson , but it could also apply to a modern American hero : the Rev . Martin Luther King Jr .\nAs the nation celebrates King 's national holiday Monday , it 's easy to freeze-frame him as the benevolent dreamer carved in stone on the Washington Mall ... | allsides-corpus-513 |
Back in January 2016 , the New Yorker published a cover showing America ’ s most famous presidents recoiling in horror at the image of Donald Trump on the TV screen :\nThe cover was widely mocked by liberal commentators — not because of its attack on Trump but for suggesting that the depicted presidents represented a m... | allsides-corpus-514 |
Artists going back and forth with their own faith—between the temptations of worldly fame and the shelter , and strictures , of the church—is a persistent motif in American popular music and in black American music above all . In declaring himself born again and renouncing secular music , as he ’ s done in the lead-up ... | allsides-corpus-515 |
“ Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules . ”\nOn Tuesday , it seemed like the whole country was up in arms over a publicity photograph featuring comedienne ( using that term quite loosely ) Kathy Griffin holding a facsimile of the bloody , severed head of President Donald Trump . It was an image loaded with lo... | allsides-corpus-516 |
NEW YORK ( ███ ) - Twenty-First Century Fox Inc has parted ways with star cable news host Bill O ’ Reilly following allegations of sexual harassment , the company said on Wednesday .\n“ After a thorough and careful review of the allegations , the company and Bill O ’ Reilly have agreed that Bill O ’ Reilly will not be ... | allsides-corpus-517 |
On Thursday evening , at one of his ego-nourishing rallies , President Donald Trump took aim at Parasite , Bong Joon-ho ’ s South Korean satire that made history as the first foreign film to win the Best Picture Oscar .\n“ By the way , how bad were the Academy Awards this year ? You see ‘ em ? And the winner is…a movie... | allsides-corpus-518 |
Alex , let 's go with the category , `` Things that I Already Knew '' for $ 1,000 .\nIf news headlines about Hollywood were an episode of Jeopardy , the categories might be :\nAnyone who does n't know that Hollywood has been the epicenter of filth , perversion , sex , drugs , and other reprehensible behavior has been l... | allsides-corpus-519 |
LOS ANGELES/SHANGHAI ( ███ ) - The creators of satirical animated series “ South Park ” issued a mocking “ apology ” to China after media reports that episodes of the show were no longer available on some Chinese websites .\nThe “ Band in China ” episode released on Oct. 2 critiqued China ’ s policies on free speech as... | allsides-corpus-520 |
Marijuana is still a touchy social subject loaded up with decades of baggage . States take the lead on pot\nAmericans are growing more hip to legalizing marijuana . In fact , a House bill to do just that is one of the most viewed proposals on Congress ’ s official legislative tracking site .\nBut the overwhelming feeli... | allsides-corpus-521 |
Colorado Gov . John Hickenlooper is asking Attorney General Eric Holder for a clear-cut explanation on how the Obama administration intends to handle changes made Tuesday when voters chose to legalize marijuana for recreational use .\nNearly 55 percent of Colorado voters approved the state constitutional change by voti... | allsides-corpus-522 |
The coming legalization of marijuana , advocated last week by The New York Times in perhaps the most noted editorial in its history , will create a consumer product as sought after as cigarettes ( in their day ) and booze . Hence , legalized marijuana , among its other lucrative effects — including closing gaps in stat... | allsides-corpus-523 |
( CNN ) – Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis said she supports medical marijuana use as well easing the state 's legal consequences for possessing small amounts of the drug .\nDavis ' comments echo those of current Republican Gov . Rick Perry , who said he supports less stringent penalties in Texas fo... | allsides-corpus-524 |
A bill in the House to legalize marijuana faces an uncertain future , the Senate has not moved legislation that would allow marijuana businesses to bank and opportunities to legalize marijuana through state ballot initiatives have winnowed . The result is state legislatures will be the main arena for legalization debat... | allsides-corpus-525 |
Demonstrating a fundamental misunderstanding of how black markets work , a Wall Street Journal editorial blames marijuana legalization for vaping-related lung injuries involving illicit cannabis extracts . `` A surge in vaping related lung illnesses this year caught the medical community by surprise , with the Centers ... | allsides-corpus-526 |
LONDON/WASHINGTON A Tehran-based agency has quietly fed propaganda through at least 70 websites to countries from Afghanistan to Russia . And American firms have helped .\nWebsite Nile Net Online promises Egyptians “ true news ” from its offices in the heart of Cairo ’ s Tahrir Square , “ to expand the scope of freedom... | allsides-corpus-527 |
As with Fox ’ s ubiquitous promotion of its slogan , conservatives ’ appropriation of the “ fake news ” label is an effort to further erode the mainstream media ’ s claim to be a reliable and accurate source .\n“ What I think is so unsettling about the fake news cries now is that their audience has already sort of boug... | allsides-corpus-528 |
WASHINGTON — President Trump gave out fake news `` awards '' to six news organizations Wednesday night , capping a much-hyped social media spectacle that matched Trump 's penchant for showmanship with his disdain for the news media covering it .\nNone of the recipients of Trump 's backhanded laurels were surprising : T... | allsides-corpus-529 |
In this case , the altered video of Biden — who has surged to the front of the Democratic presidential race to face Trump in November — is based on a speech he gave Saturday in Kansas City , Mo . It was then shared on Twitter by Scavino , only edited to make it appear as if Biden inadvertently endorsed Trump for reelec... | allsides-corpus-530 |
President Trump ’ s nonstop “ fake news ” trash-talking has taken a heavy toll on the media ’ s image , with less than 10 percent of Republicans saying they trust the press , according to a new survey .\nWhile the news media feasts on the president and the tsunami of scandals around him , Trump ’ s war on the press rem... | allsides-corpus-531 |
The liberal media was almost as bad as last year . Maybe marginally better , but I use that phrase VERY loosely . They were still total garbage in covering this White House . They still suck . They ’ re still sour that Hillary Clinton lost , and as they ’ re consumed with rage , they make mistakes , a great many mistak... | allsides-corpus-532 |
Chuck Schumer , the Senate ’ s No . 3 Democrat , thinks the Internal Revenue Service hasn ’ t done enough to silence the Tea Party . He wants the White House and the IRS to “ immediately redouble ” efforts to shut down conservative political-action groups through tougher government oversight and enforcement .\nThe Tea ... | allsides-corpus-533 |
The Tea Partier 's Quandary : What To Make Of Trump 's Rise ?\nDonald Trump and Ted Cruz have spent most of the presidential race avoiding direct confrontations with each other . But the men are in first and second place in the polls , so that 's been straining the love .\nThis week , as NPR Politics put it , Trump wen... | allsides-corpus-534 |
Far from chastened by the debt debate , tea partyers and conservative groups signaled Thursday they ’ ve concluded they didn ’ t lose , but rather were sabotaged from within by weak Republicans — and they took the first steps to oust one of them .\nMississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel announced he would challenge U.S.... | allsides-corpus-535 |
The event has become more carnival than conservative salon . | AP Photos CPAC muddle mirrors GOP mess\nIt ’ s not hard to make fun of CPAC . From the presence of Donald Trump to a meaningless straw poll to a cavalcade of fringe-dwelling book merchants , the event has become more carnival than conservative salon .\nWhat... | allsides-corpus-536 |
It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to . — Donald J. Trump ( @ realDonaldTrump ) October 11 , 2016\nThat tweet sent shock waves through the political world yesterday . Democrats understood it to mean that the next four weeks are going to be an ugly mud-w... | allsides-corpus-537 |
Conservatives have found their candidate for one of 2016 's most important Senate races : Florida Congressman Ron DeSantis .\nSoon after he launched his bid Wednesday , a trifecta of deep-pocketed Tea Party-aligned groups — the Senate Conservatives Fund , the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks — all signaled they would b... | allsides-corpus-538 |
FILE - In this June 28 , 2019 , file photo , President Donald Trump , right , shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin , left , during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka , Japan . Intelligence officials say Russia is interfering with the 2020 election to try to help Trump get ree... | allsides-corpus-539 |
President Obama ’ s admission Friday that he asked Vladimir Putin in September to halt Russia ’ s cyber attacks prompted a rebuke by Sen. Lindsey Graham , South Carolina Republican , who said the comment shows how “ weak ” the outgoing executive ’ s handling of the Kremlin has been .\nFielding questions about the hacki... | allsides-corpus-540 |
Four former U.S. defense secretaries issue a warning about China and a wake-up call to Americans on artificial intelligence .\nAs Secretaries of Defense , we anticipated and addressed threats to our nation , sought strategic opportunities , exercised authority , direction , and control over the U.S. military , and exec... | allsides-corpus-541 |
We are often told that law enforcement must have a way to get around strong encryption technologies in order to catch bad guys . Such a `` backdoor '' into security techniques would only be used when necessary and would be closely guarded so it would not fall into the wrong hands , the story goes .\nThe intelligence co... | allsides-corpus-542 |
Donald Trump grew testy during the final presidential debate Wednesday night when the topic turned to Russia ’ s alleged interference in the U.S. election . “ [ Hillary Clinton ] has no idea whether it ’ s Russia , China , or anybody else , ” Trump said , referring to a series of cyber-attacks that resulted in WikiLeak... | allsides-corpus-543 |
But the Pentagon report describes something far more sophisticated : a China that has now leapt into the first ranks of offensive cybertechnologies . It is investing in electronic warfare capabilities in an effort to blind American satellites and other space assets , and hopes to use electronic and traditional weapons ... | allsides-corpus-544 |
What Barack Obama will see , when on Friday he becomes the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima , is a large esplanade lined with trees , with a cenotaph monument to the victims of the A-bomb , with the words : “ the error of the past will not be repeated ” . In the memorial park , he will see the gutted , ske... | allsides-corpus-545 |
Iran has declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal .\nIn a statement , it said it would no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment , the level of enrichment , the stock of enriched material , or research and development .\nThe announcement follow... | allsides-corpus-546 |
TOBA , Japan -- There is the soaring rhetoric . And then there 's the messy reality .\nWhen President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe make an historic visit to Hiroshima on Friday -- the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited the site of the first atomic bomb attack -- their words advocating nucle... | allsides-corpus-547 |
GUAM — On Saturday , the customer rush was on at Guam 's Home Depot .\nThe line had already snaked into the paint department by the time general manager Bobby Salcido opened an additional register . People shuffled over , carting batteries , flashlights and bottled water .\nAlthough , as it turns out , Yigo resident Da... | allsides-corpus-548 |
All signs may point to a successful and historic summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un , but the stakes are so high that the U.S. national security community is braced for the possibility of a rapid spiral toward nuclear brinkmanship if the talks between the two men turn sour .\nWith the North Korean side noto... | allsides-corpus-549 |
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said recently it would be `` game on '' if North Korea were to fire a missile at the United States or its allies , but how fast things would happen is not so clear .\nA leading expert in missile defense told Fox News there would not be much time to decide to shoot down a North Korean missil... | allsides-corpus-550 |
`` The Framers ... conferred , as against the Government , the right to be let alone — the most comprehensive of rights , and the right most valued by civilized men . ''\nWhile we were all consumed by impeachment , a pernicious piece of legislation was slowly and silently making its way through Congress . It is a renew... | allsides-corpus-551 |
According to Gallup and most other other polling organizations , Americans have record or near-record low rates of confidence in government .\nJust 39 percent of us approved of Donald Trump 's performance in his second quarter as president , almost 25 points off the historical average . A mere 36 percent have a lot of ... | allsides-corpus-552 |
During a hearing Tuesday on President Trump ’ s travel ban , Ninth Circuit Judge Michelle Friedland asked a question .\nWas the Trump administration arguing that the president could do what he wanted on national security matters and the courts had no authority to step in ?\nThe lawyer representing the Justice Departmen... | allsides-corpus-553 |
One factor that seems to be consistently true across states with the most and the least benefits is the political climate .\nPoliticians Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan recently introduced a plan to fight poverty by transferring more responsibility to the states . While the federal government offers various assistance progra... | allsides-corpus-554 |
I remember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ’ s 2018 victory well . I sat at a table in my old Chicago apartment , beer in hand , toggling back and forth between Twitter and the New York Times ’ NY-14 election results page . Then the first returns rolled in and showed a wide AOC lead that never faltered as the night went on . ... | allsides-corpus-555 |
Calls to defund or abolish police departments have become the signature demand of protesters who have taken to the streets in cities across the country over the last few weeks to denounce police violence against Black people . Proponents of such policy measures argue that the U.S. should reallocate much , or even all ,... | allsides-corpus-556 |
It was one of the most absurd stories of California ’ s lunacy . In the midst of one of the worst droughts in the state ’ s history , state and federal wildlife officials were depleting a large reservoir in the Sierra foothills to save ( by increasing river flows ) a handful of hatchery-born fish that had virtually zer... | allsides-corpus-557 |
In a ruling hailed as historic for wildlife conservation in America , a US judge on Monday ordered that the world-famous grizzly bears living in and around Yellowstone national park be returned to the endangered species list .\nThe move means that a controversial sport hunt of grizzlies in Wyoming and Idaho – outside t... | allsides-corpus-558 |
Ken Klippen lives in Philadelphia , but he 's trying to save egg farmers in the Midwest from a ballot measure in California .\nAs the president of the National Association of Egg Farmers , Klippen says that Proposition 12 on the ballot in California this November , will cause `` some major changes in the way eggs are p... | allsides-corpus-559 |
Hindu worshippers have begun slaughtering thousands of buffalo as part of a religious ritual held every five years in southern Nepal , despite efforts to end the practice considered the world 's biggest sacrifice of animals at any one site .\nThe Gadhimai Festival - a two-day festival in honour of the Hindu goddess of ... | allsides-corpus-560 |
This combination photo shows Brian Wilson performing at the Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont , Ill , on Oct 6 , 2017 , left , and Mike Love at `` Howard Stern 's Birthday Bash '' in New York on Jan. 31 , 2014 . Wilson , a co-founder of The Beach Boys , has denounced a performance of Beach Boys music at the Safari Club Inte... | allsides-corpus-561 |
Animal conservation activists said Donald Trump Jr. might have violated a federal wildlife anti-trafficking law when he killed a rare sheep during a recent trip to Mongolia and imported parts of the animal back to the U.S ( Tom Williams/CQ ███ file photo )\nThe U.S . Fish and Wildlife Service said it will review allega... | allsides-corpus-562 |
Hilary Hoynes is a University of California at Berkeley economist who wrote a particularly notable paper last year . Instead of increasing dependency , as conservative critics have repeatedly claimed , Hoyen 's paper showed that , for women at least , food stamp use during pregnancy and early childhood has exactly the ... | allsides-corpus-563 |
Russia announced Thursday that it had banned imports of meat , fish , milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States , the European Union , Australia , Canada and Norway .\nRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the import ban on orders from the country 's president , Vladimir Putin , ... | allsides-corpus-564 |
Direct government subsidies for farmers have shrunk in recent years . | Graphic by Julia Haslanger Senate advances farm bill\nA new five-year farm bill advanced toward final passage Tuesday , after a strong bipartisan Senate vote Monday night to limit further debate and expedite action .\nThe 72-22 vote caps two years ... | allsides-corpus-565 |
LISTEN TO ARTICLE 3:03 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share Tweet Post Email\nTerms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars . Sign up here .\nChina and the U.S. agreed on the text of a phase one trade deal that includes the removal of tariffs on Chinese goods in stages , Vice Commerce Minister... | allsides-corpus-566 |
While the Obama administration has been working overtime to push their sequestration-scaremongering campaign , all about how $ 85 billion in cuts means that we won ’ t be able to afford White House tours or as many border patrol agents , it is amazing to me that stuff like this somehow never even gets a mention . Hey ,... | allsides-corpus-567 |
The U.S. livestock market is about to simmer with new business – and more competition .\nIn what they hope to be the first of many deals that would further open the world ’ s largest market of middle-class consumers , President Trump and his trade team , led by Commerce secretary Wilbur Ross , began taking steps to set... | allsides-corpus-568 |
Advertisers are grappling with a stark realization : After spending years courting U.S. consumers with aspirational images of upscale urban living , they may have misjudged the yearnings of much of their audience .\nIn the wake of Donald Trump ’ s election as U.S. president with a wave of support from middle American v... | allsides-corpus-569 |
Back in 2000 , Diallo Shabazz was surprised to see himself on the cover of the University of Wisconsin admissions booklet . But there he was , cheering in the stands at a football game he never attended , just behind a group of white students .\nSome employees in the marketing department had decided to photoshop his fa... | allsides-corpus-570 |
The corporate world , perceived by social activists as the belly of the capitalist beast , might have been expected to be the most difficult for left-wing activists to tame . On the contrary , it has been a soft target .\nOn August 20 , the Wall Street Journal reported that the Business Roundtable , which includes the ... | allsides-corpus-571 |
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi will step down after 12 years leading the food and beverage giant , ending a tenure marked by efforts to adapt to changing consumer tastes and fending off pressure from activist investors .\nPresident Ramon Laguarta , 54 , will succeed the 62-year-old Nooyi effective Oct. 3 , becoming Pepsi 's s... | allsides-corpus-572 |
Amazon ’ s decision to raise workers ’ minimum wage to $ 15 per hour was welcome news , even Sen. Bernie Sanders praised the move .\nBut for some Amazon employees , the excitement didn ’ t last very long as they learned that existing financial incentives and bonus programs , including stock and monthly bonuses , that u... | allsides-corpus-573 |
Apple CEO Tim Cook stands in front of a depiction of the new Apple headquarters building in Cupertino , Calif. , in 2016 . ( Stephen Lam/Reuters )\nOur politicians reliably fetishize two constituents of American life : the middle class and small business . The Democrats used to talk a bit more about the poor before the... | allsides-corpus-574 |
San Francisco is one of America 's richest cities , yet it has a major problem with homelessness and crime . An average of 85 cars are broken into daily , yet fewer than 2 percent lead to arrests .\nThe homeless themselves are often harassed . `` They run around and they shout at themselves , '' one man who usually sle... | allsides-corpus-575 |
'T is the season of joyful children , the unfortunate addition of candy canes to coffee drinks , and fancy DVD sets given by people who apparently are n't aware of streaming video . And also , pleas to help the homeless .\nThe way that last part repeats , year after year , can make it seem like homelessness is an entre... | allsides-corpus-576 |
The US Department of Agriculture runs a housing program for low-income residents in rural areas that is shrinking , even as the need expands . Two reports this year found that the program – housing an estimated 435,000 people – faces a dark future . In the early 1960s , federal lawmakers directed the USDA to create and... | allsides-corpus-577 |
It was another chapter in a dismal saga of Nimbyist urban mismanagement that is crushing American cities . Not-in-my-backyardism is a bipartisan sentiment , but because the largest American cities are populated and run by Democrats — many in states under complete Democratic control — this sort of nakedly exclusionary u... | allsides-corpus-578 |
Others argue that “ Biden was almost the only one on the stage who talked like a normal person . There was a point near the end of the debate when he was talking about getting men involved in stopping domestic violence and he said that we need to keep ‘ punching ’ at it… I knew that the twitterati and the analysts woul... | allsides-corpus-579 |
Charlie Click was homeless and living in his car in Austin , Texas , when a stranger in a white truck offered him a sandwich and a fresh pair of socks . When he was in his late 50s , Click had lost his home and most of his possessions after a yearslong spiral that included four prison terms and two cancer diagnoses . T... | allsides-corpus-580 |
Some worry his populist brand of politics is thin on specific proposals – and , in fact , not unlike Mr. Museveni ’ s , when he first came to power . But others see him as the man to herald a newly empowered youth movement to reinvigorate democracy .\nToday , the once brash Mr. Wine has left behind the strut and swagge... | allsides-corpus-581 |
Female genital mutilation ( FGM ) will not be eradicated unless women are economically empowered to make their own decisions , an activist stressed today , as the United Nations released data warning that the ancient practice may take centuries to eliminate .\nDespite world leaders promising to eradicate the practice b... | allsides-corpus-582 |
With reports that two Americans have now been diagnosed with the Ebola virus while working to help Africans in Liberia , Western focus has shifted to the dangers of an Ebola outbreak . According to Samaritan ’ s Purse , the group for which both Americans work , doctor Kent Brantly contracted Ebola and then isolated him... | allsides-corpus-583 |
( CNN ) -- Hundreds dead . Many more infected . Pervasive fear and denial are challenging authorities in west Africa who are trying to assess and address the Ebola crisis .\nSo far , it has killed more than 650 people , says Doctors Without Borders .\nThat 's the highest death toll the World Health Organization has rec... | allsides-corpus-584 |
One of two American doctors infected with Ebola arrived in the United States on Saturday , the first time anyone infected with the deadly virus has been brought into the country .\nDr. Kent Brantly was being treated in a special isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon after landing ... | allsides-corpus-585 |
KADUNA , Nigeria — More than 300 boys and men , some as young as five and many in chains and bearing scars from beatings , have been rescued in a raid on a building that purported to be an Islamic school in northern Nigeria , police said on Friday .\nMost of the freed captives seen by a Reuters reporter in the city of ... | allsides-corpus-586 |
Kaci Hickox went for a bike ride Thursday , defying Maine 's “ voluntary ” quarantine that she ’ s fought against for the past week . The nurse 's refusal to stay in her home has ignited debate over whether she should be considered a hero for volunteering to fight Ebola in West Africa or a selfish danger to the public ... | allsides-corpus-587 |
DALLAS — A health care worker who cared for the Ebola patient who died last week tested positive for the deadly virus , sending health officials scrambling Sunday to find the `` breach in protocol '' that resulted in her infection .\nThe woman was among caregivers for Thomas Eric Duncan , who died Wednesday at Texas He... | allsides-corpus-588 |
Story highlights The outbreak of the Ebola disease has become a wild card issue in the midterm elections\nTwo candidates in high-profile Senate races sat on panel holding Ebola hearing Thursday\nSeveral House Democrats in competitive races have come out supporting travel restrictions\nCandidates who did n't attend the ... | allsides-corpus-589 |
As Maine officials said they were preparing to get a court order to enforce a mandatory quarantine , Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox said tonight she is not willing to `` stand here and have my civil rights violated . ''\n`` You could hug me , you could shake my hand [ and ] I would not give you Ebola , '' she said outside her... | allsides-corpus-590 |
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered all military personnel returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa to be held in a 21-day quarantine .\nHagel signed the order Wednesday morning , accepting a recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff . The Army days earlier had imposed such a policy on its own se... | allsides-corpus-591 |
Maine Gov . Paul LePage said Thursday he is ready to flex his legal powers to rein in a 33-year-old nurse who worked with Ebola patients , after she practically dared the state to seek a court order to quarantine her by enjoying a morning bike ride and refusing a deal that would bar her from public spaces .\nThe stando... | allsides-corpus-592 |
In 1959 the prolific author and professor of biochemistry Isaac Asimov wrote an essay about the formation of ideas and how to spur creativity . Fifty-five years later , the essay was found by Asimov 's friend , the scientist Arthur Obermayer , and published by MIT Technology Review .\nThe essay was the author 's sole f... | allsides-corpus-593 |
Annoyed by how often your cellphone needs recharging ? Stanford researchers say they 've made a major step toward the `` holy grail '' of energy storage — a pure lithium battery .\nA team that includes former Energy secretary Steven Chu says it 's building a lithium anode battery that might give electric vehicles a 300... | allsides-corpus-594 |
Use of fossil fuels is down 45 percent ( and net greenhouse gas production , by weight , is down 60 percent ) , he said , while sales are up 49 percent . Globally , the company ’ s carpet-making uses one-third the water it used to . The company ’ s worldwide contribution to landfills has been cut by 80 percent .\n“ He ... | allsides-corpus-595 |
The future of medicine got a giant step closer Wednesday with the publication of new research showing what may be a much easier way to turn regular cells into flexible stem cells , without destroying embryos .\nStem cells have long been looked at as the future of medical care , offering the possibility of mending a dam... | allsides-corpus-596 |
We could go to Venus tomorrow with the technology we have today , urged a NASA scientific advisory group , and the group 's members would like to get a mission off the ground as soon as possible .\nRepresentatives from the Venus Exploration Analysis Group ( VEXAG ) made a presentation to NASA 's planetary science advis... | allsides-corpus-597 |
On October 21 , U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) Administrator Jim Bridenstine told the House Committee on Science , Space and Technology that he foresees NASA will land astronauts on the moon by 2035 . “ We need to learn how to live and work in another world , ” he told lawmakers . “ The moo... | allsides-corpus-598 |
Most of the responsibility for food safety lies currently with the F.D.A. , which has oversight for about 80 percent of the food that Americans eat , including seafood , vegetables , fruit , dairy products and shelled eggs . The Agriculture Department oversees meat , poultry and processed eggs . But the two agencies pe... | allsides-corpus-599 |
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