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Smashing the myths
People use reason to convince themselves, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, that their side is right and the other side is wrong. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the Yale Cultural Cognition Project, an academic group that studies how cultural ...
CLIMATE OF HOPE
In September, Pope Francis became the fourth pope to visit the United States, delivering a message before Congress in which he asked Americans to support undocumented immigrants and join in a global movement to combat climate change and poverty...
Battling the blaze
It’s a hot Tuesday afternoon, and half of Colorado Mountain Ranch lies in ruins, one of many homes and businesses destroyed by the Fourmile Canyon fire that torched more than 6,000 acres in the foothills surrounding Boulder. The taste of ash is in the air as Mike ...
1 dead, 5 injured in Orlando office shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando police confirmed Friday that a man...
Two more vying for Levy’s House seat
Editor's note: After press time, BW received notification that one of the candidates described in the story below, Zane Laubhan, decided to bow out of the race. In an Oct. 9 email message, House District 13 Central Committee Secretary Celeste Landry said that Laubhan...
Dr. Jack Kevorkian dies at 83; ‘Dr. Death’ was advocate, practitioner...
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the notorious advocate of...
LGBTQ activists claim discrimation in shooting
On Monday, Jan. 26, Denver police officers opened fire on a reportedly stolen car, killing the driver, 17-year-old Jessica “Jessie” Hernandez. The teen’s death has sparked outrage in the LGBTQ community, who say that Hernandez suffered discrimination at the hands of ...
Gabby Douglas: Her Childhood Path to the Olympics
It might seem a little early soon to do a career retrospective on a...
Dell reveals plan to sell wireless phone internationally
NEW YORK — Dell Inc. on Friday officially announced it will...
New federal data reveals huge disparities in health costs at different...
The federal government today released a spreadsheet of medical care costs that shows huge disparities in costs, even within the same geographical area...
See time-lapse animated GIFs of environmental changes over 28 years
Using annual photos from space, Google has compiled animated images that provide an overhead look at some major environmental changes over 28 years...
