Twelve-year-old Matthew Flores asked his mailman, Ron Lynch, for junk mail, because the Salt Lake City boy had no way to get to the library and couldn’t afford to buy books. “Today while delivering mail… Boy asked for junk mail because he couldn’t afford books
Hugh Jackman is finally hanging up the adamantium claws, and has promised that this last Wolverine solo movie will be his last as Logan / Wolverine. He tweeted this out to fans: https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/625815294271991809/photo/1 A lot… Hugh Jackman seeking fan input for final Wolverine appearance
Today Boy Scouts of America ended its ban on gay adult leaders despite protests from the Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon). The organization compromised by saying that conservative church-sponsored units could choose their… Boy Scouts of America Ends Ban on Gay Leaders
Hours after speaking on her environmental policy and focus on renewable energy, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was seen boarding a 19-seat French-built private plane in Des Moines, Iowa. According to the Daily Mail, “The aircraft,… Clinton seen boarding fuel-wasting private jet
Netflix was clearly playing on nostalgia as it announced the content being made available to its users in August, as well as what’s leaving. From the Verge: We say goodbye to Titanic, Unbreakable, Driving Miss… Netflix making “Reading Rainbow” available 8/1
On Sunday Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton explained her platform on environmental policy in a video posted to her campaign website. She said that she plans to set the US on a path toward generating… Hillary Clinton speaks on environmental policy
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said that President Obama, in regards to the Iran nuclear deal, was marching Israelis “to the door of the oven” in a reference to Nazi concentration camps during World War… Huckabee compares Iran nuclear deal to Nazi death camps
Spain has raised the legal marrying age from 14 to 16. It previously had the lowest marrying age in all of Europe. This meant that boys and girls could get married at age 14 with… Spain raises legal marrying age
Today, NASA’s Kepler mission identified the first promising candidate of “Earth 2.0”, aka a planet that might be able to sustain life as we know it. The exoplanet is approximately 60% larger than our Earth,… NASA finds plausible “Earth 2.0”
Universal Studios has officially announced a sequel for Jurassic World to come out in 2018. This was not unexpected considering the success that it had in box offices. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard will return… Jurassic World Sequel for 2018
The Italian police have seized 2 billion euros worth of mafia assets in a series of raids. The seizures included hundreds of betting shops owned by the ‘Ndrangheta, who are believed to be behind most of… Italian police seize 2bn in mafia assets
A 27-year-old mother rushed her 6-week-old newborn into the emergency room after the doctor called saying that he had a knot in his bowel. When she arrived at the hospital, she put all her change in… Mom in ER with newborn; strangers add change to the meter
Ferguson, Missouri has named Andre Anderson as their interim police chief. Anderson was most recently working in Glendale, Arizona. According to the BBC: The 50-year-old Mr Anderson said at a news conference on Wednesday that… Ferguson Interim Police Chief is Black
Lindsey Graham has responded to Donald Trump’s giving out of his cell phone number in an unexpected way. Trump released Graham’s phone number at a rally after waving around a white card that said it.… Lindsey Graham responds to Donald Trump
Despite David Nutter (director of the season 5 finale) assuring everyone, including President Obama, that Jon Snow is “deader than dead”, the actor who plays the bastard of Winterfell still showed up in Belfast just… Kit Harington in Belfast for S6 Shooting of GoT