California is getting its first openly gay governor… for around 8 hours
For about eight hours today, until Governor Jerry Brown returns from a trade mission in Mexico later tonight, California will have its first openly gay
Year: 2014
Hamas continues to hide weapons in UN schools
The last two nights have seen the most intense bombardments of the Gaza Strip since the offensive began three weeks ago. Palestinian health officials located
US doctor battling Ebola in Liberia is praying to God to help him
An American doctor working in Liberia is in grave condition after having contracted the deadly Ebola virus while in the West African country. Doctor Kent
China’s former security chief is being investigated for corruption
China has launched an investigation into Zhou Yongkang, the country’s former domestic security chief and one of the most powerful politicians in the last decade.
Police in D.C. are no longer enforcing the city’s handgun ban
Police officers in Washington DC have been instructed not to enforce the city’s ban on carrying handguns outside the house following US District Judge Frederick
One dead and eight injured in L.A. during freak lightning strike
A 20-year-old man was killed and at least eight others were injured in Los Angeles on Sunday when a freak lightning strike hit Venice Beach.
U.S. F-16 fighter jets escort a plane back to Canada due to a bomb threat
Two U.S. F16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Panama City-bound flight from Canada back to Toronto on Friday after a man on the
Earth might be in the early stage of a sixth mass-extinction
Remember the mass-extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs? Earth is apparently on the verge of another great biological extinction, and humans are solely to
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 12-hour cease-fire
A humanitarian cease-fire lasting 12 hours could begin in Gaza on Saturday, as Hamas says it has agreed to a temporary peace and Israeli media
Goldman Sachs downgraded its global equities to neutral
Goldman Sachs downgraded its global equities allocation to neutral on a short-term basis on Friday, even though the brokerage remains overweight stocks for the longer