How Controversial Online Charter Schools Push Aside Their Opponents
… directly to the state. It was joined by a second application for a virtual school, North Carolina Connections Academy, which would be managed by Pearson subsidiary Connections Education. Connections’...
View ArticleRandy Berry Likely Pick For First Special Envoy For LGBT Rights
… during the week of February 23, they told BuzzFeed News. The exact timing of the announcement depends on the completion of “whatever the last of their bureaucracy is,” said one advocate who commented...
View ArticleStudent Loan Company Closes On Controversial Deal To Buy Corinthian Campuses
After weeks of delays. View this image › Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News The massive for-profit college operator Corinthian Colleges has closed on a deal to sell 53 of its campuses and its online...
View ArticleRand Paul’s 2010 Message: Personal Donations But No Foreign Aid To Israel
“Sen. Paul strongly believes in America’s special relationship with the State of Israel. At no time, did Sen. Paul specifically introduce legislation targeting Israel. In fact, Sen. Paul’s most recent...
View ArticleThis Couple’s “Save The Date” Engagement Photo Is Going Viral
“The Hunt Is Over”. Badass. 1. Joshua Rainey, a photographer from Oregon, was hired to shoot engagement photos for a local couple named Stevie Beard and Brady Hogevoll. View this image › Joshua Rainey...
View ArticleISIS Threatens Twitter Founder And Employees Over Blocked Accounts
… the social media company and its “interests.” “For the ‘individual jihadi’ all over the world, target the Twitter company and its interests in any place, people, and buildings, and don’t allow any...
View ArticleNicki Minaj Tour Members Stabbed In Philadelphia, One Killed
Tour manager De’Von Pickett died in the attack. A support crew member for Nicki Minaj was fatally stabbed outside a Philadelphia bar early Wednesday, in an attack that also injured his colleague....
View ArticleThe Love Story Behind Alabama’s First Legally Married Same-Sex Couple
When Tori Sisson and Shanté Wolfe first met on the floor of an apartment party, they had no way of knowing they were on their way to making history — together. Shanté Wolf shares her side of the...
View ArticleSame-Sex Couples Begin Marrying In Alabama After U.S. Supreme Court Action
… state would react to the seemingly conflicting orders — although one, a spokesperson in Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven L. Reed’s office, confirmed to BuzzFeed News that they are issuing...
View ArticleJason Biggs Won’t Appear In #OrangeIsTheNewBlack Next Season
No Larry and Polly (Maria Dizzia) scenes in Season 3? Thank goodness. View this image › Linda Kallerus / Netflix Jason Biggs, who played Larry Bloom in the first two seasons of Netflix’s hit series...
View ArticleChris Brown Denied Entry Into Canada, The Internet Erupts In Applause
… right now. I’m so proud to be Canadian right now. RT @bruce_arthur: Haaaaaaa http://t.co/wSvBG52IeL — noahlove (@Noah Love) #WETHENORTH RT @bruce_arthur: Haaaaaaa https://t.co/rrAEcdHzt7 —...
View ArticleHeadscarf Case Cements The Abercrombie “Look” In Legal History
… religious accommodations when requested, including hijabs.” A more recent copy of the company’s look policy, obtained by BuzzFeed News and included below, supports that. “The narrow issue before the...
View ArticleMacy’s Is Making Its Own Version Of T.J. Maxx And Nordstrom Rack
… Marshalls — which advertise that their prices are 50% below department-store chains — companies like Macy’s and Nordstrom can use their own off-price stores to try to sell them off themselves. “The...
View ArticleThis Badass Girl Dressed As Wonder Woman On Her Last Day Of Chemo
… Woman. View this image › Facebook: Teamsophiasandoval The photo was shared on the Facebook page of a paediatric charity, and has gotten over one million likes and 37,000 shares. Facebook Post....
View ArticleThings Are Looking Up For Planespotters, The World’s Most Obsessive Aviation...
… are its most enthusiastic subset. And that enthusiasm manifests itself as a bunch of people standing along airport perimeters, waiting. “In a lot of ways, it’s like fishing,” Derner says. “A lot of...
View ArticleTop Congressmen: Turkey Must Do More To Stop ISIS Fighters Moving Into Europe
“This is a war. And they certainly aren’t treating it that way.” ISIS fighters have been leaving Iraq and Syria and passing through Turkey into Europe, BuzzFeed News reported Thursday. View this image...
View ArticleLosing My Boyfriend to Cancer at 29
… The culprit pulling the trigger: a very large tumor wrapped around his right kidney. Several scans showed worse news. The cancer had already metastasized. There were additional tumors in his lungs,...
View ArticleThis Is What Measles Actually Looks Like
… scientific research to the contrary, that vaccinations will increase their child’s risk of autism. Some of them argue that there’s nothing to fear, that measles is a mild disease and not worthy of a...
View ArticleNancy Reagan Turned Down Rock Hudson’s Plea For Help Nine Weeks Before He Died
… D.C. Charles Francis, the president of the newly reconstituted Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., provided the documents to BuzzFeed News after the group — with support from the law firm of...
View ArticleTwo Key Marriage Campaigners Launch “People’s Brief” For Supreme Court
… HRC’s Griffin haven’t always been the closest of friends — although they certainly are both strong supporters of marriage equality. So, why did they team up now? “The simple answer, of course, is...
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