President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the United States will start the process of normalizing relations with Cuba under a series of changes to U.S. policy toward the communist country. “We will end an outdated approach that for decades has failed to advance our interests and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries,” Obama said. …

Over the weekend, tens of thousands of marchers rallied against police brutality, standing in solidarity with families who have lost loved ones to police violence. With public scrutiny zeroed in on deaths at the hands of law enforcement, one thing is noticeably missing: a federal record of just how many people die in police custody each year. This, however, could …

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Are we living in Dick Cheney’s America? All of the numbers say yes. First, there’s the new poll from ABC News and the Washington Post, which finds a large and supportive majority for torture. Not only do 59 percent of Americans say the torture of suspected terrorists was justified, but 58 percent say torture is often or sometimes justified, as …

When King James touched the future queen of England on the shoulder after a basketball game, royal watchers cried foul. LeBron James, whose nickname is “King James,” met Prince William and his wife Kate at an NBA game between Cleveland Cavaliers and Brooklyn Nets in New York on Monday. The three posed for a photograph and James put his right …

The 52-year-old grandfather, who lives near Melbourne, says he’s a big “Simpsons” fan. (Why are we not surprised?) “I wanted to get something which was unique, which nobody else had or would even think of getting,” Baxter told the Daily Mail. Baxter said his love for tattoos began more than a decade ago, Australia’s Herald Sun reported. “The Simpsons” work …

Put away your Prozac; trash the Wellbutrin. The cure to depression is ketamine, and doctors are trip-sitting patients across the country. Treating depression with ketamine isn’t a new method, but now, via the New York Times, doctors and researchers at Yale, Mount Sinai and the National Institute of Mental Health are saying a few hours of tripping can have immediate, …