According to a recent study, the rise and fall of sea levels during and after the Ice Ages helped to spark the magma amount submarine volcanoes emitted. Along with that, the carbon dioxide the underwater volcanoes have released could have swayed the climate change. According to Maya Tolstory, a marine geophysicist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty […]
A Missouri family has been charged with numerous crimes, including felony kidnapping, after they allegedly tried to teach a six-year-old relative about “stranger danger”. The family told authorities the only way they could teach the six-year-old that he was way too nice was to “stage” a frightening fake kidnapping. The plot involved covering the child’s […]
Minnesota officials are no longer accepting tax returns that were filed by a popular tax preparation program due to the potential for fraudulent activity. Officials with Minnesota’s Revenue Department made the important announcement that it would no longer accept TurboTax returns after two taxpayers said they had logged into the program, only to learn they […]
Facebook will start displaying all Amber Alerts the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children issues in people’s news feed who live in the search area. These alerts will also show up on both the desktop and mobile version of the popular social network. Amber Alerts give people information about missing children along with a […]
A retired elementary school principal became the lucky winner of the $326 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest New York Lottery jackpot in history. Wurtsboro resident Harold Diamond, 80, and his wife Carol, accepted a lump sum check at the same Middleton, N.Y. Valero gas station where bought the ticket on Nov. 4. When he […]
A New Mexico man thought he struck it big, winning $500,000 off a scratch-off instant lottery ticket that he purchased for $20. He was wrong! According to a lottery official, the matches were because of a printing failure. Linda Hamlin, a spokeswoman from the state’s lottery commission, said John Wines purchased the $20 ticket from […]
After receiving nearly 200 complaints regarding its Mini Plus brewing system, Keurig has issued a recall for seven million of the device produced from 2009 to 2014. The recall, according to Keurig, is being done after users reported they were sprayed with hot liquid. The company said nearly half of the complaints were for burns […]
Abdullah Badri, head of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said the group has not set a target oil price and urged Gulf States to continue with their exploration and production investments. Badri said the U.S. would still be relying on the Middle East for its crude oil for the next few years. He […]
U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledges that he gave the order to attempt the rescue of Luke Somers, a hostage in Yemen, on the basis that the photojournalist’s life was in impending danger. Before the statement from the White House, the national security chief in Yemen said militants were planning to kill the British-born Somers. The […]
The Los Angeles Police Department looks to spend some time at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion in relation to the investigation of a California woman’s complaint that comedian and actor Bill Cosby allegedly molested her in 1974 while she was visiting the famous mansion and only 15. Cops would like to speak with the estate’s employees […]