Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Violent clashes this week between anti-government protesters and security forces in Venezuela led to at least four deaths and hundreds of injuries. But one protester who was injured in the clashes said protesters would keep up the pressure to force President Nicolas Maduro to step down. On Tuesday, Venezuela’s opposition …
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May 03
Minnesota’s repeal of marital rape exemptions highlights existing legal loopholes
iStock/Veronaa(MINNEAPOLIS) — The governor of Minnesota closed a legal loophole this week in the state’s marital rape law — just one of what advocates describe as scores of legal loopholes still permeating state criminal justice laws from coast to coast. Marital rape laws have been in place in all 50 states for more than a …
May 03
Woodland Park Zoo welcomes new baby giraffe and it’s a boy!
Courtesy Woodland Park Zoo(SEATTLE) — It’s a boy! The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington welcomed one of its latest and tallest babies this Thursday. Olivia, the zoo’s 12-year-old giraffe gave birth to a healthy boy at 4:56 am yesterday morning. Unlike human newborns, “the baby was on his feet within an hour after he …
May 03
South Dakota governor ‘not welcome’ at reservation over opposition to Keystone protesters, says Oglala Sioux Tribe
Andrew Burton/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Leaders of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have told South Dakota’s governor that she is no longer welcome to visit their land after signing two bills into law regulating protests over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. In a May 2 letter sent to Governor Kristi Noem, tribe president Julian Bear Runner said …
May 03
UNCC instructor who escaped school shooting says students were ‘running for their lives’
Sean Rayford/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A professor whose class was the site of the deadly school shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is giving his account of “what actually went down inside the room.” As students in Adam Johnson’s anthropology class were giving their final presentations last month, a former student who …
May 03
Pentagon warns about China’s increased activity in the Arctic, growing ambition to expand its presence
Xinhua/Liu Shiping via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — China is increasing its activity in the Arctic, building a second ice-breaking ship and looking to expand its footprint in Greenland, according to a new Pentagon report, and Beijing’s presence in the region could lead to the deployment of armed submarines, the report warned. The warning comes as Secretary …
May 03
Ikea’s Swedish meatballs are getting a plant-based beef makeover
Daniel Fung/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — White Castle had an Impossible Slider. Then Burger King announced an Impossible Whoppers. Now it’s Ikea’s turn to see if a meatless classic is possible with plant-based Swedish meatballs. Ikea announced it is working on a faux-meat Swedish meatball to debut in selected markets February 2020, the …
May 03
Man gives a homeless person a few bucks before buying a lottery ticket, and wins big
(BOISE, ID) — A man is thanking karma for his winning lottery ticket. Brandon Sedin won $200,000 through the Idaho Lottery and he points to an act of kindness he performed moments before buying his ticket as the key to his success. Sedin reportedly gave a few dollars to a homeless man on a street …
May 03
Otto Warmbier’s mother calls diplomacy with North Korea a ‘charade’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Cindy Warmbier, the mother of American Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old American student who died shortly after being brought back to the U.S. after being held for 18 months in North Korea, made an emotional appeal on Friday to keep the pressure on Kim Jong Un’s regime, calling diplomacy with a regime …
May 03
Tips for getting the most out of travel
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — “Millennials are the experience generation,” says travel expert Brian Kelly, founder of the website, The Points Guy. “They are the ones saving money to go on trips, trying new destinations, and sharing their travel experiences on social media.” Kelly has found, however, the intense interest in travel is not just limited to …