The government of South Carolina has chosen to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol after public outcry that followed the massacre of nine black churchgoers by a white supremacist.
Former President George W. Bush, who led the country into a war in Iraq on wrong evidence, charged a charity that provides services to wounded veterans $100,000 dollars to speak at an event.
The Mayor of Baltimore has fired the city's police commissioner after the release of a report about the handling of riots that rocked the city and grabbed international headlines after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.
A newly discovered email shows that Exxon knew about climate change at least 7 years before the rest of the world learned about the issue, and continued to pay people to deny its existence for the next 30 years.
The United States has so far only trained 60 fighters to form a "moderate" Syrian opposition that will fight the Islamic State in Syria.
Saudi authorities have arrested three brothers they say played a crucial role in the recent Kuwaiti mosque bombing that was intended to create animosity between the small petro-state's Shia and Sunni citizens.
The famous comedian and actor Jim Carrey who stole the hearts of millions across the world, did something on Twitter that did not quite match with his "funny" persona.
Scientists from the United States conducted a new study, which revealed that people age at variable rates. The study examined a group, which was made up of 38-year-olds, and found out that the biological age of those individuals were between 28 and 61, The Independent reported.
Jared Fogle became famous 15 years ago when he lost 200 pounds on the "Subway Diet." Fogle claimed to eat nothing but Subway sandwiches for months and still managed to shed pounds. His story took off and his increasing fame caught the attention of the restaurant chain Subway. Eventually the company hired him as their official spokesperson and Fogle appeared on Subway commercials and several campaigns launched by the restaurant chain.
Burt Shavitz, who founded one of the most well-known American natural products brands, has passed away at his Maine home surrounded by family and friends, The Washington Post reported. Shavitz was 80 years old.
According to authorities, 22-year-old Devon Staples died on Saturday due to injuries from a firework as he was trying to set it off on his head, The Boston Globe reported.
66-year-old, six-time Grammy Award winner Billy Joel, who also has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, surprised his friends and family members who were present at his annual Fourth of July party, Time reported.
The government of Ukraine inaugurated a new police force in one of its most visible efforts to rout the culture of corruption that led to the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovich in 2014.
The Egyptian military has killed at least 63 militants in an effort to regain control of a Sinai town that was overrun by insurgents just days after the successful assassination of the country's highest ranking legal official.
In a show of unity and rejection of terrorism after the worst terrorist attack in decades, Shiites and Sunnis in Kuwait came together in the country's grand mosque for Friday prayers.
