via ThinkProgress Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s recent decision to prohibit early voting on nights and weekends in all districts has many concerned about the effect on voter turnout in the state, particularly among low-income and minority communities. But one Republican Party chairman is content to suppress votes among this vulnerable demographic. Doug Preisse, […]

via CNN Julian Assange demanded that the United States drop its “witch hunt” against WikiLeaks on Sunday as he made his first public appearance after months effectively confined to the Embassy of Ecuador in London. “As WikiLeaks stands under threat, so does the freedom of expression and the health of all our societies,” the founder […]

via BBC News A new threat targeting infrastructure in the energy industry has been uncovered by security specialists. The attack, known as Shamoon, is said to have hit “at least one organization” in the sector. Shamoon is capable of wiping files and rendering several computers on a network unusable. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s national oil […]

via news.com.au A Christian girl with Down Syndrome has been arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, accused of burning pages inscribed with verses from the Koran. Police arrested Rimsha, who is recognized by a single name, on Thursday after she was reported holding in public burnt pages which had Islamic text and Koranic verses on […]

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Back in January, a then 17-year-old Derrick Perry (pictured) was enjoying himself at a house party on Detroit’s westside when he took a gunshot to…

via BBC News Police in Rome have sniffed out a cannabis factory in an abandoned metro tunnel built during the rule of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, in the 1930s. Officers reportedly stumbled across the factory after smelling the pungent crop near an entrance, not far from the Italian central bank. The tunnel, just over half […]

You’ve probably never heard of Tré Melvin, but we can pretty much guarantee that your sons and daughters have. The foul-mouthed comedian/satirist/cultural critic has become a YouTube…

via CNN News Diana Nyad is back at it again — once more in the waters off Havana and heading, she hopes, to Key West, Florida. The 62-year-old endurance athlete jumped into waters off Cuba on Saturday afternoon, a day earlier than she and her Xtreme Dream team had originally planned, according to her Twitter […]

via BBC News Dallas has sprayed insecticide over the city for the first time in nearly half a century, to combat a deadly outbreak of West Nile virus. Dallas and other north Texas cities agreed to the rare measure to combat the nation’s worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne infection this year. The move has prompted […]

via BBC News US TV host Jay Leno has taken a pay cut to save the jobs of other members of staff working on the popular late night talk show The Tonight Show. Some 20 staff reportedly lost their jobs on Friday, as broadcaster NBC moves to reduce the show’s costs. “Jay’s foremost concern is […]