The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant armed group has claimed that a female US aid worker it held hostage was killed in a Jordanian airstrike in the Syrian city of Raqqa. SITE Intelligence, a monitoring group, published a statement ISIL posted on social media on Friday. Kayla Jean Mueller, 26, is understood to be the last U.S. hostage held by the terror group, which had [...]
Bobbi Kristina: it’s time to withdrawn life support doctors tells Bobby Brown
There's nothing more doctors can do for Bobbi Kristina and they've told Bobby Brown it's time to withdraw life support TMZ reports. Family sources tell us the decision is now in Brown's hands but we're told he's refusing to make the painful choice today, and instead wants to wait until after the weekend. The timing could not have been worse. Today is Bobby Brown's [...]
Jay z and Beyonce relocates to L.A
America most important couple Jay z and Beyonce are relocating to L.A. TMZ reports We've learned ... Beyonce and Jay Z are currently living in a hotel in Beverly Hills and actively looking for an estate to buy on the westside of L.A., which includes Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills and Bel-Air. We're told they have already discreetly looked at a number of homes, but so far none [...]
Whitney Houston daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown “fighting for her life”
NEW YORK (AP) — Bobbi Kristina Brown is fighting for her life, a representative for Whitney Houston's family said Monday. Police said the 21-year-old daughter of Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown was taken to a hospital Saturday after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in a suburban Atlanta townhome. The family's representative said in the [...]
Whitney Houston’s daughter found unresponsive in a bathtub
(CNN) Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was found unresponsive Saturday morning in a bathtub full of water in Roswell, Georgia, police in that Atlanta suburb said. Brown "was not breathing" when her husband and a friend found her around 10:25 a.m. at a home in a Roswell subdivision, police spokeswoman Lisa Holland said. "They called 911, started CPR on her, and [...]
Bruce Jenner is transitioning into a woman
The 65-year-old has been pictured in recent days with manicured nails, smooth legs, longer locks and what appeared to be fuller lips. 'Bruce is transitioning to a woman,' a family insider confirmed to People. 'He is finally happy and his family is accepting of what he's doing. He's in such a great space. That's why it's the perfect time to do something like this.' 'He's being [...]
Drone found on the grounds of the White House, operator identified
Drone found on the grounds of the White House in the early morning of Monday without causing any harm, U.S. offical said they had identified the operator. The person has come to take responsibility for flying the drone, a Secret Service spokeswoman said. The agency said the drone was being flown for recreational purposes when the person lost control and it breached the secure [...]
Drone found on the grounds of the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for President Barack Obama said Monday that a "device" was found on the grounds of the White House while the president and first lady were in India but that it posed no threat. It was unclear if the president's daughters were at home at the time of the incident. Secret Service had no immediate comment on what it found. Police, fire and other [...]
Man freed after wrongfully sent to prison for 37 years in US
For the first time in nearly 40 years, Joseph Sledge woke up behind bars with a chance of becoming a free man. The 70-year-old needed one more win at an innocence hearing. Three judges listened to closing statements Friday about how Sledge was wrongfully convicted in the 1976 stabbing deaths of a mother and her adult daughter. A few hours later, carrying his belongings in [...]
2 dead,1 injured in a Florida mall shooting
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — Two people has been killed in a mall in central Florida on Saturday morning, police said. After responding to reports around 9:30 a.m. of multiple shots fired inside the Melbourne Square Mall, police tweeted that the "shooter is contained" and that officers were clearing the mall store by store. According to the report, Cmdr. Vince Pryce, said that it [...]
Bus carrying prisoners involved in a West Texas fatal crash
Prisoners and three corrections officers has been killed in West Texas, as the bus carrying them crashed into train tracts below killing an unspecified number of people. Department of Public Safety trooper Shawn Baxter, who is en route to the scene west of Odessa near Penwell, could not confirm details Wednesday morning, but said it was a fatal accident. Texas Department of [...]
Flower girl, ring bearer walks down the aisle again as bride and groom
A girl and a boy who walks down the aisle 20 years ago as flower girl and ring bearer, have walk down again as bride and groom. According to ABC News Briggs Fussy and Brittney Husbyn once served as ring bearer and flower girl at a Minnesota wedding and two decades later they would walk down the aisle a second time. This past weekend, though, the 22-year-olds weren't just [...]
Woman gives birth to a baby after one hour of knowing she was pregnant
Call it the biggest shock of a life time and you wouldn't be wrong because that was what it turned out to be for Katie Kropas, who got to know that she was pregnant just an hour before delivering her baby. She went to her doctor with complaints of some slight back pains and only to be informed after examinations that her baby is coming out in about an hour time. Within one [...]
Seven year old girl plane crash survivor, Sailor Gutzler wishes her family were sleeping
The seven year old girl who survived a plane crash wishes that her family were just sleeping police said. According to Kentucky police, "She indicated to us that she believed her family was deceased but that she hoped they were just sleeping," Kentucky State Police Lt. Brent White said. "I was literally just struck by how calm she was able to be and the ability for her to [...]
Seven year-old-girl walks out of a crashed plane in U.S
Surprise! a seven-year-old girl in the United States has walked to a home in the U.S state of of Kentucky to report that her plane had crashed, police said. True to her reports, the plane was later found with four bodies inside in Lyon County, some 30 miles east of Paducah city. According to U.S TV news network, NBC, said that the girl told the man who answered the door that [...]
Update: George H.W.Bush Snr, is now breathing normal
Former president H.W.Bush Snr, who was hospitalized last week after experiencing "shortness of breath" is now breathing normally in the hospital. Bush's office said in a statement that he will still stay at the Houston Methodist Hospital until final approval from his doctors. [...]
An homeless man given $100 stuns his helper amazingly
A YouTube star josh paler Lin, known for his viral video prank recently uploaded a video of himself giving $100 to an homeless man in Los Angeles. The homeless man however collected the money went to a liquor store, came out from the liquor store with bags of food, after that he went to a park giving the foods to other homeless people around. Paler Lin, wrote on his YouTube [...]
Former U.S. President George Bush Snr, hospitalized for shortness of breath
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush Snr, 90, has been rushed to the hospital in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday night. The former U.S president George Bush snr, was said to be experiencing shortness of breath, a spokesman for the 41st commander-in-chief said in a statement. "The president has been made aware that President Bush was admitted to the hospital," Schultz said. [...]
Sony threatens Twitter over hacked materials
Sony through its Lawyer David Boies, has warned twitter to stop disseminating Sony hacked materials on its social network, Motherboard report. The letter sent from David Boies, the lawyer Sony has hired to help guide it through the aftermath of the hack, to Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s general counsel—says that if “stolen information continues to be disseminated by Twitter in any [...]
Youtube to face $1billion suit over music copyrights
YouTube has been warned to remove 20,000 videos by artists, including Pharrell Williams and the Eagles, or face a $1 billion lawsuit, it has been reported. Irving Azoff and his company, Global Music Rights (GMR), are behind the complaint and are said to be representing the interests of around 40 music stars. Mr Azoff has reportedly told the video-sharing site that they do not [...]
President Obama and family arrives in Hawaii for 17 days holiday
According to Dailymail, President Obama and the First Family have landed in Hawaii tonight for a 17-day holiday together. The family flew overnight in Air Force one, direct from Maryland to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They are not expected to return to Washington D.C. until January 4. 'On Friday, December 19, President Obama and the First Family will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii. The [...]
14 year old boy convicted of murder and executed 70 years ago now exonerated of the murder charge
Seventy years ago, he was convicted of murder and executed 3days after the judgement, now in 2014, the court is saying a different thing. But, of what use is that? In 1944, George Stinney Jr, at the tender age of 14 was convicted of murder and executed. The trail lasted just 3 hours and it took the 12 judges, all white, only 10 minutes to convict the boy. NBC News -- Seventy [...]
A deaf man beaten to a pulp for ignoring Police warning he could not hear
What do you expect from a deaf man - hear when you shout stop!? Oklahoma police descended on Pearl Pearson, a deaf black man and beat him up to the point his eyes turned red and he was admitted to the hospital for ignoring a warning he could not hear. According to the Huffington Posts, "Pearl pulled over and rolled down his window, expecting an officer to ask for his [...]
These men spent 40 years in prison for crime they did not commit
These three men were picked up on the street of Ohio in 1975 at the ages of 17, 19, and 20, wrongfully charged for offense they did not commit, and sent into prison. For the past 40 years, they have lived all their life incarcerated, destroying whatever dream or opportunities they might have had. Read the story of Ronnie Bridgeman 17 who later changed his name to Kwame Ajamu, [...]
Barking dog foils rescue attempt by U.S special forces
The real devil behind the death of Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie was a barking dog which alerted the AL-qaeda of the approaching U.S Commandos! The U.S. photojournalist and a South African aid worker died in Yemen after AL-Qaeda militants was tipped off by a barking dog to an approaching U.S.-led rescue mission. They shot their captives before being killed themselves by the [...]
16 million U.S children live in poverty
Some are of the opinion that only African children suffers from poverty. A new report has found that 16 million children in the United States live in poverty, almost a quarter of the U.S. population. Child poverty is now at its highest point, in the U.S. in two decades. CCTV America’s Hendrik Sybrandy reported this story from Denver. In Denver, Colorado, Faith Calhoun said she [...]
U.S Police to start using body cameras
President Barack Obama is preparing to make a $263 million budget request to further upgrade the U.S Police force. $75 million will go for 50,000 body cameras which will be worn by officers on duty to help monitor their activities while on duty. This move is said to be widely praised by U.S civil rights activists. This will help curb incidents such as the Ferguson shooting, [...]
Police shot a pregnant woman in the eye!
A pregnant woman from St. Louis got her left eye blinded by a police officer who fired a non-lethal bullet within the filling station where she and her husband was taking gas on Tuesday, on the outskirts of Ferguson. Her eye had already been removed according to her Facebook update. According to report by Mashable, "Dornnella Conner was sitting in the passenger seat of the [...]
Mom sentenced for making son believe he had cancer
Who does that - make his son believe he had cancer? A Colorado mother has been sentenced to 90 days of work release and five years probation on fraud and child abuse charges, for convincing those around her, including her 6-year-old son, that he had cancer. She was said to have made over $200,000 in donation from school, friends and family. For two years, she had been going [...]
The officer who killed Brown said he had no choice
ABC - Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson discussed his account of the moment he shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown in an exclusive interview with ABC News. Speaking to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos Wilson, said Brown was charging at him, disregarding the officer’s instructions. “I started backpedaling, ‘cause he’s just getting too close and he’s not [...]
Ferguson: White officer who killed a black will not be prosecuted
Thousands of people came out protesting after a grand jury decision did not indict a white police officer who killed an unarmed black 18 years old in Ferguson Missouri. Angry protesters shouted at the police in Ferguson while some were chanting "murderer" and some throwing stones and bottles even police car windows were smashed. Police threw tear gas at the angry protester in [...]
Analysis: Obama immigration order and controversy
U.S President Barack Obama's immigration order is stirring up much controversy right now in the United States of America. In this news analysis by Mathew Rusling of Xinhuanet News (Chinese top news media) published on the 21st November 2014, he clearly analyzed the merit and demerit of the Obama immigration order. (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's presidential order on [...]
US State Department shut down Network over hackers threat
The US State Department had to shut down its unclassified computer network over the weekend after evidence emerged that it could have been hacked, the US media reported late Sunday. The State Department said in an email late Friday that the shutdown came as scheduled routine maintenance to its main unclassified network, and would impact email traffic and access to public [...]
[PHOTO] See Molten lava flowing into a residential area
(Reuters) - A menacing river of molten lava that bubbled over a road and overran a cemetery on its path toward a village on Hawaii's Big Island crossed onto a residential property on Tuesday where it threatened to consume its first home, officials said. The slow-moving lava from the continuously erupting Kilauea volcano has been advancing on the town of Pahoa for weeks, with [...]
The Us Army okays the use of the word “Black” for Blacks
(CNN pentagon) A new publication from the US Army states that a member of their ranks can be named "Black" when describing the staff of black or African color. The army confirmed that the word is included in the publication "Army Command Policy" last October 22, known as AAR regulation 600-20. The regulation is regularly updated. The Army could not give detail how recent the [...]
90-years old man face possible jail term for feeding homeless people
(CNN) -- Arnold Abbott handed out four plates of food to homeless people in a South Florida park. Then police stopped the 90-year-old from serving up another bite. "An officer said, 'Drop that plate right now -- like I had a weapon,'" Abbott said. Abbott and two pastors in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were charged for feeding the homeless in public on Sunday, the city's first [...]
World Trade Center Opens For Business Again 13 Years After Terror Attack
NEW YORK (AP) – The silvery skyscraper that rose from the ashes of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks to become a symbol of American resilience opened for business Monday, as 175 employees of the magazine publishing giant Conde Nast settled into their first day of work there. The opening of the country’s tallest building, One World Trade Center, marked a symbolic return to a [...]
How Apple CEO, Tim Cook Came Out As G@y
Apple CEO Tim Cook openly declare he is a g@y. How this is going to affect Apple as a company is yet unknown but I'm sure a good number of Apple users would have something to say about this. See his statement. The world has changed so much since I was a kid. America is moving toward marriage equality, and the public figures who have bravely come out have helped change [...]
USA: Travelers From Ebola-Hit Africa Will Be Screened in U.S
Travelers from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa will have their temperature taken and fill out a questionnaire when they arrive at one of five major U.S. airports, officials announced Wednesday. The screenings will start Saturday at New York’s JFK International Airport. Washington-Dulles, Newark, Chicago-O’Hare, and Atlanta international airports will come on line next [...]
Protests Erupt After St. Louis Police Officer Fatally Shoots Teen
NBCNEWS - A police officer fatally shot a teen who opened fire in St. Louis on Wednesday night, officials said. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said that the officer fired his weapon 17 times after "at least three" shots were fired at him. It was not immediately clear how many times the 18-year-old suspect was hit. The death sparked protests in the Shaw neighborhood in the [...]