Zach Noble
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Washington, DC, United States
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New Labor Department employment portal targets veterans
The Labor Department is officially launching a "first stop" website to bring together the resources of multiple agencies for job-seeking veterans. → Read More
For the future to work, tech needs to bare all
Open-source systems and open windows onto those systems will be the keys to a future in which citizens trust and engage with Internet-connected devices everywhere. → Read More
Mounting requirements, shrinking staffs plague IGs
Expanded responsibilities under the Data Act are only going to make things tougher for understaffed IG offices, says a new report. → Read More
Republicans Say What Rand Paul Plans to Do Tonight Will Probably Lose Him the Presidential Nomination
Presidential contender and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul plans to kill the PATRIOT Act. His fellow Republicans aren't happy about it. On Saturday, Paul pledged, “[T]omorrow, I will force the expiration of the NSA illegal spy program,” ahead of an unusual Sunday evening Senate vote. ... → Read More
Bernie Sanders’ New Claim About His Gang-Rape Essay and ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
Bernie Sanders is still in damage-control mode for something he wrote decades ago — and he's comparing his work to modern erotica. The Vermont senator — who's running for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination — has come under fire for an essay he wrote in which... → Read More
‘Think Creatively’: Report Says NBC Is Desperate to Keep Disgraced Anchor Brian Williams — and Pay Him Millions
Brian Williams may be disgraced, but that doesn't mean NBC is in a rush to kick him off the air. In fact, the network may be trying to keep him. CNN's Brian Stelter reported Sunday that NBC News Chairman Andy Lack has been ordering employees to... → Read More
Georgia Man Rescues a Deer and Gets Rewarded in an Adorable Way
It's a very deer image: a doe-eyed baby animal fawning all over the man who saved it. When a baby deer wandered into a lake and started to drown on Wednesday, Tony Morse of Grantville, Georgia, knew he had to save the little guy, WSB-TV reported. Rushing through... → Read More
See the Video That Bernie Sanders Definitely Won’t Be Using as His Campaign Ad
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Independent who's running for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, has said a lot of overtly socialist stuff. Years ago he said he wanted to get rid of all private health insurance companies, and much more recently he's said a 90 percent top tax... → Read More
‘Unbelievable’ Video Lays Out the Stark Statistics About World War II
World War II was the bloodiest conflict in human history, but it can be difficult to get a full sense of just how many lives were lost in the fighting. Data visualizer Neil Halloran set out to fix that. In a stunning presentation, he lays out estimated... → Read More
John Kerry Breaks His Leg in Switzerland Bike Crash
UPDATE: The Associated Press reports that Secretary of State John Kerry's leg is broken following a Switzerland bike crash, and that Kerry will fly home to Boston instead of continuing with a planned four-nation trip. — GENEVA (TheBlaze/AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is stable condition... → Read More
See How ‘Very Reasonable’ You Think Bill Nye’s Analogy About Climate Change Is
“Bill Nye 'the Science Guy' is here, ready to fight the haters,” the host said in her introduction of him. He brought along a very specific analogy. After tweeting that recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma were related to climate change, TV icon Nye caught a lot... → Read More
She Barely Knew Him, but When This Hooters Waitress Heard What He Needed, She Was Ready to Give It to Him
She couldn't save her grandmother. But when a customer was in need, Mariana Villareal took the chance to be a hero. Villareal, a waitress at the Roswell, Georgia, Hooters restaurant, decided to donate her kidney to a customer she had only just met, WXIA-TV reported. "I... → Read More
Reporter Said She ‘Got Caught Up in a Couple Brawls’ at Mosque Protest, but the Video Tells a Different Story
They weren't fistfights. They didn't even technically appear to be "fighting words." But one reporter still called what happened a "brawl." At the "free speech" protest held at a Phoenix mosque Friday evening, armed protesters shouted anti-Islamic messages as counter-protesters shouted back, and on the scene,... → Read More
Rand Paul Outmaneuvers Mitch McConnell?
"[T]omorrow, I will force the expiration of the NSA illegal spy program,” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told Politico Saturday. It seems the long-running "Kentucky feud" between Paul and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over government surveillance will end with Paul the victor. McConnell and others... → Read More
Paul McCartney Reveals Why He Quit Smoking Marijuana
Paul McCartney says he doesn't smoke weed anymore. In an interview published Saturday that included the 72-year-old former Beatle standing on his head, McCartney told the Daily Mirror that he gave up marijuana for the sake of his grandchildren: I don’t do it any more. Why?... → Read More
This Video Proves Why You Should Always Stop Before Turning Right on Red
"This is why we can't have nice things," wrote one commenter on Reddit after seeing the collision. Dash cam footage from what appears to be Poznan, Poland, shows the "instant karma" that follows when a driver in a new-looking Audi revs around another car and swings across multiple... → Read More
A Wealthy Arab Country Is Creating Its Own Space Agency
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has laid out a strategic framework for a newly created space agency that aims to integrate various arms of the Gulf federation's burgeoning space industry. UAE Space Agency chairman Khalifa Mohammed Thani al-Rumaithi said at... → Read More
‘Insane’ Photos and Videos Show Oklahoma, Texas Flooding That Has Killed One Firefighter and Left 1,000 Evacuated (UPDATE: At Least Three Dead)
UPDATE 8 p.m. EST: At least three people are confirmed dead after record-setting rains in parts of Texas and Oklahoma led to flooding, CNN reported. Original story below OKLAHOMA CITY (TheBlaze/AP) — Authorities in northeast Oklahoma have identified the firefighter who died after he was swept away... → Read More
‘For God’s Sake!’: Huckabee Fires Back When Fox Host Puts a ‘False Comparison’ on Gay Marriage to Him
Fox News' Chris Wallace and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee went toe-to-toe Sunday as Wallace grilled Huckabee over his legal proclamations. Huckabee, who launched his official bid for the White House earlier this month, has spoken out against the Supreme Court possibly determining same-sex marriage to be the law of... → Read More
U.S. Defense Secretary Says Something About Iraqi Soldiers That Leaves Iraqis Fuming — and Demanding More Weapons
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State group's takeover of Ramadi is stark evidence that Iraqi forces lack the "will to fight," Defense Secretary Ash Carter said, in the harshest assessment yet from a high-ranking Obama administration official of the U.S. effort to bolster Iraqi forces to retake their territory from... → Read More