Society

Grandma Celebrates 100th Birthday By Skydiving

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 16, 2015 09:53 PM EDT

While the contemporaries of South African woman Georgina Harwood are either six feet below the ground, in homes for the aged or spending their sunset years in rocking chairs or pushed around in wheelchairs, she is still strong and daring. read more

Man Charged Over Shooting Of Two Ferguson Police Officers

Geann Pineda   | Mar 16, 2015 08:43 PM EDT

Police have arrested and charged a man in St. Louis, Missouri in connection with the shooting of two Ferguson police officers during last week's protests. read more

Illinois Man Credits Bottle of Hot Sauce For Saving Life

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 15, 2015 08:20 AM EDT

Randy Schmitz, 30, from Orland Park, Illinois, thanks a bottle of hot sauce for saving his life. The special education job coach got a toothpick sample of Pepper Palace's Flashbang sauce from the retailer's branch in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. read more

Border Patrol Notices Big Hike In Number Of Illegal Immigrant Sex Offenders Sneaking Into The U.S.

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 15, 2015 08:33 AM EDT

From October 2014 to February 2015, U.S. border patrol agents have caught 144 foreign sex offenders who have sneaked into the United States. It is up from the 93 apprehended for the same time 5-month time frame a year ago. read more

University Of Maryland Investigates Frat Member Who Encouraged Rape, Racial Insults On Women In 2014 Email

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 15, 2015 06:17 AM EDT

After the racist video scandal at the Oklahoma University that led to the expulsion of a freshman and sophomore members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, it looks like it's the turn of the University of Maryland to do some investigating, and possibly, cleansing among its fraternities too. read more

Funeral Of Tony Robinson Jr Attracts Hundreds Of Sympathizers

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 15, 2015 06:28 AM EDT

The funeral of 19-year-old Tony Robinson Jr, the bi-racial unarmed Wisconsin man shot dead by a police officer, attracted around one thousand people. read more

42 Dead As Bus Plunges Off A Ravine In Brazil

Geann Pineda   | Mar 15, 2015 03:54 AM EDT

At least 42 people were killed after a bus plunged off a mountain ridge in Southern Brazil late Saturday. read more

Burglars Gang Rape Elderly Indian Nun

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 14, 2015 10:09 PM EDT

Indian rapists are getting worse. Despite the punishment by a mob of a car trader suspected of raping a college student last week, another rape was reported on Friday. read more

Friday The 13th Mississippi Massacre Leaves 2 Dead After Man Shoots Family Of 5

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 14, 2015 10:04 PM EDT

An argument between two men is believed to be the reason behind the Friday, the 13th, shooting rampage on a Mississippi family of five that left two members dead. read more

Pastor Creflo Dollar Asks Congregation To Pay For US$65 Million Private Jet

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 14, 2015 09:41 PM EDT

Prosperity Gospel teachers abound in Christian communities, and a Bronx pastor appears to have mastered the gospel of "conning" people. read more

Missouri Teen Abducts Friend’s 10-Year-Old Sister, Girl Foils Rape Attempt

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 14, 2015 08:17 AM EDT

A 17-year-old Missouri high school student is facing child kidnapping, burglary and two counts of child abuse after he abducted on Thursday the 10-yeardold sister of his high school best friend. read more

14 High School Students Under Police Probe for Sexual Assault

Raymond Legaspi   | Mar 14, 2015 08:11 AM EDT

More than a dozen teenage high school students are under police investigation for a string of sexual assault offenses against two other Los Angeles high school girls, authorities said Friday. read more

U.S. Network Host Loses Job Over ‘Ape’ Comment on First Lady

Raymond Legaspi   | Mar 14, 2015 04:19 AM EDT

A host of the Spanish U.S. television network, Univision, has lost his job after comparing First Lady Michelle Obama to monkeys in the movie "Planet of the Apes." read more

Teen Lover Of Pamela Smart Who Killed Her Husband Gets Parole At Age 41

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 13, 2015 09:27 AM EDT

William Flynn, who was jailed as a teenager for the 1990 murder of Gregory Smart, was paroled after 25 years. He was informed of the approval of his parole application on first attempt on Thursday when he turned 41. read more

Holder Calls Shooting Of Officers In Ferguson Cowardly

Vittorio Hernandez   | Mar 13, 2015 09:21 AM EDT

Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday that the shooting of two police officers during a protest in front of the police station as "heinous and cowardly attacks." The after-midnight shooting came after Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson announced his resignation over the furor caused by the 2014 shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown. read more

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