By Setareh Jalali If you’ve been living in Portland for the last decade, you’ve seen with your own eyes the way that the city has evolved from a tiny town-sized city to a bustling tourist hotspot and future technological hub. Between…
By Setareh Jalali It's easy to watch the situation in Afghanistan with pity as videos showed Afghans clinging to and falling from planes carrying out foreign nationals. It's even easier to watch the 6 o'clock news or listen to the…
By Setareh Jalali New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from his position Tuesday during a speech to the public amid allegations of sexual harassment from 11 women who worked with him. Today was Mr. Cuomo’s first address to the public since last Tuesday,…
By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United…
By Al Jazeera The Taliban has captured three more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months. The group has seized five provincial capitals in Afghanistan since Friday, in…
By Setareh Jalali One of the eleven women who have accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment on the job filed a criminal complaint with the Albany County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. She accuses the Governor of groping…
By Setareh Jalali David Lidstone, 81, lived in the woods of New Hampshire off I-93 in a small cabin for 27 years. The quintessential off-the-grid man, complete with a long white beard to rival Gandalf’s, Lidstone was completely self-sufficient. He…
By Setareh Jalali Two more police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol have died by suicide, doubling the toll of officers who have taken their life after guarding the building that day. Officer Gunther Hashida was found dead in his home on July…
By Setareh Jalali Turkey has been grappling with wildfires for six days now, marking its worst fire crisis in decades. The worst fires have occurred in major tourist regions, along Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, and have seen thousands of tourists…
