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Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 13, 2014 06:35 AM EST
One of the four victims of the Friday shooting near the Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland, Oregon, is in critical condition, while two others are in fair condition and one was treated where the incident happened. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 13, 2014 03:47 AM EST
In spite of the abundance of bad news exemplified by the anti-police protests in different cities in the U.S., inspiring acts of kindness still happen. And this fine example of love towards strangers, as demonstrated by a woman in Massachusetts who paid the layaway balances of 150 Toys 'R' Us customers worth US$20,000, is also moving other Americans to share the true meaning of Christmas. read more
Riley Grant | Dec 12, 2014 09:54 PM EST
Everybody in the United States including Georgetown's Hoyas have joined the "I Can't Breathe" protest against police brutality and racism since the death of unarmed black men like Michael Brown and Eric Garner under the hands of the police. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 12, 2014 06:16 PM EST
The Chinese government has announced that the country's national anthem is not to be performed at weddings, funerals or in commercial arenas. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 14, 2014 11:51 AM EST
Over the past two months police in China have arrested an estimated 44,000 people on drug charges, and confiscated more than 21 tons of narcotics in the country's ongoing war on drugs. read more
Riley Grant | Dec 12, 2014 09:42 PM EST
There were thousands of activists who rallied on the streets of Lima, Peru to voice out their demand for policymakers to do something about climate change. They want a 100 percent turnaround on the subject of renewable energy by the time 2050 hits. read more
Staff Reporter | Dec 12, 2014 06:51 AM EST
Indian tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 12, 2014 01:49 PM EST
A newly released report on rumor spreading in China found that the majority of online rumors are started for the sole purpose of causing fear or creating panic among the public. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 12, 2014 07:19 AM EST
Hong Kong police arrested several leaders of the student-led protest that lasted 75 days. To end the protests, authorities ordered the mass movement leaders and their followers to leave the Admiralty site and took away the barricades and bamboo scaffolding. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 12, 2014 05:57 AM EST
Police in China have launched an investigation to locate more than 100 Vietnamese women who have vanished in China's northern province of Hebei. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 12, 2014 02:46 AM EST
A female wearing a short skirt to display her shapely legs is a common sight in western cities such as New York, Paris or Milan. At best, she would likely get stares or wolf whistles in appreciation of her nice body physique. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 12, 2014 02:46 AM EST
Timothy Poole is surely thankful that he's a resident of Florida and not Massachusetts. If not, he would likely not be allowed to collect the almost US$3 million he won on Wednesday in the Florida Lottery. read more
Staff Reporter | Dec 12, 2014 02:45 AM EST
Dozens of U.S. congressional staff staged a walkout on Thursday to protest decisions by grand juries not to charge white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 12, 2014 01:09 AM EST
A man was arrested by police officials in Rio De Janeiro after he was deemed as suspect in murders in the area but later confessed that he did kill 42 people for the past ten years, making him one of the country's most prolific killers. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 12, 2014 12:39 AM EST
The California Highway Patrol has just arrested a father who was suspected to have murdered his wife and abducted his four young sons as a dramatic standoff between the officials and the man ensued on Thursday at a freeway overpass in San Diego. 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
