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Transgender military personnel from a number of American allied countries met in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss what they say are the benefits of allowing open transgenders in active military service. Organized by the American Civil Liberties Union, the conference

Twenty-one-year-old Yeonmi Park escaped the prison nation of North Korea by sneaking into China and walking with her mother across the Gobi Desert into South Korea. Her journey is laden with the bodies of old friends, relatives, and the thousands

Afghan-Canadian journalist Nelofer Pazira has told the Independent that yesterday’s attack in Ottawa happened because the country’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper “pushed Canada into joining the US-led war in the Middle East”. She claimed that the country had “become

Hundreds of children who were at risk of sexual exploitation have been let down by the police, according to a whistleblower. Ann Lucas, who ran the sexual exploitation service in the city of Sheffield, told the BBC that although she

The GOP is brain dead. The party lacks vision, imagination, passion and balls. I am continually frustrated at how they campaign. The Democrats are superior in every aspect except their ideas, which are detrimental to America and freedom. President Barack

With just two weeks until Election Day, more voters report being undecided in the volatile Peters-DeMaio race in California’s coastal 52nd congressional district, according to new polling by the San Diego Union-Tribune. The razor-thin margin, still undecided race between Republican

Allegations of a sexual abuse cover-up by IRA militants have caused a storm from Belfast to Dublin and drawn comparisons with the Catholic Church, as well as offering a rare glimpse into vigilante policing during the province’s troubled past. The

Iraq’s Kurdish regional parliament will hold a session on Wednesday to vote on deploying peshmerga security forces to aid Syrian Kurds battling jihadists from the Islamic State group, a senior lawmaker said. The planned vote raises the possibility that the

CONCORD, New Hampshire — Former Sen. Scott Brown opened up the economic battlefield on immigration here Tuesday night with a little help from NBC’s Meet The Press host Chuck Todd. “When you’re looking at that bill, what it also does is it

DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas Independent School District (ISD) took a preliminary sigh of relief at the Dallas County Commissioners Court on Monday morning, October 20, when officials made a surprise announcement: four out of the eight students under quarantine

A new watchdog group aiming to provide unvarnished scorekeeping on politicians who stray from right wing orthodoxy also has corrupt conservative political groups in its sites. The group, called Conservative Review and launched in late September, is issuing the first

Conditions within Labour-run NHS Wales are worse than those faced by the patients neglected during the infamous Mid-Staffordshire scandal, according to relatives of those who have suffered. An investigation by the Daily Mail has uncovered incidents including patients dying whilst

With just over a week having passed since the UK Independence Party won its first elected MP, and another defection victory on the horizon in Rochester and Strood, it is clear that the Conservative Party are still in a panic

Last week, I made a silly video featuring the Conservative party’s chief whip Michael Gove. If you haven’t seen it yet then obviously you should because it’s a work of accidental genius. But I do want to stress the accidental

A major new poll to be published in the Independent newspaper tomorrow has placed Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) on 24 percentage points, a whopping 21 percent rise since the General Election of 2010. Following the unprecedented performances of the

There is a “moral bankruptcy” that’s settled into leadership of America in the White House and throughout Washington, D.C., Dr. Alveda King–the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr.–said in an interview Friday morning. “All of our leaders–or many of our

DALLAS, Texas – Thursday in Dallas, the center of national attention amidst multiple cases of Ebola, a woman arriving at Baylor University Medical Center Dallas “screened positive” for Ebola-like symptoms, after which she was transferred to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.

A freak accident in central Sierra Leone left multiple Ebola patients in critical condition and countless more exposed to the virus as an ambulance heading toward a hospital “capsized” over a bridge in tiny Ngumahun Village. Reports of the incident are

This week the Spectator ran a piece written by the former UKIP leader Lord Pearson about his attempts at a pact with the Conservatives before the last election. The piece was well timed having come after a whole raft of

Glenn Beck is combating Ebola with animations and songs about not drinking a glass of diarrhea and demonstrations with spaghetti and chocolate sauce to show how easily nurses taking care of Ebola patients without proper equipment can contract the virus.

Colorado has been one of the clear surprises this midterm. While the general outlines of the Senate battlefield have been set for two years, Colorado emerged as a competitive state early this year. After a harmonious accommodation between the party

DALLAS, Texas — Parents in the Texas Belton Independent School District (ISD) received two contradictory late night communications from Superintendent Susan Kincannon. The first was a pleasant Ebola update and within minutes, came the second — a three campus shutdown

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) fighters have reportedly turned the sword on at least two of their own, after the group was said to have publicly beheaded fellow jihadis who have been accused of spying and embezzlement. The first alleged criminal was

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In Ukraine, trashing a politician isn’t a metaphor. It’s literal: Find a suspected shady official, grab him and throw him into a dumpster. Online videos of several public figures receiving the treatment from gangs of rowdy

DALLAS, Texas — Parents are feeling panicky at Zion Lutheran School in Northeast Dallas. The private Christian school offers pre-K through middle school plus after school care to approximately 300 students and isn’t even a school under Ebola watch but it’s located

On Wednesday, 28 Harvard Law School professors published a statement in the Boston Globe protesting the new sexual harassment policy adopted by Harvard University as a violation of the due process rights of students accused of sexual misconduct. Prof. Elizabeth Bartholet

Shares in the mounted cameras used by sports men and women have fallen up to sixteen per cent, according to

What’s the price for a series of headlines suggesting the political landscape for control of the Senate has shifted significantly in the Democrats’ favor? Key GOP operatives say the $1 million ad buy in South Dakota purchased just that –

The South Dakota “Independent” candidate for Senate Larry Pressler is campaigning on the importance of embracing illegal immigrants in America. Pressler is challenging Democratic candidate Rick Weiland and former Republican South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds for the Senate seat held

The divisive Democrat vs. Democrat Congressional race in Silicon Valley between incumbent Mike Honda and his challenger Ro Khanna received a slight twist on Monday, with both campaigns releasing conflicting polls. Khanna, who has been gaining traction at the polls

“FEMINIST” blared the stage behind Beyoncé at MTV’s Video Music Awards in August this year. No true megastar would feel the need to declare themselves on the subject one way or another, but the stunt was typical of the neediest,

DALLAS, Texas — Dallas Independent School District (ISD) broke the news about the second confirmed case of Ebola in the city limits to its families over the district’s online Health Updates on Sunday, October 12. The latest victim, Erin Pham,

In appearance on Monday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), who is locked in a close contest for reelection against independent candidate Greg Orman, touted the conservative support he is getting in the late stages