The fight for women’s rights has been a long struggle in the Middle East, and it continues. A twenty-two year old woman in Afghanistan identified as Estorai was allegedly strangled to death by her husband,...

While honor killings are tolerated in Middle Eastern countries, a Canadian jury found three members of an Afghan family guilty of first-degree murder. Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya, and their son...

India, a nation of predominantly tea drinkers, will see over 50 Starbucks outlets popping up by the end of 2012. The company plans to open its first store in August or September in Mumbai and New Delhi,...

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — For decades, tourists visiting this popular Adirondack village could gape at the skeletons of soldiers from nearby French and Indian War sites. Then in 1993, a somber...

GAINESVILLE,  Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida were trying to determine Monday what caused a fatal pileup on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, where a long line of cars and trucks collided one after...

"Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those fifty stars and those thirteen stripes. No one built this country on their own. This Nation is great because...

A proposal by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to ease Connecticut’s restrictions on alcohol sales would be unlikely to have much of an impact on campus life at UNH. Currently, stores in the state cannot...

The day after mass online protests against anti-piracy legislation such as SOPA, the U.S. federal government closed down popular file-sharing website Megaupload.com, and the FBI arrested four people...

For his involvement in persecuting and killing protestors during the Libyan Revolution in 2011, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will be tried. The problem: no one knows where just yet. The country of Libya and...

It all started in May of 1996 when the New Haven Pride Center was founded. It is a non-profit organization which is a place where the lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community...

A "winged" structure was discovered in the Ancient Roman ruins in Norfolk, England.  The mystery is that there are "no known parallels" between this structure and any of the other structures of Ancient...

Television shows may make it seem like it is no big deal to monitor a suspect electronically. It sometimes looks so easy to track a person through their cell phone or computer, just a matter a few keystrokes....

The Obama administration now has its hands full with prosecuting its sixth criminal leak case. Just last week, John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer for fourteen years, was accused of revealing the name...

The Southern Connecticut Darwin Day Committee will hold its fourth celebration of science and humanity on Feb. 11 at the Inn at Longshore in Westport. This year’s Darwin Day Dinner will feature...

According to a recent study done by public policy firm Demographia, the United States is home to the most affordable housing compared to all other English-speaking countries. The study  states that generally...