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'Mad Max: Fury Road': Why are anti-feminists so angry about action film?'Mad Max: Fury Road' has garnered near universal raves from critics 鈥� and calls for boycotts.- Why Florida town moves to ban beach drinking in MarchIn Panama聽City聽Beach, Fla., leaders have voted to ban drinking on the the beach during Spring Break.聽
Brown is the new green: How California golf courses respond to droughtFaced with mandatory聽water cuts, some California golf courses are removing grass, planting drought-resistant vegetation, letting the turf turn brown and installing smart watering systems.
Some LGBT residents critical of Utah anti-discrimination lawMany say the law that took effect Tuesday is a positive step. But they worry it still allows discrimination because religious organizations and their affiliates聽are exempt.聽
One factor behind falling share of Americans who call themselves 海角大神In 2007, more than 78 percent of Americans said they practiced some form of 海角大神ity. Today, in apparently the lowest figure in US history, 70.6 percent identify as 海角大神s, according to a new Pew study.
Subway employee fired for lauding cop-killing. Rise of incivility or just poor filters?A Mississippi woman was fired from her job when she used the Internet to revel in the shooting deaths of two police officers.
'Deflategate' punishments handed down: Now what?The NFL came down hard on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots for the football-deflating incident. What are people saying around the league? And is this just the beginning?聽- Hero's reward? Georgia vet charged after saving dog from hot carMichael Hammons, a US veteran,, was charged with criminal trespassing after smashing a window to free a small Pomeranian mix dog in distress from a hot car.聽
Deflategate: Why MLB is pumping up baseball securityIn the wake of the NFL controversy over under-inflated footballs, Major League Baseball is beefing up security around baseballs.- Arkansas couple dies protecting toddler from tornadoThe Mooneyhans were among five people killed Sunday after a line of powerful tornadoes battered several small communities in Texas and Arkansas. But they saved their 18-month old daughter.聽
'Deflategate': NFL suspends Tom Brady four games, fines Patriots $1 millionThe league suspended the Super Bowl MVP Monday for the first four games of the season, fined the championship team $1 million, and took away two draft picks as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game.
Why N.Y. Gov. Cuomo vows to protect nail salon 'slaves'One salon on New York's Upper West Side neighborhood touting a starting wage of $10 a day to nail salon workers, reported The New York Times. Governor Cuomo said聽聽he set up a multi-agency task force to recover unpaid wages and enforce health and safety regulations.- Prince 'Rally 4 Peace' soars in BaltimoreThe pop star Prince performed a benefit concert Sunday in Baltimore after weeks of protests sparked by Freddie Gray's death.
Cover StoryThe overbooked generationToday's young people are more overscheduled than at any time in history. How families cope with the extracurricular crush.聽
Do kids today have too much homework?Not every child is overloaded, but homework remains a fraught topic in many homes. Here's why.
FocusBehind America's seismic shifts on transgenderism, loving parentsSome of the most important changes involving transgender issues are happening at home. More and more, experts say, today鈥檚 parents are making different choices about how to handle the identity issues of their children.- A cop鈥檚 cop finds support after coming out as transgenderGregory Abbink is the first openly transgender officer in the Austin, Texas, Police Department. After suppressing the issue for years, he decided, 鈥榊ou know what, I can handle this now. I can deal with it.鈥�
ESPN and outspoken commentator Bill Simmons parting waysBill Simmons, the outspoken ESPN writer who has helped lead the sports-media juggernaut into new content ventures, is leaving ESPN after the network said they are not renewing his contract.
Anti-Muslim activist says she has no regrets about cartoon contestPamela聽Geller聽takes the hard-edge view that Islamic extremism sprouts not from fringe elements but from the tenets of the religion itself.
Forecasters predict more heavy storms to hit southern Plains statesMassive storms spawned 51 tornadoes across the region on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. Meteorologists say more are likely to hit this weekend.
