Soumashree Sarkar

U.S. Military Aircraft Crashes Off Japanese Island, Prompting A Return To The Okinawa Question

U.S. military aircraft AV8B Harrier II has crashed off the Japanese island of Okinawa. The crash of the ground attack fighter jet has prompted fresh concerns over U.S. presence in the southernmost prefecture of Japan. Okinawa, once under U.S. control, returned to Japanese rule in 1972. The U.S. Army has a controversial military base at […]

7y ago

harry potter|JK Rowling

Pottermore Releases Magical New Patronus Quiz, Harry Potter Fans Could Not Be Happier

Pottermore has released a new Harry Potter quiz, and it is magical beyond measure. Bringing almost a year-long rumor to rest, the digital entertainment website which has engaged Potter fans in the absence of new books and films in the series now releases the much anticipated Patronus quiz. That’s right, Potter fans can now find […]

7y ago

Isis

ISIS Claims Its ‘Supporter’ Was Behind Minnesota Mall Stabbing, Remains Silent On NYC Blast

ISIS claims responsibility of the mall stabbing in Minnesota that left nine people injured yesterday. The Amaq news agency — considered one of the Islamic State’s media mouthpieces — released news that the lone man who conducted the vicious attack was a “soldier of the ISIS”. The same was then reported by the Associated Press. […]

7y ago

Overcrowded Boat Capsizes In Thailand, Several Reported Dead

An overcrowded boat capsized on the Chao Phraya river in the city of Ayutthaya in Thailand killing 13 people. One of the dead is a child, six are men and six, women. The double-decker boat which was carrying about 150 people was overcrowded, causing it to capsize. Of the people on the boat, most were […]

7y ago

Iranian Para-cyclist Dies Following Crash In Rio Paralympics 2016

Iranian para-cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad has died after a crash at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Golbarnezhad, who was 48-years-old, suffered a cardiac arrest during the C4-5 road race. The Paralympic Cycling Road event took place in Pontal — a small peninsular beach area in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro — that contains […]

7y ago

new jersey

New Jersey: Pipe Bomb Explodes Near Site Of 5K Charity Race, Evacuations Ordered

New Jersey’s Seaside Park became the scene of an explosion today when a pipe bomb blasted in a trash can. The explosion occurred at the same route that the Seaside Semper Five 5K charity run was to take later today. Authorities cancelled the race immediately afterwards. Seaside Park is a beach resort in New Jersey. […]

7y ago

Simone Biles

Russian Hackers Release Secret Medical Data Of More U.S. Athletes

Russian hackers released the medical records of over 25 athletes, ten of whom were from the U.S.A., after breaking into the portals of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Earlier this week, athletes who were shown as having taken banned substances in the published records included artistic gymnast Simone Biles, basketball player Elena Delle Donne, and the […]

7y ago

Gigi Hadid|Kendall Jenner

Marc Jacobs Incites Widespread Anger With Faux Wool Dreadlocks On White Models In NYFW Show, Replies Defensively

Marc Jacobs has always been one to play it safe. In his long-held position near the top of the fashion ladder, Jacobs’s public persona has not courted controversy in a big way. That is, until his September 15 New York Fashion Week show where he featured a predominantly white series of models in false dreadlocks […]

7y ago

paul mccartney|Ringo Starr|ron howard|the beatles

Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr Set Back The Clocks And Reunite On Red Carpet For Beatles Documentary

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have had quite the adventure together. In their heydays they formed half of the four-person band that called itself The Beatles and that four-person band just happened to change the landscape of rock music forever. While Paul was the enigmatic songwriter with the voice that belted immortal hits like Let […]

7y ago

jay-z

Jay Z Declares The War On Drugs An ‘Epic Fail’, Releases Scathing New Short Film

Jay Z has declared the War on Drugs an “epic fail” in a scorching new video narrated by him and animated with the artwork of Molly Crabapple. A History of the War on Drugs: From Prohibition to Gold Rush is a short film that takes a long look at the racist history of the effort […]

7y ago

Adele|amy winehouse

Amy Winehouse Is Remembered By Fans On What Would Have Been Her 33rd Birthday

Amy Winehouse enthralled anyone who listened to her songs. The poster child of a revolutionary mix of musical genres, the British singer and songwriter’s barebones voice captured the musical imagination of the whole world. Born on this day in 1983, Amy died on July 23, 2011, from accidental alcohol poisoning. She was 27 at the […]

7y ago

Carla Hayden Becomes The First Woman And The First Black Person To Head Library of Congress

Carla Hayden was sworn in as the Librarian of Congress today, and with that, the “rock star librarian” became the first woman and the first black person to head the institution. Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress and was nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the 216-year-old institution. At the age of […]

7y ago

Islamic State|turkey

Turkey Wedding Bombing: Suicide Bomber Was A Child

The Turkey wedding bombing which has so far killed as many as 51 people was reportedly caused by a child no older than 12 to 14 years old. A Reuters report quotes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he spoke from Istanbul on Sunday. The President, who is still getting over a terrible series of […]

7y ago

Cannes Burkini Ban: 10 Women Become The First Ones To Be Penalized In France

The Cannes burkini ban made its presence felt for the first time when 10 women were reprimanded for covering up while at the beach. Among the 10 were grandmothers and young mothers, who were forced off the beach and fined by the police. The ban on the wearing of the burkini now makes sporting head […]

7y ago

Ryan Lochte

Ryan Lochte Alters Robbery Account As Swimmer’s Teammates Are Pulled Off Flight To U.S.

Ryan Lochte has reached the U.S.A. but his two swimming teammates have been pulled off their flight ahead of its departure from Rio de Janeiro. Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz, both of whom won gold in the Olympic swimming team events along with Lochte, have been detained for the investigation of the alleged armed robbery […]

7y ago

Michael Phelps|Rio Olympics|ryan murphy

Michael Phelps Breaks A 2,168-Year-Old Record, Team U.S.A. Shines In Swimming Once Again

Michael Phelps just won his 22nd gold medal, and being the compulsive history re-writer that he is, Phelps has now broken a record that was left sleeping for 2,168 years. Michael Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley finals tonight and his finishing time of 1:55.78 made him the winner of his career’s 13th individual gold […]

7y ago

catfish

‘Catfish’ Returns With Their Most Prolific Catfisher Yet: A Man Who Fools 400 Women

Catfish returns to American television, and it returns with a bang. A reality-based documentary show that is a guilty pleasure for many, Catfish is a series in which the lies told by people to their online lovers are revealed in dramatic style. Hosted by Nev Schulman and Max Joseph, the second half of Season 5 […]

7y ago

Rio Olympics|Simone Biles

‘Final Five’: U.S. Women Win Team Gold In Gymnastics At Rio Olympics

The “Final Five” have done it again. The U.S. women gymnastics team, rising far above competition and redefining the level of artistic gymnastics, have won gold at Rio. The win, anchored by 19-year-old living legend Simone Biles, comes with a historic margin of a record 8.209 points. The win, fresh in the wake of Michael […]

7y ago

‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’: Fans Left Fuming Over Exorbitant Secondhand Ticket Prices

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child tickets have begun appearing on resale sites in bulk and at expensive prices, leaving many Potter fans without a ticket to the West End play. The initial 250,000 tickets officially released yesterday were all sold out within hours, but secondhand tickets began appearing on sites other than the two […]

7y ago

hope solo|Rio Olympics

Hope Solo: U.S. Goalkeeper Booed At Rio Olympics Match, Says It Does Not Bother Her

Hope Solo, the U.S.A. women’s soccer team’s goalkeeper was teased by spectators at the first match of the Rio Olympics. According to a Reuters report, Brazilian fans targeted Solo by shouting out “Zika!” In her direction throughout the match against New Zealand at the Belo Horizonte. The taunts were, however, light-hearted and made reference to […]

7y ago