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A woman is silhouetted against the moon while walking her dog Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in La Habra, Calif.

Glance Skyward Friday For Triple-Feature Astronomical Show

This weekend promises to be a celestial triple-play for anyone who is willing to spend some time outdoors staring into the vast nothingness of space on a few cold evenings, CNET reports. Kicking off the weekend Friday is a penumbral lunar eclipse, a full “snow moon” and a comet both occurring in a rare convergence at night, the report said. February brings with it the moniker

Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, hold their newborn daughter as they as they pose for the media outside St. Mary's Hospital's exclusive Lindo Wing, London, Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Eating During Labor May Be Both Safe and Beneficial For Women

According to new research published this week, women that ate before delivery had a slightly shorter labor than those restricted to ice chips or water even though the study couldn't prove eating caused that side-effect, according to Reuters. Concerns go back to a 1940s study when women delivered under general anesthesia were at risk of choking or inhaling stomach contents

Volunteers attempt to keep body temperatures of beached whales from rising at Farewell Spit, New Zealand.

New Zealanders race to save whales after 400 stranded

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand volunteers formed a human chain in the water at a remote beach on Friday as they raced to save dozens of whales after more than 400 of the creatures beached themselves in one of the worst whale strandings in the nation's history. About three-quarters of the pilot whales were already dead when they were found Friday morning at

President Donald Trump and General. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command Commander, meet with service members at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

House Democrat Files Resolution of Inquiry To Investigate Trump Russian and Business Ties

Democrat Rep. Jerrold Nadler from New York filed a "resolution of inquiry" on Thursday in an obscure move to force executive-branch agencies and presidents into sharing records with Congress, as reported by The Washington Post. Nadler's resolution asks Attorney General Jeff Sessions for "copies of any document, record, memo, correspondence, or other communication of the

Kashmiri farmers plant rice saplings on a paddy field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, June 07, 2016. Agriculture is the main livelihood of about 60 percent of India's 1.2 billion people.

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Should I worry about arsenic in my rice?

This is why rice contains about 10-20 times more arsenic than other cereal crops. But are these levels high enough to do us any real harm? "The only thing I can really equate it to is smoking," says Prof Andy Meharg of Queen's University Belfast, who has been studying arsenic for decades. "If you take one or two

Protest at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Terminal 4, in New York City, against Donald Trump's executive order signed in January 2017 banning citizens of seven countries from traveling to the United States (the executive order is also known as "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States").

VIDEO: Appeals Court Rejects Donald Trump's Bid To Reinstate Travel Ban

On Thursday the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a lower-court ruling that would have stopped the suspension of the executive order prohibiting travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., according to The Associated Press.Minutes after the ruling, Trump tweeted, "SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT

Economic Freedom Fighters in red are forcibly removed from parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Parliament descended into chaos with opposition lawmakers denouncing President Jacob Zuma as a

VIDEO: South Africa's Parliament Breaks Out In Brawl During Protest Over President Zuma

During a session at South Africa's parliament Thursday, lawmakers were thrown into a chaotic tussle as far-left lawmakers fought with orderlies while interrupting the speech and the main opposition party staged a walk out, according to Reuters. Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) questioned the president Jacob Zuma for more than an hour over a series of scandals

FILE - In this May 1, 2014 file photo, a Uighur woman rests near a cage protecting heavily armed Chinese paramilitary policemen on duty in Urumqi in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang.

China Opens Investigation Into Graft in Southern Xinjiang

China is investigating several people on the suspicion of graft on Friday in Xinjiang according to the regional government's anti-corruption watchdog, reported by Reuters. All seven people under investigation were ethnic Uighurs according to their names which holds significance as hundreds have been killed in western Xinjiang over the past two years due to violence between the

James Mattis is sworn in as the 26th secretary of defense in a ceremony presided over by President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.

Trump reaffirms 'one China policy' in call with China's Xi

BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump has reaffirmed

Orange gator puzzles South Carolina residents

Hanahan, S.C.: No one seems to know why there's an orange alligator in a pond near Charleston. Residents joke

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Cancer drugs may be delayed after Brexit, say experts

In January Jeremy Hunt said he did not expect the UK to remain within the EMA but was "hopeful" of being able to continue working closely with the regulator. "Separate regulatory arrangements" would be put in place, he added. David Jeffreys, the vice-president of Eisai - a Japanese drugs firm that employs

In this Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump sits at his desk after a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, left, and members of his staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Donald Trump just lost, bigly

President Trump has been on an 18-month winning streak. That streak ended Thursday night when a federal appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling lifting Trump's travel ban on refugees and all visitors from seven predominantly Muslim states. “The Government has taken the position that the President’s decisions about immigration policy, particularly when motivated by national

Iranians attend an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.

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Iranians pour onto streets to mark 1979 revolution

Traditional celebration of US-backed Shah's toppling comes after Donald Trump sparked war of words with Tehran . ...

A young Syrian child evacuated from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo during the ceasefire arrives at a refugee camp in Rashidin, near Idlib, Syria, early Monday, Dec. 19, 2016.

Britain Has Sullied Its Proud History of Helping Child Refugees

A statue of five young children, gathered around their suitcases and looking a little lost, sits outside London’s Liverpool Street Station. It’s a gift to the people of Britain on behalf of the children of Kindertransport, the rescue effort that brought 10,000 refugee children, mostly Jewish, to the United Kingdom during World War II. Expand A statue in front of London’s

Nana Akufo-Addo, opposition presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party during a press conference on election in his compound in Accra Ghana

Ghana: More than '200 State Cars Missing', ...President Akufo-Addo to Use his Personal Vehicles!

Over two 208 vehicles are said to be missing from the presidential fleet at the Flagstaff House, a situation which has compelled President Akufo-Addo to use his personal vehicles for some of his official duties, especially during his inter-city trips. Even the account of vehicles bequeathed to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration by the Mahama-led National Democratic

Native Americans from left, Eugene Sanchez, Jason Umtuch, Martan Mendenhall, and Hugh Ahnatock, all of Portland, Ore., drum and sing at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016.

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Since reality first exists in the mind and nowhere else, in the Age of Trump and Liberal Fascism some warn it’s become more difficult to tell who the real Brownshirts are. But one thing is sure, since Donald Trump was sworn in as the new President of the United States, not only have Trump supporters been attacked and beaten by

File - A man takes photos of the damage caused by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Yemeni security and medical officials say at least 45 people have been killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that targeted a funeral hall in the capital, Sanaa.

Boris Johnson urged UK to continue Saudi arms sales after funeral bombing

Boris Johnson pressed Liam Fox to continue exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia after the bombing of a funeral in Yemen last October that killed over 140 people and was condemned by UN monitors.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the President of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez Rosas, left, talk during a joint press conference as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.

Merkel to testify before German parliament panel probing NSA

BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to testify before a German parliamentary panel investigating U.S. intelligence activities in the country. The

Cracker Jack Baseball Cards (1914-15) Worth Over $10K Stored In Tobacco Tin

[VIDEO]: Defiant Assad Tells Yahoo News Torture Report Is 'Fake News'

6.7 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Philippines