A private ambulance company in New York City is facing backlash after suspending an emergency medical technician who tried to save a schoolgirl from choking. Qwasie Reed violated Assist Ambulance rules by stopping, but says he would do it again. Reed was driving a nursing home patient to a doctor’s appointment when he was flagged at a red light outside Public School 250 in Brooklyn last week. Against... 

Parents outraged after student penalized for correctly answering math questions. A Common Core math assignment posted online last week is causing outrage among parents who say their child was penalized for correctly answering a question. A photo of the math quiz, uploaded to Imgur, shows how an unknown third-grade student received negative marks after allegedly failing to properly articulate how he... 

Around 1,500 birds have died around Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran for unknown reasons, an official with Iran’s Department of Environment says. “The reason behind this accident is not clear yet and is under investigation,” said the director of wildlife protection organization of the province of West Azarbaijan on Tuesday. Omid Yousefi ruled out the possibility of a bird flu outbreak, and added... 

A Florida congressman went before the House earlier this week to again plead for an investigation into the CDC over allegations the agency destroyed documents proving a link between childhood autism and the MMR vaccine. Two months after a similar speech, Rep. Bill Posey on Tuesday was at it again imploring Congress to investigate admissions made by former CDC researcher Dr. Bill Thompson, who claimed... 

Hurricane Patricia, the strongest Category 5 and most dangerous storm that has ever been recorded, has made landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico, spreading panic among thousands of people along its path as it barrels across the country. “The eye of the hurricane has already made landfall in Emiliano Zapata” in Jalisco state, near the major port of Manzanillo, said Roberto Ramirez, the National... 

An enormous sinkhole suddenly opened up on a road in Sicily, Italy, swallowing a parked car. The driver miraculously escaped harm, having left the vehicle seconds before it sank underground. The eight-meter-wide hole opened up on a road in the town of Valverde, Catania province on Wednesday. It was most probably caused by days of heavy rains drenching the island. Luckily the female driver had enough... 

Leftist activists are calling for the removal of a Thomas Jefferson statue because they claim it’s “racist” and “sexist.” Feminists and #BlackLivesMatter protestors had previously defaced the statue at the University of Missouri using post-it notes with the phrases “Racist,” “Rapist,” and “Slave Owner.” Now they’re lashing out at students who hosted a “Stand With Jefferson”... 

The problem of alcoholism is gathering pace by leaps and bounds in the United States. Spokespeople for the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle said that many Americans have developed a greater fondness for alcohol during the recent years. Heavy drinking among Americans increased 17.2 percent between 2005 and 2012. Binge drinking increased 8.9 percent nationally during the same time... 

The Hyperloop vacuum train is said to start traveling in the United Arab Emirates between Dubai and Abu Dhabi already in 2016. The futuristic train will be able to develop the speed of up to 1,200 km/h. A ride on board this train from one emirate to another will take 15 minutes. According Russianemirates.com, the tests of the new train will begin in 2016. The train will be 15 meters long, 2.5 meters... 

Chinese TV news reports have detailed an unusual phenomenon witnessed by thousands of residents in two separate areas who reported seeing a massive city materialize in the skies. Onlookers, some of whom allegedly recorded the event, were captivated as a towering cityscape appeared amidst the clouds. The first occurrence unfolded over Foshan in the Guangdong province, where thousands observed a ghostly... 

Captain America started out by taking on Nazis and defending freedom, now, however, Marvel has him siding with Democrats in Washington and beating up on conservatives who quote the US Constitution. A video by the MacIver Institute boils the development down into a minute long analysis. Essentially, a new black “liberal” Captain America decides that he cannot remain apolitical and states “”I... 

An ill-thought scheme intended to retain the last of McDonald’s’ customers has blown up in franchise owners’ faces, showing how little can be done to save the fast food giant from imminent collapse. After seven straight quarters of declining sales, McDonald’s decided to implement an all day breakfast menu earlier this month in hopes to revive their bottom line. The president of the company’s... 

Scientists may have found a way to cure cancer in humans. Scientists say they might have made a breakthrough in fighting cancer, which could save millions suffering from the deadly disease. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have found that malaria protein can attack and fight cancer cells. According to the research team, a malaria protein... 

A new report suggests that youth homelessness in the UK is more than eight times higher than the official figures. A new report suggests that youth homelessness in the UK is more than eight times higher than the official figures. The report has been published by Centrepoint – the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people. It says some 136,000 young people aged between 16 and 24, sought... 

US GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump has maintained his spot atop the 2016 Republican presidential field, a new poll suggests. According to the new poll by the CBS News, the real-estate mogul leads the pack with 27 percent support, showing no changes since one month ago, when the previous edition of the survey was carried out. Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon, followed Trump with 21 percent...