PsychWar: A new 542-page report says that prominent psychologists associated with the American Psychological Association worked with the CIA to blunt internal dissent over the agency’s “enhanced” interrogation techniques. It’s a big embarrassment to the APA, which fired its ethics …

Drachma Drama: European stocks are up today on hopes that the Greek crisis is close to a solution. Greece submitted a proposal for economic reforms and a $59 billion euro zone bailout just two hours before the midnight deadline last …

Nation: After emotional debate, the South Carolina House voted last night to remove the Confederate flag from the State Capitol grounds. Gov. Nikki Haley said “It is a new day in South Carolina.” The flag must be removed within 24 …

Drachma Drama: Greece’s new finance minister showed up at a meeting with European finance ministers with no new proposal to solve his country’s debt crisis. The Euro zone gave Greece until Sunday to come to an agreement. The alternative is …

The Coz: The Associated Press has obtained old court records in which comedian Bill Cosby admits giving drugs to young women with whom he wanted to have sex. Cosby testified in a 2005 lawsuit brought by a former employee of …

Atlas Shrugged: Greeks celebrated in the streets last night after a reported 61 percent of voters said “no” to a European economic bailout that would have imposed more taxes, spending cuts, and pension reductions. Many said that it was a …

Drachma Drama: Greeks went to the polls today to vote on whether to accept a European financial bailout or reject it, and possibly leave the euro zone. Polls showed the electorate in the country of 11 million people has been …

Drachma Drama: Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis accuses his country’s creditors of “terrorism” on the eve of a national vote on whether to accept a new bailout. “Why did they force us to close the banks?” he asked in an …

Nation: More than 5,000 people have been evacuated near Marysville outside Knoxville, Tennessee after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed Wednesday at midnight and caught fire. At least 25-people were admitted to a local hospital with respiratory issues. The train …

Greek Fire: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pulled a double-reverse yesterday, urging Greeks again to vote “no” Sunday to a European bailout deal that he had mostly agreed to 24 hours earlier. “A ‘No’ vote is a decisive step toward …