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An American City Govt. Seeks the Cruel Power to Banish People from the Streets in... Vermont
Burlington Vt.'s city ordinance allows the immediate and arbitrary banishment of people from public streets with no due process of law and no effective appeal ...
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Gringos on the Ayahuasca Trail ... Young Americans Are Flocking to S. America for Pychedelic Promise
music and inebriated shouts pouring from the gringo bars. Rurrenabaque is at the epicenter of Bolivia's burgeoning eco-tourism industry, with dozens of expeditions into the jungle leaving daily. But travelers often become intrigued by a different local offering: guided shamanic tours which use the hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca to prompt spiritual revelations. Ayahuasca has featured ...
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Brazil braces for more anti-government protests
Brazil braced for a new round of anti-government protests Wednesday after a violent night of looting and vandalism in Sao Paulo that led to at least 30 arrests. An estimated 50,000 people flooded the city's central Cathedral Square for the second night running, marching through streets and waving banners carrying slogans such as, "The people have awakened." One group tried to ...
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Taliban defy peace bid with deadly attack on Americans
KABUL (AFP) - The Taliban on Wednesday claimed an audacious attack in Afghanistan that killed four US troops mere hours after Washington said it would talk to the insurgents about ending more than a decade of war.The deadly rocket attack on Bagram, Afghanistan's biggest US-led military base just north of Kabul, was a stark reminder of the potency of an Islamist insurgency that has time and ...
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Unusual Heat Wave Bakes Alaska
Alaska is dealing with an unusual heat wave. Temperatures have reach 70 in Anchorage almost every day for more than a week, while a more remote area saw a high of 96. (June ...
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Visit soon Americas 11 most endangered places
11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Now in its 26th year, the list spotlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. This year's roster reflects sites that are threatened by not-so-benign neglect, encroaching development and the impact ...
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Baked Alaska Unusual heat wave hits 49th state
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A heat wave hitting Alaska doesn't rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the weather feels like a stifling oven - or a tropical paradise.With temperatures topping 80 degrees in Anchorage, and higher in other parts of the state, people have been sweltering in a place where few homes have air conditioning.The official ...
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New York City aims to require apartment dwellers to compost food scraps
NEW YORK -- Legions of New York City apartment dwellers will soon be asked -- and may eventually be forced -- to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the city ...
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American Medical Association recognises obesity as a disease
United States The American Medical Association (AMA) has voted to recognise obesity as a disease, describing it as an "epidemic" gripping the US.At its annual meeting, the AMA noted that obesity rates in the US have doubled among adults in the past 20 years and tripled among children in a generation.More than one-third of US adults are obese.The World Health Organisation and the US ...
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Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive
authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes ...
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Mexico nabs most wanted American sex predator at resort town
(42 mins ago) Mexican officials said they arrested Walter Lee Williams, a US citizen and alleged child sexual predator who was on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals. Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a seaside resort town just south of Cancun on Mexico's Caribbean coast, said Gaspar Armando Garcia, the Quintana Roo state ...
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Americans heres how to dress
While we don't necessarily agree our dingoes are 'adorable', we have to say they're right on the money when it comes to style.We're not saying all 'ordinary' Americans dress badly - just that they're not led particularly well from their celebrities, who seem to think it's OK to walk the red carpet in outfits that look like they came from mum's ...
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Obama to call for U.S.-Russia nuclear arms cuts
Barack Obama 's foreign-policy speech in Berlin Wednesday will call for additional U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms cuts, administration officials said. He is expected to say Washington and Moscow can shrink their nuclear arsenals by up to one-third beyond cuts mandated under the 2010 New Start, or Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, without hurting deterrence or capabilities, the officials told The ...
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Syria peace talks delayed after Putin unyielding
Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ...
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Investors look for answers on economy from Fed
In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...
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Russian Church in America marks 400th anniversary of Romanov dynasty
NEW YORK, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia /ROCOR/ has marked the 400th anniversary since accession of the Romanov dynasty to the Russian throne. The main events of the celebration were held in the Cathedral of the Icon of Our Lady of the Sign in New York City. Tuesday night, a remembrance vespers service for the late czars and emperors of Russia was held there. ...
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Analysis Hospital investors sold on U.S. health reform despite bumps
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack Obama's healthcare ...
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U.S. builders complain they cant find skilled carpenters
1 of 4. Carpenter's work on installing fascia trimwork at a housing site at Mid-Atlantic Builders ''The Villages of Savannah'' development in Brandywine, Maryland May 31, ...
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After court rules California gay marriage fight may go on
A man carries flags at a rally in support of same-sex marriage at the State of California Supreme Court in San Francisco, California March 26, ...
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Jury selection in Trayvon Martin murder case moves into final phase
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of slain teen Trayvon Martin, sits with family attorney Benjamin Crump, during proceedings in the trial of George Zimmerman in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Florida, June 17, ...
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Giants Score Twice In 8th Defeat Padres
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Juan Perez hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 5-4 on Tuesday night, snapping the Padres’ seven-game winning ...
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South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...
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Nigeria Mass Infanticide in America
A report from the office of the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that, in 2009 alone, 784,708 successful abortions were carried out in that country. "That's a breathtaking number, no matter which side of the abortion debate you sit on," the report admits. "What this statistic doesn't convey is a more mysterious number: how many ...
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3 arrested in suspected slavery case
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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McCaskills early endorsement of Hillary Clinton is meant as a nudge
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Chicago on June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott ...
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