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  • Teen Suspects Pleads Not Guilty to Murder of USC Grad Student

    The USC grad student was on his way home from a study group session when he was assaulted and struck with a bat, police authorities said. The assailants, four teenagers, were subsequently charged Tuesday for murder after allegedly being involved in fatal beating of the 24-year old grad student.

  • Man Dies from Fire Caused by Smoking

    A man who sustained multiple injuries after being rescued in his duplex residences early Monday died Tuesday in a local Los Angeles Hospital, authorities reported. Officials at the Los Angeles Fire Department say the man was sleeping when the fire broke out at his residence in South Park Duplex on ...

  • Historic Rainfall Leaves East Coast Areas Inaccessible

    In a historic event that would be considered one of the worst amount of rainfall, certain areas in the east coast have fallen “under” water, submerged with floods and damaging a large number of vehicles, as well as making numerous roads inaccessible.

  • A Heart-Stopper, Life-Saver Molecule

    According to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 5 million people are afflicted with heart failure related diseases, and about half of these will die within the span of 5 years. But, good news: innovative scientists from the Indiana University School of ...

  • Fracking Linked to Earthquakes, Related Lawsuits Increase

    The recent magnitude 5.7 earthquake that hit Oklahoma last 2008 was said to have been the result of fracking, a process wherein energy companies use drilling techniques and fluid injection to cause underground gas reserves to be vented out. The number of people who have filed a case against certain ...

  • Barneys Pays Up $525K for Racial Profiling

    The New York luxury department store Barneys has agreed to settle and pay up a penalty of more than half a million dollars after its customers and former employees complained about the store’s alleged manner of zeroing in on minority shoppers for extra surveillance. Barneys New York has agreed to ...

  • Deaths Caused by West Nile Virus on the Rise

    The Center for Disease Control has been vigilant in providing information regarding the West Nile Virus that has been plaguing several areas in the United States. Just this month, 2 people died due to the complications resulting from the disease, one each from Sacramento and Shasta counties.

  • Hawaii Cleans Up Iselle’s Mess

    "Starting to feel kinda civilized," Alberto Velazquez told Hawaii’s KITV4. "We've been spending the last couple of days clearing the tree that fell on our backyard," he said. This is basically Hawaii’s big island situation in the aftermath of Iselle. Clean up is underway even as some of its ...

  • Iraqi President Names New Prime Minister to Succeed Maliki

    Iraq’s President Fouad Masum is taking a giant leap in the midst of intense political conflicts among its leaders, dire humanitarian crisis, and ever-growing military threat. President Masum is nominating a new prime minister. Not everybody agrees with this nomination, however, especially Nuri ...

  • Riots Spur over Shooting of Missouri Teen

    The suburb area of St. Louis was transformed into a “huge mess,” as the town’s mayor described the series of looting and vandalism that sprung from a protest against the recent teen shooting. The rally, initially organized as a peaceful protest for the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a ...
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