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Dan Weisman | Aug 23, 2014 07:07 AM EDT
Education on Aug. 22, 2014: Following a decade of double-digit growth, the number of Chinese students applying to US graduate schools, mainly in engineering and science programs, has fallen flat. Still, the 300,000 Chinese students in America represent one in three international students enrolled in US graduate degree programs. read more
Erika Villanueva | Aug 22, 2014 11:13 PM EDT
Happy to be granted a second life, American doctor Kent Brantly has been discharged from an Atlanta hospital on Thursday after being diagnosed with Ebola while he was helping fight the outbreak in West Africa. read more
Erika Villanueva | Aug 23, 2014 12:57 AM EDT
Focal Point host Bryan Fischer launched his new radio program on Thursday by explaining God’s distaste of homosexuality. read more
David Perry | Aug 22, 2014 09:48 PM EDT
The virulently anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church has apparently accepted a challenge from British funnyman Adam Hills to take their protests to Iraq. read more
Cody Brooks | Aug 22, 2014 04:38 PM EDT
California lawmakers proposed on Thursday to give US$3 million to aid illegal migrant children in navigating the U.S. legal system. read more
David Perry | Aug 22, 2014 01:34 PM EDT
An unsympathetic crowd in the Chinese city of Chongqing jeered a man who had taken a hostage to kill himself after he let the victim go. read more
Mitch de Leon | Aug 22, 2014 06:38 AM EDT
Alaska serial murderer Robert Hansen, also known as the "Butcher Baker", dies on Thursday at Alaska Regional Hospital. According to Alaska Department of Corrections spokesperson Sherrie Daigle, the convicted murderer has been experiencing a decline in his health for the past year. At the time of his death, Hansen was in the middle of serving his 461-year sentence. Initially detained at the Seward state prison, the convicted serial killer was to the Anchorage Correctional Center on May 11, 2014. The decision to move him was rooted from his need to receive medical attention. Information gathered from the Alaska State Troopers reveal, however, that Hansen's file submitted with the agency had a "do not resuscitate" order. read more
Staff Reporter | Aug 22, 2014 04:11 PM EDT
French reporter Didier François, who was held captive by ISIS along with James Foley, revealed a chilling inside look into the militant group's treatment of hostages which included mock executions and physical torture. read more
Erika Villanueva | Aug 22, 2014 01:35 PM EDT
To attract more foreign tourists in the country, China is considering expanding the current 72-hour visa-free rule and introducing more promotional websites translated in various languages, China’s State Council revealed in a guideline. read more
Erika Villanueva | Aug 22, 2014 01:35 PM EDT
After five of its members have been tried on Thursday for beating a woman to death for refusing to join, the Church of Almighty God breaks its silence stating that the accusations were lies and were “layered with dubious facts.” read more
Mitch de Leon | Aug 22, 2014 03:59 AM EDT
The man featured in the "selfie" portrait posted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has come forward on Thursday to clear his name with regard his purported connection to a burglary reported by a Southern California victim last July. His presumed involvement to the break-in rooted from the fact that his pictures, along with shots including a female companion, were uploaded online into the robbery victim's cloud account. According to reports from the aforementioned incident, electronic gadgets were among the things stolen from the Santa Clarita woman's home. read more
Andy Vitalicio | Aug 22, 2014 02:42 AM EDT
A three-year veteran of the Oklahoma City police department - who also played high school and college footbal - has been arrested and is now in jail for raping women while on patrol. read more
Mitch de Leon | Aug 22, 2014 02:07 AM EDT
Florida's gay-marriage ban was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge on Thursday. This decision is the first to impose a statewide impact regarding the issue, which orders Florida to permit same-sex couples to marry in the state and to acknowledge other marriages performed elsewhere. read more
Erika Villanueva | Aug 22, 2014 04:35 AM EDT
A Florida woman begins an act of goodwill at Starbucks early Wednesday as she offered to pay for the next customer’s drink, a caramel macchiato. The "acts of kindness" lasted for almost 11 hours until customer number 379 decided to put an end to the goodwill chain. 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
