President Barack Obama’s two-week long sore throat is the result of acid reflux, the White House said. On Saturday, the 53-year-old president visited the Bethesda, Maryland Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to undergo diagnostic tests. A Fort Belvoir Medical Center ear, nose and throat doctor performed a fiber optic exam. Upon recommendation of the […]
A family is mourning the loss of its beloved pet but thankful for its heroism after the canine jumped in front of one of the children to protect it from a road rage bullet at an Atlanta-area strip mall. Police are looking for the shooter who fired multiple shots into the vehicle that was loaded […]
A Qatar appeals court has cleared an American couple of allegedly killing their adopted daughter from Ghana after two years of legal battles. However, as they tried leaving the country, immigration officials thwarted their attempt and would not let them leave the country’s airport in Doha. The couple – Matthew and Grace Huang – was […]
A 12-year-old Cleveland boy is fighting for his life at a local hospital after police shot him, mistaking the BB gun for an actual gun. According to city law enforcement, around 3 p.m., a 911 call was made that an “armed” man was at the Crudell Rec Center in Cleveland, brandishing a weapon on the […]
Brent crude dropped more than $1 to hit near $78 a barrel after news that the world’s fourth largest crude importer Japan had gone into a recession. It also dropped after on the West’s energy watchdog’s comments that high oil prices were unlikely to return anytime soon. The possibility of global oil demand picking up […]
Parents of children who attend a Winter Haven, Florida school are upset that a police officer with an assault rifle entered a classroom during school lockdown drill. At the time the drill was happening at Jewett Middle Academy, just three people knew it was a drill. According to the school district, parents, students and teachers […]
A 61-year-old unnamed man was killed Sunday morning as he stood with his wife at the Bronx subway platform. An unknown assailant, who the victim was apparently fighting with, allegedly pushed him into the path of an oncoming train where he was killed instantly. According to police, the assailant took off toward a local bus […]
American Airlines flight attendants have rejected a proposed five-year contract on Sunday, which forced the world’s largest air carrier and its cabin-crew workers union to go into binding arbitration. According to the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, there were just 16 votes that killed the contract – 8,180 voting for it and 8,196 voting against […]
When a Wisconsin girl was killed in her home as she sat on the lap of her grandfather last week, the family made the heartbreaking decision to donate her heart to someone else’s child. According to police, 5-year-old Laylah Peterson was killed Thursday evening in her Milwaukee home after being shot in the head. Roughly […]
According to conventional wisdom, it’s important to have a diet that’s full of variety in order to have good health. However, a North Carolina man decided to throw out this wisdom and stick to the same restaurant for six weeks. Alan Martin, who is a pastor in Burlington, was one of 1,000 people who took […]