AIDS and HIV are not the immediate death sentences they once were. But of course, that’s no excuse for us to stay lax on practicing safe sex and being support for loved ones, co-workers and anyone in our circles that are living with the disease. Since 1988, World AIDS Day has been a national day of […]

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Two men have been arrested in relation to an attack that took place at a luxury hotel in the capital of Mali last week that…

Despite losing most of their territory to the Nigerian army, Boko Haram has continued to take their bombings to local markets, where 32 people were killed in their latest attack. According to Al Jazeera, Red Cross and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the bombing happened on Tuesday at a fruit and vegetable market in […]

When the terror attacks devastated Paris Friday, the world collectively mourned the lives of more than 100 French citizens and tourists. But the outpouring of support also ignited a debate as to why so much sympathy was given to a western country, but not to other tragedies around the world. Just one day before the terror […]

UPDATE 6 p.m. EST: There are reports of attacks in six more locations throughout Paris in addition to the three confirmed at Bataclan Concert Hall, Le Carillon restaurant and Petit Cambodge Restaurant. French President Francois Hollande has closed the borders and military is being deployed around Paris. A state of emergency has been declared.   Hostages are […]

After the success of the Ice Bucket Challenge, a swarm of new internet challenges emerged such as the #EBTongueTwister (raising awareness for the Sohana Research Fund) and #15SecondShakespeare (raising funds for the British Red Cross). However, unlike the aforementioned, Mexico’s newest trend has nothing to do with charity. The challenge, called “Reto del pasesito,” requires […]

The Pope plans to address Congress tomorrow following a mass service he will deliver tonight.   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pope Francis immediately dove into the whirlpool of U.S. politics on Wednesday, using his first direct address to the American people to weigh in on deeply divisive issues including climate change, Cuba, marriage and immigration. The pontiff, […]

  She ended up being reburied in the same tomb she was first laid to rest earlier.   A girl who was apparently buried alive in Honduras has died after her family tried to save her when they heard screams coming from her tomb. This footage shows 16-year-old Nelsy Perez’s family breaking into her tomb […]

  The robber was planning to rob passengers during that particular train ride.  He later said he was never trying to perform an act of terrorism.   PARIS, France — They grew up together, fought off an attacker together and were honored together. Two days after they pounced and subdued a gunman aboard a packed […]

(RNN) – Debris from a Boeing 777 discovered on Reunion Island comes from the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared without a trace in 2014, Malaysia’s top government official said Wednesday. Prime Minister Najib Razak said his government would do everything it could to determine what happened to the airplane. Flight MH370, which disappeared March 8, 2014, shortly after […]

Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer became “the most hated man” on social media Tuesday after The Telegraph named him as the hunter who paid $50,000 to kill one of Africa’s most famous and prized lions earlier this month, according to BuzzFeed. Palmer’s dental practice was completely shuttered Tuesday in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, according to Fox News, after […]

*Mexico’s national beauty pageant director Lupita Jones confirms the country won’t send a contestant to the Miss Universe contest because of disparaging remarks by pageant co-owner Donald Trump. Jones, who was Miss Universe in 1991 and runs the Mexico competition, tweeted that she was offended and angry “like everyone else” with Trump over his comments […]