For 108 years, the Boy Scouts of America’s flagship program has been known simply as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the group says that iconic name will change. The organization on Wednesday announced a new name for its Boy Scouts program: Scouts BSA. The change will take effect next February. Chief […]
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A convicted sex offender paroled after serving more than two decades in prison has been arrested and charged in a new case of alleged lewd conduct near children, authorities said. Kent Bradley Swift, 60, was paroled last year after serving 21 years for kidnapping and lewd conduct. Police identified him as the man seen acting […]
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Forget about those Like buttons. Facebook is all about true love. The embattled social media company, under fire in recent months over data privacy worries, plans to launch a new dating feature, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday. But this feature is “not just for hookups,” Zuckerberg said to laughs at the annual F8 developer conference on Tuesday. […]
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A Virginia man who reportedly suffered a bipolar episode and tried to drown himself in a pool is suing the police officers and lifeguard who pulled him out of the water. The lawsuit filed Friday by 23-year-old Mateusz Fijalkowski says he was left underwater for more than two minutes. He says eight police officers watched […]
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A Florida father made his son stand on the side of a busy road holding a sign that informed motorists he was a “bully” after the teen bullied several classmates at his middle school, NBC affiliate WESH reported. Michael Yager said he was outraged after learning his 13-year-old son, Jacob, had bullied fellow students at New […]
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Two-time All-Star shortstop and 2016 National League Rookie of the Year Corey Seager will undergo Tommy John surgery and will miss the remainder of the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers tweeted. The team recalled Breyvic Valera from Triple-A Oklahoma City and Seager has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right UCL sprain. […]
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Who would’ve thought this day would come, more than 15 years after NSYNC disbanded? On the outside you might be holding up your hands in a “W” shape and saying “whatever,” but we know on the inside your 90s and 00s heart is celebrating some totally tight and bomb news: NSYNC was officially inducted […]
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A monster wave off Portugal has produced a world record for a Brazilian surfer. The World Surf League says Rodrigo Koxa has ridden the biggest wave ever surfed. At the group’s Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, it said its judges determined that a wave Koxa surfed at Naraze, Portugal, on Nov. […]
