Creator of ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Dies in Accident

Corey Griffin, 27, died in a Nantucket diving accident, hours after he raised $100,000 for a Lou Gehrig’s disease charity in honor of his friend who inspired the ice-bucket challenge sensation.

Nantucket Police tell the Boston Globe that Griffin dove into the water from the “Juice Guys…

US Journalist James Foley Beheaded on Video

U.S. intelligence analysts have determined that the video showing the execution of American photojournalist James Foley by Islamic State militants is real, National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said Wednesday.

“We have reached the judgment that this video is authentic,” Hayden said.

President Obama was scheduled to make a…

National Guard Rolls into Ferguson, Missouri

The National Guard has been deployed to Ferguson, MO following days of civil unrest after the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
The state’s governor Jay Nixon said the additional resources meant a curfew currently in place would be lifted.

Michael Brown, 18, was killed by a police…

Curfew, State of Emergency Declared By Missouri Governor

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in Ferguson on Saturday, trying to restore order after a week of racially charged protests and looting over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer.
The curfew will run midnight until 5…

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Gets Indicted

Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted on Friday by a grand jury in Texas on two counts of abuse of power and coercion over a funding veto he made last year that was seen as being intended to force a local prosecutor to resign.
Perry, a possible Republican candidate in…