Al Roker is apologizing for taking a smiling selfie amid the South Carolina floods that have ravaged parts of the state and left multiple people dead. “Absolutely correct,” Roker, 61, tweeted in response to social media posts taking him to task for the since-deleted image, which he had captioned, “My crew and I getting ready to report on East Coast ... Read More »
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Jenelle Evans: ‘Teen Mom 2’ star injured by severe Hurricane Joaquin weather conditions
Jenelle Evans reportedly took a nasty fall in her driveway and wound up having to get rushed to the hospital. “Jenelle was going out to dinner with her boyfriend David [Eason] and friend Tori, and when she got home, everything was flooded on her street and she slipped and fell on the driveway getting out of the car,” a source ... Read More »
Textbook Complaint: Texas mom calls out publisher McGraw-Hill for labeling slaves as ‘workers,’ ‘immigrants’
Textbook publisher McGraw-Hill said they will rewrite a textbook after a Texas mom made a complaint saying slaves were considered as “immigrant workers” in her son’s text book. Roni Dean-Burren took to social media last week after her son made her aware of the wording of a passage in his 9th-grade “World Geography” textbook that refers to African slaves as ... Read More »
Expectant dads also get depressed, new study says
A significant number of men on the verge of becoming fathers get depressed during their partner’s pregnancy, a new study from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre suggests. A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) sheds light on fathers’ mental health by releasing the first study to report the prevalence of ... Read More »
Ohio Toddler Rescued: Missing 2-year-old Trumbull County girl found safe “Video”
Ohio toddler rescued in field 2 days after she was reported missing. After disappearing for two days, 2-year-old Rainn Peterson was found Sunday evening unharmed in a field off Peck-Leach Road, less than a half mile south of the North Bloomfield home where she had been staying. Read More »
Pilot dies during American Airlines flight, plane lands safely “Video”
An American Airlines pilot died during a flight from Phoenix to Boston after becoming ill, but the co-pilot was able to safely land the plane. The co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 550 took control and made an emergency landing in Syracuse, New York Monday morning after the captain began feeling ill, the airline said. There were 147 passengers and five ... Read More »
Isabella Cruise: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise’s daughter secretly wed?
NICOLE Kidman and Tom Cruise’s adopted daughter Isabella has reportedly married the love of her life. According to Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine, Isabella Cruise, 22, married her boyfriend, Max Parker, in a secret ceremony in London on Sept. 18. Read More »
Late bedtime leads to higher risk of weight gain ‘new study says’
Late Bedtime May Cause Weight Gain in Teens. Published in the Journal Sleep, the researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have found that there is a link between sleeping and weight gain. Berkeley researchers analyzed longitudinal data from a nationally representative cohort of more than 3,300 youths and adults, and found that for every hour of sleep they ... Read More »
Scottrade reveals security breach exposing 4.6 million accounts
Hot on the heels of T-Mobile’s announcement that a security breach compromised sensitive information about 15 million customers, online trading platform Scottrade has revealed hackers have exposed 4.6 million of its clients. In a notice on its website, Scottrade officials said, “Federal law enforcement officials recently informed us that they’ve been investigating cybersecurity crimes involving the theft of information from ... Read More »
ISIS Detonates Ancient ‘Arch of Triumph’ Monument in Palmyra
ISIS militants have blown up the 2,000 year triumphal arch in Palmyra, it has been reported. According to Agence France-Presse, the Syrian director of antiquities Maamun Abdulkarim said the arch was leveled Sunday and had been “booby-trapped” for weeks. Abdulkarim also stated that other monuments in the area have been rigged for similar demolition. Read More »
Joo Won-moon: NYU Student Detained in North Korea Is Released
South Korea says North Korea will release a detained South Korean student Joo Won-moon from New York University. 21-year-old Joo Won-moon was in North Korean custody after he crossed the border from China into North Korea, hoping to help strengthen ties between the two Koreas. “I thought some great event could happen and hopefully that event could have a good ... Read More »