A man who admitted abusing two Muslim women before hitting one of them in the face with a pack of bacon has been jailed for more than six months.Alex Chivers, 36, of Waltham Cross, north London, pleaded guilty to one count of racially or religiously aggravated common assault and one count of causing racially or religiously aggravated alarm or distress following the incident in Enfield on 8 June.Jun 30, 2017
Gender Creative Kids Canada have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to produce the first transgender educational toy, Sam. Sam is an essential tool designed to help children understand what it means to grow up as a transgender child. They hope the toy will help families talk about the struggles of being transgender and help those going through the process to be true to themselves.Jun 30, 2017
A giant sinkhole swallowed a car completely in St. Louis, Missouri. 25-year-old Jordan Westerberg returned from the gym with his fiancée to find his car had disappeared into the hole. The cause of the sinkhole is unknown as investigations continue.Jun 30, 2017
Facebook announced on Thursday (June 29) it had completed a second test of an unmanned aircraft in May designed to beam internet access to remote parts of the planet in the future.Jun 30, 2017
The NRA have released a new controversial advert, rallying its members and calling on them to combat liberals in America. Using ominous images and videos of riots and violence, the strong narrative concludes with the only way to fight against the left is to fight this violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth. Jun 30, 2017
Germanys parliament has voted for the legalization of same-sex marriage after German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the conservative party to follow their conscience rather than party lines. Merkel herself voted against the amendment.Jun 30, 2017
A stray dog interrupted an orchestral performance during the International İzmir Festival in the Turkish city of Ephesus of June 20 and completely stole the show.Jun 30, 2017
The U.S. has come in for criticism by some, including China, after announcing on June 29 that it planned to sell arms to the Tsai Ing-wen government in Taiwan.Jun 30, 2017
Artist Aman Mojadid re-purposed old phone booths in an installation in New York Citys Times Square. The phone booths contain oral histories from the citys immigrant population.Jun 30, 2017
A complete R2-D2 unit was sold at auction for nearly $3 million in California on June 28th. It was assembled from components from the original Star Wars trilogy and the first two prequels. The auction house had estimated the deal would be less than $2 million. Apparently, they underestimated how much people love this cute and resourceful droid.Jun 30, 2017
The worlds chemical weapons watchdog said the banned nerve agent sarin was used in an attack in northern Syria in April that killed dozens of people. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he felt the indications suggested Syrian President Bashar al-Assads government were behind the attack, a claim strongly denied by Damascus.Jun 30, 2017
The Goodwin Fire continued raging on June 29, scorching nearly 25,000 acres of Prescott National Forest in Arizona. Governor Doug Ducey declared a state of emergency as fire-fighters struggled to control a fast-growing wildfire that has forced hundreds of people to evacuate.Jun 30, 2017
Martin Shkreli, aka the Pharma Bro, is on trial for multiple fraud charges. The former pharmaceutical CEO is being tried on 8 counts of securities and wire fraud related to when he ran two hedge funds, MSMB Capital and MSMB Healthcare. He is also accused of manipulating stocks illegally from Retrophin, a biotech company that he founded in 2011 but was ousted from in 2014. Before his trial, nearly 250 potential jurors were dismissed due to concerns of impartiality, as many jurors expressed hatred and disgust toward Shkreli. Shkreli caused public outrage when he dramatically raiseded the price by 5,000% of Daraprim, a potentially life-saving medicine for HIV patients and others with compromised immune systems, in 2015. Shkreli was dubbed by many a public disgrace and Americas Most Hated Man. Shkreli now faces 20 years in prison if convicted.Jun 30, 2017
