Japan is shedding the restraints that bound it after the Second World War The ruling party of Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party, removed its pledge against war from its working policy revealed yesterday at the eighty-first annual convention of the party in Tokyo.
Subsidies and industry lobbying wreak havoc to national health There is a health care crisis in the United States right now, related to the excess consumption of sugar, a practice which has a multitude of negative health effects including coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, osteoarthritis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, gout, fatty liver disease, and cancer.
Is it ethical to hunt dolphins? International pressure is mounting to stop the Japanese practice of dolphin and porpoise hunting. Entities such as the International Whaling Commission, Environmental Investigation Agency, Animal Welfare Institute, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation are being joined by activist groups such as Save Japan Dolphins and Sea Shepherd.
After the Target data breach over the holidays consumers have been pretty worried about their credit cards and bank accounts. Well, it turns out cybersecurity and other experts agree that you should be worried and expecting more similar attacks.
Nobel Peace Prize-winning, African-American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. impacted many lives, but he also had a great influence on Latinos who also faced discrimination -- including Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente, who was both black and Latino.
George P. Bush, the son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and nephew of former President George W. Bush, wasn't pleased with remarks and "ignorant statements" made about Hispanics by Texas Republicans in leadership positions, and decided to take a stand against it. Bush, whose mother is Mexican, spoke at a GOP Hispanic outreach event last Wednesday, speaking on the subjects of Latino inclusion and public education reform in Texas.
The dreaded flu season is upon us and this year the H1N1 virus, which emerged in 2009 to cause a pandemic, is the predominant strain. H1N1 has reached the epidemic threshold as of this past week and is now widespread in 40 states.
The outspoken and outlandish NBA Hall of Famer seemingly cannot hang onto his sobriety lately. Dennis Rodman needed a timeout. He checked himself into a New Jersey rehab facility for a 28 or 30 day program.
According to a poll released Monday, a majority of residents in New York State support a pilot program for legalizing marijuana under certain circumstances, which Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled last week during his state-of-the-state address.
As the last evacuation orders are lifted for the communities threatened by the Colby Fire in Southern California, the three men allegedly responsible for sparking the inferno remain in jail. Each is being held on half a million dollars bond, while they await a decision as to whether they will face federal charges for their actions.
The 17-year-old suspect sought for his involvement in the school shooting that occurred in Philadelphia on Friday turned himself in to police over the weekend and was taken into custody on several charges for which he will be tried as an adult.
Following the passage of a bill last week by a city council committee in Washington D.C. that brought the nation’s capital a step closer to decriminalizing marijuana, President Obama voiced publicly his opinion that it’s important for the legalization of marijuana to go forward.
Troubled former NBA star Dennis Rodman has entered rehab for alcohol abuse after his North Korea trip that was rife with controversy and news making quotes from the start, his agent has confirmed.
Death by firing squad may seem an antiquated method of execution for prisoners facing the death penalty, but the method may become more mainstream as a number of states across the country consider its adoption.
Although the Winter Olympics in Sochi do not officially start until February, the controversy over host Russia's anti-gay laws is heating up - just as people expected
Residents of California are facing water shortfalls in the driest year in recorded drought history. In response to and in preparation for extreme drought conditions, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. declared on Friday a State of Emergency.
Attorneys representing Playboy Magazine have filed a lawsuit against Harper’s Bazaar publisher Hearst Communications for infringement over the magazine’s online publication of copyrighted photos of fashion legend Kate Moss.
After two students were injured during a shooting at a high school in North Philadelphia, police have announced that they are making progress in terms of tracking down and vetting the three male suspects thought to have been responsible.
According to a poll released on Friday by Quinnipiac University, most New Yorkers agree that former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg’s 12 years in office were “mainly a success,” despite the Inauguration Day barbs he received that most agree were inappropriate.
