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Vittorio Hernandez | Apr 04, 2015 08:46 AM EDT
Heavy rains fell on Friday in Lee County in Kentucky, causing floods in the area. In the morning, authorities received a call that a car was submerged. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Apr 03, 2015 12:04 AM EDT
So far, there was no trouble on Wednesday night at Memories Pizza, the Indiana pizzeria in Walkerton that received threats after its owner said the family would turn down catering service request if a gay couple wants to get their service for a gay wedding reception. The owner had insisted that under the state’s new religious objection law, they have the right to deny catering to a same-sex wedding. Because of the threat, Memories Pizza shuttered and would not likely reopen soon, reports Miami Herald. Charles Kulp, assistant chief of the Walkerton Police, said if there would be more threat, the cops would increase their patrols. Besides the threat, netizens also aired their disagreement with the unknown pizzeria which shot to national notoriety when its owner, Crystal O’Connor, told WBND, a CNN affiliate, “If a gay couple was to come and they wanted us to bring pizzas to their wedding, we’d have to say no.” The basis of her statement is Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In a tweet, Risky Liberal said, “My boycotting your business because I don’t like your religious bigotry is not a violation of your freedom to practice your religion.” Jessica Dooley of Goshen suggested going to Walkerton to burn Memories Pizza on Wednesday, which made police patrol the controversial, but closed, pizzeria. Dooley later deleted her Twitter account, although Charles Kulp, the assistant police chief, recommended filing of harassment, intimidation and threats charges against Dooley. However, Memories has its cyber supporters too. Savannah tweeted that what happened at Memories is not the forces of free market operating but a lynch mob cyberbullying its owners. A GoFundMe page was also set up to support Memories, and it had raised over $400,000 as of Thursday evening. Lawrence Bill Jones II, who started the page, said the aim was to provide financial relief for the loss suffered by the owners who stood up for their faith. Kevin O’Connor, one of the owners, told WBND, “That’s a lifestyle that you choose. I choose to be heterosexual. They choose to be homosexual. You can’t beat me over the head with something they choose to be.” read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Apr 02, 2015 11:49 PM EDT
The prestigious Jakarta International School, where children of expats, diplomats and Indonesia's wealthy families study, is at the center of controversy over two male teachers who were convicted for sodomizing three pre-school male students. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Apr 02, 2015 07:01 AM EDT
Watering lawns daily has become a thing of the past in California as Gov. Jerry Brown made water use reduction compulsory after its four-year drought teeters toward near-crisis levels due to record-law snowfalls in the last winter. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Apr 02, 2015 03:36 AM EDT
Misao Osaka of Japan, the world's oldest person, died peacefully on Wednesday at 117 years old. read more
LJ Ross | Mar 31, 2015 03:47 AM EDT
The officials of Stanford University are probing into reports that there is an increasing number of students in the university who are engaged with cheating. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Mar 31, 2015 02:45 AM EDT
A 17-year-old Singaporean blogger is in trouble for posting an eight-and-a-half minute monologue on YouTube that insulted Lee Kwan Yew, the country's founding father who passed away last week and given a state funeral on Sunday. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Mar 31, 2015 02:11 AM EDT
Eloi Vasquez, the 19-year-old UC Berkeley model student and athlete who was declared missing on Sunday, is dead. He was hit by a vehicle while running across a freeway. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Mar 30, 2015 11:10 AM EDT
A man shot an off-duty Los Angeles police officer on Sunday. He fired from a car at a vehicle of the cop and then fled the scene at a suburban community in a northern LA county. However, he was arrested and is now detained. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Mar 30, 2015 11:09 AM EDT
Cal Athletic declared as missing on Sunday one of its student-athletes. He is 19-year-old Eloi Vasquez who was last seen on Saturday at about 1:30 a.m. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Mar 30, 2015 10:44 AM EDT
Because of the worsening peace and order situation in Panama City Beach during the spring break caused by excessive alcohol consumption during parties, the City Council had an emergency meeting on Saturday. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Mar 30, 2015 03:08 AM EDT
Two bodies were recovered from the burnt building on Second Avenue through the help of cadaver dogs that sniffed their locations. read more
LJ Ross | Mar 30, 2015 01:42 AM EDT
One of America's "Top Cops" is in coma after being shot in the face at point-blank range on Friday night in Roxbury, Boston City. read more
LJ Ross | Mar 29, 2015 10:12 PM EDT
The country's largest turkey farm in Minnesota is being afflicted with a deadly bird flu outbreak, raising fears that the turkey supply industry of U.S. might be adversely affected. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Mar 29, 2015 05:20 AM EDT
Instead of enjoying the spring break, revelers at the Panama City beach party on the Florida Panhandle had to seek medical treatment due to gunshot injuries inflicted by an Alabama man. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
