By James Lane The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute held an eclectic forum today at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York that featured Zara Phillips and Darryl (DMC) McDaniels and in a rare public performance. The focus of this event was to highlight the need for states to restore adult adoptees’ access to...
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By James Lane A coalition of some of the country’s leading environmental organizations and Green Giant are recognizing the people who are making a difference in their communities across the country, and making our world a better, more sustainable place through a new program called The Green Awards™. The Green Awards program seeks to...
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Soul singer Teena Marie (real name Mary Christine Brockert), known for hits like “Fire and Desire”, “Square Biz” and “Lovergirl” passed away on Saturday night, according to CNN. She was 54. Her daughter Alia Rose (aka Rose LeBeau) found her after she had died in sleep, her manager said. No cause of death has...
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Virginia’s governor declared a state of emergency today and North Carolina ordered mandatory evacuations for visitors from several barrier islands as powerful Hurricane Earl bore down on the coastal states with winds topping 125 mph. Coastal residents from the Carolinas as far north as Cape Cod are on high alert for Earl, despite the...
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This evening President Obama will sit down for dinner with Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, marking the start of direct negotiations between the pair with the ambitious aim of agreeing a final settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within 12 months. King Abdullah of Jordan and Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak...
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state media called France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a “prostitute” on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of a world leader that shows deep anger over her support for an Iranian woman who faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction. The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy...
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The United States on Tuesday, August 31 at a formal ceremony in Baghdad will end its combat mission in Iraq and complete the U.S. military’s transition to an advisory and training role in support of Iraqi forces. That effort is to continue until the end of next year, but there are significant questions about...
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Quito, Ecuador — A bus traveling south of Ecuador’s capital lost control Sunday, killing 42 people and injuring 11 others, officials said. The bus crashed around 3:30 a.m., the Ecuadoran Red Cross said. Rescuers responded to the crash site, located about 55 miles south of Quito. The injured passengers range in age from a...
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Authorities in Slovakia say seven people are dead after a gunman opened fire in the streets of Bratislava. Another 14 people were wounded. The mid-morning shooting Monday took place in a northwestern district, Devinska Nova Ves, of the capital. Local media said the shooter killed himself after the rampage, but police have not confirmed...
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An Indonesian volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of years erupted for a second straight day on Monday, forcing thousands of people out of their homes. Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra has long been considered inactive because it last erupted more than 400 years ago. It erupted for the first time over the...
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