And you thought running by yourself was a challenge? Try competing at the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships — eight months pregnant. That’s what five-time national 800-meter champion Alysia Montaño did Thursday afternoon in Sacramento, Ca. Montaño finished the race in 2 minutes, 32.13 seconds, nearly 35 seconds off her personal best of 1:57.31 set in […]
A former Chick-fil-A employee was accused of holding up a KFC drive-thru in Rock Hill, S.C. and taking off with $516.02. After a day and a car chase later, Jeffrey Coley, 50, was arrested by police in his Plymouth Neon, where cops found the cash drawer of money and less than a gram of methamphetamine. Coley, who is […]
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has proved to us that he wears his heart on his sleeve once again. At Thursday night’s NBA Draft, Silver took a moment to honor former Baylor University center, Isaiah Austin. The former Baylor center was diagnosed with marfan syndrome, a career ending condition, days before achieving his dream of playing in […]
GOOOAAAALLLL! That sound can be heard in any office building across America during this year’s FIFA World Cup, but employers are concerned that the festivities are taking away from worker productivity. Buster, a foreign-exchange trader in New York City who asked not to be identified, said he was scolded by his manager for wearing a […]
The countdown to the NBA Draft has begun! History will be made Thursday night, when 30 NBA teams pick and choose from the nation’s top college basketball prospects. The Cleveland Cavaliers will have the No. 1 pick, making them the first team to have back-to-back No. 1 picks since the Orlando Magic back in 1992-93, and […]
In bad parenting news, one father has been charged with murder after leaving his son in the car for seven hours, and a Florida mother was arrested after refusing to treat her newborn with ‘non-vegan’ medicines. Dad Charged With Murder Some strange new details have emerged in the case of the Georgia father who left his […]
The Twittersphere blew up Tuesday morning when news broke that King James will be exercising his option to become a free agent. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the “Big Three” will soon become two. Miami Heat star forward LeBron James decided to utilize his early termination option, but something tells us he won’t be leaving South Beach anytime […]
Glee star Naya Rivera has crafted a touching tale of immigration to the U.S. in her directorial debut for the Welcome.us Immigrant Heritage Month campaign. In the three-minute piece written by Paola Mendoza, immigrant citizens take viewers through the busy streets of New York, capturing the ancestral backgrounds of strangers. This creative video shows viewers the […]
In a nationwide crackdown on child sex-trafficking last week, the FBI rescued nearly 170 victims, many of whom were never reported missing. The crackdown also led to the arrest of 281 pimps on state and federal charges. “These are not faraway kids in faraway lands,” FBI Director James Comey said in announcing the annual enforcement push known as Operation […]
A Guatemalan man was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport after authorities found three pounds of cocaine hidden in cookies in baskets. Mauricio Isidro Rivera Hernandez was stopped by U.S Customs and Border Protection officers after he arrived from Guatemala. Rivera Hernandez was then taken to a private room to have his luggage searched, and […]
A teacher at an Arizona prison was stabbed and raped after being left alone in a room with a sex offender, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press about the savage attack. The attack occurred at Eyman prison’s Meadows Unit on January 30, which houses about 1,300 rapists, child molesters and other sex offenders. After the […]
Here’s a sight for sore eyes! Meet Jeremy Meeks, the internet famous felon from Stockton, Ca. who has girls everywhere fawning over him. Meeks was arrested Wednesday on felony weapons charges during a sweep in the Weston Ranch area of Stockton. The Stockton Police Department received a lot of attention after the bust, but not exactly […]