Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said his agency is “very concerned” about the possibility of a large measles outbreak in the U.S. because of the growing number of people who have not been vaccinated against the disease. “What we’ve seen is, as over the last few years, a small but growing number …

A new national poll should cause supporters of Hillary Clinton to be very concerned about the popularity of her ideas and her ability to win the presidency. The poll was completed Jan. 20-21, 2015 by Public Policy Polling. Hillary long has promoted the interests of Wall Street, as did Bill, and Bill’s presidency delivered big-time for them, deregulating banks, deregulating …

hat with big news such as the Super Bowl and its advertisements, you may have missed the smaller news that large numbers of American oil workers have walked off the job. They have. Oil prices are currently in the toilet. That does not bode well for ground-level employees of oil companies, some of whom are bound to be laid off …

Croatia’s government is canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in debts for the lowest-income people in the country. The leaders hope to boost consumer spending and reverse various nasty economic trends — or at least keep their jobs when the next parliamentary elections roll around. Only the poorest Croatians are eligible for the program, which is intended to reach about …

McDonald’s, the molded plastic king of America’s molded plastic cuisine, has decided that money will no longer suffice to purchase its meager offerings; the company now demands that you degrade yourself in order to be fed. Perhaps you saw McDonald’s Super Bowl ad last night. (If you did not, bless you.) In it, the $90 billion corporation films unsuspecting customers …

Malcolm Brenner claims that, in 1970, he had a “consensual sexual relationship” with a dolphin named Dolly, whom he met at a Florida amusement park, when he was taking photographs for a children’s book. Now his disturbing story is the subject of a documentary. “Dolphin Lover” debuted last week at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Brenner, now …

If you are a woman who chooses to wear a hijab, do people treat you differently? Does the experience impact the way you feel about yourself? In a new Buzzfeed video, four female staffers — who don’t normally wear the head covering — try to answer those questions. The traditional Muslim headscarf is sometimes viewed as oppressive and sexist in …