Danielle Wiener-Bronner
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Ukraine Pushes Forth With Ceasefire Plan
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a temporary ceasefire that will last from today through June 27, even though the Russian-backed rebels have said that they have no interest in a truce.
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Coffee Is About to Get More Expensive Everywhere
Months after we all started fretting over the prospect of a global coffee shortage, it seems we might actually start to feel the caffeine-related effects of Brazil's massive drought and Central America's coffee fungus, in the form industry-wide retail price increases.
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Scientists May Have Based Their Big Bang Confirmation on Faulty Evidence
Earlier this year, scientists revealed that they had finally found evidence of theorized primordial gravitational waves, providing the best proof of the Big Bang Theory to date. Now, however, the researchers have walked back the claim.
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Obama Extends Family Leave Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
The Obama administration will extend more federal benefits to married same-sex couples, the White House announced on Friday.
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ISIS Seizes Saddam's Old Chemical Weapons Plant, as Insurgency Creeps Across Borders
ISIS, the Sunni militant group which gained strength in Syria and has seized a number of Iraqi cities over the past two weeks, seems to be making headway in other parts of the region as well.
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New York City Agrees to Pay $40 Million to Central Park Five
Decades after five men were wrongfully convicted for the violent rape and assault of a woman jogging in Central Park, New York City has agreed to settle the case for $40 million.
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Iraqi TV Is Airing This Bizarre PSA to Try and Turn Citizens Against ISIS
The Iraqi government, which has been vehemently criticized for failing to fend off ISIS militants, has apparently tried to ramp up anti-ISIS sentiment using this very creepy commercial.
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Chilean Mountaintop Blown Off to Make Way for Extremely Large Telescope
Today, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) began construction on the largest optical/near-infrared telescope in the world, by blowing up the top of a Chilean mountain.
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Up to 75 CDC Scientists May Have Been Exposed to Anthrax
The Centers for Disease Control said today that up to 75 of its Atlanta-based workers may have been accidentally exposed to live anthrax.
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U.S. Leaders Think Iraq's Prime Minister Should Resign
As Sunni militants continue to battle against government forces for control of cities in Iraq, U.S. leaders are saying the country would be better off without its prime minister.
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American Apparel Fired CEO Dov Charney
American Apparel's board removed founder and CEO Dov Charney from the top of the company on Wednesday, saying "We take no joy in this, but the board felt it was the right thing to do."
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Ukraine Isn't Ready for a Truce, After All
Hours after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he was willing to order a ceasefire to help stem the flow of violence, separatists rebels refused the offer and the fighting continued.
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Actually, You're Cutting Your Cake Just Fine
The Internet explainer culture is up in arms today, trying to tell us that we've "been cutting cake all wrong," because some math guy has discovered "the best way to cut cake." How dare you, sir.
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Entrepreneur Barbie Will Inspire Young Girls to be Vaguely Ambitious
Today, Mattel launched the career of Entrepreneur Barbie, a perfectly coiffed, pink-clad, still impossibly-proportioned doll who is somehow supposed to help fuel the corporate ambition of little girls.
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Japan Finally Bans Possession of Child Pornography, with Some Caveats
Japan announced today that it will finally make possession of child pornography illegal -- but won't bar illustrated manga comics from portraying children in a sexually explicit manner.
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Ukrainian Ceasefire Could Happen Within Days
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that he will order a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine, which would give Russian separatists a chance to stop fighting.
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Obama's Foreign Policy Approval Rating Is Lower Than Ever
And that's not even counting Iraq.
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Iraqi Militants Seize Oil Refinery
Sunni militants are reportedly now in control of most of Iraq's largest oil refinery, which provides gas to about 25 percent of the entire country.
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Senators Question Dr. Oz Over Sketchy Diet Solutions
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the eponymous doctor in The Dr. Oz Show, was grilled in a hearing today on his role in promoting faulty weight loss pills.
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Why Are Astronauts Cool Again?
More than 50 years after the moon Landing, astronauts seem to be back in vogue.
