Rahul Srinivas

President Trump’s final State of the Union Address at Capitol Hill on Tuesday evening was witness to several unexpected moments. Minutes after an emotional Rush Limbaugh, who recently announced he had advanced lung cancer, was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Trump delivered another surprise in the form of an unexpected military family reunion. […]

Authorities have intensified the search for Gannon Stauch, an 11-year-old boy from Colorado Springs who went missing last week. According to ABC 11, Gannon was last seen on January 27 when he reportedly stepped out to visit a friend’s house. He has not been seen or heard from since. Gannon’s disappearance came to light after […]

An Indian man who allegedly invited close to two dozen children in his neighborhood for a fake birthday party and held them hostage for more than eight hours has been shot dead by the local police. According to CNN, the incident happened Thursday evening in a small village called Kasaria in the northern Indian district […]

After spending more than 16 years in space, NASA on Thursday decommissioned the Spitzer Space Telescope, which was earlier known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility. A press release issued by the space agency confirmed that mission engineers placed the spacecraft in safe mode — essentially ending all science projects — at around 5:30 p.m […]

In a significant discovery, a group of scientists from New York University, along with colleagues from NYU Abu Dhabi, were able to detect the presence of warm water on the frigid continent of Antarctica. According to USA Today, the discovery was made under the Thwaites Glacier, which is a massive block of ice located in […]

Mayra Ospina, a 23-year-old woman from Texas, was declared brain dead on Tuesday, one day after she was hit by a drunk driver. According to KHOU, the incidents leading to Mayra’s death happened Monday morning. Mayra and her boyfriend Luis Ramirez were reportedly traveling in their car when they saw another vehicle with a group […]

HMD Global, the company that owns the license to use the Nokia brand name for smartphones, has started sending out invitations for their launch event scheduled to be held later next month. According to Gadgets 360, Nokia is likely to announce a major chunk of its 2020 smartphones lineup at the February 23 event. The […]

Two Arizona parents were arrested Tuesday after a fire at their Phoenix home resulted in the discovery of human skeletal remains. According to a CNN report, the couple identified as 56-year-old Rafael Loera and 50-year-old Maribel Loera face charges of child abuse after authorities earlier rescued three children in their custody. With the new discovery, […]

A 1-year-old baby has been hospitalized in Chicago, Illinois, after he was shot in the head allegedly during an argument. According to ABC News, the toddler, whose name hasn’t been revealed, was in the same room as his parents when the quarreling couple had a physical altercation. The couple, who were also in possession of […]

Following Amazon‘s final quarterly earnings report for 2019 — in which the company told investors it managed to achieve $87.4 billion in revenue — its shares jumped by 11 percent. Apart from pushing the retailer’s market capitalization above the $1 trillion mark, the surge in its shares also led to a massive increase in the […]

South Korean smartphones and electronics major Samsung Electronics has opened the preregistration formalities for its upcoming flagship grade Android smartphone lineup: the Samsung Galaxy S20 series. According to Android Authority, the Samsung USA website now has a link that directs users to a sign-up page. On this page, potential buyers of the Samsung Galaxy S20 […]

Apple, on Thursday, announced a major update to its Maps application that comes pre-installed on iPhones and other iOS devices. The company issued a press release detailing the significant changes that this update brings to the table. According to Apple, most of the new changes are aimed at improving the overall Apple Maps user experience. […]

Donnie Cleveland Lance, a Georgia man convicted for the 1997 murders of his ex-wife and her boyfriend, was executed on Wednesday. According to CBS News, Lance is the first inmate to be executed in Georgia this year. The 66-year-old convict was given a dose of lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson. Authorities pronounced […]

On Friday, New York’s Nassau County Police Department announced the arrest of 27-year-old Michael Owen in connection with the death of his pregnant wife, Kelly Owen. According to NBC News, Michael was charged with second-degree murder for the crime he allegedly committed on January 15. According to NY Daily News, the incident came to light […]

Jennifer Katharine Gates, the 23-year-old daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, announced her engagement to her Egyptian boyfriend Nayel Nassar on Friday. According to CNN, the eldest daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates made the official announcement via an Instagram post. The couple announced their engagement following a three-year courtship. Jennifer and 28-year-old Nayel share […]

The mystery over the disappearance of a 1-week-old baby has deepened after police found the body of the man who they believed had the boy with him. According to CNN, officials had earlier issued an Amber Alert across Florida to locate 1-week-old Andrew Caballeiro, who has been missing since Tuesday. According to officials from the […]

The FBI, on Wednesday, arrested three leaders of a Filipino Church in connection with a trafficking and fundraising scam. According to ABC News, the three arrested members were identified as Guia Cabactulan, 59, Marissa Duenas, 41, and Amanda Estopare, 48. The trio was allegedly also involved in trafficking members from Asia and were the kingpins […]

Earlier today, South Korean smartphones and electronics giant Samsung launched a 5G variant of its flagship Android tablet in its home country. The launch of the new device — called the Galaxy Tab S6 5G — was made public through a Korean-language press release in which Samsung outlined its detailed specifications and features. The company […]

Popular German tech blog WinFuture has posted the first-ever images of Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, weeks before its official unveiling. Apart from the detailed pictures of the phone, WinFuture also revealed key specifications of the handset. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip was expected to be officially announced at the 2020 […]

In a tragic incident, a pregnant woman fatally shot her 17-month-old son before killing herself in Rocky Mountain National Park on Friday. According to The Coloradoan, the bodies of 24-year-old Tristen Watson, a resident of Colorado Springs, and her 17-month-old son, Christopher, were discovered by park rangers on the same day following a combined search […]

Five months after the deadly shooting at an El Paso Walmart that left 22 people dead and 24 others injured, El Paso police officials revealed the name of the mystery man who was hailed for saving the life of a baby. According to USA Today, the man, whose image was flashed across TV screens in […]

Nearly 13 years after the remains of a 1-month-old infant were found in Sacramento, California, authorities have charged a man in connection with the case. According to The New York Times, the man has been identified as 57-year-old Paul Perez of Delano, California, who was already serving time in prison for unrelated offenses. Perez is […]

iOS users across the world seem to be facing a major issue with Apple’s popular App Store in what is believed to be a widespread service outage. According to AppleInsider, several Apple users using iOS-based devices like the iPhone and the iPad are unable to access a range of Apple services. The affected services include […]

Residents in northwest Houston were left rattled following a massive explosion that rocked the city in the wee hours of Friday morning. According to USA Today, the blast was reported at a warehouse owned by the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing company at around 4:30 a.m. Reports say this company is involved in the manufacturing and […]

A student at Texas A&M University who recently traveled to Wuhan, China, is being investigated for a possible coronavirus infection after he contacted health officials with mild respiratory symptoms, Fox 4 reports. The student, who is believed to be in his 20s or 30s, contacted emergency services in Brazos County, Texas, Wednesday night after he […]

A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly choked and punched his girlfriend when she told him she wanted to watch something else on TV. According to USA Today, the man — identified as Lonnie D.Clark — was watching the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump when his girlfriend expressed her interest in changing […]

UPDATE: Amberly Flores was found safe in Huntsville. Officials have arrested a man in connection with the case. EARLIER: Police authorities in Pelham, Alabama, are seeking public help in finding a 13-year-old girl named Amberly Flores, who went missing on Tuesday morning. According to ABC News, the teenager was last seen walking to the school […]

Toyota has announced that it is recalling as many as 2.9 million vehicles in the U.S to fix a potentially deadly safety issue. In a press release issued on its website on January 21, the company revealed that it had identified a potential defect with an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) that is used to receive […]

Motorola announced earlier today that it would begin sales of its upcoming foldable smartphone — the Motorola razr — in the U.S. following a delayed launch. According to The Verge, the Motorola razr, which was initially scheduled for launch earlier this month, will go on sale February 6. Customers will be able to preorder the […]

Six months after it launched the iPhone 11 series, Apple is likely to expand its product portfolio with the introduction of a new smartphone. According to Bloomberg, the Cupertino, California-based technology giant will start mass production of the new phone in China next month, following that up with an official launch in March. While the […]

A 3-year-old boy was injured after a mountain lion attacked him inside a Southern California park on Monday evening. According to CNN, the incident happened at the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in Trabuco Canyon, located around 50 miles south of Los Angeles. The attack eventually led to authorities evacuating the scene and launching a search […]

Six-year-old Madalyn Karlbon from Avenel, New Jersey, is being hailed a hero after she saved the lives of her parents and younger brother from a house fire in the wee hours of Sunday. According to USA Today, the timely action of the little girl helped her father, mother, and her 2-year-old brother evacuate their home […]

China’s Tiangong 1, a large prototype space station currently orbiting the planet, is likely to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere and crash by the end of this month. According to a recent prediction by the European Space Agency, the out of control space station could come crashing down to the Earth anytime between March 29 and […]

Dr. Ishrat Sohail, a female pediatrician from Orlando, Florida, was arrested for allegedly engaging in vaccine fraud, Newsweek reports. According to the report, Dr. Sohail reportedly gave vaccines that were to be administered to recipients under the Vaccines for Children program (VFC), to children with private insurance. Additionally, the doctor has also been accused of […]

E-cigarettes have long been hailed as a safer, sensible alternative to traditional cigarettes. Two recent studies have, however, raised questions around this widely accepted claim of e-cigarettes being much safer compared to their traditional brethren. A few days ago, a study claimed that the increased use of e-cigarettes could cause cell mutations and possibly increase […]

Seventy-one people are feared dead after a Russian passenger plane lost contact with air traffic control and crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft involved in the crash was an Ukranian-made Antonov An-148 which is a medium-range aircraft capable of carrying up to 85 passengers. The aircraft was owned by the Russian airline company Saratov Airlines […]

Update: There have been two confirmed deaths caused by the earthquake. The number of injured individuals currently stands at 198 individuals according to a CNN report. Original report follows. Several people are reported trapped and scores injured after massive magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Taiwan earlier today. According to BBC News, the powerful tremor struck Taiwan […]

A New York nanny who has been in police custody since the 2012 murders of two young children under her care is set to face a jury nearly six years after she committed the crime. While 55-year-old Yoselyn Ortega had admitted having killed siblings Lucia and Leo Krim aged 6 and 2, she later pleaded […]

Update: The tsunami warning stands canceled as of now after “additional information and analysis have better defined the threat,” confirmed the National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska. Original report: The coastal areas of southeast and southern Alaska have been issued a tsunami warning alert after a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake was reported off the […]

An asteroid roughly the size of the world’s tallest building — the Burj Khalifa — is set to fly past the Earth sometime next month. According to Space.com, the asteroid, unimpressively named 2002 AJ129, will be around 2.6 million miles (4.2 million kilometers) from our planet at its closest. This is more than 10 times […]

A massive magnitude 7.1 earthquake was reported off the coast of southern Peru on Sunday morning resulting in the death of at least one person and injuring several others. According to ABS-CBN News, the earthquake, one of the strongest to hit the country in recent times, also resulted in the destruction of homes and roads. […]

Melting glaciers are adding so much extra water to the world’s oceans that it is causing the ocean floor to sink, a new study has claimed. In fact, the effects of this sinking are so significant that it might have caused other scientists to miscalculate the rate at which ocean levels are rising. The study […]

The Johnson County District Court in Kansas City, Kansas has sentenced a former nurse to nearly 13 years in prison after it was established that he sexually assaulted several patients under his care. According to CBS News, the accused individual identified as Dennis E. Clark was sentenced to 12 years and 11 months in prison […]

In a shocking incident, a 28-year-old woman from the state of Kerala in India was arrested after she allegedly killed her own baby. According to the Deccan Chronicle, the woman identified only by her first name Sandhya allegedly killed her 8-day-old baby boy because he did not resemble or have the facial features of her […]

Police officials from Everett, Washington, have arrested a person in connection with a rather bizarre case of package theft. The arrested individual happens to be an Amazon delivery driver who, according to police was caught on camera stealing a package from the porch of a home in Everett. According to a KTLA report, the incident […]

What was supposed to be a dream vacation for people who recently flew into Bali has turned into a travel nightmare after thousands of people were stranded on the island following a volcanic eruption. According to CNN, more than 24,000 residents living in Bali have been asked to move to safer locations after Mount Agung, […]

More than three years after a World War II veteran died while in the care of an Atlanta medical home, shocking video footage reveals the callous manner in which he was treated by the very nurses who were supposed to ensure his well-being. The hidden video, originally captured back in 2014, was only released after […]

Mohamad Jamal Khweis, a 28-year-old American citizen, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and providing material support to them, CBS News reports. Jamal, a resident of Alexandria, Virginia, was handed over the sentence four months after he was convicted by […]

Courtney Hacking, a Texas woman who lost her husband and two children in a car crash last year, is unhappy with the two-year sentence given to the illegal immigrant from Mexico who caused the crash, FOX News reports. In a recent interview with Fox & Friends, Hacking said that the meager 2-year sentence the illegal […]

The National Weather Service on Saturday issued a red flag warning for Southern California, informing residents about very hot temperatures and possible fire danger. According to the Los Angeles Times, there are two advisories in effect; the first one being an excessive heat warning, and the second being a wind advisory. The warning is in […]