Driver that plowed into Charlottesville, Va. crowd charged with murder
(Updated) Skirmishes between white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and counter-protestors attending a “Unite the Right” rally in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, turned violent and then deadly on August 12 […]
Single winning ticket announced in $393M Mega Millions jackpot
On August 12, Mega Millions lottery officials issued a release stating that one lucky Mega Millions player beat the one in 259 million odds to match all six numbers drawn […]
Umpire Joe West suspended for bad-mouthing Texas Rangers’ Adrian Beltre
Big league umpire Joe West celebrated his 5,000th game this summer but is in the news today for getting suspended for three games for publicly dissing Texas Rangers’ third baseman […]
Woman who murdered her 10-year-old cousin sentenced to death
Sammantha Allen, 28, of Phoenix, was sentenced to death on August 7 after being found guilty of murdering her 10-year-old cousin, Ame Deal, back in 2011. As punishment for taking […]
Taylor Swift expected to testify against ex-DJ in groping trial
Pop mega-star Taylor Swift, 27, is expected to appear in a federal Denver courtroom on August 7 to testify in her sexual assault lawsuit lodged against former DJ David Mueller, […]
Fans threaten boycott of NFL if Colin Kaepernick isn’t signed to a team for upcoming season
Up until very recently, most of the public comments covered by the media regarding Colin Kaepernick not standing for the National Anthem leading up to an August 2016 pre-season San […]
Fox News host Eric Bolling allegedly sent images of male genitals to female colleagues
Fox News Anchor Eric Bolling has been suspended by the network pending an on-going investigation looking into allegations that he sexually harassed female colleagues and that he sent “unwanted lewd […]
Md. elementary school teacher gets 48 years in prison for sex abuse of students
A long-time elementary school teacher for Montgomery County, Maryland, was found guilty of sexually abusing several of his young female students. John Vigna, 50, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced […]
Martin Shkreli: ‘Pharma bro’ anticipating jail time after being found guilty of fraud
Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli who gained notoriety and infamy for jacking up the cost of a life-saving drug by 5,000% in 2015 was found guilty of three of eight […]
Michelle Carter sentenced for texts that prompted boyfriend’s suicide
Michelle Carter, now 20-years-old, whose prompting text messages drove her 18-year-old boyfriend Conrad Roy III to kill himself back in 2014, was sentenced to only 15 months behind bars in […]