Mike Nichols, award-winning director of such classics as “The Graduate,” “Working Girl,” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” has died at the age of 83. The family of Nichols say the director passed Wednesday evening. The husband of news anchor Diane Sawyer, Nichols was admired for his unique skill to create quality dramas and comedies. […]
Surprise snowfall hit the upstate New York area this week as temperatures dropped to freezing and below freezing all around the country. Residents in Buffalo were hit with six feet of snow with two feet to be expected on Thursday. Five deaths were reported in New York, three of them heart attacks. Two other deaths […]
If You Don’t Know: News & Politics Roundup: 12 Indian Women Die From Sterilization Surgery…AND MORE!
An additional four women have died after undergoing sterilization surgeries in India, bringing the total to 12. Women are paid 1,400 rupees ($23) each to have the surgery at a “health camp” in Chhattisgarh state. The doctor who performed 80 surgeries in six hours hasn’t been arrested for the deaths. Sterilizations have been going on for […]
Amber Vinson, the second nurse in the US to contract Ebola, is speaking out about her time while she had the virus. Vinson told CNN reporter Don Lemon: “It is very draining. And even now, walking a short distance, I get short of breath. When I was going through my very rough days, you have […]
A 90-year-old community leader from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida was arrested for feeding the homeless on Sunday. Arnold Abbott and two ministers were arrested under a new ordinance that forbids people to share food in public. They also face a $500 fine. Abbott, who runs the non-profit group Love Thy Neighbor, plans to head back out Wednesday […]
An elderly man by the name of John Franklin Forbes has been arrested in Oregon after spending 20 years on the run. Linked to one of New York’s biggest drug cases, the 72-year-old was caught after he felt sick and applied for Social Security benefits using his real identity, according to the Lane County […]
If you’re a coffee addict, then you will be forever grateful to Starbucks. During a recent conference call, the coffee shop company revealed that it will start delivering coffee in select areas in 2015. The CEO said of the new feature,”Imagine the ability to create a standing order of Starbucks delivered hot to your desk […]
Ben Bradlee, the well-respected journalist who helped direct the Watergate scandal died of natural causes on Tuesday. Bradlee was known for his journalistic integrity and tireless efforts to publish the Pentagon Papers, a move that changed the world of journalism. The war vet’s story was the inspiration behind the book All The President’s Men which […]
A report from Frontline on the overall mental health of football players revealed that 76 of 79 deceased players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE. The brain disease is caused by constant trauma. Another study reported out of 170 football players from the league’s various levels like professional, high school, and college, 101 […]
A man is being accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s dog, and then serving it to her as a meal after the pet disappeared following an argument between them. Reports say that Ryan Watenpaugh and his ex made up after their dispute, and she was served a meal that appeared to be pork, but then received a […]
A mother has been locked up since 1994 after being accused and charged for slitting her son’s throat, but a judge just found her innocent after all these years. Michelle Murphy is now a free woman after new evidence showed that DNA did not match up. She received the news just this past Friday. That […]
A vigilante group in Nigeria told reporters Thursday that Boko Haram kidnapped around 100 boys and men from a remote town in northeastern Nigeria on August 10th. Boko Haram attacked the town of Doron Baga in Nigeria’s Borno state on Sunday, killing 10 people and kidnapping dozens more. Hassan Ibrahim, a member of the local Nigerian vigilante […]
