Hundreds of kilometers from last position.
Agency referred to DoJ.
Cut five hours off.
Ignitions killed 13 since 2004.
Faster speeds.
Tax-related issues.
It's too corrupt.
Saying Libya not behind bombing.
Wants reparations from colonizers.
And react to the voices of more dangerous tribes.
There was no engagement and no declaration of love. The worst ‘Bachelor’ ever ended with Juan Pablo telling a girl he liked her a lot and finally doing something that wasn’t dumb.
The Oscar winning actress sat down for a candid talk about her new vampire romance, gay Putin, her MoMA performance art piece, and her ‘cousin’ David Bowie.
The Oscar winning screenwriter of ‘12 Years A Slave’ sat down at SXSW to discuss his film ‘Jimi: All Is by My Side,’ chronicling the London years of Jimi Hendrix, and much more.
For a man who rode into office on what seemed like a wave of popular support for his progressive political mandate, mayor Bill de Blasio is looking awfully alienated from New York voters these days. He’s spent the last week absorbing full-throated...
It was his progressive agenda that got Bill de Blasio elected as mayor of New York, but going after successful charter schools may be a bridge too far even for many of his supporters.
Less than 18 months after the 2012 election, the fulcrum of American politics rests once again in Central Florida.Tuesday’s special election in Florida’s 13th congressional district is a big deal. It won’t just determine whether House Republicans ...
A special election in the Sunshine State’s District 13, otherwise known as Swingtown USA, is an important—and close–one for both parties.
There’s no such thing as a Maryland liberal. Terms like “California liberal” or “Massachusetts liberal” are well known (and, depending on whom you ask, pejorative) terms in the American political lexicon. But “Maryland liberal”? Not so much. It so...
Heather Mizeur, a two-term Maryland delegate, is running for governor in an attempt to make the safely Democratic state a laboratory of liberalism.
D.C. businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson is under federal and local investigation for breaking a whole host of campaign finance laws, including funneling more than $2 million to various candidates over a six year period through third parties and off-t...
After he denied receiving off-the-book funds from businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson, court proceedings revealed D.C. mayor Vincent Gray’s use of a code name for these secret dealings t...
Across New York City’s George Washington Bridge, a politician recently hailed as a “new national voice” has seen sky-high numbers crash with historic swiftness. Just a few months ago, Bloomberg News announced this politician was “planning to take ...
Just over two months in and Bill de Blasio’s approval ratings are sinking by the day, proving that running a good campaign doesn’t mean you’ve got the chops to properly run America’s...
Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz had the most to lose appearing before the elite group of journalists known as the Gridiron Club Saturday night. But he gamely appeared in the required dress of white tie and tails, and truth is he didn’t look all that u...
Republican joke-writers were shocked by Ted Cruz’s smoothly comedic performance at the Gridiron Club this weekend. And yes, there is such a thing as Republican joke-writers.
Morning Joe’s witty, highly caffeinated brand of repartee has made it a must-watch for the New York to Beltway political and media elite but it has never been mistaken for a lion’s den.Yet New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio found himself besieged ...
New York’s mayor was pummeled on everything from his plans to evict charter schools to the city’s snowstorms.
President Obama’s always had a knack for comedic timing. There’s the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, where he’s eviscerated everyone from Donald Trump to Matt Damon. He’s slow-jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon on Late Night. And he’s eve...
The commander in chief was skewered by 'The Hangover' star on everything from his birth certificate to NSA spying on the hilarious 'Funny or Die' parody show.
Would you like a coffee, love?Those are the first words out of Tilda Swinton’s mouth when I meet her. It’s 10 a.m. and we’re in a suite at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. The British actress is here to promote her latest film, Only Lovers...
The Oscar winning actress sat down for a candid talk about her new vampire romance, gay Putin, her MoMA performance art piece, and her ‘cousin’ David Bowie.
John Ridley, balancing a colorful assemblage of libations—coffee, orange juice and water, is seated across from me in an expansive, sunlit lobby at a hotel in downtown Austin. He’s buzzing from a cocktail of caffeine and creativity, the bedfellows...
The Oscar winning screenwriter of ‘12 Years A Slave’ sat down at SXSW to discuss his film ‘Jimi: All Is by My Side,’ chronicling the London years of Jimi Hendrix, and much more.
Very rarely does the best coverage of a major event come from an unknown writer publishing on MySpace. But this year the most entertaining coverage of the Academy Awards and the A-list parties that followed came from none other than Laura Simpson,...
Jennifer Lawrence’s bestie and Oscar date Laura Simpson knows there are perks to being a star’s pal. But just wait until you have to hold a coat while your VIP friend poses for pics.
If Dominique Ansel builds it, they will come.A line stretching almost two city blocks has formed outside the InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Downtown Austin, Texas. It’s almost midnight, but some of these dedicated fanboys and fangirls...
The pastry chef extraordinaire behind the cronut unveiled his latest—a chocolate chip cookie shooter filled with milk—in Austin, Texas. Verdict? Delicious.
Going overseas? Prepare to get scanned. Your passport may no longer be the only thing you need to hand over when traveling internationally. As a result of the increased scrutiny over security procedures following the disappearance of a Malaysia Ai...
Experts are calling for increased biometric screening at airports after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight #370.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict will likely end not with a bang but a lawsuit.If so, the venue will be the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague. The ICJ—not to be confused with other courts and tribunals dealing with war crimes, such as t...
Serbia and Croatia have opened their competing genocide cases against each other at The Hague—and lawyers in Russia and Ukraine will surely be taking note.
No one can dispute the fact that Jorge Mario Bergoglio has had an extraordinary year since being elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church last March. Every gesture, from his choice of the name Francis to his penchant for cold-calling parishioner...
On the one year anniversary of the pope’s election, Francis is the darling of the globe—but he does have his critics from liberals and reformers to hard-core Catholics.
By Paul Kendall In September 1941, a medical officer performed a deed so heroic he was awarded an Iron Cross by the German high command. With little regard for his own safety, and in the face of heavy Soviet shelling, Major Leo Skurnik, a district...
They fought alongside them, healed them, and often befriended them. But how do Finland’s Jews feel today about their uneasy—and little mentioned—alliance with the Nazis?
Kiev’s luxury Intercontinental Hotel seemed an anomalous place to meet a firebrand who has inadvertently contributed to triggering the most dangerous standoff between the great powers since the Cold War—but then Ukraine’s Maidan uprising has been ...
They’re fighters, not politicians—and the revolutionaries who tossed out kleptocrat Viktor Yanukovych are now having trouble adapting to the new political reality of an occupied Crimea.
Since 9/11, one of America’s closest allies in the Middle East has been the federation of seven sheikdoms known as the United Arab Emirates. Wedged between Iran and Saudi Arabia this wealthy country does $27 billion a year in trade with the United...
In a rare rift between two close allies, the usually discreet United Arab Emirates has gone public over its exasperation with the State Department.
Ukraine Faces a Dangerous BinaryAs Crimea’s March 16 referendum approaches, Russian troops are again amassing in the largest influx since the escalation last week, which placed the Ukrainian region under the Kremlin’s control almost over night. AP...
Hawkish talk by U.S. politicians and Putin-as-Hitler comparisons are turning the crisis in Crimea into a powder keg that could harm our allies in the region.
He is the most wanted man in the world. But even after his alleged identification, there are still more questions than answers about the enigmatic creator of Bitcoin.On March 6, Newsweek claimed to have located the digital currency’s legendary inv...
Newsweek claims to have identified the creator of Bitcoin, the online currency, but the man they identified refuses to confess. Meanwhile, more questions pile up.
Barbie turns 55 today, and she doesn’t look so good.Despite a flurry of PR in the constant quest to keep America’s original teenage fashion model doll relevant—including a controversial Sports Illustrated spread and a partnership with the Girl Sco...
As the plastic princess rings in her 55th, kids everywhere will be finding toys with more interesting stories to tell. Bad news Barbie, your days are numbered.
Everyone wants to tell you when to have babies. Economists warn that having kids early in your career can be a disastrous professional and financial move. Scientists counter that moms—and dads—who stretch their biological clocks are running seriou...
Much ink has been spilled on women’s ticking biological clocks, but take it from one dad whose aching knees and broken back are making him feel far older than his 30 years—parenting ...
Another year, another national meeting on AIDS with reports of a baby (maybe) cured of the disease. Last year, we had the Mississippi Baby (now re-branded as the “Mississippi Child”) who seemed to be free of fully-formed virus (called “replication...
Doctors at an AIDS conference this week made headlines with another infant “cured” of HIV. But the toxic mix of PR and science left out something crucial: she’s still on treatment.
It’s hard to establish the exact tipping point at which hook-up apps made their transition from cheeky and cheerful to straight up disgusting, but that time has come, and it’s pretty unpleasant. Gone are the days of randy singles excitedly replaci...
From a threesome organizer to a tongue-on-phone oral sex guide, the era of dialing up your crush is officially over. Welcome to the sex-tech revolution that's ruining dating.
You've probably never looked at a mammal’s brain and thought “Gee, I wish I could yank that out of its skull and shrink it onto a chip.” Nor have you likely gazed upon a colony of ants and remarked “wouldn’t it be great if we could get spy dr...
From artificial mammal brains to prosthetics that feel like real limbs, the military’s blue-sky researchers are aiming to bring man and machine closer than ever before.
By Diana Kelly for Life by DailyBurn There’s a new trend in dieting these days—not eating. Yup, “fasting” became a popular trend in the U.K. with The Fast Diet by Dr. Michael Mosley and has trickled over to the states in several variations, incl...
Tall, thin, and beautiful is how most people would describe the average runway model. It’s hard to differentiate one woman prancing down the catwalk from another, when they all possess long, flowing legs, flat chests, and stand at an average 5’11”...
A new modeling agency in London prides itself on signing unique, passionate individuals whose first priority isn’t becoming a model.
Beyoncé 'Leans In': For Sheryl Sandberg’s latest Lean In commercial, the Facebook COO has enlisted some of America’s most powerful women—including Condoleezza Rice, Jane Lynch, Jennifer Garner, and Diane von Furstenburg—to advocate again...
And a Victoria's Secret tell-all is reportedly in the works.
It was the discovery of Hatsune Miku, a fictional Japanese pop star whose voice stems from a Vocaloid, a singing voice synthesizer, during a trip to Japan last year that was the starting point for the latest body of work by artist Laurie Simmons. ...
Artist Laurie Simmons explores the freedom that comes with dressing up like someone entirely different—a doll—in a new exhibit based on the Japanese practice of Kigurumi.
Barbie turns 55 today, and she doesn’t look so good.Despite a flurry of PR in the constant quest to keep America’s original teenage fashion model doll relevant—including a controversial Sports Illustrated spread and a partnership with the Girl Sco...
As the plastic princess rings in her 55th, kids everywhere will be finding toys with more interesting stories to tell. Bad news Barbie, your days are numbered.
Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift road trip, Kendall Jenner shows off her Givenchy swag, and Lupita Nyong'o wears her love for Miuccia Prada. Plus, more of the week's best fashion instagrams.
Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift road trip, Kendall Jenner shows off her Givenchy swag, and Lupita Nyong'o wears her love for Miuccia Prada. Plus, more of the week's best fashio...
It was a gray Sunday morning with a constant looming threat of rain. I woke up early, hoping to finally spend an hour seeing the city of Istanbul instead of the suburban holes where we primarily worked. I arrived at the Grand Bazaar and planned to...
Working all day, every day for weeks—unpaid because of a contract in another language with a sociopath.
Vivienne Westwood Goes Bald: In a neighborhood protest againt the sale of housing co-ops, British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood removed her beanie to reveal a new cropped, white hairstyle. “Vivienne cut her hair as we must all wake up to Clim...
And Edie Campbell edits 'Love' magazine.
In 2013, the Park Hyatt Tokyo stirred up local controversy when it began promoting the use of produce from the Fukushima region in its in-house restaurant, despite concerns that fail-safe means of measuring radiation in food had not yet been estab...
Three years after a tsunami devastated the Tohoku region of Japan, one chef is risking the reputation of a major hotel brand to convince patrons that the area's food is safe again.
Inside an old key-cutting shop on a quiet residential street in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Nico Fernández and Luis Murillo are intently watching a sixty-five liter copper still. Inside, a potent maceration of wormwood, herbs, ...
A scattered group of absinthe lovers are beginning to come together in the Paris of South America to make and drink the green fairy. There’s only one problem—it’s largely illegal.
Richard Branson is fighting a rearguard action to defend his troubled space program, Virgin Galactic, which has come in for much criticism in recent weeks, with increasing numbers of commentators questioning whether it will ever get off the ground...
Brushing aside mounting criticism, Sir Richard insists his space program is going ahead, and even claims he will build hotels in space
If Dominique Ansel builds it, they will come.A line stretching almost two city blocks has formed outside the InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Downtown Austin, Texas. It’s almost midnight, but some of these dedicated fanboys and fangirls...
The pastry chef extraordinaire behind the cronut unveiled his latest—a chocolate chip cookie shooter filled with milk—in Austin, Texas. Verdict? Delicious.
Since Andy Warhol’s death in 1987, I have been asked the same question at least a thousand times: Did you have any idea, when you were working for Andy in the 1970s, how important and expensive he would become? I sort of did, as did most of us who...
Why does Andy Warhol and his art captivate us to this day? In an excerpt from the new edition of his superb account of the artist Holy Terror, Bob Colacello considers his legacy and ...
Just after dawn on a brisk December morning, my wife and I stepped out of the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi for our first look at the capital of Vietnam. We didn’t know what to expect; perhaps clusters of folks in the midst of Tai Chi exercises, as lo...
An American tourist in contemporary Vietnam discovers that the trip is a lot bumpier and certainly more surreal than anticipated. Exit through the gift shop.
The man with the best palate in the world lives on Aspen Mountain, in a tucked-away cabin at the top of a walking path that disappears into the slope. His home doubles as a workshop where Master Sommelier candidates aiming to pass their blind tas...
Passing the Advanced Sommelier Exam isn’t easy, so many candidates trek to Aspen Mountain to train their palates with the best man in the business.
Instead of wishing winter away, we decided to celebrate it by showing breathtaking shots of the most beautiful lighthouses around the world. Glass half-full, remember?
Instead of wishing winter away, we decided to celebrate it by showing breathtaking shots of the most beautiful lighthouses around the world. Glass half-full, remember?
Toyota and Women in the World honor Lauren Shweder Biel, founder of the D.C. Greens, as a Mother of Invention.
Last night marked a small victory for proponents of military sexual-assault reform. By a vote of 97-0, the Senate unanimously approved a set of changes to the military justice system's handling of sex crimes, including getting rid of the “goo...
In Senate, but will have to face the House.
Tall, thin, and beautiful is how most people would describe the average runway model. It’s hard to differentiate one woman prancing down the catwalk from another, when they all possess long, flowing legs, flat chests, and stand at an average 5’11”...
A new modeling agency in London prides itself on signing unique, passionate individuals whose first priority isn’t becoming a model.
There’s no such thing as a Maryland liberal. Terms like “California liberal” or “Massachusetts liberal” are well known (and, depending on whom you ask, pejorative) terms in the American political lexicon. But “Maryland liberal”? Not so much. It so...
Heather Mizeur, a two-term Maryland delegate, is running for governor in an attempt to make the safely Democratic state a laboratory of liberalism.
Of all those suffering in Syria’s civil war, children are among the most direly afflicted, according to a new report by Save the Children. “The focus in the public discourse is the fighting and the political situation, but what we see really missi...
A new reports cites a devastating number of child deaths due to lack of healthcare
On October 20, 1804, the Corps of Discovery camped just below the point where the Heart River empties into the Missouri, in present-day central North Dakota. Lewis and Clark were only a few months into their journey, and each day brought new wonde...
In the heart of America an Indian nation called the Mandan formed a fascinating civilization that was wrecked by European invasion. A new book tells their story like never before.
Blood Will Outby Walter KirnFrom his earliest school days, Walter Kirn is driven to succeed—to impress his instructors, out-accomplish his peers, earn top grades, and win contests. But midway through his undergraduate education at Princeton, quest...
This week, from friendship with a phony (and murderous) Rockefeller to fortune-seeking husband-hunters in the British Raj.
George Frost Kennan, America’s most influential 20th century diplomat, wouldn’t have been at all surprised by Russia’s recent military incursion into Ukraine. Indeed, it could very well be said that he predicted such a development as early as 199...
What would America’s most insightful strategist of Russia make of the invasion of Crimea? A new collection of his diaries reveals much about the man and his fine mind.
What if you could read a thousand-page book in a matter of hours?Gravity’s Rainbow on the train to work. Infinite Jest during an afternoon on the hammock. Crime and Punishment over a lunch break or two. With the technologically facilitated speed-r...
A soon-to-be released app uses text streaming to make reading quick and painless. Watch out Netflix, a new time suck is on its way.
Vladimir Putin, says John Browne, the former chief executive of BP, is a master tactician. “He is the definition of ruthless, which is to say he shows no emotion whatsoever and has actually no expression as well. He has one of the least-lined face...
John Browne, former BP chief, reveals why energy will always be used as a weapon, and how to deal with Putin.
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