On Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, Michael Slager has been released on a $500,000 bail. When Slager was a police officer, he was charged with the murder of Walter Scott, an unarmed black motorist. Slager, however, is not completely free but has been sentenced to house arrest. According to court records, he is only allowed to […]
On Jan. 3, 2016, at 23:05 UTC, three earthquakes rocked the border of Myanmar and India. The magnitude of the tremblors was 6.8 and 6.9 with depths of 35 km, 40 km, and 37 km. Some of the cities reportedly affected by the tremblor in India include Imphal, Mayang Imphal, Moirand, and Thoubal. Dhaka, Bangladesh […]
Gisela Mota Ocampo took office as the new mayor of Temixco, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The next day, an organized group of armed men, and at least, one juvenile entered her home and murdered her in the doorway while her family was there. The city of Temixco has a population of 100,000 and is […]
A skyscraper fire has erupted in Dubai. According to NBC News, on Dec. 21, 2015, The Address Hotel and Mall is engulfed in flames. The 63-story hotel is in downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The hotel is across the plaza from the world’s largest building, the Burj Khalifa. New Year’s Eve celebrations were set to […]
Mark Salling, well-known for his role as Noah “Puck” Puckerman, bad boy on the popular television series, Glee, has been arrested for the possession of child pornography. According to US Weekly, he was originally arrested only on the suspicion of possessing child pornography. Time, however, has received confirmation from the Los Angeles Police Department that Salling, […]
According to CNN, Ethan Couch and his mother have been located and are being detained in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. On Dec. 28, 2015, the teen, who allegedly violated his probation, was reported to have been located after the U.S. Marshals have spent weeks searching for him. Couch missed a meeting with his probation officer on […]
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, rapper King Louie, 27, was shot in the head. According to his manager, King Louie was in the Ashburn area of Chicago, on the Southwest Side. He was shot in the 3900 block of West 83rd Street at 3:30 p.m. CST. Police reported that he was in a vehicle at the time […]
Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) in Arizona, stated that 37-year-old Levi Parker had died. According to PCSD, Parker shot and killed his two young daughters, ages five and seven, before he turned the gun on himself Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Deputies were called to the 5700 block of North Kolb […]
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, Tennessee’s Governor, Bill Haslam, approved the recommendation to go to a Level Three State of Emergency. Relentless storms have taken lives today. Sheriff Nick Weems stated that the storm has taken the lives of two people in Perry County. It was a man and a woman in the 6000 block of […]
In the early hours of Dec. 24, 2015, a fire began on the first floor of the Jizan General Hospital in Saudi Arabia. According to Reuters, 107 people have been injured and 25 are confirmed dead. Yahya al-Qahtani, the spokesman for the Directorate of Civil Defense of Jizan Major, stated the fire erupted in the […]