COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER IN SUPPORT OF NEPALI EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

More than 3,000 citizens died and entire villages crumbled into nonexistence after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, according to the Red Cross. Despite the tragedy occurring roughly 7,000 miles away, recognition of the earthquake has crossed borders into Madison.

NORWAY BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY IN A GLOBAL TRANSITION TO DIGITAL TO SHUT DOWN FM BAND RADIO

In what will likely be the first of a global transition to digital radio, Norway has announced it will switch off its FM band, becoming the first country to do so.

FLORIDA COPS FIRED OVER RACIST TEXTS, KKK VIDEO

Four Florida cops lost their jobs Friday after racist texts and an "inexcusable" video surfaced, their chief said.

A five-month internal investigation led to three of them being fired, and one of them resigning, according to NBC Miami. The officers reportedly sent a trailer-style video amongst themselves containing a Ku Klux Klan hood, attacks against minorities, derogatory images of President Obama and racist comments about Hispanics and homosexuals.

YEMANI CAPITAL MOSQUES HIT BY 2 SUICIDE BOMBERS KILLING AT LEAST 137 PEOPLE

SANAA, YEMEN

A group claiming to be a Yemeni branch of the Islamic State group says it carried out a string of suicide bombings in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, that killed a total of 137 people and injured 345 others.

JAPAN'S FIRST BI-RACIAL MISS UNIVERSE MAKES HISTORY WITHOUT HER COUNTRY'S SUPPORT

ARIYANA MIYAMOTO

Ariyana Miyamoto made history this month as the first biracial Miss Universe Japan. The stunning beauty was born to a Japanese mother and African American father, making her “haafu”—the country’s term for half Japanese.

(GRAPHIC VIDEO) VIETNAMESE BOY FALLS 60 FT TO HIS DEATH AFTER BEING CAUGHT UP IN A GIANT KITE

A 5-year-old boy plummeted to his death after becoming entangled in a huge kite that swept him more than 60 feet into the air in Vietnam.

MURDER PLOT ON DANCEHALL DEEJAY VYBZ KARTEL CAUSED BY PRISON FIGHT

VYBZ KARTEL & SHAWN STORM

Information continues to leak out about Vybz Kartel and Shawn Storm not being safe behind bars as murder plot against the Portmore Deejay was foiled earlier this week.

ISLAMIC JIHADISTS THROW BLINDFOLDED GAY MAN OFF A TOWER IN SYRIA, THEN CROWD STONES HIM

RAQQA, SYRIA

Islamic State jihadists threw a blindfolded man off a tower in Syria, and then a crowd of onlookers stoned him to death for being gay.

JAPAN UNVEILS DESIGNS FOR FIRST UNDERWATER CITY

We've seen people living in tiny homes, big homes and everything in between -- but nobody has ever taken underwater dwelling to a level like this. 

DEATH TOLL RISES TO 72 FROM CONTAMINATED BEER IN MOZAMBIQUE

Three more people have died from drinking contaminated beer, bringing the number of fatalities to 72, as the number hospitalized fell by more than 150, health authorities in Mozambique said on Tuesday.

NEW MEXICO WOMAN TRIED TO SNEAK GUN INTO JAIL IN HER GENITALS

KOAT reports that Josephine McAllister, 34, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, allegedly tried to sneak a gun into jail that was concealed in her genitals.

WEDDING COORDINATOR DEFENDS DINGDONG DANTES,MARIAN RIVERA

Their widely-publicized grand wedding at the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral in Cubao, Quezon City last December 30 made Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera hog the headlines before 2014 drew to a close.

SEVERE TURBULENCE DIVERTS AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT TO JAPAN; 5 HOSPITALIZED

An American Airlines flight from Seoul to Dallas/Fort Worth was diverted to Tokyo and five people hospitalized on Tuesday after the aircraft experienced severe turbulence over Japan. 

 

CONGRESS ENDS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S BAN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government’s prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.

$2 GAS SWEEPING ACROSS THE NATION FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON

It was a good weekend for drivers to fill up. Cheap gas spread across the nation faster than holiday cheer.

TWO INMATES STILL ON THE LOOSE AFTER ALABAMA JAIL BREAK

Police in Alabama are searching for two escaped inmates who broke loose from a rural jail Saturday morning.

MASS FACE-SITTING DEMONSTRATION PLANNED IN LONDON TO PROTEST NEW PORN LAWS

A mass “face-sitting” demonstration is being planned in London to protest a new set of porn laws in the UK.

NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK SICKENS 200 PASSENGERS ABOARD DAWN PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP

Health authorities in New Zealand said Monday that about 200 passengers on a cruise ship have been sickened by an outbreak of norovirus.

2014 MAY BE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, WMO WARNS

As negotiators at the latest global climate meeting gather this week in Lima, Peru, to hammer out a new international agreement to limit emissions of the greenhouse gases fueling global warming, they are receiving a stark reminder of that warming.

'REVENGE PORN' LAW SEES FIRST CONVICTION IN CALIFORNIA

On Monday, a Los Angeles man named Noe Iniguez became the first person ever to receive a sentence for violating California's new revenge porn law. Iniguez got one year in jail and 36 months probation for three criminal counts, one of which was revenge porn-related.