Near Booysens station south of Johannesburg, a moving train collided with a stationary train on the same track at rush hour; one derailed. The cause of the accident is unknown. Spokeswoman Nana Radebe said 326 people were rushed to nearby hospitals, and that firefighters were still searching for passengers that could be trapped. Some were …
About a dozen protesters showed up to wave Confederate flags as President Obama’s motorcade drove into Oklahoma City and outside the hotel where the President was staying Wednesday night. The leader of the protest was an African-American man named Andrew Duncomb, who told KFOR, “We don’t believe it’s a symbol of racism,” “They’re blaming the …
Friday afternoon, Emma Didlake, the oldest living United States veteran, met with President Barack Obama in the White House. The veteran was born in 1905 in Bolingee, Alabama. Known as “Big Mama”, Didlake joined the military at the age of 38 in 1943, where she served for seven months as an Army private and a …
The future in the land of the free remains murky for tens of thousands of Cuban immigrants who have been ordered by immigration authorities to leave the country, despite the U.S. and Cuba taking steps at fully restoring diplomatic ties, including re-opening embassies for the first time in over half a century. As many as 25,000 Cubans …
On Thursday, July, 16, 2015, an Oklahoma man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for asphyxiating his stepfather with an “atomic wedgie” in December 2013. Brad Lee Davis, 35, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of his stepfather. Pottawatomie County District Judge John G. Canavan Jr. rejected Davis’ plea for a second chance. …