This architect says the most important feature of a mosque is its...
Mosques have huge variations in their designs and decorations. But when it comes to designing new mosques in the US, one architect wants to focus on sustainability instead of ornate designs and big...
View ArticleA push is on in the US to reunite families torn apart by El Salvador’s civil...
A new campaign is underway to reach Salvadoran immigrants in the US, to help them reunite with family members they were separated from during the country’s civil war.
View ArticleA tidier, more polite lobster roll ... courtesy of Canada
The lobster roll is a summertime favorite in New England. Fresh lobster, a little mayo, some dill and a splash of lemon juice. All mixed together, and then slapped on a hot dog bun. But up north in New...
View ArticleSending the Texas National Guard to the border might be money poorly spent
Texas Governor Rick Perry ordered 1,000 National Guard soldiers to the border, saying the deployment is needed to stop cross-border drug smuggling. But the move is getting mixed reviews from locals and...
View ArticleIt's not every day that workers fight for a beloved CEO — and win
The power struggle at Market Basket, a New England grocery chain, made international news and shut down much of the chain's operations. Workers and suppliers went on strike when their beloved CEO was...
View ArticleWhat if there were a 'black box' in every hospital operating room?
A Canadian doctor wants to record everything that happens when a patient goes under the knife.He says that an operating room 'black box' would save lives.
View ArticleScottish expats can't vote in the independence referendum, but they will have...
In a little over two weeks, Scots will decide whether Scotland should stay in the UK. Scottish expats won't get to vote. As you might imagine, many expats are not happy about that.
View ArticleAfter 20 years abroad, an American photojournalist turns his lens homeward
After college, photojournalist David Guttenfelder set off to find freelance work abroad. Twenty years later, he's back in the US and photographing his home country for the first time.
View ArticleQuirky French tennis star Gaël Monfils is wowing crowds at the US Open
Tennis experts agree that French tennis star Gaël Monfils has serious game. But Monfils appears to be as much of an entertainer as he is a player. Even as he heads to the quarterfinals against Roger...
View ArticleAn Eritrean refugee endured brutal torture. But he may find hope on a ranch...
Philemon Semere has a harrowing story to tell. For seven months, the Eritrean refugee was held captive in the middle of the Sinai desert for a huge ransom. He managed to be set free last year after his...
View ArticleThe US is struggling to define its place in a 'world on fire'
In a year of never-ending crises from Ukraine to Syria to Gaza to West Africa, the United States isn't always the country getting results. What does that mean for America's place in the world?
View ArticleNATO takes aim at Russia's attacks — online
With Russia's military intervening in Ukraine, NATO has plenty to discuss at this week's summit. But one aspect of the conflict with Russia goes beyond Ukraine. It lies in cyberspace. And NATO is set...
View ArticleThe Italian Bobby Fischer is making chess history in St. Louis
A tournament in St. Louis has everyone in the chess world mesmerized. Norway's glamorous, 23-year-old World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen was the favorite. But a younger upstart has won a...
View ArticleUniversities are screening students from West Africa for Ebola as they return...
There are an estimated 10,000 students from Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea attending American colleges and universities. Many US campuses have put Ebola health screening measures in place to...
View ArticleAfrican immigrants in Colorado are finding their political voice
In Colorado, Africans are second only to Latin Americans among the state's immigrant populations. Until now, they've been largely absent from Colorado's politics, but new candidates and civic groups...
View ArticleA Scottish comedian remembers the joy of being insulted by Joan Rivers
Janey Godley was all excited to meet Joan Rivers for the first time at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. And when it happened, the first words out of Rivers' mouth were an insult. For Godley, it was...
View ArticleMeet The Brady Bunch, Asian-American style — courtesy of photographer Michael...
Most of us never imagine our family photos will end up in, say, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Neither did the famous photographer Michael Jang. Then he realized the photos he took as a...
View ArticleThis American man very nearly joined the jihad in Chechnya in the 1990s
Michael Muhammad Knight thinks he knows why young American men are joining groups like ISIS. He was one of them.
View ArticleMurdered journalist Steven Sotloff was Jewish and Israeli — and here's how...
When Steven Sotloff's friends discovered he was being held captive by ISIS militants, they set out to hide any reference to the fact that he was Jewish and a dual American-Israeli citizen — and...
View ArticleHow Qatar is placing its bets on militant terrorist groups
An investigation by the New York Times has shown how the tiny Gulf state of Qatar is supporting a wide range of Islamist groups across the Middle East. This includes Hamas, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood...
View ArticleHere's the green success story of the California blue whale
A new study of blue whales in the eastern Pacific has found that the population of the behemoths there has bounced back to near pre-whaling levels. But other populations of blues elsewhere are not...
View ArticleIraqis welcome further US airstrikes, but worry they'll get more than they...
President Barack Obama will address the nation Wednesday and unveil his strategy for defeating ISIS, the militant Islamist group in Iraq and Syria. And while Iraqis say they're happy about the prospect...
View ArticleA ship full of Kurdish oil remains trapped at sea off the coast of Texas
An oil tanker is sitting 60 miles off the Texas coast, trapped at sea with one million barrels of crude oil from Kurdish Iraq. It's worth $100 million, but Baghdad and the government of the country's...
View ArticleThe wreck of a long-lost ship from the Franklin Expedition has been found in...
British explorer John Franklin departed England in 1845 to explore the Arctic — but he never returned. Now one of the two lost Franklin expedition ships has been found by the Royal Canadian Geological...
View ArticleObama will outline his strategy for fighting the Islamic State movement
President Barack Obama will address the nation Wednesday, and he's expected to make his case for further US military action against the militants who call themselves the Islamic State. The president is...
View ArticleNo matter where in the world you are, opting out of childhood vaccines can be...
The new NOVA special, "Vaccines: Calling the Shots," explores the lingering global resistance to vaccination campaigns. Case studies from around the world explain just how bad the impact can be when...
View ArticleMosul residents will be listening closely to President Obama's speech
American credibility is on the line as the US prepares to act against ISIS, but no one has more at stake than those who live in or have loved ones in the militant group's path. In the city of Mosul in...
View ArticleNot everyone agrees that ISIS poses a serious threat to the US
National security experts agree that ISIS is bad news, but is it such bad news that it warrants an American military intervention? With President Barack Obama set to address the nation on Wednesday,...
View ArticleGraphic images of war are hard to stomach — but some say they're necessary
When news outlets decide to publish graphic photos of war and violence, they often face censorship, opposition or anger for doing so. In the wake of the release of ISIS beheading videos, one journalist...
View ArticleCan the US 'destroy' ISIS without American ground troops?
President Obama has committed the US to war with the Islamist militants of ISIS, but he has also limited his military options. Newsweek's Middle East editor thinks the effort might be too little, too...
View ArticleHere's how a military interpreter made it from danger in Afghanistan to...
Signing up to interpret for the US military in Afghanistan was the beginning of a long, tragic journey for Mohammad Usafi. Because of his work, the Taliban killed his father and threatened his family....
View ArticleThe US war on ISIS will look a lot like the American role in Yemen and Somalia
When the US responded to terrorism after 9/11, it used troops and massive force in the Middle East. The new war declared last night by President Obama against the terrorist organization know as the...
View ArticleHere's how to keep that old cell phone you're about to toss from becoming...
You've seen the new iPhone 6. You want one. You buy one. So what do you do with your old iPhone to make sure it doesn't end up in some e-waste toxic pile in West Africa? We've got a few recommendations...
View ArticleA shy 19-year-old woman disappeared in Minnesota — and resurfaced in Syria
At least one young man from Minnesota has died fighting with ISIS militants in Syria. But who would expect a shy, 19-year-old woman with no job and no passport to attempt the journey there? But that's...
View ArticleA mixed-race German confronts white supremacists face-to-face, including the...
As one of the first black women to ever appear on German television, Mo Asumang has faced her share of hate — mainly from the neo-Nazis of Germany. And she decided to confront the haters, including...
View ArticleNo one really knows why a young American was sentenced to hard labor in North...
A North Korean court has sentenced Matthew Todd Miller, a US citizen in his mid-20s, to six years in a North Korean labor camp for conspiring to commit “hostile acts” against the state. But many...
View ArticleGang violence awaits a teen from El Salvador after his failed attempts to...
José has already tried to escape from El Salvador to the US this summer — twice. But he's failed each time, and now he's dodging gang violence at home while trying to make yet another attempt to leave.
View ArticleToronto Mayor Rob Ford has been diagnosed with cancer — so his brother is...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has dropped out of the mayoral race after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. But that doesn't mean that there won't be a Ford on the ballot.
View ArticleShe's an organizer of America's domestic workers — and, now, a certified...
Ai-jen Poo, the director of National Domestic Workers Alliance, just won a MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the "genius grant." She describes how it feels to win the prestigious award and how it...
View ArticleCentral American kids who make it to the US must cope with the violence they...
Many of the kids who crossed the Mexico-US border this year are now in Los Angeles and starting school. But it's not so easy to leave behind the violence they witnessed, and which drove them to flee,...
View ArticleWhen environmental activists march in New York, look for immigrants at the...
A climate change march expected to draw thousands in New York on Sunday will be led in part by groups of immigrants. Organizers say it shows that the movement for action on climate change is broadening...
View ArticleAmerica is becoming an under-the-radar hub of sumo wrestling
Over the weekend, in Long Beach, Calif., a tournament featuring some larger-than-life competitors took place — the 14th annual US Sumo Open. Surprisingly, it's the biggest amateur sumo competition...
View ArticleHow wartime prejudice brought young Japanese Americans together for life
In the years around World War II, exclusion and racial prejudice led Japanese American girls to form hundreds of social clubs to get through the tough times — and have fun. And almost 70 years later,...
View ArticleDon't be afraid of that bitter taste in your mouth!
Sweet, sour and salty — those flavors get a lot of press when it comes to food writing. But bitter? Not so much. Jennifer McLagan wants to change all that, and she's written a new book extolling the...
View ArticleAmerican artists practice a little shadow puppet diplomacy in Iran
A group of Chicago-based artists put on a puppet show and got a standing ovation last week. In Iran. The 10 American puppeteers were invited to the Tehran Mobarak Puppet Festival. It was the first...
View ArticleThis woman's gaming career took off in the back of her parents' Chinese...
Lilian Chen grew up playing video games in the back of her parent's Chinese restaurant. She navigates between her life Chinese heritage at home and her American lifestyle at school. But it was in the...
View ArticleThe UN climate summit opens with a voice from an endangered nation
Leaders from all over the world have gathered in New York to attend the UN Climate Summit. The first thing they heard was an impassioned poem from a mother and activist from the Marshall Islands, a...
View ArticleA teen's parents are allowed to stay in the US, but he still faces deportation
Carlos Ramos, a teenager living in Massachusetts, started the new school year with a lot on his mind. At the top of the list was whether he'll be able to stay with his parents, who have permission to...
View ArticleBollyX combines Bollywood dance moves with aerobics to make you more fit
Have you ever done the "screw in the light bulb" dance move? How about the "picking fruit?" You'll learn them and more moves at the new BollyX fitness class.
View ArticleEric Holder will resign, leaving a mixed legacy on national security issues
When he joined President Obama's cabinet, Attorney General Eric Holder was expected to oversee the shutdown of the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That never happened, but Holder...
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