Noah Rayman

Noah Rayman is a writer based in New York City.

Recent Articles

Billion-Dollar March Madness Brackets Busted

A group backed by Warren Buffett planned to hand out $1 billion for a perfect bracket but Friday's upsets eliminated all contestants. However, the Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Bracket is still offering $100,000 each to the top twenty performing brackets

By Noah Rayman

MH370 Lead Goes Nowhere

A Chinese satellite located an object near an earlier reported finding, but Australian search ships found no sign of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet

By Noah Rayman

Pope to Mafia: Repent!

About 1,000 people attended a vigil for mafia victims at the church of San Gregorio VII in Rome where Pope Francis warned mobsters: “Blood-stained money, blood-stained power, you can’t bring it with you to your next life"

By Noah Rayman

Judge OKs JPMorgan's Settlement in Madoff Scheme

This class-action settlement worth $218 million is just a sliver of the more than $2 billion the bank has agreed to pay for its role in the Ponzi scheme. The judge said the deal provides “substantial and immediate” benefits to Madoff's victims

By Noah Rayman

Michigan Becomes 18th State to Let Gays Marry

A federal has judge struck down Michigan’s gay marriage ban that was approved by voters in 2004. The decision paves the way for same-sex unions in the state barring an emergency hold on the judge's ruling

By Noah Rayman

Long-Term Unemployed Face Tough Odds

A new Princeton study reveals that 1 in 10 people who have been unemployed for six months or longer are hired annually, which underscores the struggles of those seeking to re-enter the job market after being laid off

By Noah Rayman

Overweight Teens With Higher Salt Intake Age Faster

The lead author of a new study that was presented at the American Heart Association conference says that lowering sodium intake could slow down cellular aging and prevent heart disease in overweight teens

By Noah Rayman

Syria Loses Internet, Again

Syria was cut off from the Internet, marking the second time in a month that the war-torn country has gone dark, according to monitoring groups. Internet blackouts have in the past coincided with Syrian military operations

By Noah Rayman

Gunmen Storm Luxury Hotel in Afghan Capital

Authorities say four assailants were killed and there were no known other deaths. The Kabul hotel, which regularly houses foreign delegations, is hosting United Nations staffers in the country to monitor upcoming elections

By Noah Rayman

And the City With the Best Job Market Is...

A new Gallup Economy survey of job environments in the U.S. top 50 metropolitan areas finds that businesses are overall hiring more people than they are firing. Here are the five best—and worst—locations to work

By Noah Rayman

Turkish PM: 'We’ll Eradicate Twitter'

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday he’ll shut down Twitter in the country, after audio recordings surfaced that implicated him in a corruption scandal. “I don’t care what the international community says," he added

By Noah Rayman

Westboro Baptist Church Founder Dies

Rev. Fred Phelps, Sr., notorious for arguing that the deaths of U.S. soldiers were punishment for America’s tolerance of homosexuality and abortion, died Thursday at 84. He was reportedly sick with an unknown illness

By Noah Rayman

Court Tosses $1.2B Ruling Against Johnson & Johnson

An Arkansas jury previous found the pharmaceutical company liable for downplaying the risks of the antipsychotic drug Ripserdal.

By Noah Rayman

Pistorius Selling Home Where He Killed Girlfriend

The attorney for Oscar Pistorius says the double-amputee sprinter is selling the house in South Africa where he fatally shot Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 in order to cover legal fees for his murder trial

By Noah Rayman

Ukraine Won't Surrender Crimea

Lawmakers defiantly say Ukraine won't give up the autonomous peninsula being annexed by Russia even as its military prepares to pull back

By Noah Rayman

Jersey Man Stole $466,000—in Quarters!—From State

A Bergen County public works inspector who admitted to swiping about 1.8 million quarters—roughly 11.25 tons—over 25 months won't go to prison, but he will begin paying back the stolen money

By Noah Rayman

Train in Turkey Slams into Minibus

Nine are dead and three people are seriously injured

By Noah Rayman

Confusion Lingers on Lost Jet

Airline CEO's statement contradicts Malaysia's assertion that someone spoke from the plane after communications system was disabled

By Noah Rayman

Matt Damon: I Want to Make My Daughters Proud

The actor, who co-founded a nonprofit that helps supply poor communities with safe water, told People magazine that he wants his four daughters to be proud of the impact he is making in the world

By Noah Rayman

Navy Vet in 'V-J Day in Times Square' Photo Dies

Glenn McDuffie, who claimed to be the man featured in the iconic Alfred Eisenstaedt photo that embodied the spirit of celebration when Americans learned that Japan had surrendered in World War II, reportedly died at age 86

By Noah Rayman
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