Buildings Go Dark Worldwide

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:50:00 CDT

Cities around the world were marking Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights at 8:30pm local time in a call for global action on climate change, the AP reports. Earth Hour, spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund, calls for greater awareness and more sparing use of resources, especially...

Battle Ensued Over Show That Left People 'Sobbing'

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:20:00 CDT

Shonda Rhimes had to fight ABC over this week's Grey's Anatomy —an episode inspired by Christine Blasey Ford's testimony against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, BuzzFeed reports. Seems standards and practices was worried about the story's focus on how rape kits are used in hospitals. "They give these standard notes:...

Airplane 'Creep' Stymied by Female Passengers

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:54:18 CDT

A Canadian reporter noticed a disturbing incident involving a teen girl on a recent plane ride—and her intervention, along with that of other female passengers, helped the young lady out of an uncomfortable situation. Per the CBC , Joanna Chiu, the Star's Vancouver bureau chief, was on a flight from...

Ex-Trump Family Driver Is Behind Bars. Guess Why

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:25:00 CDT

Not long ago, he was picking up Donald Trump's children at the airport. Now he's behind bars. And Zoltan Tamas' arrest is part of an immigration crackdown that's been hailed by the Trump administration, the New York Times reports. "Zoltan wasn't caught crossing the border," says his lawyer, Mario Urizar....

Tens of Thousands Rally in Gaza

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:57:57 CDT

Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in the Gaza Strip on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of their mass protests along the Israeli border, as the territory's Hamas leaders largely restrained the crowds ahead of a hoped-for cease-fire deal, the AP reports. Demonstrators largely kept their distance from the...

Young Americans' Sex Lives Are Changing

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:20:00 CDT

Guys, really—it's time to stop leveling up on Fortnite . A new General Social Survey shows Americans are having much less sex and young men are partly the cause, the Washington Post reports. The 2018 survey says nearly one in four adults had no sex over the past year, an...

Liam Neeson: 'I Was Wrong'

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 14:45:18 CDT

Liam Neeson issued a fairly detailed apology Friday for how he reacted to a friend's rape decades ago—by roaming the streets with a stick hoping to fight what he called "some black bastard," the Guardian reports. In his statement, Neeson said he regrets his "unacceptable thoughts and actions" and...

Judge: 'Trump Exceeded His Authority' on Oil Drilling

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 14:05:34 CDT

President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed bans on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a US judge said in a ruling that restored the Obama-era restrictions, the AP reports. Judge Sharon Gleason in a decision late...

The Border Glut Is 'Staggering'

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:20:00 CDT

An unprecedented migrant wave is snarling the immigrant system and peppering the Texas-Mexico border with sad sights—like dozens of families jammed under a bridge in El Paso, the El Paso Times reports. "It's staggering," says McAllen City Manager Roy Rodriguez. "Really, we’ve never seen anything like this before." With...