According to a new Pew Research Center poll, a third of Republicans think Mormonism isn't a Christian religion, and these people are less likely to support Romney for the Republican nomination. But if Romney does get the nomination, an overwhelming majority of Republicans would vote for him over President Barack Obama.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 23, 2011
American Atheists has posted seasonal billboards in different locations including the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel. The billboards are the next stage of the You KNOW it's a MYTH campaign it started last year.
Bhaskar Prasad
Nov 23, 2011
Video of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi taken after his capture in Libya has surfaced online.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 22, 2011
The narrator of a new unlisted YouTube video describes the beautiful world that Occupy Wall Street is helping to turn people on to, setting his philosophical treatise to artistically-shot clips of the OWS movement and its supporters.
Connor Adams Sheets
Nov 21, 2011
The fact that Mitt Romney is a Mormon is well known at this point. His faith has been discussed, criticized and defended. Which is why it actually is somewhat shocking to learn a fact that, if said about any candidate other than Romney, would probably elicit a quizzical look and a duh. That fact? Romney has tried alcohol. And smoked a cigarette.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 21, 2011
Teddy Forstmann, the 71-year-old beau of Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, died of brain cancer on Sunday.
Mark Johanson
Nov 21, 2011
A Canadian judge upheld an eviction order for protesters camped in downtown Toronto on Monday, giving the Occupy Toronto movement until midnight to vacate the park they've held for more than a month.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 21, 2011
Jose Pimentel, 27, a Manhattan man, had been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack U.S. military personnel, police patrol cars and post offices with homemade pipe bombs in the New York metro area.
Bhaskar Prasad
Nov 21, 2011
The NYPD arrested a homegrown lone wolf terror suspect on Saturday, who is charged with plotting to use pipe bombs that he was allegedly building in his Manhattan apartment to kill U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday night.
Connor Adams Sheets
Nov 20, 2011
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, 20, the blogger and feminist activist who posted a nude photo of herself on her blog - A Rebel's Scream, has been at the receiving end of criticism from sections of Egyptian society and now has lawsuits filed against her.
Ankita Mehta
Nov 20, 2011
Half of the country’s population is Christian, although some of them incorporate the practice of Vodun (voodoo) in their rituals.
Palash Ghosh
Nov 19, 2011
When California's Proposition 8 has its day in court, any judge who respects the U.S. Constitution will strike it down as a violation of the 14th Amendment, because civil rights cannot be subject to popular vote.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 19, 2011
In yet another sexist and repressive act, a conservative Islamic committee in Saudi Arabia has proposed a law to stop women from revealing their tempting eyes to the public.
Amrutha Gayathri
Nov 19, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Benin on Friday, starting a three day visit to the West African country.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 18, 2011
Con Ed is seeking to evict the developer of the controversial Ground Zero Mosque, Sharif El-Gamal for neglecting to pay his rent.
Michael Billera
Nov 18, 2011
According to FIFA President Sepp Blatter, there is no racism in soccer. But there is, Sepp, and it's a serious problem.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 18, 2011
More than 50,000 Egyptian protesters flocked to Cairo's Tahrir square Friday to pressure the military government to transfer power to elected civilian rule, after the Cabinet tried to enshrine the army's role in a constitutional proposal.
Eric Linton
Nov 18, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protesters marked the completion of two months of their movement Thursday with a national Day of Action. But the future of the nationwide movement already looks doubtful, with the number of demonstrators declining and their eviction from Zuccotti Park.
Kukil Bora
Nov 18, 2011
Two days after the New York Police Department tore down the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park, protesters marked the two-month anniversary of their movement by taking to the streets around the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 17, 2011
George Harrison inadvertently became the greatest promoter of Indian culture and Hinduism to the Western world during the 20th century.
Palash Ghosh
Nov 17, 2011
The number of honor killings in India is unknown since many of these deaths are masqueraded as “suicides” or “accidents.
Palash Ghosh
Nov 16, 2011
A Catholic nun named Valsa John was murdered in the Indian state of Jharkhand on Tuesday.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 16, 2011