Selina Leavitt

A 10-year-old girl was awarded upwards of $155,000 for a camel bite she received last year. Madison Holland was visiting the Virginia Safari Park in Natural Bridge in order to attend the birthday party of a friend. They all piled into a hay-filled wagon and began to make their way through the safari. Many animals […]

The United States men’s 4×100 relay team finished their victory lap on Friday only to be told they had been disqualified. Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, and Trayvon Bromell make up the United States men’s 4×100 relay team. On Friday, up against Jamaica and the great Usain Bolt, the team raced to the best […]

A parasite has been spreading through Maricopa County in Arizona. According to officials, the reason for the outbreak links back to public pools. In the beginning of the month, Public Health personnel began investigating a parasite outbreak. At that time, the number of infected cases fell just below 20. Now, the parasite has spread through […]

A man from Georgia was sentenced to four years of prison, and six years of probation, for burning his brother’s pit bull with a blow torch. He then set the dog house on fire after barricading the pit bull inside. This shocking tale of animal abuse happened in a suburb of Atlanta in May, 2015. […]

Scientists are talking about the heat wave in New York City. However, they’re not talking about the way heat will affect the day-to-day life of New York residents. Instead, they’re talking about how much roaches like to fly when the weather is hot and humid. Traveling home from work during rush hour in New York […]

At around 4 p.m. Wednesday, a man began to climb the Trump Tower in New York City using suction cups. Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency has caused a great deal of polarization among voters. People either love or hate him, and there are very few in between. Could that be the reason this daredevil […]

USA Gymnastics, the organization in charge of all gymnastics in the country, has come under fire recently when their mishandling of sexual abuse cases came to light. In an investigation conducted by IndyStar, which is a part of the USA Today network, it was discovered that USA Gymnastics received many reports of sexual abuse involving […]

Fans of the Olympics may have noticed a strange ritual performed by one of the swimmers before the start of a race. Before every race, Santo Condorelli raises his middle finger to the crowd. Pretty much since sports have been a thing, athletes have had their before game, during game, or after game rituals. Sometimes […]

A party turned tragic this weekend when candles from a birthday cake caused fire to erupt in the basement of a bar in France. The country of France is on high alert due to several terrorist attacks that have taken place on their soil. Eighty-five people were killed in the terrible attack in Nice on […]

The Australian Olympic Committee was furious Friday night when a fire broke out in the parking lot of their building without the fire alarms going off. Many of the teams staying in the Olympic village in Rio de Janeiro have had issues with their accommodations. There have been complaints about backed up plumbing, exposed wires, […]

Saturday revealed a terrible tragedy in the suburbs just north of Seattle when shooting broke out at a teenager’s house party. The house party had a guest list consisting of mostly older teens between the ages of 17 and 19, mostly students of the nearby Kamiak High School. There were roughly 20 teens throughout the […]

Is there anyone that doesn’t love ice cream? A cup of vanilla on a hot day or a hot fudge sundae during the fall could entice nearly everyone to an ice cream shop. Could that love actually bring people into a museum, though? The answer is: “yes!” Despite the universal love of ice cream, it’s […]

Pokemon GO has been an out of control success for Niantic, as players all around the world are bonding together in order to find the next Pokemon on their “want” list. As the Inquisitr previously reported, the Pokemon GO app has promoted unity and togetherness among players. Unfortunately, not everything is rainbows, sunshine, and nostalgia. […]

Theresa May, the current British Prime Minister, decided to close the U.K.’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), as one of her first actions in office in order to merge it with the Department of Business and Industrial Strategy. The person chosen by Theresa May to head the new combined Department of Business, Energy […]

With the knowledge that the Zika virus can now be transferred from a woman to a man during sexual intercourse, why is congress still dragging their feet on funding? This is the question a lot of people were starting to ask when congress failed to pass a bill that would have allocated $1.1 billion dollars […]

Pokemon GO took the world by storm this week when it launched, on July 4 in Australia and New Zealand, and on July 6 in the United States. Other countries are going to be waiting a touch longer, however, to get in on the augmented reality Pokemon game. Notoriously, Pokemon GO has been experiencing significant […]

A cancer treatment study had to be halted by authorities after three deaths were reported to have occurred during the trial. Juno Therapeutics was in the second phase of their cancer trial when three deaths happened as a direct result of the treatment, when mixed with a certain form of chemotherapy. The cancer treatment being […]

According to an audit of New York City finances, the city is out upwards of $50 million dollars after giving huge tax exemptions to people who were so ineligible for the break that they were actually dead. What would your boss do if you neglected to do an important part of your job for 10 […]

A gun shop in the Chicago suburbs was scheduled to raffle off an AR-15 military-style rifle in the hopes of raising money for the victims of the Pulse Orlando shooting. It has, however, been canceled. Although it sounds like the subject of a random article in the Onion, there is a gun shop located in […]

Five people were killed Saturday morning when a bus ran through a blinking red light and collided with a semi-truck. Residents of Wakulla County in Florida have been asking officials to put in a traffic light at the intersection of Coastal Highway 98 and Woodville Highway for a long time. According to UPI the intersection […]

A dead whale that washed up on a popular California beach was towed back out to sea on Friday night. Wally the Whale was known around California, and many other parts of the world, as the star of a viral video that showed a humpback whale breaching the surface of the ocean to expel water, […]

YouTube has been rising as one of the newest legitimate entertainment sources available. People have their Netflix and Chill, their binge watching on Amazon Prime, and their On Demand sources, but YouTube is rising up from being just a place to watch viral videos. Now there are YouTube celebrities with millions of subscribers, and those […]

Gay pride month has always been in June in order to commemorate the Stonewall Riots. On June 28, 1969, there was a police raid conducted at the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in New York City. At the time, it was common for officials to target LGBT clubs and the community got fed up. […]

The Pulse shooting in Orlando has become known as one of the deadliest mass shootings in the nation’s history. On June 12, the nation watched in horror as facts about the shooting began to be reported. The victim count started low and began to rise at a steady pace until the mayor of Orlando, Buddy […]

With all the negativity in the world today, it’s nice to see people trying to be there for one another. This week, a woman was bullied at a Connecticut Target for breastfeeding her baby. When customers and employees realized what was happening, they rushed to the aid of the woman in order to get the […]

Henry Rollins was once known as the front-man of Black Flag, a punk band from the 80s. Now he’s an outspoken artist who also acts. Normally, that would be the description of an actor, but Henry Rollins has been clear in several interviews, that he doesn’t consider himself an actor. “I’m not an actor. I’ve […]

High School Musical is a series of films that defined an entire generation. Aside from influencing teenagers and pre-teens alike, High School Musical also broke records. In 2006, when the first High School Musical aired, roughly 7.7 million viewers tuned in to watch the film. Not only was that breaking television records, but the movie’s […]

Southern California has been experiencing a heat wave and is currently under a heat advisory until 8 p.m. Sunday. In places such as Antelope Valley, San Fernando Valley, and San Gabriel Valley, the heat wave has sent temperatures soaring into the upper 90s. The National Weather Service felt it necessary to issue a heat advisory […]

Nearly 300 small dogs were seized from a home in the Howell Township area of Monmouth County in New Jersey, on Friday. On Thursday, an animal control officer was called to the scene of the New Jersey home when neighbors complained that one of the dogs had gotten loose. Upon arriving, the Humane Society officer […]

Alexandria Vera, a Stovall Middle School teacher, was arrested on Wednesday for the ongoing statutory rape of a 13-year-old student. Alexandria Vera, 24, was an English teacher for Stovall Middle School in the Aldine School District. During her time working for summer school she met and seduced an 8th-grade boy. For almost nine months after […]

On Friday, Justin Keith Cornell of Chesapeake, Virginia, was convicted of slaughtering his girlfriend, Brianna Armstrong. Approximately one year ago, Brianna Armstrong went missing from her home. Armstrong’s husband, Corey Creek, reported her missing on May 9, 2015. She was last seen two days before that at the home of Justin Cornell. At the time, […]

What do you picture when someone says the words, “bounty hunter?” Clearly, a bounty hunter is someone with great upper body strength, a weapon, and a desire to apprehend people running from the law. Right? Well, there’s a whole section of the internet that sees a completely different picture when someone says the words, “bounty […]

Fans of the Gilmore Girls have been patiently waiting for closure for nearly a decade. Last year, the revival was announced and fans began to speculate about who might return. Would Alexis Bledel’s “Rory” character return to Stars Hollow, or go back to Matt Czuchry’s “Logan” character? Would she instead seek out the much better-rounded […]

A volcano eruption in Indonesia, Saturday afternoon, was thought to have killed three people and injured several others. Since then, the death toll has risen. Mount Sinabung is located in the North Sumatra province and is one of the 120 active volcanoes that can be found in Indonesia. The area is prone to seismic activity […]

Harvard University’s business school was evacuated on Wednesday after a bomb threat was issued. Spokespeople from Harvard University took to Twitter in order to keep students in the loop about the bomb threat. The first tweet was issued at 10:16 a.m. The Harvard University social media team told followers that police were evacuating several buildings […]

Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin, a very vocal pro-life politician being considered as a possible running-mate for presidential hopeful Donald Trump, shocked Oklahoma this week when she vetoed an abortion bill that would have made conducting an abortion in her state a felony. The bill, SB1552, was meant to punish anyone who performed or induced an […]

Students at Sylmar High School walked out of class on Thursday to promote unity and protest a brawl that occurred earlier in the week. On Monday, a huge fight broke out during lunch time at Sylmar High School. Twelve police officers, backed up by a supervisor, were dispatched by L.A. Unified School Police in order […]

A species of squirrel native to the United Kingdom has been found to be affected by an outbreak of leprosy, threatening an already declining population. Almost everyone around the world is familiar with some species of squirrel. In Africa there’s a pygmy squirrel that only grows to about five inches, while in South Asia there’s […]

A United States Navy SEAL trainee died Friday during his first week of training in Coronado, California. It is believed that he died during the “drown-proofing” exercise. Seaman James Derek Lovelace, 21, was involved in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training – often known as BUD/S. The Navy SEAL training is thought of as one of the […]

An ongoing listeria outbreak was recently traced to a single company responsible for producing frozen fruits and vegetables. Eight people have been infected with a similar strain of Listeria monocytogenes between September of 2013 and March of this year. The outbreak has been tracked through three states: California, Maryland, and Washington. Although officials have been […]

A small plane crash occurred in Arizona earlier today. A Beechcraft BE35, single-engine plane was involved in a crash in Surprise, Arizona. The crash occurred at approximately 5 p.m. MST. Surprise Fire-Medical department posted an update about the crash site roughly three hours after it occurred. “Surprise Police are currently on-scene investigating a plane crash […]

Omaree Varela was heartlessly kicked to death in December of 2013 after years of officials ignoring the abuse going on in his home. This week, his mom has finally pleaded guilty to his murder. This past Friday, Omaree’s mom pleaded guilty to kicking him to death. Synthia Varela-Casaus, Omaree’s mom, has already begun serving her […]

The injury suffered by Dylan O’Brien on March 18 was originally supposed to delay filming of the sequel, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, until May 9. If Fox, the production company, were able to stick to that schedule, filming for that sequel would be resuming in just over a week. Unfortunately, O’Brien’s injuries have proven […]

Friday night a residential building in Nairobi, Kenya, suffered a collapse that left nearly 20 people dead and over 100 people injured. Those numbers are expected to climb as rescue teams continue searching the rubble. Approximately 60 people either visiting or considered residents of the building are still noted as missing. The building collapse occurred […]

Captain America: Civil War hits theaters on May 6. The most awaited hero to join the Avengers in their civil war is Spider-Man, but he’s not the only hero joining the fight that has fans shaking in anticipation. Many people are looking forward to seeing Marvel’s first black superhero, Black Panther, as well. Black Panther […]

Due to a Hepatitis A outbreak, Costco will be pulling one of their frozen fruit options from their shelves. Nature’s Touch Organic Cherry Berry Blend with a UPC code of 8 73668 00179 1, and best-buy dates up to and including March 15, 2018, are being recalled by the Canadian government. “There have been reported […]

Investigators have been on the scene of a helicopter crash near the Baltimore-Washington International Airport for the majority of Saturday. Calls began to reach the Baltimore, Maryland, 911 center just before noon on Saturday. Witnesses explained that they believed they had seen an aircraft of some kind crash by the train tracks near the Baltimore-Washington […]

Members of a group known as Democracy Spring have spent the last week conducting a peaceful protest on Capitol Hill. Since the start of the protest on Monday, upwards of 900 people have been arrested for varying offenses. Of those arrested were two familiar public faces: Rosario Dawson and once presidential hopeful, Lawrence Lessig. Democracy […]

This week, a person known as the “Jet Pack Man” took off wearing his jet pack. The stunt test-run had been done plenty of times before but on Friday morning, it went horribly wrong. Nick Macomber is the Vice President of Jet Pack International. He’s known as “Jet Pack Man” due to his extensive hands-on […]

There was a time when no one would think of Vice President Joe Biden and Lady Gaga (singer, songwriter, actress) doing a tour together. There have been some unlikely pairs in the past, but this one is at the height of strange. However, their tour has a powerful message and they’re hoping to reach the […]