People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often depicted as Type A clean freaks. The reality is much worse...Stereotypical portrayals too often focus on the rituals and portray none of the nuanced, often agonized thinking behind them. Consequently, it’s become common—and even acceptable—for anyone who likes things in order or who keeps a clean house to use the OCD label to describe themselves....It seems like marketing departments can’t get enough of my mental illness.

Will President Biden give Mohammed bin Salman a 'one free murder' pass? (Ed: "one" lol)

A plumber and his family drove over 1,500 miles to Texas to help repair winter storm damage.

Artist Tommy Zegan reveals figure was constructed in country the former president has assailed and demonized

Nicolas Sarkozy was accused of trying to obtain confidential information from a judge by offering to help him land a job. He received a sentence of at least one year, but is likely to appeal.

Midshipmen of the Spanish navy train aboard the vessel, which has taken them across the Atlantic to Argentina, through the Straits of Magellan and across the Pacific to Guam. They sail next for the Philippines on their way back to the Spanish port of Cádiz.

But more than a century later, engineers would rediscover the nickel-iron battery as something of a diamond in the rough. Now it is being investigated as an answer to an enduring challenge for renewable energy: smoothing out the intermittent nature of clean energy sources like wind and solar. And hydrogen, once considered a worrisome byproduct, could turn out to be one of the most useful things about these batteries.

The issue, they said, is that Amazon's data-security capabilities are undermined by the willingness of the company to override internal controls. For instance, according to two of the former information-security professionals, data needed for new projects was sometimes improperly classified so that it would go through fewer internal checks.

“There wasn’t anyone at the forefront who gave a damn, so to speak,” one woman said. “It makes you feel a lot of things. You just expect better.”

Border officers seized 277 pounds of contraband bologna Wednesday at the Mexican border.

The authorization of a third Covid-19 vaccine will bring millions more doses within days. But health officials worry that some people will see the vaccine as the inferior choice.

Even as the House passed President Biden’s pandemic aid plan with a minimum wage increase included, Democrats were searching for a Plan B for the wage hike, which was ruled out in the Senate.

Republican legislators want big changes to the laws for elections and other aspects of governance. A fight over the ground rules for voting may follow.

Republicans in the Iowa legislature are advancing bills that would ban professors from getting tenure at the state’s three regents universities because they say conservative students are beings silenced. Leaders at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa say the ban would make it harder to recruit and keep faculty.

A rooster fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight in southern India has killed its owner, sparking a manhunt for the organisers of the event, police said. The bird had a knife attached to its leg ready to take on an opponent when it inflicted serious injuries to the man’s groin as it tried to escape, officers said. The man died from loss of blood before he could reach a hospital in the Karimnagar district of Telangana state earlier this week, local police officer B Jeevan told AFP

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Medical Board of California said it would investigate a plastic surgeon who appeared in a videoconference for his traffic violation trial while operating. The Sacramento Bee reports Dr. Scott Green appeared Thursday for his Sacramento Superior Court trial, held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, from an operating room. He was dressed in surgical scrubs with a patient undergoing the procedure just out of view; the beeps of medical machinery can be heard in the background. “Hello, Mr. Green? Hi. Are you available for trial?” asked a courtroom clerk as an officer summoned to appear in trial raised her eyebrows. “It kind of looks like you’re in an operating room right now?” “I am, sir,” Green replied. “Yes, I’m in an operating room right now. Yes, I’m available for trial. Go right ahead.”

Love them or hate them, the Spongmonkeys were so annoying they changed advertising forever. Here’s how a viral video turned into a terrifying sandwich ad

We can learn from our failures.

Throughout history, men and women have had sex with supernatural beings—but when did summoning Satan to fuck become an evil act?

After its launch of Specialty Pizza Bowls in March 2020, Marco’s Pizza debuts all-new Build-Your-Own Pizza Bowls as a national menu item starting January 18. Pizza lovers now can enjoy a crustless pizza baked in a bowl with Marco’s original sauce recipe, three fresh signature cheeses, and their choice of up to four toppings for $7.99. Prices may vary depending on location with additional toppings costing extra.