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    Carly Schwartz

    Carly Schwartz

    Editor-in-Chief, Google Insider

  • America's War On Drugs Has Failed. This Program Might Be The Solution.

    In cooperation with our longstanding partner Crowdrise, The Huffington Post is celebrating its 10 year anniversary by focusing on the promise of the next 10 years. “He was a fixture in the neighborhood,” Lisa Daugaard, a Seattle-based public defender familiar with Kevin’s case, told The Huffington Post. Instead of arresting Kevin and sending him to jail as they had done so many times before, they referred him to a case manager.

  • Fiery Train Crash Reported On New York Commuter Line

    At least six people were killed and 15 others hospitalized when a commuter train loaded with rush-hour passengers struck at least one vehicle and caught fire north of New York City. The fiery crash happened Tuesday evening near the town of Valhalla, along Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line. Five passengers and the driver of the vehicle were killed in the collision, officials said.

  • Richard Glossip Reacts To News That He Won't Be Executed This Week

    "I've felt amazing today," Glossip said hours after he heard the news, sounding elated and buoyed by hope. Glossip laughed easily during a conversation with The Huffington Post, talking excitedly about reconnecting with family and learning just how far news of his case has spread around the world.

  • Death Penalty Opponents Make Last-Minute Plea To Save Richard Glossip's Life

    Dozens of death penalty opponents gathered in the Oklahoma state Capitol building Tuesday as part of a last-ditch effort to save the life of Richard Glossip, who is scheduled to be executed Thursday. "Richard Glossip’s case cries out for deeper, moral consideration, because it raises the specter of an actually innocent man being executed for a crime he did not commit, based on the testimony of only one man, the man who actually killed the victim," Sister Helen Prejean, a nun known for her memoir Dead Man Walking and Glossip's spiritual adviser, said at a press conference. Glossip was convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 and subsequently sentenced to death based on the sole testimony of one witness, Justin Sneed, who confessed to beating a hotel owner to death with a baseball bat and claimed that Glossip hired him to do it.

  • Oklahoma Attorney General Asks The Supreme Court To Suspend Death Row Inmate's Execution

    Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt filed Monday to stay the executions of three death row inmates, including Richard Glossip, who is scheduled to die Thursday, in light of recent news that the U.S. Supreme Court will review their case on the use of lethal injections. Glossip and two other inmates claim Oklahoma's lethal injection procedure can cause severe pain that violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to take up their case.

  • Another Anti-De Blasio Banner Flies Above New York City

    A banner flew above New York City's skyline bashing Mayor Bill de Blasio on behalf of the NYPD for the second time in less than a week Wednesday afternoon. "De Blasio: Apologize to the NYPD!!" the sign, which flew up and down the Hudson River for about an hour and a half, read. NEW YORK: Banner reading “De Blasio: Apologize to the NYPD!!” flew over Hudson River for thousands to see.

  • New York City Protests Look Very Different This Week

    As New York City reels in the aftermath of the assassinations of two NYPD officers, protesters and loved ones gathered Monday night to honor the lives of the victims. At a candlelit gathering in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, a half-mile from where officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot to death execution-style by Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, on Saturday, several dozen people held makeshift lanterns made of Dixie cups as they marched from Herbert Von King Park to St. Philips Church in silence. The attendees, including many who have spent the past month protesting the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, said they came to honor the officers who were killed and those who have been killed by officers.

  • Men Reportedly Had Plans To Bomb St. Louis Arch And Kill Ferguson's Police Chief

    Two men arrested last week allegedly planned to bomb the St. Louis Arch and kill Ferguson's police chief and the prosecutor in charge of Darren Wilson's case, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday. Brandon Orlando Baldwin and Olajuwon Davis were arrested Friday on federal charges of making false statements when attempting to buy pistols in Hazelwood, Missouri, according to court documents. Baldwin and Davis, both members of the New Black Panther Party, are in police custody and have waived their right to make a case for bail on the gun charges.

  • Most New Yorkers Aren't Freaking Out About Ebola, So You Shouldn't Either

    As news of New York City's first confirmed Ebola case spreads through the city, New Yorkers -- even those at the hospital where the patient is being treated, who rode the same subway lines he traveled on and who live in his building -- are remaining markedly calm. "I'm not really scared," Neil Bridges, an architectural surveyor riding the A train Friday morning, told The Huffington Post. Zachary Hasselbring, a New York University student also on the A train, agreed.

  • LOOK: Robin Williams' Heartbreaking Final Instagram Post

    Robin Williams, the beloved actor who died of an apparent suicide Monday, posted a touching photograph on Instagram two weeks earlier that showed him holding his daughter, Zelda Rae Williams, when she was a young child: Williams, who was 63 years old, is survived by three children: Zachary, 31; Zelda, 25, and Cody, 22. Zelda is also an actress. His wife, graphic designer Susan Schneider, with whom he lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, said in a statement Monday that she was "utterly heartbroken."

  • 25 Reasons We Can't Wait For Governors Ball

    Governors Ball might have one of the most dedicated fanbases of any major music festival. Thousands braved monsoon-like conditions last June on New York City's Randall's Island in order to catch the likes of Pretty Lights, Grizzly Bear, and of course, Kanye. 's acts -- which include some some of the biggest names on the summer circuit, from Outkast to Vampire Weekend -- will be playing under clearer skies, and HuffPost Entertainment can't wait for what's in store.

  • Here's More Proof The 'Stoner Bowl' Is Upon Us

    This weekend, the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana will send football teams to the Super Bowl. Pot lovers across America have celebrated the world's first "stoner bowl" with game-day ganja recipes, "Pass Pass Puff" puns and weed-friendly wagers. “Marijuana is less toxic, less addictive, and less harmful to the body than alcohol,” MPP's Mason Tvert said in a statement announcing the media blitz.

  • 'It's Dirty Work And It's Often Demeaning Work, But At Least It's Work'

    We stopped going out a long time ago. I want to say a year and a half was the last time we went out. I haven't seen my friends in about six months because I can't afford to go out with them, and they all want to go out.

  • 'I'm Always Filling Out Applications, But I Don't Ever Get Called Back'

    I'm barely getting hours. I'm getting two days -- 10 hours, 12 hours per week. It sucks.

  • 'I May Die Broke. I May Get More Poor. I May Turn Around And Get Money Again. I Just Don't Know.'

    For years and years I worked every night. I worked in bands for corporate parties, for a council for President Clinton. The band did really well; we made really good money.

  • 'When You Make This Kind Of Money, You Don't Eat Much'

    Bernadette Feazell, 65, works at a pawn shop in Austin, Texas. She's worked there four years and makes $8 an hour, plus commission. I work at Mustang Jewelry and Pawn.

  • 'You Plan On Sending Your Kids To College. It's Now Out Of The Question.'

    Larry Silveira, 60, worked a full-time, salaried job until a motorcycle injury in 2009 took him out of the workforce for two years. Until then, he lived a comfortable life with his wife and two children.

  • 'Thank God We Don't Have Kids. I Don't Know What We'd Do If We Had Kids.'

    Joanne Van Vranken, 50, lost her salaried job at a market research firm in 2011. After spending 16 months unemployed and seeking full-time work, she took a part time job as a Home Depot cashier, making $9 an hour. It just was really, really difficult to get any traction until I picked up the job at Home Depot.

  • More Than 1 In 10 Americans Who Work Full Time Are Still Poor

    Whether it's washing dishes, serving Big Macs or folding sweaters for a store display, low-paying jobs have been added to the American economy at a fairly brisk clip since the recession ended in 2009. Compared to better-paying positions, these jobs are also more likely to come without regular schedules or benefits, like health care coverage, paid vacation time or sick leave -- the basic trappings of middle-class work. Low-wage workers have been striking over pay, and Congress is considering legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour.

  • Real-Life 'Black Swan' Comes To NYC

    "Black Swan" came to life last month as the American Ballet Theatre channeled all things noir at the company's autumn fundraiser. Dancers donned their darkest chic, mingling with members of the ABT Junior Council, who organized the event. "Ballet is an art form of the highest caliber, and I can say confidently that each member of this outstanding group has a great love and appreciation not only for the art form but for the dancers themselves," ABT Junior Council's marketing chair, Cara Lynn Moccia, said of her group, which coordinates myriad ABT events throughout the year.