The Injury Crisis Among Veterans

Hamilton Nolan · 04/09/14 08:43AM

After more than a decade of foreign wars, many of America's military veterans deal with combat injuries and PTSD. But an even larger problem is the mass of soldiers who've come home with devastating non-combat injuries.

​Search for Missing Columbia Student Enters Second Week

Taylor Berman · 04/09/14 07:45AM

On April 1, Jiwon Lee, a 29-year-old dental student at Columbia University and a stand-up comedian, made two phone calls—one to her brother and one to an unknown number—and left her Upper West Side apartment. She hasn't been seen or heard from since.

Taylor Berman · 04/09/14 06:50AM

Voters cast their ballots Wednesday during a parliamentary election in Indonesia. The outcome from the vote will determine the candidates for July's highly anticipated presidential election. Image via Dita Alangkara/AP.

Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/08/14 09:41PM

[Protestors inadvertently made a Los Angeles street pedestrian-friendly during a demonstration outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters today. The 375 desks represent the average number of students that drop out of the school district each week. Image by Richard Vogel via AP.]

Hamilton Nolan · 04/08/14 04:34PM

Jonathan Fleming, who spent the past 25 years in a New York prison after being convicted of murder, was freed today after prosecutors concluded he was innocent. Exonerations in America are on the rise, which is a mixed blessing.

The Onion's Report on Weed Will Make You Feel Stoned

Jordan Sargent · 04/08/14 04:10PM

"New Marijuana Study Says Everyone Knows You're High And You'll Likely Be Stoned Forever" is the title of a new video report from The Onion's video news team, and though it is dryly hilarious in that particularly Onion way, the best part is that the video gets increasingly, uh, psychedelic the more you watch it. Trust us, just keep watching.

Yale Student Says University Forced Her to Gain Weight

Jay Hathaway · 04/08/14 03:46PM

A 92-pound Yale history major says the university's health center told her she needed to gain weight or take a leave of absence from school. She's spent the past 6 months trying to put on pounds for her weekly weigh-ins.

"American Blogger?" Yeah Right.

Hamilton Nolan · 04/08/14 02:51PM

In the grand tradition of "American [Noun]" movies comes this new (and apparently real) documentary, American Blogger, the trailer for which is above. You will notice that its "American bloggers" are almost exclusively attractive, well-lit women.

Sarah Hedgecock · 04/08/14 02:25PM

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference in New York on Tuesday. He says a report that he spied on New York Mafia figures for the FBI in the 1980s is old news. Image via Seth Wenig/AP.

Adam Weinstein · 04/08/14 02:16PM

What's the deadliest job in America lately? Working on cell phone towers! How much responsibility do cell phone companies and their contractors assume when a worker falls and dies? Virtually none! Mike Rowe, call your office.