Alabama college student cited for wearing empty gun holster on campus
A University of South Alabama student was charged with violating the school’s code of conduct after campus police caught him on campus wearing an empty gun holster, in an incident recorded on video. D.J. Parten, a junior from Mobile, said he was stopped Wednesday, detained for more than 30 minutes and then issued a...
Afghan Government Seeks Financial Assistance to Bring Refugees Home
The Afghan government is finalizing agreements with some European member states and the European Union to handle the return of Afghan refugees, currently in limbo in Greece. The full details of the memoranda of understanding have yet to be announced, but Afghan officials have told that the Afghan government will seek support...
Bernie Sanders calls for a ‘moral economy’ at the Vatican
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has carried his populist message of economic inequality to the Vatican. Visiting to speak at an economy and social justice conference, he emphasised "the common good". There are no plans for him to meet personally with Pope Francis. "I'm so excited and proud to...
First Gender-Neutral Restroom Opens At Los Angeles School
A Los Angeles high school on Friday opened the first gender-neutral restroom in the nation’s second-largest school district, and likely the state, in a move geared toward accommodating transgender students. Santee Education Complex converted a second-floor girls’ restroom after the campus Gay Straight Alliance...
Rescue crews seek survivors of 2nd Japanese quake; at least 19 dead
Rescue crews scrambled through rubble Saturday in a race against time for survivors of a magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck Japan's Kyushu Island, the same region rattled by a 6.2 quake two days earlier. The death toll in the Kyushu earthquake rose to 19 people, according to Kumamoto Prefecture's disaster management...
Scientists fear ‘the Big One’ is COMING as FOUR major earthquakes strike in 48 hours
FEARS a catastrophic earthquake is building today grew after a fourth major tremor struck the same region in just 48 hours. There have been three large earthquakes recorded in recent days, including a major one in southern Japan which destroyed buildings and left at least 45 people injured, after Myanmar was rocked on...
‘I want my country back’ Woman on Question Time in impassioned plea for Brexit
AN AUDIENCE member on the BBC’s Question Time seemed to sum-up the feelings of grassroots voters when she declared she wanted “Britain to be Britain”. The unnamed woman was speaking following a debate about whether Britain would be better being part of the European Union (EU) or whether it would be more...
Shock map shows Schengen FAILURE as army tanks scramble to migrant borders
THIS map shows how the Schengen is falling to pieces as Austria and Switzerland seal themselves off from Europe in an attempt to avoid the migrant crisis. Austria has hammered the latest nail in the coffin to the ailing ‘free movement’ Schengen by installing huge fences at four border crossings as well as border...
Man arrested for ‘covering mosque with pig’s blood and swastikas’ after Brussels bombings
Man arrested for ‘covering mosque with pig’s blood and swastikas’ after Brussels bombings The Spanish national, aged 29, allegedly confessed to the vandalism after being caught on security cameras in Madrid. It is believed that several people witnessed the attack on the Parla Attauba mosque in the Spanish...
Experts critiqued da Vinci’s CV. They weren’t impressed
It’s Leonardo da Vinci’s 564th birthday today. His most famous paintings, The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, still draw devoted and curious crowds today. But, could the Renaissance artist, mathematician, engineer and inventor get hired today? BBC Capital asked two experts to take a look at da Vinci’s CV,...
Four things we learned from the Democratic debate
It was the first Democratic debate in more than a month, and it comes on the eve of a New York primary that could either cement Hillary Clinton's lead or give the Bernie Sanders campaign a new, fighting chance at the nomination. In other words, there was a lot on the line when the two candidates took the stage in Brooklyn...
France bullying case: Creteil girls ‘tortured 12-year-old’
French police are questioning three schoolgirls in a Paris suburb suspected of torturing a younger girl, in a bullying ordeal that lasted months. The victim's father told Europe 1 radio the attackers had stubbed out cigarettes on the 12-year-old's face and arms, dislocated her jaw, slashed her with a knife and urinated...