April 16, 2013

The Westboro Baptist Church says they will picket funeral services scheduled for the victims of Monday’s horrific bombing in Boston, Massachusetts.

The church — a Topeka, Kansas-based religious organization that has been labeled by many as a “hate group” — says God allowed the city of Boston to be attacked…

April 16, 2013

I don’t personally believe in a dark-force permeating around the universe known as “evil.”

But, I know that when a shrapnel bomb mows down an eight-year-old while he’s standing on the street waiting to hug his dad after the Boston Marathon, then some sort of “evil” is present.

Call it whatever you…

April 15, 2013

The Department of Homeland Security has not issued a terror alert in response to Monday's bombings in Boston. On the Department of Homeland Security’sNational Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) website, the administration says: “There are no…

April 15th, 2013 - Updated 04/16/2013

Boston marathon runner Alastair Stevenson says that before the explosions erupted at the Boston Marathon this morning, he was told by police over the loud speaker that bomb squads and bomb sniffing dogs were part of a ‘training…

April 16, 2013

It's on. In anticipation of a full House vote in the House on Wednesday, industry giant IBM has sent nearly 200 senior execs to Washington to lobby in support of CISPA. 

And their intentions couldn't be more clear. CISPA would empower them to share your private data with the…

April 16, 2013

Family members of those killed in the massace at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year were seated near the site of the first of the two coordinated explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday, adding more heartbreak to the already tragic day.

None of the relatives are…

April 15, 2013

In response to the multiple blasts and additional explosives found in Boston during its annual marathon, America's larger cities are heightening security measures as a precaution.

In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that security was being raised, including counter-terrorism measures. He stated that…

April 12, 2013

As you may recall, the Associated Press (AP) released the results of a groundbreaking investigation it conducted back in 2008 concerning the presence of pharmaceutical drugs in the water supply. In this report, it was revealed that at least 41 million Americans are exposed daily…

April 15, 2013

A report released by the American Chemical Society reveals that rice imported into the United States from China and other countries contains very high levels of lead.

The FDA has established a "provisional total tolerable intake" (PTTI) level for lead, but some…

April 15, 2013

Police have confirmed another Boston incident, now at the JFK Library. There have yet been no reports of deaths or injuries. Earlier two devices exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing two people and injuring over 100.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis says it is so far unclear if the…

April 15, 2013

At least two people have been killed and over two dozens injured after two explosions hit at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

20:13 GMT: An intelligence official working on the scene told the Associated Press that two additional explosive devices were found near the site, and are being dismantled…

April 12, 2013

Ron Paul has been retired from Congress for only a few months, but he’s certainly not shying away from politics. The former US representative has already announced his new project: the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.

In a press release sent to the media Friday afternoon, the Ron Paul camp confirms…

April 12, 2013

The city of New Rochelle, N.Y., has removed the historic Gadsden “Don’t Tread On Me” flag from a military armory, deeming the flag “too partisan” because it often is used by the tea party movement.

And in response, veterans groups have tapped the Thomas More Law Center to take up the fight.

It was after an official…

April 13, 2013 

The UK Ministry of Defense has claimed that chemical weapons were used in the Syrian conflict. Forensic evidence was collected after scientists analyzed soil smuggled out of the country in a secret British operation, the Times reported.

The sample was reportedly extracted from a neighborhood on the outskirts…

April 13, 2013

The US military says guards have clashed with prisoners at Guantanamo as officers were moving detainees from communal to single cells in attempt to end a hunger strike that started in February.

The detainees used self-made weapons to resist the transfer, thus forcing guards to fire, the US military said in a…

April 11, 2013 

Feroz Abbasi spent several years in extrajudicial detention at Guantanamo - two of them in solitary confinement - before being released without charge. He took part in the previous mass hunger strike and shared details of his experience with RT.

RT: Your time in Guantanamo. How were you treated…

April 11, 2013

A massive surge in the number of Bitcoin users and reports of hacking attempts are being blamed for a worldwide panic that caused the cryptocurrency’s worth to fluctuate drastically in recent days.

The value of Bitcoin, the unregulated and practically untraceable digital currency that exists only on computers,…

April 09, 2013

Oil giant ExxonMobil is being asked to pay the state of New Hampshire nearly a quarter-of-a-billion dollars for polluting groundwater with a gasoline additive called MTBE.

Following three months of testimony, a jury deliberated for only 90 minutes on Tuesday morning before finding ExxonMobil liable in a…

April 09, 2013

The US leadership has begun naming those Guantanamo prisoners who are being force-fed to stop them from starving to death. The prisoner hunger strike at the facility has been ongoing for two months.

Follow RT’s day-by-day timeline on Gitmo hunger…

April 07, 2013

A potentially revolutionary clinical trial using magic mushrooms to treat depression is being held up by ‘absurd’ British and European laws which restrict the use of illegal drugs in research.

Following previous experiments which found the psychotropic substance in magic mushrooms helped allay signs of…