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• Featured, Featured News, News, Political, Tracking TrumpDecember 20,2016by Reuters

  Trump prevails in Electoral College vote, protesters respond

  Republican Donald Trump prevailed in Electoral College voting on Dec. 19 to officially win election as the next president, easily dashing a long-shot push by detractors to try to block him from gaining the White House.Trump, who is set to take office on Jan. 20, garnered more than the 270 electoral votes required to win, even as at least half a dozen electors broke with tradition to vote agai.... Read More
• Featured, Featured News, News, PoliticalDecember 14,2016by Reuters

  Uber, SpaceX, Tesla, PepsiCo execs join Trump team

  Elon Musk, the chairman and chief executive of SpaceX and Tesla, as well as Uber Technologies CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick and PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi have joined President-elect Donald Trump's advisory council.Trump's transition team announced the development on Wednesday.The group, which includes numerous other top business leaders, aims to give industry input on the p.... Read More
• Featured, Featured News, National, NewsDecember 08,2016by Reuters

  John Glenn has died at age 95

  Former astronaut and Sen. John Glenn died on Thursday, Dec. 8, at age 95 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper reported.In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Glenn. The White House's tribute from that year reads: Medal of Freedom recipient John Glenn is a former U.S. Marine Corps pilot, astronau.... Read More
• Environment, Featured, Featured News, National, News, Political, Social JusticeDecember 05,2016by Reuters

  Dakota Access Pipeline protest timeline

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Sunday turned down the request for an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to build under the Missouri River, after months of protests from Native American and climate activists.The following is a timeline of the project:December 2014Energy Transfer Partners LP applies to build a 1,172 mile (1,885 km), 570,000 barrel-per-day pipeline to deliver crude .... Read More
• Environment, Featured, Featured News, National, News, Political, Progressive, Social JusticeDecember 05,2016by Reuters

  Dakota Access Pipeline protesters celebrate, remain at camp

  Thousands of protesters in North Dakota celebrated after the federal government ruled against a controversial pipeline project but were mindful the fight is not over, as the company building the line said it had no plans for re-routing the pipe.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Sunday it rejected an application to allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to tunnel under Lake Oahe, a reservoir f.... Read More
• Dining, Featured, Featured News, Lifestyle, News, WorldNovember 23,2016by Reuters

  Saffron harvest offers jobs, opportunity in Afghanistan

  It is early morning in a saffron field outside the western Afghan city of Herat and dozens of women are harvesting the delicate purple flowers, working quickly to gather as many as they can before the sun gets too hot.Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, selling for as much as $1,200-$1,800 a kilogram, and has long been seen as an alternative crop to opium poppies for poor farmers.... Read More
• Dining, Featured, Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, WorldNovember 23,2016by Reuters

  A scientific search for the perfect yeast for the perfect brew

  Belgium famously produces hundreds of different beers, but that is nothing compared to the varieties of yeast used to make it — around 30,000 are kept on ice at just one laboratory by scientists seeking the perfect ingredient for the perfect brew.A team from the University of Leuven and life sciences research institute VIB are examining and cross-breeding yeast strains, adding modern genetic.... Read More
• Featured, Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Tech, WorldNovember 23,2016by Reuters

  Half world’s population online by end of 2016

  By the end of 2016, almost half of the world's population will be online as mobile networks grow and prices fall, but their numbers will remain concentrated in the developed world, a United Nations agency said.In the world's developed countries about 80 percent of the population use the internet. But only about 40 percent in developing countries and less than 15 percent in less-developed coun.... Read More
• Featured, Featured News, National, News, PoliticalNovember 23,2016by Reuters

  Trump wins presidency with lowest minority vote in 40 years

  Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency with less support from black and Hispanic voters than any president in at least 40 years, a Reuters review of polling data shows, highlighting deep national divisions that have fueled incidents of racial and political confrontation.Trump was elected with 8 percent of the black vote, 28 percent of the Hispanic vote and 27 percent of the Asian-American vote, .... Read More
• Featured, Featured Lifestyle, Featured News, Lifestyle, News, WellnessNovember 22,2016by Reuters

  Study: Sexist men more likely to have mental health problems

  Men who behave like promiscuous playboys or feel powerful over women are more likely to have mental health problems than men with less sexist attitudes, according to a study released this week.The analysis found links between sexist behavior and mental health issues such as depression and substance abuse, said the study which appeared in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, published by the A.... Read More