President Obama Commutes Life Sentence Of Broncos’ Demaryius Thomas’ Grandmother, Almost A Year After Freeing Thomas’ Mom

The 2015-2016 football season was a happy one for Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, for a lot of reasons. Not only did the Broncos win Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers, but Thomas’ mother, Katrina Smith, was finally able to watch her son play football for the first time after President Obama commuted […]

Arizona

Phoenix Serial Killer Strikes Again: Man And 4-Year-Old Boy Survive Encounter With ‘Serial Street Shooter’

Police are redoubling their efforts in the search for a Phoenix, Arizona serial killer — dubbed the “Phoenix Serial Street Shooter” — after another shooting that occurred on July 11, brought the number of incidents linked to the serial shooter up to nine since March. Phoenix police officers had begun to hope that the serial […]

Want To Get Paid To Drink Beer? The Smithsonian Is Hiring A Beer Historian For $64,000 A Year Plus Benefits!

Do you fancy yourself a bit of a beer expert? Does the idea of getting paid $64,00 per year (plus benefits) to travel the country and drink craft beer appeal to you? If so, then the Smithsonian Museum has the perfect job for you. They are currently looking to hire a beer historian as part […]

Ronald Reagan

John Hinckley Jr., The Man Who Attempted To Assassinate Ronald Reagan, Will Be Released From Custody

John Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan in an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster, is set to be released after spending 35 years at St. Elizabeth’s hospital, a government-run psychiatric institution, where he has been in custody since the 1981 shooting. John Hinckley Jr.’s attempt to assassinate Ronald […]

space

The Mystery Of Ceres’ Missing Craters: What Caused The Dwarf Planet’s Impact Craters To Mysteriously Disappeared?

There is a mystery afoot surrounding the craters, or lack thereof, on Ceres, our nearest dwarf planet that resides within the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in our solar system. According to recent data collected by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, that has been orbiting Ceres since March of 2015, the dwarf planet […]

Target

More Stores Offering Gender-Neutral Kids Clothes For Back-To-School Season After Multiple Parent Requests

After months of outcry from parents who no longer wish to set gender-specific standards for their children, many stores across North America have heard their patrons’ pleas and have begun offering gender-neutral kids clothes just in time for the back-to-school season. For decades, the standards for kids clothes have been set in stone with pink […]

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The Rolling Stones Have A Message For Donald Trump: You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Including Our Songs!

For the second time in three months, the Rolling Stones have taken to Twitter to tell the world that they do not endorse Donald Trump and that the Republican presidential nominee has once again used one of their songs without their consent. On Thursday, Donald Trump closed out his lengthy 76-minute acceptance speech at the […]

Germany

Munich Shopping Center Shooting: ‘Bullied’ Teen Gunman Shoots And Kills Nine People, Injures 27 Others Before Killing Himself

As new details emerge about the Munich shopping center shooting, a picture is being pieced together about the teen gunman who shot and killed nine people and injured at least 27 more before turning the gun on himself at Olympia shopping center early Friday evening. The gunman, who has been identified as German-born 18-year-old Ali […]

Hundreds Honor Jerika Bolen, Terminally Ill Wisconsin Teen That Has Chosen To End Her Life, At Prom In Her Honor

More than 1,000 people turned up on Friday night at the Grand Meridian ballroom in Appleton, Wisconsin, to say goodbye to 14-year-old Jerika Bolen, who has chosen to enter end-of-life hospice care at the end of the summer. Jerika Bolen was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 2 at just 8-months-old. SMA is a fatal […]

chile

Extreme Skier Matilda Rapaport Dies In Avalanche While Filming Ubisoft Video Game ‘Steep’ In Chile

Thirty-year-old extreme skier Matilda Rapaport died in a hospital on Monday after an avalanche accident in the Andes Mountains in Chile, where she was filming parts for a Ubisoft video game called Steep. Matilda Rapaport, the Swedish champion skier, left Sweden last week and headed to Chile to get some filming done for Ubisoft’s forthcoming […]

colorado

Colorado Deputy Fires ‘One In A Billion Shot’ Straight Into The Barrel Of Would-Be Armed Robber’s Gun

In a case that can either be considered extraordinary marksmanship, or extreme luck, a Colorado deputy saved his own life from would-be armed robbers in January, when a “one-in-a-billion” shot he fired travelled straight into the robber’s gun, through the barrel, and came to rest against the bullet in the chamber, rendering the gun inoperable. […]

Disney Firefighters Warned To Stop Feeding Gators Half-Mile From Where Lane Graves Was Killed, Two Months Before Toddler’s Death

Just two months before 2-year-old Lane Graves was snatched from a foot of water by an alligator and drowned at Disney World’s Grand Floridian resort, onsite firefighters were warned to stop feeding gators that wandered around Fire Station 3. The Station is located just a half-mile from Disney’s Seven Seas Lagoon, the area where the […]

nintendo|video games

Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition Release Announcement Triggers Bouts Of Nostalgia For Retro Gamers

Nostalgia is the name of the game for Generation Xers and early Gen Yers, and Nintendo, the company that can arguably be considered the godfathers of modern gaming, have decided to cash in it. In a Facebook post this morning, Nintendo announced that this Christmas shopping season, they are releasing the NES Classic Edition, a […]

Yale Employee Smashes Racist Window On Campus, University Decides Not To Press Charges

An African-American man who has been employed at Yale University for nearly a decade lost his job after losing his cool and smashing a stained-glass window in the dining hall where he worked. The man claims the window, which featured slaves picking cotton, was racist. Corey Menafee, who has worked at a dishwasher in Yale’s […]

Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Wrote Messages In Blood On Wall Of Hideout, Had Larger Plans Police Say

Micah Xavier Johnson, the Dallas shooter that killed five police officers, and wounded seven more, as well as two civilians during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest last Thursday, was delusional, scrawled messages in his own blood on the walls of the parking garage where he was hiding out, and had plans for something much […]

Black Lives Matter|dallas

The Names Of All Five Officers Killed In Dallas Ambush Have Finally Been Released — Who Were They?

Late Thursday, five Dallas police officers were shot and killed during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest, when Micah Xavier Johnson opened fire. Another seven officers were injured. Officials have just released the names of the five officers killed during the Dallas sniper attack, and those who lost their lives include fathers of both young […]

Ex-Boxer, Black Bear Go Toe-To-Toe: Canadian Man Walks Away With Scratches, Leaves Angry Mama Bear With Bloody Nose

In a harrowing tale of survival, 61-year-old Canadian ex-boxer Rick Nelson recounts the story of how the fight-or-flight instinct, mixed in with some boxing expertise, saved his life when he found himself face-to-face with an angry black bear trying to protect her cub. While walking his dog along a forest trail in Sudbury, Ontario, on […]

Donald Trump|ivanka trump

Ivanka Trump For Vice President? Trump Campaign Pushes The Idea Of Father-Daughter Ticket

As Senator Bob Corker became the latest in a list of people removing themselves from becoming potential vice presidents to a Donald Trump presidency, he told CNN that he had a suggestion for the perfect VP for Trump: Donald’s daughter, Ivanka Trump. Following his removal as Trump’s potential running mate on Wednesday, Senator Corker sat […]

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Johnny Manziel Vows To Get Sober And Focus On Football, But Only After He’s Done Partying In Mexico

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, also known as Johnny Football, has found himself in the news quite often recently. Whether it be due to his drug use, domestic violence charges, causing $32,000 in damages to an L.A. house, or being called a “druggie” by his own father, Manziel always seems to be on the […]

FBI

Ten Women Have Been On The FBI’s ‘Ten Most Wanted’ List Since It Began In 1950 — Who Are They?

The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list began on March 14, 1950, after a reporter asked FBI officials for the names and descriptions of the “toughest guys” the Bureau wanted to apprehend. According to the FBI website, “the resulting story generated so much publicity and had so much appeal that late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover […]

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