Richard Ojeda, A West Virginia state Senate candidate has been brutally beaten at a political cookout. Richard Ojeda suffered eight facial fractures, severe swelling, and a concussion after suspect Jonathan Porter allegedly showed up to a Sunday cookout uninvited, according to the report. Porter allegedly asked Ojeda, a military veteran, for help putting a bumper sticker on his car and …

Lauryn Hill has responded to criticism she faced after being two hours late for a gig in Atlanta by attributing her lateness to her need to “align my energy with the time”. In the Facebook post, Hill explains that her tardiness was not due to disrespect. Rather, she was late because of her love for art and perfectionist tendencies. She …

B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service (COS) recently intercepted a watercraft that had an invasive mussel hiding on it. According to the conservation service, the boat coming from Ontario to B.C. failed to stop at an inspection station on April 28, near Elko on Highway 3.

Self-driving cars could hit roads within five years, the head of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has said, days after the company announced an alliance with Google parent Alphabet. Fiat Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne told guests at an event that the two companies have yet to decide who will own the data from the fleet of 100 autonomous Pacifica minivans. The vehicles …

Donald Trump is now predicting a higher tax rate for the rich than what his plan had publicly laid out. He told US news channel NBC “For the wealthy, I think frankly it is going to go up and, you know what, it really should go up.” He added “when it comes time to negotiate, I feel less concerned with …

Andrew Demboski, A 21-year-old college student in Mississippi has died after falling off the top of a football stadium Jumbotron video system. Andrew Demboski and two other male students apparently climbed atop the Jumbotron located in Davis Wade stadium and he slipped and fell from a wide sheet-metal awning that spans the top of the display. Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael …

Sarah Palin says Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s “political career is over but for a miracle because he has so disrespected the will of the people” by not putting his support behind the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. “I think Paul Ryan is soon to be ‘Cantored,’ as in Eric Cantor,” Palin, referring the the 2014 upset of the former …

Battlefield 1’s first trailer is here, showing a WW1 setting that visits new locations from around the world. Electronic Arts has confirmed that the new Battlefield, as we expected based on images that leaked out earlier today, is a World War I-themed shooter called Battlefield 1. It’s release is set for October 21. Battlefield has been slugging it out with …

Marine rescued off NC coast after ejecting from Harrier during training mission. Authorities say a pilot was rescued in the Atlantic Ocean off Wrightsville Beach Friday after parachuting from a AV-8B Harrier as it went down in flames. Emergency crews in New Hanover County responded to the jet crash off Wrightsville Beach just after 5pm Friday. According to dispatch, the …

The ruling party of North Korea is preparing to confer its top title on leader Kim Jong-un, the latest signal that the young leader has a firm grip on power, the Associated Press reported. According to the Korean Central News Agency, Saturday’s agenda for the congress in Pyongyang included revising party rules, electing Kim to the top party post and …

When launched, Hubble’s successor, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, will be the most powerful space telescope in the world (or, outside of it?). Though it’s still under construction and is expected to launch in 2018, officials have just now unveiled pictures of the telescope’s huge, golden mirrors. And boy, are they pretty. The James Webb Space Telescope is currently sitting …