Mitt Romney, day in and day out, hears it wherever he goes, whether at campaign events for Republican congressional candidates, restaurants, or private dinners, the message is the same — run for president in 2016. Romney associates say he is flattered by the attention and believes he would have done a better job if he had defeated the Democratic incumbent …
Judge To Ferguson Cops: Don’t Arrest Protesters For Standing Still
More than a month after Michael Brown was shot dead, protesters are still waiting for the grand jury to decide whether it will indict Darren Wilson. But the first court ruling has been issued telling police to stand down when it comes to dealing with protesters. U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry held Monday that police can’t force protesters to …
Black Foster Child Attacked By Police In Own Home
The foster parents of a Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina high school student are furious after neighbors mistook their son for a burglar and called police, who responded by pepper-spraying him in his own home, WTVD reports. Stacy Tyler said she had left her home unlocked because she knew her foster son, DeShawn Currie, would be arriving home from school. When neighbors …
US To Start Screening Airline Passengers For Ebola
The U.S. plans to start screening airline passengers flying into the country for Ebola symptoms, both President Obama and the director of the Centers for Disease Control announced this week. According to the Times, the screenings—which Sen. Charles Schumer described as “tough”—will most likely involve taking the passengers’ temperatures or requiring them to fill out questionnaires. Currently three countries screen …
The Texas Ebola Patient Has Died. What’s Next?
Thomas Eric Duncan, the man diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas last week, has died, according to officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Texas Patient Released From Hospital Four Days Before Ebola Diagnosis The Texas Ebola patient was released from the hospital two days before he was ultimately placed in… Read more “It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that …
Sleep Problems? Try This.
You go to sleep when you’re tired, right? That seems like the best way to go about it, but as The Wall Street Journal points out, sometimes forbidding yourself from doing that is the best way to get a good night’s sleep. The actual amount of sleep you need it always up for a little debate, but there are a …
Playing Violent Video Games Actually Makes Us LESS Violent
Violent video games have long been the target of politicians like Joe Lieberman and Hillary Clinton, who have sought to claim there is a link between playing them and committing acts of violence. A new study by Villanova University psychology professor Patrick M. Markey and his wife, Rutgers University psychology professor Charlotte N. Markey, finds that the correlation may actually …