American swimmer Lilly King talked a big game before taking on Russia's Yulia Efimova in the 100 meter breastsroke final Monday…
A group of nearly 30 LGBT advocacy groups penned a letter to Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby Monday, urging the conference to deny Brigham Young University's bid to join the conference…
American swimmer Lilly King had some choice words, as well as a finger wag, Sunday night for Russian counterpart Yulia Efimova, who was twice banned for doping but was surprisingly…
Boxer Hassan Saada, a Moroccan Olympian scheduled to compete in his first bout of the Rio Games on Saturday, was arrested and detained by Brazilian police Friday morning after he…
Richard "Scott" Silverthorne, the mayor of DC-suburb City of Fairfax, was arrested Thursday evening after attempting to sell methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in exchange…
Just one day after a DC cop was arrested for having ties to ISIS, on Thursday a North Carolina resident was charged with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. …
The Rio Olympics kicked off Wednesday with a slew of women's soccer matches, including reigning world champions the United States taking on New Zealand. During the match, fans booed and…
Back in June, the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research surveyed 1,008 American citizens on their perception of the current state of the United States. The survey's…
While the lead poisoning in Flint's water supply has been outside of the national spotlight for the past several months, the problem continues to persist. Enter retired NBA star Rasheed…
Residents of Pennsylvania began paying a little extra to watch their favorite shows online Monday, as a new state "revenue package" went into effect which extended the state's six percent…
NBA center Andrew Bogut, a member of the Australian basketball team at the Rio Olympics, took to Twitter Monday night to rant about the poor living conditions in the Australian team's …
While much has been made of Rio's highly contaminated waters ahead of the Olympic Games, not a lot has been said of the city's significant air pollution issues. And according to a report…
In its latest attempt to counter the Christian church's evangelizing efforts, on Monday the Satanic Temple appealed to dozens of public schools nationwide to begin its own after school…
According to multiple reports, the Navy has decided to name a ship after former Naval officer and gay rights icon Harvey Milk, the first time such an honor has been bestowed on a known…
The Rio Olympics are set to begin in less than a week, but it appears Guanabara Bay, which will host sailing, windsurfing and marathon swimming competitions, is far from in ideal…
Conceptual artist Nathasha Marin recently launched a website called "Reparations," designed for the specific purpose of having white people make "offerings" and fulfill the "requests" of…
Dozens of protestors, inspired by the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile on July 6, were arrested Tuesday and Wednesday after gathering outside the governor's mansion in St. Paul,…
Amazon and the UK government announced a partnership Monday which will allow Amazon to test their revolutionary drone delivery system, "Prime Air," under the supervision of the UK Civil…
"Pokémon Go," the hit smart phone game which has users explore places to catch computer-generated monsters, once again caused real-world issues when a group of players in Las Vegas were…
Faith Ekakitie, a rising senior and defensive end at the University of Iowa, was held at gunpoint by police last Wednesday when they mistook him for a bank robber. Afterwards, he thanked…
Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, spoke out Monday concerning the recent shootings involving police, pledging to donate $2 million in support of efforts…
Controversy once again struck the Rio Olympics this weekend, as on Sunday the athletic contingent from Australia refused to move in to their allocated building in the athletes' village,…
During a panel discussion of his new movie "Snowden" at San Diego Comic-Con Thursday, Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone expressed a deep mistrust of the new smartphone app "Pokemon Go,"…
The NBA announced on Thursday that the league will relocate the 2017 All-Star game from Charlotte, N.C. because of the state's controversial law House Bill 2, which requires people to use…
On Thursday at the MIT Media Lab, famous NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, along with hacker Andrew "Bunnie" Huang, introduced the idea of a case-like attachment for smartphones that can…