News

Britshonna Lashaun Patterson, 17, was taken in to police custody Monday afternoon for allegedly stealing her teacher’s wallet on February 28, but before going on a spending spree, the remorseful teen left the educator a written apology and placed in within view of the teacher’s desk, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. RELATED: Mom Makes Daughter Wear “I’m A […]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges at a war crimes tribunal convicted a Congolese warlord Wednesday of snatching children from the street and turning them into killers, in the International Criminal Court‘s landmark first judgment 10 years after it was established. SEE ALSO: 6.8 Earthquake Hits Japan Third Horse Killed In Luck “The prosecution has proved […]

Host parents across the United States have been accused of raping and molesting foreign exchange students in their care, according to an NBC News investigation. SEE ALSO: Stress Free Travel: What Shoes To Wear Top 3 Hot Spots In Philadelphia “He said ‘this is American culture,’ and I should get used to it,” said Christopher […]

In his first public remarks on the incident, Panetta said Monday the shootings must not derail the military mission in Afghanistan, and pressure to do so from political leaders in Kabul and Washington must not alter that course. He said the U.S. seems to get confronted every other day with challenges that test U.S. leadership […]

Over the weekend, Timothy Lee Forbes (pictured) of Massachusetts flew into a rage and attacked a basketball coach after his son’s team lost, biting off a piece of the man’s ear in the process, according to CBS News. SEE ALSO: Man Fatally Shot Over Condom Prices At Detroit BP Station Forbes, 34, was said to […]

DHOBLEY, Somalia — Adan Abdi worries that the students in his class show too little interest in education. That might be a common complaint among teachers, but Abdi’s concerns go further: His students are interested in playing war. SEE ALSO: Obama Caves To Israel Documents Uncovered For Harvard’s First Black Graduate Abdi is a teacher […]

WASHINGTON — The White House says Michelle Obama will lead the official U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. SEE ALSO: Red Meat Linked To Early Death It has become somewhat of a tradition for first ladies to lead the U.S. delegation. Laura Bush headed the delegation to […]

In light of the controversial “Stop John Kony” video that exploded last week in most of the world’s consciousness, another video, starring Benin-born actor Djimon Hounsou (pictured), has been recirculated entitled “How Not to Write About Africa.” SEE ALSO: Poor Black Youth Publishes Fantasy Novel With all the “Stop John Kony” brouhaha, a video Hounsou […]

In the wake of a United States soldier opening fire on civilians near his base in southern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai is furiously calling it an “assassination” and demanding answers from the Obama Administration, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. SEE ALSO: Anti-Kony Charity Slammed For Spending Habits, Gun Pic Nine children and 3 women were […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s internal security minister says the death toll from an attack on a bus stop in the capital has risen to six. SEE ALSO: Anti-Kony Charity Slammed For Spending Habits, Gun Pic George Saitoti said Sunday that 63 people were injured in the attack at a downtown bus stop in Nairobi […]

DETROIT (AP) — A 14-year-old Detroit boy will stand trial as an adult in the shooting death of his 36-year-old mother. A 36th District Court judge determined Thursday that there was enough evidence to send Joshua Smith’s case to Wayne County Circuit Court. Smith faces an adult charge of first-degree murder and using a firearm […]

Michael Wilks was a hungry man when he entered a Canton, Mississippi McDonald’s restaurant.  He ordered and paid for two filet-o-fish sandwiches, then left.  When he went to eat his lunch and reached into the bag, he found that there was only one sandwich and became infuriated.  Wilks approached the fast food establishment’s manager and […]