Bryan Michalek
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A Yazidi girl who was captured and sold into sex slavery for ISIS militants described her terrifying experience on the Victoria Derbyshire Program on BBC.
The young girl whose name is Ekhlas was captured at the age of 14 by ISIS forces, who in 2014 began targeting the Yazidi's, an ethnic Kurdish group. After trying to escape the jihadists in northern Iraq, she was recaptured and held as a sex…
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Pakistani police have arrested around 25 members of a village council accused of organizing and ordering the "revenge rape" of a 16-year-old girl in retribution for her brother's alleged sexual assault a 12-year-old.
According to BBC, the families of both girls were related and had come together to handle the issue internally. However, in a statement to AFP, police official Allah Baksh said "[a …
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Based on a new study, researchers are claiming that sperm counts in men from North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand have dropped by half over the last 40 years. Even more troubling is the fact that these same researchers say that the downward trend isn't ending anytime soon.
Researchers from the United States, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, and Spain convened to conduct a meta-analysis of…
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In 2017, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a pledge to "learn about people's hopes and challenges," which has led him on a journey across the U.S. in a bid to understand the plight of the American worker. Since his tour began, the Guardian has chronicled the struggles of his own employees as he rides tractors and puts on hard hats for photo-ops.
The piece centers on Nicole and Victor, two…
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Defense Secretary James Mattis tore Pentagon officials apart in a memo for what he described as "cavalier" spending after a report showed that the Defense Department spent up to $28 million over 10 years on camouflage uniforms that are inefficient on the country's terrain.
The report came from a Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) which found that the DOD was buying…
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In an interview with the Washington Post, Chuck Schumer changed his tune on Hillary Clinton, blaming her and her messaging for losing the 2016 presidential election.
The Senate Minority leader spoke with TWP's Ed O'Keefe and David Weigel about several topics over the weekend, covering the future of the Democrats and their new economic messaging.
What has been getting people more fired up are…
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A man from Texas is currently fighting a court ruling that mandates he pay $65,000 in child support to an ex-girlfriend's daughter, despite proving he is not her biological father.
WABC-TV reports, according to a Texas' family code, even if a man can prove he is not the biological father of a child, he is still responsible for all child support payments before the paternity test can prove…
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With her vintage sound and unique vocals, Lana Del Rey built much of her popularity off of an American flag aesthetic and nostalgic imagery that takes her listeners back in time. But despite her historical success in using the flag during several performances, Del Rey claims she won't be using it anymore now that Donald Trump is in the Oval Office.
In an interview with Pitchfork, Lana explained…
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In a large-scale law enforcement bust, two of the dark web's largest drug marketplaces, AlphaBay and Hansa Market, have been taken down, according to The Verge.
In a Europol announcement, AlphaBay was said to have hosted up to a billion dollars in transactions since 2014. Most of the transactions involved drugs and fraudulent I.D. sales. By the time it collapsed, the site had reached over 200,…
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In a what has been described as a world's first, scientists have been successful in using oxygen therapy to reverse brain damage in a toddler who drowned in a swimming pool.
Using the new treatment, scientists were reportedly able to restore the young girl's ability to walk and talk within months of the accident, during which she was under water for 15 minutes.
In February 2016, then-two-year-…