SENATOBIA, MS – Warrants have been issued for the arrest of two parents who made the mistake of cheering for their recently graduated child at Senatobia Municipal School District. “My 18-year-old daughter, Lanarcia Walker, graduated from Senatobia High,” Linda Walker said. District Superintendent Jay Foster filed “disturbing the peace” charges against those who yelled at graduation,…
By Michael Bastasch Americans are just going to have to trust the EPA’s 44 years of experience dealing with environmental issues when it comes to figuring out ways to cope with man-made global warming, says the agency’s chief. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told Big Think in an interview that while there are limits to how much the…
By Casey Harper Quick thinking and bravery by a South Carolina police officer likely saved a drunk man’s life, and it was all caught on a police dash camera. Mount Pleasant Police Cpl. Adam Willis responded to a call at 4:35 a.m. to find a car in flames. Willis can be seen running from his car…
By Ivan Plis Vitaly Mutko is Russia’s Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth. You’d think that dealing with FIFA, the infamously corrupt soccer organization, means he speaks pretty good English. You’d be wrong. Back in 2010, he gave a speech that helped Russia win hosting duties for the 2018 World Cup, insisting that he would…
By Blake Neff Life is imitating art like never before, as engineers at Boeing have hit upon a novel solution to the problem of laser weapons making no noise when in use: having them artificially make the same sounds as lasers in the Star Wars films. Boeing’s High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) is designed to shoot down aerial targets, such…
A woman died after receiving silicone butt implants from an uncertified doctor in Queens. Kelly Mayhew was found unresponsive in a Queens home on Saturday when authorities found her. The landlord had previously been suspicious about women frequently coming and going from the flat where the surgery took place. Mayhew, who worked at BET, had driven…
AURORA, CO – Former kitchen manager Della Curry lost her job after it was found that she was giving free lunches away to hungry children. The Dakota Valley Elementary School in Aurora Colorado let her go last Friday when it was discovered that she was giving lunches to children who didn’t have money to pay….
Former advisor to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, gave an interview to an Israeli news station where he claimed that the president was hurt over accusations that he was anti-semitic. “You know, I think I am the closest thing to a Jew that has ever sat in this office,” the president reportedly told Mr. Axelrod. “For…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Two vets who served on the battlefields of France in World War I were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House Tuesday. Henry Johnson was part of the all-black “Harlem Hellfighters” regiment. He almost singlehandedly fended off at least a dozen Germans in the trenches, armed…
By Blake Neff A 50-page report released on Monday by New Jersey’s Department of Education rates over 97 percent of the state’s teachers as either “effective” or “highly effective.” Out of New Jersey’s roughly 100,000-strong teaching corps, just 2,900, or 2.8 percent, received the lesser ratings of “partly effective” or “ineffective.” Under the state’s rating system, a…