Echo Fain

Death By Taser: Georgia Police Used Taser Like A Cattle Prod

What started as a domestic dispute ended with the death of a 24-year-old Georgia man when he was tasered 13 times by two police officers. The incident occurred on April 11 in East Point, Georgia, a small city close to Atlanta, and charges are now been filed against the city by the family’s lawyer. Just […]

10y ago

california|San Diego

California Man Charged With Deliberately Spreading HIV [Video]

A landscape architect from Central California has been charged in San Diego with willfully infecting others with HIV. Thomas Guerra (who also goes by Ashton Chavez) is HIV positive. California state law requires him to inform all potential sexual partners of his infected status. He’s being accused of having deliberately hidden the truth from a […]

10y ago

virginia

U.S. F-15 Military Jet Crash In Virginia

An F-15C military jet crashed near Deerfield, Virginia, today. The jet came down on Elliot’s Knob in a rural area of the conjoined George Washington and Jefferson National Forests with a loud explosion and a pillar of heavy, black smoke. No injuries have been reported but the fate of the pilot remains unknown. Officials lost […]

10y ago

cleveland|ohio

4 Research University Students Dead In Ohio Plane Crash

Four Ohio university students were killed late Monday night when their Cessna 172R crashed near a Cleveland airport and burst into flames, bringing their sightseeing trip to a fiery end. The 1999 Cessna crashed at 10 p.m. local time in Willoughby Hills, near the runway at Richmond Heights’ Cuyahoga County Airport, only 16 miles (25 […]

10y ago

India

Coalgate: India’s Supreme Court Confronts Dodgy Mining Licenses

Dubbed “Coalgate” by the Indian media, the investigation into allegations of corruption and cronyism in the coal licensing process is making progress. The Indian Supreme Court has decided that 218 coal field licenses allocated by the government to dozens of private groups between 1993 and 2009 were illegal. It’s reported in The New York Times […]

10y ago

astronomy|Milky Way

Shoestring Honeymoon Under The Stars

Looking for the perfect but economical honeymoon but not sure what’s possible on a shoestring budget? Interested in seeing the Milky Way in a natural setting? Want a holiday that makes you feel closer to nature? Think you need to get away from the city for a few days? You may not have to visit […]

10y ago

doctor who

The Who Loo: TARDIS Toilet On Cycle Path

She’s known on sight the world over. The TARDIS shows up everywhere, proving that the 50-year-old icon still has what it takes to thrill and excite the fans. With or without her Time Lord. She’s found all over the U.K., of course, in gardens and on street corners. Now, at a South Gloucestershire railside stop […]

10y ago

marijuana|West Virginia

Chickens and an AK-47 in Drug Runner’s Car Crash

First responders in West Virginia were treated to a full-blown security scare with the discovery of IEDs, an AK-47, and live chickens at the scene of a single-car accident. Police say a southbound 1998 Ford Explorer carrying 35-40 live chickens, improvised explosives, weapons (including an AK-47), ammunition, and a quart jar full of marijuana flipped […]

10y ago

India

Prohibition In India’s Kerala State

Prohibition is headed for Kerala with a measure that is causing concern for what happens when the people are legally forbidden to drink. It’s a plan that will take 10 years to fully implement, but the results should show themselves much sooner than that. The BBC reports that Kerala has the highest per capita alcohol […]

10y ago

World Famous Yoga Guru Dies At 95

One of the world’s foremost yoga gurus has died. The Times of India reports that BKS (Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja) Iyengar, the guru considered responsible for bringing yoga to the mainstream attention of the West, was admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Pune on August 12th with poor heart function and […]

10y ago

aurora|Milky Way

Milky Way Timelapse: Poetry In Motion [Video]

The Milky Way, when viewed from a camera lens, often elicits a shiver of existential wonder from the soul. That’s part of what draws us to timelapse astrophotography, as previously reported in the Inquisitr. Timelapse astrophotography allows the naked eye to see what lays hidden beyond our world; we are a tiny part of the […]

10y ago

Julian Assange Leaving Ecuadorian Embassy In London “Soon”

Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange is a notorious figure even now, two years after he disappeared through the doors of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He’s been living inside the building ever since, granted diplomatic immunity by Ecuador in August 2012. Today, after two years of self-imposed imprisonment, he met with the press to announce that […]

10y ago

San Francisco

Gay Man Beaten In San Francisco, Removed From Life Support

A San Francisco gay man has died from injuries sustained in what is believed to be a hate crime. Beaten and left for dead in the Castro District, Bryan Higgins was taken off life support yesterday at San Francisco General Hospital as more than a hundred mourners gathered at a nearby park to hold a […]

10y ago

Milky Way|science

Astrophotography: Viewing The Milky Way Through The Lens Of A Camera

It takes a lot of darkness to see the ghostly traces of the Milky Way hanging beyond our tiny world. It also takes a lot of patience, but the results often resemble something you might find on the cover of a sci-fi fantasy novel. It’s not fantasy; nor is it fiction. It’s astrophotography. It’s not […]

10y ago

Ecuador|mexico

Earthquake In Ecuador Kills 2 Near Equator

A moderately sized earthquake rumbled Quito, Ecuador yesterday, leaving at least two dead and eight injured. At 2:58 pm, as the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports, the ground trembled for just under a minute, causing buildings to sway and rattle as the 5.1 quake caused mudslides and dust clouds. Centered 14 miles northeast of […]

10y ago

India

Lion Cub Leads Indian Park Guard To Its Dead Mother

An orphaned lion cub asked for help in the only way he knew how. On his rounds in the Tulsi-Shyam part of the animal preserve, a Gir Forest National Park guard named Rana Mori spotted a solitary cub hiding in the bushes. Wary of the danger, Mori began to look for the mother. But, as […]

10y ago

florida|tampa

Church Cancels Funeral: Gay Man Denied By Congregation

A Tampa church has canceled the funeral of a gay man and sparked fresh controversy. Julion Evans’ mother was standing by his casket at the wake when she received a phone call from the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. The pastor informed the grieving woman that her son’s funeral service, scheduled to occur the next […]

10y ago

ohio|walmart

Walmart Shooting: 2 Dead in Beavercreek, Ohio

Two people are dead in Beavercreek, Ohio, after a man came into a local Walmart store and allegedly waved a rifle at customers. The 2 NEWS website writes that the incident happened at 8:30 pm Tuesday night when a Cincinnati man named John Crawford entered Walmart and was spotted with what looked like a rifle […]

10y ago

Rosetta Space Probe In Orbit Around Comet 67P

Early this morning, after traveling for more than a decade, the Rosetta spacecraft reached orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after crossing a distance of four billion miles (6.4 billion km). It is the first probe to meet a comet on its journey around the sun. According to the ESA (European Space Agency), it has taken a […]

10y ago

china

China Earthquake Death Toll Rises As Rescue Efforts Continue

The death toll has risen to 589 in southwest China three days after an earthquake devastated Yunnan province on Sunday. According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, the sudden rise in casualties comes as a result of delayed confirmation. This is a mountainous region, and the villages affected by this earthquake are remote and difficult to […]

10y ago