NEW YORK (New York Post) — 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 […]

(BreakingNews.ie) — A coroner has criticized “repeated failures” at a high-profile abortion clinic following the death of a mother of one, hours after she had her baby aborted. Dr. Sean Cummings said the case involving Aisha Chithira, 31, who traveled to England from Ireland to have a termination at a Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing, was “desperately […]

PANMUNJOM — North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to end the Korean War on Friday, jointly signing the “Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula.” “South and North Korea will actively cooperate to establish a permanent and solid peace regime on the Korean peninsula. Bringing an […]

DETROIT, Mich. (CBS News) — Early Tuesday morning, police in Detroit received a call that there was a man threatening to kill himself by jumping off an overpass above Interstate 696. As several local law enforcement agencies rushed to the scene with negotiators, police came up with an unexpected plan to safeguard against the worst-case […]

(The Independent) — Opponents of euthanasia have expressed concern at the creation of a “suicide machine,” which has been developed by Dr Philip Nitschke. The well-known advocate of individuals’ right to die has regularly caused controversy by assisting what he calls “rational suicides”. Having developed machines in the past that could be used by individuals […]

(Newsweek) — The second-in-command of Iran’s most elite force has warned Israel against moves that further threaten Tehran’s interest in the region, especially Syria, where the West and its allies have targeted Syrian government positions. Brigadier General Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards, said Friday that a war between Iran and Israel would lead […]

(China Aid) — Within 24 hours, officials in China’s central Henan province interrogated members of Autumn Rain Blessing Church on April 9. The trouble began at 10 a.m., when Jiang Rong, the wife of the church’s pastor, Wang Yi, was at a church leader’s home. The authorities showed up to inquire about their Sunday services […]

(Washington Post) — The spread of a flesh-eating ulcer in parts of Australia is being described as a “rapidly worsening epidemic” and, to make matters worse, researchers say they don’t know exactly where it comes from or how it is transmitted. Known as Buruli ulcer, the infectious disease initially appears as a small, red lump […]

(Daily Mail) — North and South Korea are preparing to officially end the war when their two leaders—Dictator Kim Jong-Un and President Moon Jae-in—meet next week. The two Koreas are technically still at war as the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce, not a peace treaty. South Korean media reports that the two sides […]

(CNN) — A prominent gay rights attorney who led lawsuits legalizing same-sex marriage set himself on fire in Brooklyn on Saturday morning in a fatal plea for action on issues related to the environment. The body of David S. Buckel, 60, was found near Prospect Park’s baseball fields about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday after a […]