A 16-year-old student in Nagasaki, Japan was arrested after police found her classmate’s dismembered body in her apartment. The student allegedly confessed to police that she had sawed off her classmate’s head and hand after beating the 15-year-old victim, Aiwa Matsuo, with a hammer and strangling her with a rope. Police are currently investigating the gruesome […]
It was just too easy of a birthday wish for these people to pass up on, especially for this 6-year-old boy. Daniel Nickerson of Foxboro, Mass., who was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in October 2013, has only one thing on his wish list for his sixth birthday — cards — and he probably got […]
The Obama administration is considering a new solution to the massive influx of unaccompanied minors from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexican border. White House officials said Thursday that the administration is weighing the possibility of giving refugee status to these young migrants. The plan would involve screening youths in Honduras, one of the world’s most violent nations, to determine […]
The University of Texas football program is in hot water this week after two players were arrested and charged Thursday with a felony sexual assault. Texas wide receivers Kendall Sanders, 20, and Montrel Meander, 19, were taken into custody at the university police station after they received a call from the victim saying she had […]
Coming out of the closet to the world is never easy. Especially when you’re a college football standout entering the macho world of the NFL. Michael Sam took the sports world by storm back in February when he announced in an interview with Chris Connelly on ESPN’s Outside the Lines that he was gay, becoming […]
The NFL is no stranger to dealing with domestic violence headlines in the news. This time, though, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will only be suspended for the first two games of the season as punishment for allegedly knocking his then-fiancé Janay Palmer unconscious back in February in the elevator of an Atlantic City casino. The disturbing video showed Palmer’s […]
President Barack Obama is working to reform immigration, but he first must address the issues at the border between Texas and Mexico, which have been deemed a humanitarian and political crisis. According to White House officials, Obama sent a team to Texas to determine the need for the U.S. National Guard’s presence. The team, made up of […]
When we think of a casino heist, the first thing that comes to mind is a handsome George Clooney and his clan of intelligent bandits. But a recent heist in Atlantic City, New Jersey was a little disappointing — Clooney and crew didn’t make an appearance. However, the two masked thieves that robbed Caesars Atlantic City at gunpoint […]
Here it is folks! Gentrification, classism, and elitism all in one. New York City’s economic inequality problem is nothing new, but the physical segregation just approved by city officials proves just how far gone the issue actually is. Extell Development Company, the firm behind the building of a new shiny high-rise at 40 Riverside Blvd. on […]
After shocking footage surfaced last week of NYPD officers tackling and choking a Staten Island man, national outrage has prompted one group to push for New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton to be fired. The group, known as “New Yorkers Against Bratton,” held a small protest outside of City Hall on Monday in response to the […]
The remains of victims from the Malaysian Airlines flight 17 crash finally arrived in Ukrainian–held territory in order to be transported to the Netherlands Tuesday, after several days of haphazard treatment. As world leaders work to establish the facts surrounding the tragic case, their frustration lies within the fact that the crash site, held by pro-Russian separatists who […]
LeBron James went from biggest player on the court to biggest cheerleader at his son’s AAU Championship game this weekend. LeBron James Jr., 9, proved he was the real MVP on the court at the AAU Fourth Grade National Championship, scoring some serious buckets. Yep, you read that right — the fourth grade. At the game, […]