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The US government wants Apple to unlock yet another iPhone

Same story, different case. Once again, Apple has been ordered by a US federal judge to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation unlock an iPhone&m...

Mom Issues Warning About Awful Prank on Baby’s Changing Mat in Restroom

By Jack Phillips Someone apparently pulled a sick prank on a U.K. mother and her baby in a public restroom.“I dismissed it as him being tired...

Clinton Campaign Treasurer Crushed To Death After Stack Of Campaign Funds Topples Over

NEW YORK—Confirming the accident occurred while transferring a new load of cash into Hillary Clinton’s campaign finance warehouse, sources...

Selfies with alleged hijacker just a ploy to help authorities, says pilot

There was a method to their madness, after all. A stewardess and a British man who took selfies with the alleged hijacker of an EgyptAir flight...

Endangered monkey gives birth to twins after abduction ordeal

Mother was one of five tamarins stolen from Blackpool zoo in April, one of which is still missing A critically endangered species of monkey stolen ...

Worldwide Fake Food Crackdown Seizes Monkey Meat, Locusts, Painted Olives

Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France. (Photo: Massimiliano Mariani/CC BY-SA 2.0) Thousands of cans of falsely labelled sardines in Bolivia; 1...

The World's Largest Gorillas Are Being Massacred Because of War

By Erik Shilling Up to 93 percent of Grauer's gorillas have disappeared in two decades. "Grauer's gorilla," a new report ...

The World’s Most Powerful Armies

So, you want to know who the most powerful armies in the world are? Think America has it on lock down? We will see… But first let’s menti...

The Oozing Whale Skeleton of New Bedford

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.In New Bedford, Massachusetts, the setting of...

Man killed in crash with rented Lamborghini on Nolensville Pike

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A 28-year-old man died Metro police said Suk Rai was driving a 2010 Nissan Altima when he pulled out of the Auto Zo...

Vaccine cover up "Vaxxed"

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Pope begins weeklong Asia tour, backs search for wartime truth in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka –  Pope Francis brought calls for reconciliation and justice to Sri Lanka on Tuesday as he began a weeklong Asian tour, ...

Pokemon Sun And Moon To Feature New Pokemon Starter Types?

The starter Pokemon for Pokemon Sun And Moon haven’t been officially announced yet, but most fans already have an idea on it. The games usual...

New ISIS video appears to show child executioner killing alleged Russian spies

A horrifying new video released online on Tuesday appears to show ISIS using a young boy to execute a pair of captives the terror group claims are Rus...

Thai military takes over in coup -- again

By Greg Botelho, Paula Hancocks, Kocha Olarn Thailand is now under military control -- with its military chief in power, its constitution tossed, i...

NASA Unveils the 'Global Selfie' We Made on Earth Day

By Alan Boyle NASA has taken the wraps off a 3.2-gigapixel "Global Selfie" that was built from 36,422 images shared on social m...

Rape culture at the Air Force Academy: The shocking truth no one wants to confront

By Katie McDonough There's momentum to give the federal anti-sex discrimination law teeth. But here's why that won't help young cadets ...

Amazon's Twitch buy made possible by Google antitrust concerns

Amazon's bid to acquire game-streaming service Twitch for nearly $1 billion was made possible by Google's fears of an antitrust complaint, acc...

Georgia Vet With PTSD Is First Person to Be Executed in 2015

A decorated Vietnam veteran who killed a sheriff's deputy in 1998 was the first person to be executed in the U.S. in 2015 after the U.S. Supreme C...

HOW TO ARGUE WITH THE ANTI-VACCINE CRAZIES: A GUIDE

enny McCarthy—savvy, telegenic, and pulchritudinous—is joining the popular daytime talk show "The View." McCarthy is a stride...

Knife linked to former O.J. Simpson property is not connected to homicide case, LAPD concludes

rensic testing concluded that a knife reportedly found at the former home ofO.J. Simpson is not connected to the 1994 homicide case, Lo...

The Anonymous 'war' on Donald Trump is a complete disaster

The "total war" that Anonymous declared earlier this month against Donald Trump has quickly devolved into a civil war among hackers fig...

ACLU accuses FBI of gambling with cybersecurity as it fails to disclose iPhone hack details to Apple

By Ben Lovejoy The American Civil Liberties Union has accused the FBI of gambling with cybersecurity by failing to disclose to ...

How Reddit Strongly Hinted It Received a Secret Surveillance Order

by ​David Meyer   The site’s “warrant canary” flew away. Reddit, the popular web forum site, appears to have re...

I dared criticize Fox News and speak up for Samantha Bee. This is how the right roared back at me

"You're probably a Lesbian but if you have any kids I hope they die in the next Islamic terror attack," I was told By SOPHIA A. ...

Lawsuit Filed Against Trump Over Violence at Kentucky Rally

by PHIL HELSEL Three people who claim they were attacked or subjected to racial slurs at a Donald Trump rally in Kentucky are suing the candid...

Terrorism and North Korea Dominate Nuclear Talks in Washington by JON SCHUPPE

Terrorism and North Korea Dominate Nuclear Talks in Washington by JON SCHUPPE The annual Nuclear Security Summit, aimed at reducing the wor...

The chilling impact of the rise of Donald Trump and Narendra Modi

India and the US have much in common: diversity, an anti-imperial legacy, deep social segregation, and an avowed commitment to people’s rule. ...

Amazon and Flipkart are speechless after India announces new foreign investment rules

The Indian government has clarified its policy for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the fast-growing e-commerce sector. And the new policy seems to ...

Organizers cancel Sunday's Brussels attacks 'March Against Fear'

The organisers of a "March Against Fear" planned for Sunday to mark the Brussels terror attacks said they had cancelled the event after the ...

I EXPLORED COPENHAGEN’S ANARCHIST FREETOWN. HERE’S WHAT I FOUND

FREETOWN CHRISTIANIA is a self-proclaimed neighborhood near the center of Copenhagen. To put it bluntly, this destination may be known by foreigner...

Wolf Pack Slaughters 19 Elk in Rare 'Surplus Killing'

By Brian Clark Howard PUBLISHED MARCH 25, 2016 These elk were killed by wolves on the McNeel Elk Feedground near Bondurant, Wyoming, a...

The Titanic II, a faithful replica of the doomed ship, is preparing for passengers by 2018

WRITTEN BY Annalisa Merelli Here’s an unexpected way to show your appreciation for history: in two years’ time, you might be able to...

Brussels attacks: Belgian prosecutors charge two men with terrorist activities

Belgian prosecutors have charged two terrorist suspects in connection with the suicide-bomb attacks on Brussels airport and metro which killed 31 and ...

Savimbi's children won't give up fight against depiction in Call of Duty

The legal battle over the depiction of Angolan rebel chief Jonas Savimbi in the Call of Duty video game is set to continue, according to the lawyer re...

Smallest-yet genome reveals how little we know about life — synthetic or real

his week, a team of biologists headed by genomics pioneer Craig Venter published a study in Science that should amaze and excite the world: ...

DNA from mysterious 'Denisovans' helped modern humans survive

Genetic mutations from extinct human relatives called the Denisovans might have influenced modern human immune systems, as well as fat and blood sugar...

Anti-atheist distrust ‘deeply and culturally ingrained’, study finds

People's distrust of atheists is “deeply and culturally ingrained”, with even many atheists having an instinctual distrust of each oth...

Two Americans confirmed dead in Brussels attacks

At least two Americans were killed in the Brussels attacks, multiple media outlets reported Friday. The development came as Secretar...

$380 million ship may be named Boaty McBoatface thanks to an online poll

n a blow for democracy, the British public has decided the best name for a £200 million ($380 million) ship is 'Boaty McBoatface'. ...

NUS tells LGBT societies to abolish gay men’s reps because ‘they don’t face oppression’

he National Union of Students’ LGBT Campaign has passed a motion calling for the abolition of representatives for gay men – because they &...

Brian Dunning Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Fraud

As I mentioned in a previous post, Brian Dunning, creator of the Skeptoid podcast and the world’s worst “science” rap video, pl...

Ultra 2016 Shows Us That Sexual Harassment and Assault Are Still Very Real Issues at Music Festivals

BY RYAN PFEFFER Of all the things I saw at Ultra this year — which included a man in a Hillary Clinton mask, a 50-ton fire-spewing spide...

Anne Frank Dutch 'escape bunker' game under fire

A Dutch adventure company has come under fire for a tourist attraction challenging visitors to escape from a bunker that includes a secret annexe buil...

FBI says it might be able to break into seized iPhone, wants hearing canceled

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday that it might be able to break into the seized iPhone at the center of an encryption battle with Apple...

Two Chinese poachers jailed for 30 years for the slaughter of 226 elephants

Two Chinese poachers jailed for 30 years for the slaughter of 226 elephants   Two Chinese nationals were yesterday sentenced to 30 years in...

Argentina sinks Chinese vessel, cites illegal fishing

Argentina's coast guard says it sank a Chinese fishing vessel that was fishing in a restricted area off the South American country's coast. ...

10 Things We Learned From Scientology Doc 'Going Clear'

Last night, HBO aired Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Alex Gibney's documentary exposé of the Church of Scient...

The Netherlands has recognized the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as a religion

    Where’s a colander when you need it? The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has finally been recognised as a rel...

YouTube prankster jailed for staging a bomb threat hoax

A YouTube prankster has been jailed after he was convicted of terrifying people with bomb hoaxes and mock robberies. Camerman Danh Van Le, 31, was ...

Why e-cigarettes should be banned from minors

Are e-cigarettes dangerous? Good data on long-term consequences is not available yet, but no one is talking about addiction and that is the ...