Lynzee Ford, a senior at Kilgore High School in Texas, was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year, and although she underwent several treatments, doctors recently told the teen that she had only four months to live. “Well, I didn’t take it too hard, I didn’t want to stress myself out, so I decided to take…

An autopsy shows that 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr., who was fatally shot by an off-duty St. Louis police officer earlier this month, was struck eight times, including six shots from behind, according to the forensic pathologist who performed the independent procedure Thursday.   Dr. Cyril Wecht told reporters at a news conference that the autopsy suggests…

The fourth case of Ebola in the U.S. has been diagnosed in New York City after a physician who recently treated Ebola patients in West Africa tested positive for the virus, according to preliminary test results, the Associated Press reports. Further tests will be performed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm the…

Boko Haram, the Islamist terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in April, is suspected in the kidnapping of another 25 girls from a remote town in northeastern Nigerian, despite reports of a ceasefire deal that included the release of the girls taken earlier this year. According to Reuters, John…

A substitute teacher has been charged with first-degree sexual assault against a minor after she reportedly had oral sex with a 17-year-old high school student on her first day at the job. According to police, Symone Greene, who taught an English class at Options Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., performed oral sex on the…

The White House was put on lockdown Wednesday after a man scaled the north fence. The jumper was quickly apprehended after a K-9 unit caught him shortly after he made it onto the ground. According to ABC News, at 7:16 p.m., Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Md., was spotted on the North Lawn and…

A former Harlem Globetrotter who was making the 1,100-mile trek from California to Seattle to be with his longtime girlfriend has been missing for more than a week, and police are turning to the public for help, news station KTLA reports. Rico Omarr Harris, 37, called his mother Oct. 10 to tell her that he…

Looks like the guys over at ESPN’s First Take may need to take sensitivity courses in women’s issues ASAP, especially if they’re going to venture into issues involving domestic violence and rape. Just a few months back, Stephen A. Smith alluded to the fact that women shouldn’t provoke men into violent confrontations. Now Skip Bayless believes…

A 20-year-old Georgia man who stole a teenager’s iPod was found guilty of aggravated assault and robbery and given a 20-year sentence last week after he admitted to taking the teen’s device during the trial. According to reports given to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Shareef Tawwab Hakim of Marietta approached the 16-year-old victim outside his apartment…

Kansas City, Mo., first-grader Angel Hooper and her father, Booker Hooper, set off to a 7-Eleven gas station to pick up some bubble gum after a Friday-evening jog when, police say, a passing vehicle opened fire, shooting into the parking lot. “Before he could grab her and take her to the ground, she was already…