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New badges are being handed out to encourage people to talk to each other on the London Underground. The Tube Chat pin is supposed to indicate to other commuters that the wearer is happy to have a conversation. The man behind the badges says he thought handing them out would be “way more fun” than…
Someone recently asked me if I had done theater in high school, to which I replied, “Oh yeah, I was acting 24/7 back then.” Actually, I played sports: soccer, basketball, and track. I came from an athletic family, so that wasn’t a surprise. When we are growing up, trans people like me learn early on…
The number of people killed in Haiti by the devastating effects of Hurricane Matthew was reported by Reuters to have risen as high as 842 on Friday as rescue workers and aid agencies battled to reach remote areas of the country, assess the damage and deliver relief. The hurricane, which hit Haiti on Tuesday, brought…
Your Post Has Been Launched! Fabulous! Don’t forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. 1. Please welcome another Young Avenger to the solo light: America Chavez is getting a Marvel Comics series of her very own come 2017. View this image › Marvel Comics ID: 9755604 2. The series was announced Friday…
I can’t believe it’s been nine years since the Southwest Airlines slogan “Wanna Get Away” was last in play. Sure, they’ve had memorable campaign slogans since, such as “Bags fly free,” but in my mind, they’ve always been the “Wanna Get Away” airline. When they brought the line back from hiatus last week, it felt…
/quality/90/?url=http://static.politico.com/6f/87/f931889e41f780df71d88e3da171/160913-colin-powell-getty-1160.jpg” data-size=”promo_xsmall_rectangle” /> White House press secretary Josh Earnest declined to weigh in Wednesday when asked about another leaked email, in which Leeds opined to Powell that Clinton would “pummel” President Barack Obama’s “legacy if she gets a chance.” “I’ll let newsrooms across the country make their own coverage decisions about what they feel is…
Woman sues her parents for posting childhood pictures on Facebook Image: Izabela Habur/Getty Images/iStockphoto By Sophie Hirsh2016-09-14 17:32:40 UTC Posting embarrassing photos of others on Facebook without consent is definitely tricky territory. But what measures do we take when the photos in question are of children, shared by their parents? An 18-year-old from Carinthia, Austria,…
For more than a year, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed that he would “love” to release his tax returns and prove to the public that he is indeed a very wealthy and charitable businessman. But, he’s said, there’s a hiccup that prevents him from doing so: The tax returns he filed between…
Photo “The whole birther movement was racist,” Colin Powell wrote in an email to a former aide that has been leaked. He noted that Donald J. Trump once questioned the validity of President Obama’s birth certificate. Credit Kazuhiro Nogi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who served as…
Enlarge this image Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, seen here in Washington in 2008. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, seen here in Washington in 2008. Susan Walsh/AP Colin Powell, who is usually a model of public restraint, apparently was not so…