Olympic Cycling Medalist Kelly Catlin Dead At 23
She was found in her dorm at Stanford University last week. Her family says it was suicide. “She saw herself as a warrior and it was do or die,” her sister, Christine Catlin, tells NPR.
Democrats, citing Russia, move to block foreign funding in 2020 election
With special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation reportedly wrapping up, the spotlight on Russian election interference is heating up. Democratic members of Congress, in their opening salvo after winning the majority in the U.S. House of Representa…
Ethiopian Airlines Crash Leaves 35 Countries Mourning
People from 35 countries died when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed Sunday Many on board the doomed flight worked for United Nations agencies and were headed to a conference in Nairobi.
Netanyahu Says Israel Is ‘Nation-State Of The Jewish People And Them Alone’
The remark made less than a month before Israeli legislative elections prompted many people — including Israel’s president and the star of Wonder Woman — to defend Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority.
A critical vote to define ‘home’ for Europe
One of the most compelling elections of 2019 comes in May when voters of the European Union choose a new parliament, which represents more than a half-billion people. In recent days, leaders in each country have tried to redefine how the EU can provid…
‘This Is Going To End Ugly’: Venezuela’s Power Outage Drags On
The country has been hobbled by a blackout since Thursday. People wait in long lines for gas and water, and increasingly are having difficulty communicating by phone or Internet.
As politics around the world pull apart, can the center rally?
From Brexit to Brasilia, from the District of Columbia to the Danube, leaders are ruling from the further reaches of the political spectrum. In London, 11 centrist members of Parliament who broke away from the Conservative and Labour parties last mont…
Spiritual or atheist? More nonbelievers are saying ‘both.’
In the summer of 1945, Albert Einstein typed a note to a young ensign stationed aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier out in the Pacific, responding to the passionate letter he’d received from him the month before. A Jesuit priest had told the ensign he had …
Can you pay an 18-year-old to be ‘cultured’? France gives it a try.
Amid streets lined with soot-washed buildings, the illuminated expanse of windows from Drancy’s local library beckons teens streaming in to get help with their Pass Culture, or Culture Pass, mobile app. “This initiative to give young people easier acc…
This Week Will Mark A Turning Point For Britain And Brexit. Really!
Yes, it’s been said before, but this time it looks to be real. Britain’s Parliament is scheduled to hold crucial votes that will clarify what happens next. Here’s what to know.
Russian Activist’s Trial Winds Down, Lawyers Say Charges Are Bogus
One of the last human rights workers in the Russian republic of Chechnya is on trial for drug possession. His lawyers say the charges are intended to stop him from reporting human rights violations.
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