Survivors from Nigeria’s biggest massacre to date have spoken out against Boko Haram, describing how the militant group killed over 2,000 women and children “like insects.” The attacks began when the terror group took over Baga, a town near the northeastern front of Nigeria. After creating a military base, the group rampaged the villagers, launching rocket-propelled grenades and assault […]
Legendary comedian Taylor Negron has died. Known for his roles in the ’90s hits Stuart Little, Angels in the Outfield, and endless TV appearances, Negron’s cousin announced his death on YouTube Sunday morning. Negron was dealing with a longtime battle with cancer. He was also returning to his stand-up roots and taking on a new profession–painting. […]
A small plane crashed in Los Angeles on Friday in the Van Nuys neighborhood. Though the plane did not hit anything in its surroundings, the pilot was killed. For more information, visit: [Buzzfeed] A 23-year-old woman from Massachusetts became a mother for the first time, after finding out she was pregnant an hour prior to […]
UPDATE: 11:30 AM EST According to the Le Monde newspaper and the Associated Press, the Charlie Hebdo suspects were killed in assault by security forces in Dammartin-en-Goele. BREAKING: Police official: Suspects in Charlie Hebdo massacre killed, hostage freed. — The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2015 Story developing… ——– The manhunt for two gunmen suspected of killing 12 at […]
The terrorist group Boko Haram has torched the Nigerian town of Baga, leaving some 2,000 people missing and feared dead. The killing spree has been ongoing since the militant group overran a nearby military base on Saturday. In the past year, Boko Haram has raided many towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria, including taking hundreds of schoolgirls and […]
The FBI is continuing their investigation into an explosion that occurred outside a Colorado National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) office earlier this week, but officials could not confirm that the act was one of domestic terrorism. Officials are not, however, ruling out the possibility of terrorism. “Certainly domestic terrorism is one possibility, among […]
Police in France are still in the throes of a massive manhunt to track down the two suspects connected to the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices that left 12 people dead. Officials may catch a break, the AFP reports. The two men — brothers who were identified by authorities as Said and Cherif Kouachi — were spotted […]
In what French President Francois Hollande has labeled a terrorist attack, gunmen stormed the offices of a satirical magazine, killing at least 12 people (including two police officers) in Paris on Wednesday. The attack is the worst militant attack on French soil in decades. The paper, Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly), was known for ridiculing radical Islam, according […]
Officials in Colorado have confirmed that an explosion outside a Colorado NAACP office Tuesday morning was deliberate — an action that mirrors the terroristic bombings of the Jim Crow era to discourage, harm, and instill fear in black communities. The “improvised explosive device” was detonated against the exterior wall of the building, which houses the headquarters […]
This week marks the beginning of the Boston Marathon bombing trial, as a court decides on a potential jury to decide if the surviving suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is guilty for his role in the tragic 2013 incident that killed three and left hundreds of people injured. A total of 18 people will be chosen out of more than 1,200 for 12 […]
With Cuba and the U.S. normalizing relations for the first time in over half a century, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has called for Cuba to extradite the FBI’s most wanted woman. Gov. Christie sent a letter to President Obama about Joanne Chesimard, known to many as Assata Shakur. The 67-year-old was allegedly involved in the killing of a New […]
Boko Haram is still terrorizing the country of Nigeria, as they have committed another mass attack in a newly released video. According to the Associate Press, the religious extremists group took over a dorm recently, and had students lay face down on the floor as they shot as many as they could dead. In the video, […]
