Barack Obama put words to the desperation of millions of Americans – and the despair of the rest of the world – following the aftermath of another mass shooting that occurred at a school in Oregon on Thursday, the latest of nearly 1,000 since his re-election in 2012. According to President Obama, “This is a […] More
Hours after Pope Francis left New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport for Philadelphia, a man armed with a knife breached security hoping to “give the pope his business card,” prosecutors said. Chris Cannella, 39, a retired New York City firefighter, was driving a black Chevy Tahoe — similar to Secret Service cars — and […] More
Lawyers for a Virginia serial killer asked a U.S. judge to halt his scheduled execution on Thursday, arguing that one of the drugs to be used might not work. Attorneys for the inmate, Alfredo Prieto, 49, argued that pentobarbital, the first drug to be administered in the three-drug lethal injection, lacked a sterility test. Prieto, […] More
Hackers broke into a server and made off with names, driver license numbers, and other personal information belonging to more than 15 million US consumers who applied for cellular service from T-Mobile. The breach was the result of an attack on a database maintained by credit-reporting service Experian, which was contracted to process credit applications […] More
A U.S. C-130 transport plane crashed near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, early Friday, two defense officials told NBC News. The crash happened shortly after midnight local time near Jalalabad Airport. There is no immediate information on how many passengers were on the transport plane or whether there are casualties. Source: NBC News This is a developing story […] More
A gunman killed at least 13 people and wounded as many as 20 at a community college in southwestern Oregon, according to law enforcement officials. The first 911 calls reported a shooting at 10:38 a.m. Pacific. Police said the gunman was killed. He was 20 years old. A 20-year-old man went on a shooting […] More
Scientists have for the first time confirmed liquid water flowing on the surface of present-day Mars, a finding that will add to speculation that life, if it ever arose there, could persist now. That represents a shift in tone for NASA, where officials have repeatedly played down the notion that the dusty and desolate landscape […] More
A party organized by gay lovers in Benin City last Tuesday turned violent after one of the organizers caught his man with a friends they have in uncommon mood. The party in Benin was organized in a hotel located around Oben, off Sapele Road and the gay lovers were said to have deceived residents of […] More
Rev. Emmanuel King Ankiambom, a former priest of the Catholic Church, and an erstwhile reverend sister of the same Church, Hycinthia Timbong, on August 22 tied the nub of holy matrimony after renouncing their celibate vows and priesthood in the church. To the shock of curious on lookers, the solemn ceremony took place yet in […] More
Two other prominent Nigerians were yesterday confirmed to be among several others who lost their lives in last Thursday’s stampede in Muna, near Makkah, while the pilgrims were on their way to Jamarat to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil. The two Nigerians are: Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega, an Appeal Court justice and Emir […] More