New Jersey governor Chris Christie recently acknowledged that he’s lost weight, explaining to an audience member in a town hall event that his wife is encouraging him to buy new clothes to fit his new, svelter frame. In this clip from The Young Turks, Jimmy Dore, John Iadarola and Steve …

“Republican strategist Karl Rove may need a different strategy to slow Hillary Clinton’s 2016 candidacy. “Two-thirds of Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll disapprove of the Republican strategist raising questions about Clinton’s age and health in advance of her potential presidential run. The lopsided negative reaction to Rove’s …

The Young Turks host Ana Kasparian launches the #AskAna segment, taking viewer questions on topics ranging from first date advice and how much to party to the best way to choose a college major and the importance of companion animals. She also explains whether to get into political arguments with …

“A snake handling pastor in Kentucky is praying a rattler bite doesn’t take him the same way it took his dad. “Cody Coots, son of the late Jamie Coots, is slowly recovering after he was bitten by a 6-foot-long rattlesnake early Monday. He has officially refused any sort of medical …

“Southwest Airlines is being fined $200,000 for advertising a fare sale too good to be true. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday that in TV ads last October the airline promised flights from Atlanta to New York, Chicago and Los Angeles for just $59 — but didn’t make any …

“Republican governors in seven states — Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska, Texas and Utah — are either ignoring or refusing to comply with national standards meant to prevent sexual assault in prisons, according to new information from the Justice Department. The Justice Department gave the governors of all 50 states …

“San Francisco police are getting high praise for their “bait bikes” — the GPS-tracked bicycles they’ve been laying out across the city to lure thieves, who are then pounced upon. The New York Times this week picked up on the story and posted a video about the crackdown. (At one …

“Contrary to what researchers reported 50 years ago, today’s average first-time heroin user isn’t a 16-year-old male of color. She’s actually much more likely to be a 23-year-old white woman. This, researchers conclude in a study published today in JAMA Psychiatry, represents “a marked shift in the demographics of heroin …

“Six elderly people in China are said to have killed themselves to ensure they died before new regulations banning coffin burials come into force, a newspaper has reported. China has a tradition dating back thousands of years of ancestor worship, which usually requires families to bury their relatives and construct …

“South Korea’s capital says it wants to become more “lady-friendly” but plenty of ladies and others are fuming about one element of the plan, parking spots for women. The specially marked women-only parking spots are marked with pink emblems of women and are much wider than normal parking places. Many …