The co-director of a Washington, D.C. organization has put the blame for the deadly protests over fuel prices in Haiti squarely on the International Monetary Fund (IMF.) Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, told Democracy Now that the IMF’s program in...
Los Angeles will kick off the process for licensing marijuana cultivators and manufacturers on August 1, but it's likely to be many months before any of those companies open their doors for business. The announcement last week was greeted with a mix of anticipation and frustration...
A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly. Based on decades of research, the resolution says that mother’s milk is healthiest for...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Upcoming elections in Zimbabwe will be a defining test of the country's new era, following years of disputed votes under ousted ruler Robert Mugabe, the European Union (EU) observer mission said Friday. Previous elections were marred by violence, intimidation and fraud —...
Tina Turner’s oldest son, Craig Raymond Turner, was found dead Tuesday after committing suicide. He was 59. Turner, a realtor in Studio City, California, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office told the Daily News. He was pronounced dead at his home. He was...