A man was sentenced to 15 years for cocaine possession in Oklahoma. It was powdered milk
A man pleaded guilty to cocaine possession in Oklahoma — only to withdraw his plea and have his case dismissed after it turned out to be…
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Kurdish humanitarian groups left to fend for themselves as Northern Syria goes from refuge to frontline
As the first bombs fell on Ras al-Ain, residents of the Kurdish-Syrian village frantically collected treasured possessions and fled their homes.…
Continue Reading The ant that moves at 108 times its body length each second
Scientists have recorded the speed of the world’s fastest ant, which lives in the Sahara and is able to travel 108 times its own body length…
Continue Reading Indian hospital staff suspended after ants found crawling over dead patient’s eyes
Three nurses and two doctors have been suspended in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state after ants were found crawling on the body of a…
Continue Reading Blood smuggling in China: Why pregnant women are breaking the law to find out their babies’ sex
Custom officers stopped the middle-aged woman because of her strange, lumbering gait. They searched her and found vials of blood stashed in her bra,…
Continue Reading A newborn was found wrapped in a plastic bag in Indiana. Here are 5 things to know about safe haven laws
An hours-old baby girl was found wrapped in a plastic bag on a quiet street in Indiana — the latest in a series of abandoned babies found…
Continue Reading The massive Saddle Ridge fire started under a high-voltage transmission tower, Los Angeles fire officials say
Investigators now know where the mammoth Saddle Ridge fire started. They just don’t know how. The blaze, which has torched more than 8,300…
Continue Reading Georgia school district reverses transgender-friendly bathroom policy after death threats
A Georgia school district has reversed its transgender-friendly bathroom policy after board members, staff and students were threatened, the school…
Continue Reading Prince William carves his own path as monarch in waiting
Imagine writing your autobiography and publishing it in real time across all media, globally. No editing, no going back and choosing what to leave in…
Continue Reading California to launch nation’s first statewide earthquake warning system
California will launch the nation’s first statewide earthquake early warning system Thursday morning, according to a news release from the…
Continue Reading Markeith Loyd convicted in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend and her unborn child
A Florida jury on Wednesday found Markeith Loyd guilty of murder for fatally shooting his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her unborn child. Loyd was…
Continue Reading Hong Kong protest organizer attacked with hammers and knives
The leader of one of Hong Kong‘s most prominent pro-democracy groups was hospitalized Wednesday evening after being attacked by a group of men…
Continue Reading Man sets pet lion on electrician who tried to collect pay, police say
The caretaker of a Pakistani house of worship unleashed his pet lion on an electrician who was trying to collect late payment, local police say. The…
Continue Reading This month, Las Vegas will let people pay for parking tickets with a food donation
If you get a parking ticket in Las Vegas over the next month, you will be able to pay off the fine with a food donation, the city council announced…
Continue Reading Three Trump call transcripts we’d like to see — Meanwhile in America
The biggest surprise about the Ukraine scandal is that Trump thought he could make it go away by releasing this suspicion-raising rough transcript of…
Continue Reading Typhoon Hagibis death toll rises to 74 as thousands are left stranded in the cold without power
The death toll from Typhoon Hagibis has risen to 74 in Japan, as thousands of residents remain without power or water and evening temperatures hover…
Continue Reading Sandy Hook father awarded $450,000 from defamation suit
Leonard Pozner, whose son 6-year-old Noah was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, was awarded $450,000 in damages by a Wisconsin jury from a…
Continue Reading Brexit breakthrough ‘unlikely’ on eve of crucial summit
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s hopes of securing a Brexit deal with the European Union may be tantalizingly close but the final breakthrough…
Continue Reading A state trooper pulled a man from his car seconds before it was hit by a train
With only seconds to go before a train barreled through, a Utah state trooper pulled an unconscious driver from his car after it got stuck on the…
Continue Reading This is the closest solar system to Earth containing multiple planets
Just 11 light years from earth is the GJ 15 A star system with two planets orbiting a red-dwarf star. This makes it the closest solar system to Earth…
Continue Reading Chicago teachers are about to go on strike, leaving 360,000 kids in limbo
The country’s third biggest school district has canceled classes as 25,000 educators plan to walk off the job Thursday. The Chicago Teachers…
Continue Reading AU faces backlash after terminating ambassador’s appointment
The African Union is facing a backlash after terminating the appointment of Arikana Chihombori-Quao, its ambassador to the United States. In a letter…
Continue Reading Mother who cheated on son’s ACT and tried to claim minority status gets 3 weeks in prison
A mother who paid $15,000 to cheat on her son’s ACT and falsely claimed he was African American and of Hispanic/Latino origin on his college…
Continue Reading Sketch of possible witness released in kidnapping of 5-year-old girl from a New Jersey playground
Officials in New Jersey have received more than a dozen calls since releasing a composite sketch of a possible eyewitness in the disappearance of…
Continue Reading Astronomers get the best look at interstellar comet that fits right in with our solar system
It’s only the second observed “interloper” to cross into our solar system, but interstellar comet 21/Borisov looks incredibly…
Continue Reading The world’s oldest leftovers stashed at Israel’s Qesem Cave
It seems stashing your leftovers from dinner is hardly a new concept. Humans have been storing food for 200,000 to 400,000 years, new research…
Continue Reading Former Fort Worth officer who shot Atatiana Jefferson refuses to speak with detectives about what happened
Detectives have seen body camera footage and heard an 8-year-old boy tell them how Atatiana Jefferson died but the officer who shot her has not…
Continue Reading The first all-female spacewalk is scheduled for this week
After the first all-female spacewalk was scrapped in March, NASA has now scheduled another attempt with astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir…
Continue Reading Why it matters what pronouns you use to refer to people and what to do if you slip up
If you feel like you’ve been hearing about pronouns a lot lately, you’re on to something. Sam Smith took to Instagram in September to…
Continue Reading Vatican launches $110 ‘click to pray’ wearable rosary
The Rosary is going mobile. The Vatican announced the launch of the “Click to Pray eRosary” Wednesday. October is the month of the…
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