Married, pregnant and 13. She needs your help
By Michael Hayworth, From Walk Free Maha is 13. Maha and her family fled the conflict in Syria and now live in a refugee camp in Jordan. Maha used to go to school and dreamt of becoming a doctor. Forced…
It’s incredibly difficult to track the movements of known extremists
By Michel Moutot, AFP From Business Insider French police stand in Longpont, northern France, on January 8, 2015, during a search Paris (AFP) – Having known ties to jihadist groups is no guarantee a person will be under constant surveillance,…
Extreme athletes live-tweet one of the world’s most grueling free climbs
By Patrick Kulp From Mashable To those safe on the ground, Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell are just two tiny specks on the otherwise unbrokenly smooth half-mile high stretch of granite that is the Dawn Wall of Yosemite National Park’s…
It’s official: 2014 was California’s warmest year on record by a huge margin
By Patrick Kulp And Andrew Freedman Federal data released Thursday confirmed what climate scientists had already widely suspected: California had by far its warmest year ever recorded in 2014. In the midst of the state’s worst drought in more than…
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Victory for education in the Caribbean
By Sophie Richmond New Internationalist blog Most famous as a holiday destination, the Dominican Republic is on the face of it a country doing very well – its economy is growing, and it has emerged relatively unscathed from the global…
Rewriting Caribbean history with local archaeologists
From Universiteit leiden More than fifty researchers are working together to describe the colonisation of the Americas from the Amerindian perspective. In November they will be meeting for the first time, in Leiden. How is Corinne Hofman, Leiden Professor of…
World’s Safest Airlines for 2015
AirlineRatings.com announces its safest airlines for 2015. AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating website, which was launched in June 2013, has announced its top ten safest airlines and top ten safest low cost airlines for 2015 from the…
Cardboard furniture for the dorm room and beyond
By Jeri Dansky From Core77 Furniture made from corrugated cardboard has many advantages. It’s easy to move; it’s not too expensive; it’s recyclable. We’ve written about the products from Our Paper Life, but a number of other companies have entered…
Father throws five-year-old daughter to her death from Tampa Bridge
From Inquisitr Florida has seen its share of tragedy recently, but none so horrible as a father killing his daughter. Five-year-old Phoebe Jonchuck was found dead this morning after her father threw her into Tampa Bay waters just after midnight….
Forget lumpy fruitcake. Rum-saturated Caribbean black cake
By Sara Rashkin From LAWeekly If you thought you could never like a fruitcake, don’t throw in the towel until you’ve tried black cake, the tasty holiday treat made throughout the English-speaking Caribbean for Christmas, New Year’s and weddings. Related…
