A University of Iowa football player found something unexpected in a public park recently while looking for Pokémon: several armed police officers pointing guns in his face. Faith Ekakitie was rummaging for imaginary characters Wednesday when he was surrounded by … Read More
A blood red sun, blazing through a massive, ominous cloud of smoke, hung above Los Angeles on Saturday, as ash rained down below. No, it wasn’t a sign of the apocalypse. It was the result of the “Sand Fire” that … Read More
A cosmic lens is giving scientists a glimpse at distant galaxies never observed before. A new photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a beautiful galaxy cluster with so much mass that it actually magnifies the light of the … Read More
NASA probably has one really dizzy spacecraft on its hands. The space agency’s Solar Dynamic’s Observatory (SDO) performed a planned roll maneuver on July 6 that turned it 360 degrees and produced a disorienting GIF of the sun flipping around … Read More
In a sign that we might have hit peak Pokémon Go, Hillary Clinton’s campaign just announced it’s holding an event at a PokéStop on Saturday. Fans of the game or politics (or both) can indulge their loves at Madison Park … Read More
When Americans think of childhood hunger, they might picture the skeletal frames and swollen bellies of children from faraway nations — but that isn’t the full story. According to Feeding America, 1 in 7 people in the U.S. face hunger … Read More
Her stance, that of calm poise in the face of an intimidating row of armored cops, caught the eye of photographer Jonathan Bachman on Saturday and the resulting image has since been splashed on news sites across the globe. Now, the … Read More
A police chief in Kenyon, Minnesota has posted a powerful response to Thursday night’s shootings in Dallas that left five officers dead and seven injured. SEE ALSO: For 17 hours, Dallas PD called an innocent man a suspect Writing on … Read More
A man accused of shooting indiscriminately at passing cars and police on a Tennessee highway told investigators he was angry about police violence against African-Americans, authorities said Friday. One woman died and three others, including one police officer, were injured … Read More
A police officer in Minnesota apparently opened fire on a black man during a traffic stop on Thursday evening, with the immediate aftermath of the incident then broadcast on Facebook Live. The video, which was made unavailable around 1:05 a.m. … Read More