Trenton hostage standoff ends with death of suspect
Trenton hostage standoff ends with death of suspect | GlobalPost Faine Greenwood May 12, 2013 13:25 Suspect who held three children captive for weeks has been killed, and is suspected of murdering a woman and her teenaged son. A dramatic hostage standoff in Trenton, New Jersey ended in violence early Sunday morning, after officers shot and [...]
Dennis Rodman to Kim Jong Un: ‘Do me a solid’ and free Kenneth Bae
Dennis Rodman to Kim Jong Un: ‘Do me a solid’ and free Kenneth Bae | GlobalPost News you wish you didn’t know. NBA-icon-turned-diplomat Dennis Rodman is back, asking Kim Jong Un to “do me a solid” and release American Kenneth Bae. “I’m calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him [...]
Jodi Arias: Guilty of First Degree Murder; May Face Death
Waqas Syed | Posted: Friday, May 8th, 2013 4:25 pm Jodi Arias has been found guilty by the 12 person jury who deliberated for less than three days. The verdict against Arias who was accused of killing her Phoenix, AZ boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008, was guilty of first degree murder. Her trial rocked the nation with extraordinary [...]
Racist anti-gay marriage poster goes viral
Racist anti-gay marriage poster goes viral | GlobalPost While many around the world are celebrating France for being the 14th nation to allow same-sex marriage, the new law is facing a severe blowback at home, both on social media and in the streets. The virulent reaction by same-sex marriage opponents, however, while always heated, may [...]
Turkish PM Erdogan calls airstrikes on Syria ‘unacceptable’
Turkish PM Erdogan calls airstrikes on Syria ‘unacceptable’ | GlobalPost Priyanka Boghani and Noga Tarnopolsky May 7, 2013 10:08 JERUSALEM — Turkey’s premier called the airstrikes that hit military sites in Syria over the weekend “unacceptable” on Tuesday. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, “No excuse can justify this operation,” which has been attributed to Israel. [...]
FDA to investigate the effects of caffeinated chewing gum
FDA to investigate the effects of caffeinated chewing gum | GlobalPost Samantha Stainburn April 30, 2013 15:37 The FDA is concerned with the launch this week of a new caffeinated chewing gum from Wrigley. Concerned by the arrival on store shelves this week of a new caffeinated chewing gum from Mars Inc. Wrigley, the US Food [...]
Hezbollah: Assad’s ‘real friends’ won’t let Syrian opposition win
Hezbollah: Assad’s ‘real friends’ won’t let Syrian opposition win | GlobalPost Kristin Deasy April 30, 2013 15:34 Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks out on Assad’s behalf. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed Tuesday that Syria’s “real friends” will not let the war-ravaged nation fall ”in the hands of Americans, Israel and extremists,” according to a televised [...]
Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills 8, injures at least 40 in Peshawar
8 dead, at least 40 injured in Pakistan’s Peshawar | GlobalPost Jill Langlois April 29, 2013 08:16 At least eight people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a suicide bombing in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan’s latest pre-election violence. The bomber, who rammed his motorcycle into a passenger bus, detonated the explosives [...]
Russia’s Putin and Japan’s PM Abe to discuss island dispute and energy
Russia’s Putin and Japan’s PM Abe to discuss island dispute and energy | GlobalPost Daniel DeFraia April 29, 2013 07:39 Prime Minister Abe meets President Putin for the first top-level visit in a decade with the hope of breaking the stalemate of a territorial dispute dating back to World War II. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [...]
Holocaust survivor Roman Blum leaves behind $40 million estate but no heirs to the fortune
Holocaust survivor Roman Blum leaves behind $40 million estate but no heir to the fortune | GlobalPost New York State could receive a $40 million windfall after a Holocaust survivor and successful real estate developer died without leaving a will. The strange case of Roman Blum, who passed away in January 2012 at the age [...]