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 […]
Oil futures saw another drop Wednesday on a government report that shows there’s an increase in U.S. oil supplies and a record level of gas production. The U.S. is packed with oil, and record production levels are meeting the increasing imports tide. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, oil stocks saw a 7.26 million […]
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 […]
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 […]