World

Tanishq Abraham: 12-Year-Old Readying For University Life

Tanishq Abraham: 12-Year-Old Readying For University Life

A 12-year-old student will add to his three college degrees by attending one of two California Universities he has been accepted to, The Associated Press reports. Tanishq Abraham, of Sacramento, received acceptances to the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of California, Davis. He plans to study bio-engineering.

Read More »

Andrew Jones: Amite ‘Student of Year’ Can’t Graduate Because of Facial Hair

Andrew Jones: Amite 'Student of Year' Can't Graduate Because of Facial Hair

Andrew Jones, a star athlete and straight A student ended his four years at Amite High School in Louisiana with a 4.0 GPA making him valedictorian. However, instead of Jones participating in the graduation ceremony, Jones was told because of his facial hair he wasn’t allowed to attend. “Eventually they took my gown,” he recalled, “They told me they had …

Read More »

Nick Menza: “Former Megadeth drummer” dies after collapsing on stage

Nick Menza: Former Megadeth drummer dies after collapsing on stage

Nick Menza, a former drummer for metal band Megadeth, died Saturday night (May 21) during a show with his latest band, the progressive rock and jazz fusion group OHM. He was 51. Nick Menza, who was a member of the band OHM, was performing at a Los Angeles-area club on Saturday when he suddenly collapsed and couldn’t be revived, CNN …

Read More »

Kalamazoo: Jason Dalton bound over to trial following wild outburst in court (Video)

Kalamazoo: Jason Dalton bound over to trial following wild outburst in court

KALAMAZOO, MI — Jason Dalton will stand trial for the Kalamazoo shooting spree that left six dead and two seriously injured. Jason Dalton, 45, of Cooper Township, appeared in court for a preliminary examination today, where Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting presented testimony and evidence against him. Kalamazoo County District Judge Christopher Haenicke’s ruling came Friday afternoon after a day …

Read More »

Musician Calvin Harris hospitalised following car accident

Musician Calvin Harris hospitalised following car accident

DJ Calvin Harris was injured in a car accident on Friday as he was headed to the airport for a Las Vegas performance. The artist is okay, but according to his representatives and Facebook page, he has been told to rest “for a few days” by doctors. Harris was a passenger in a Cadillac when the vehicle collided with a …

Read More »

Two lions killed in Chile zoo as they maul naked suicidal man (Video)

Two lions killed in Chile zoo as they maul naked suicidal man (Video)

A naked man who jumped into the big cat enclosure at a Chilean zoo has survived but only after the lions attacking him were shot dead. Horrified visitors watched as 20-year-old Franco Luis Ferrada jumped into the pen and taunted the male and female lions into attacking him on Saturday morning. Zookeepers turned a hose on the animals, then fired …

Read More »

Mullah Mansoor killed in Pakistan, US military says

Mullah Mansoor killed in Pakistan, US military says

Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor has been killed in a US airstrike in a remote area of western Pakistan, according to a senior Taliban commander. According to the local media reports, U.S. unmanned aircraft on early Sunday morning fired two missiles at a vehicle which was believed to carry Mullah Mansoor and his colleague in Ahmad Wal, a small town which …

Read More »

Tukwila named most dangerous city in America, SafeWise study

Tukwila named most dangerous city in America, SafeWise Study

Tukwila has been named the most dangerous city in America, according to home security consultant website SafeWise. The report by SafeWise said they analyzed FBI crime report statistics from 2014 for all cities with a population of more than 10,000, and then tallied the number of violent crimes, which they defined as murder, robbery, aggravated assault, and forcible rape, and …

Read More »

Hidden gold ring found at Auschwitz after 70 years (Photo)

Hidden gold ring found at Auschwitz after 70 years (Photo)

Staffers at the Auschwitz Museum have found a gold ring hidden in a false bottom of one of the cups on display in the main exhibition. The mug, one of thousands of kitchenware items seized by Nazi guards from those deported to the camp in southern Poland during World War II, was found to have an inside double bottom, under …

Read More »