Penis pump coverage under Medicare may be banned by Congress with the House proposing a bill that would stop Medicare from paying for the erectile dysfunction device, saving an average of $44 million a year. House Republicans who wrote the bill argued that since Medicare is banned from paying for erectile dysfunction drugs, the program shouldn’t pay for the vacuum …

The St. Louis Rams “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” Ferguson protest before last Sunday’s game against the Oakland Raiders came in response to a St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The Rams gesture created a lot of controversy with criticism coming from both the St. Louis …

It’s tempting to cheat on your diet during the holiday season. We look at seven different ways to stay healthy during the holidays. These tips including using a plate at holiday parties instead of hanging out by the snack table, drinking apple cider instead of egg nog, choosing hummus and veggies, or guacamole and salsa over spinach artichoke dip, avoiding …

Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven announced that he will call the country’s first snap election in over half a century after the Swedish government, which is only two months old, failed to have its budget passed in parliament. A fringe anti-immigration party was responsible for detailing their efforts to gather support for the new center-left leader’s first budget proposal. We …

Allison Anders talks about the state of film, music and creativity in the modern day. Artists in the entertainment business and the struggle of punk-minded artists with and without the support of the mainstream is explored, as we go through years of Los Angeles music and movie history. Gentrification, Los Lobos, and the inspiration of Wim Wenders and Harry Dean …

Lee Harvey Oswald has been called a patsy for the assassination of JFK, but was he actually trying to save Kennedy’s life? His lover, Judyth Vary Baker speaks about the conspiracy to murder the president–shedding light on her intimate relationship with him in spite of his government marriage of convenience. Espionage, a possible cure for cancer, Castro, and that day …

King Richard III’s DNA has exposed that he is the product of infidelity casting doubt on his claim to the English throne. The remains of Richard, the last English monarch to die in battle, (the Battle of Bosworth in 1485), were found in 2012 under a municipal car park in the English city of Leicester. What does this say about …