The mayor of Washington DC has announced a plan to add 170 police officers to the city’s force amid rising violent crime. Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said on Wednesday that she has requested an additional $11 million from the City Council to
A watchdog group placed body bags outside Facebook’s headquarters during a protest calling the social media giant out for allowing the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine. The Real Facebook Oversight Board staged the protest outside the company’s headquarters in Washington,
All-in-one period tracker Orchyd offers $29 OB-GYN consults and even reminders to change your tampon
Nearly all post-pubescent women have experienced period-related panic at least once: They realize their flow has started but all their products are at home, their local convenience store has run out of their tampon brand, or — run! — they suddenly remember that
President Joe Biden met with exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Wednesday morning, as she tours the U.S. as part of a campaign to ratchet up international pressure on the authoritarian Lukashenko regime. Their encounter was not advertised in advance as officials
Twitter on Wednesday announced that it was closing its New York City and San Francisco offices and pausing all other office reopenings, in response to the latest CDC warnings about COVID-19. The Silicon Valley firm had already, in May 2020, become the first
The world has come to expect nothing less than breathtaking perfection when Simone Biles launches herself rocket-like over the vault. So the fleeting expression of disbelief that crossed the champion gymnast’s face as she completed the less than perfect move during the
The Jewish co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s have penned an op-ed expressing that they ‘unequivocally support’ the company’s decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank to boycott Israeli settlements. Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who co-founded the ice cream
‘There’s a new sheriff in town!’ President Joe Biden vowed to increase accountability for federal agencies to buy products that have a 60 per cent or higher threshold of components made in America President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday to increase accountability
A shocking video posted to social media shows the moment heroic bystanders rescued a father and his son after their Ford Explorer was caught in a flash flood. The video shows the SUV floating down rapids at Sycamore Creek in the Tonto
North Carolina mom, 28, is accused of taking her seven-month-old baby to a burglary at a home where she stole medication, a power saw, money, knives, socks and jewelry The McDowell County Sheriff’s office says it found Jenny Annette Skidmore Reel, 28,
Infomercial icon Ron Popeil, the man behind the catchphrase ‘But wait, there’s more!’ has passed away at the age of 86. Popeil, who is widely regarded as the father of the television infomercial, died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday in Los Angeles.