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After a 2-year-old boy was tragically killed by an alligator at a Walt Disney resort in Orlando on Wednesday, many people expressed somewhat understandable frustration at the parents for not keeping their child away from the water. Gersh Kuntzman of the New York Daily News took this one step further, encouraging readers to praise the alligator for his predatory instinct to snatch up the boy and…
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Following the mass social media petitions from fans to #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend and #GiveElsaAGirlfriend, it appears Disney has heard these cries and inserted an LGBT character into a beloved property. According to Finding Dory's star Ellen DeGeneres, the film, set to release Friday, will feature a transgender stingray.
DeGeneres made the announcement in an interview with USA Today. "There'…
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It's happening, folks. The robot takeover has begun.
Betty, a robot developed at the University of Birmingham, began a two-month trial as a office manager at The Transport Systems Catapult in Milton Keynes on Wednesday and has already been given plenty of responsibility.
According to The Mirror, "Betty will carry out tasks including patrolling the offices, assessing how many staff members…
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Wars have long been waged on the World Wide Web, whether it be governments hacking into the servers of other governments, such as a suspected Russian break-in into the Democratic National Committe on Tuesday, or wars of words between impassioned individual or groups on public forums such as a YouTube comments section. Recognizing the increasing prevalence of online fisticuffs, NATO formally …
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Led Zeppelin's epic "Stairway to Heaven" has long been considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time, in fact placing at No. 31 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Songs of All Time" list. But now the band is being sued by a member of another group who says the song's famous opening guitar riff was stolen.
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin's lead guitarist and singer respectively, were…
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On the list of cartoon characters that could kill you, one would assume the Keebler elf would be quite low on that list. However, those with peanut allergies might have good reason to fear the eternally cheerful creature, as on Monday Kellogg recalled several snack and cookie products that the company learned contained peanut residue.
In Kellogg's official statement, the company said it "…
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Painting is a wonderful art form, but sometimes people can choose the wrong canvas on which to express themselves. Twenty-three-year old Casey Nocket chose the wrong canvas for her work, pleading guilty to defacing rocks at seven national parks on Monday.
According to a report by the Associated Press, Nocket (known online as "creepytings") was charged with "seven misdemeanors for the autumn…
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The opening days of the EURO 2016 soccer tournament in France kicked off with a bang last weekend, with several days' worth of riots and pitch invasion marring the beauty on the pitch.
The chaos began in Marseille, ahead of a match pitting England against Russia on Saturday. After three days of scuffles between the two groups of supporters, which prompted an alcohol ban in fan zones, violence…
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Facebook activated its "Safety Check" feature for the first time in the United States following the Orlando shooting early Sunday morning that left 49 people dead and dozens more injured.
The social media giant introduced Safety Check in 2014, and it was first utilized during the devastating earthquake in Nepal in April of 2015. While the feature was originally meant to be activated only…
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As one ISIS sympathizer carried out a devastating attack in Orlando late Saturday night, ISIS-linked terrorist group Abu Sayyaf also took an innocent life, executing Canadian hostage Robert Hall.
According to a report by CBC News, the Philippines-based militant group "had warned it would kill Robert Hall today if it didn't receive a multimillion-dollar ransom." The group apparently made good…