Chaturon Chaisaeng, Thailand’s former education minister, was recently arrested after he came out from hiding to condemn the coup. He said the coup would be bad for Thailand. And, right before being arrested, Chaiseaeng said he wouldn’t mobilize a resistance or go underground. Coup leaders, Monday, combined their legal hold after getting the king’s endorsement. […]
Missouri health officials are offering free hepatitis A vaccinations for nearly 5,000 people who recently visited a Springfield restaurant. According to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, a worker at the 3720 S. Glenstone Red Robin restaurant had the liver infection. Any person who ate at the establishment between May 8 and May 16 is eligible […]
eBay first felt that the information of its customers was safe after forensic investigators looked over the network security breach uncovered in the early part of May and making its discovery known this week to the public. That’s according to a senior executive with the company. The company has been scrutinized for its management and […]
The state of Tennessee has taken its own measure to deal with the shortage of the lethal injection drugs. It’s bringing back the electric chair. On Thursday, Rep. Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill that allows the state to use the electric chair on death row inmates on the off-chance that the state is unable […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people are being urged not to eat Evergreen Fresh Sprouts’ raw clover sprouts after various reports that people have gotten sick with E. coli in Idaho and Washington. The report states there are seven confirmed cases with three possible cases of the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli […]
The wife of Roger Rodas, the driver of the Porsche Carerra GT that killed Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker, has filed a lawsuit against Porsche Cars North America. In the lawsuit, Kristine Rodas claims the Carerra GT was only going 55mph and did not have the basic safety features that could have saved the […]
Although Washington State’s Mount St. Helens’ magma levels have risen, evidence suggests the active stratovolcano is not going to erupt any time soon. That’s according to researchers during the yearly Seismological Society of America meeting held in Alaska. Seth Moran, the key researcher and a Cascades Volcano Observatory seismologist, said six years ago a minute […]
Well-known entertainers are being sued by a California inmate for allegedly stealing lyrics he wrote while in jail. Jay Z, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Rihanna and Kanye West are all named in the April 21 suit brought forth by Richard Dupree for their part in the alleged crime. The suit states the party allegedly worked with […]
Apple was recently awarded $120 million dollars against Samsung in its patent case. The jury bestowed amount is far less than the $2 billion dollars Cupertino had hoped to receive from the company. Apple, in the meantime, will need to give the Korean electronics maker $158,400 for its own infringement. The trial started last month, […]
Health officials in the United States have confirmed the first MERS case in the country. MERS, which stands for Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, is a fairly new illness that was first seen in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. The healthcare worker, who is not being named, came to Chicago one week ago from the Riyadh, Saudi […]