Competition is sweet to the Jones triplets, who use their friendly rivalry to egg each other on and bring out the best in each other—a mindset that has landed them straight on the path toward an Ivy League education, NBC Washington reports. Silver Spring, Md., residents Malik, Ahmad and Kahlil Jones are still deciding whether…

A pregnant woman lost her baby after authorities said the woman was shot in the stomach by another woman with whom she had been arguing on Facebook, the Daily Mail reports. The shooting occurred in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday after the expectant mother, identified as 23-year-old Markeisha Brooks, went over to 35-year-old Virginia Wyche’s house to…

Philippe Holland was heading back to his car Tuesday night after making his last stop for his pizza delivery job; he didn’t have his pizza bag with him, Philly.com reports, because it had been a small order. So with his hoodie up and hands in his pockets he trekked back toward his car from the…

When high school senior Patrick Peoples decided to apply to a number of Ivy League schools, he was doing it largely on a whim. “No one ever expects to get in,” the young man told WECT. “I just wanted to apply. Maybe I’ll get into one—maybe, just maybe.” But he did more than that. Peoples,…

By now, the fiasco that was the #myNYPD campaign is well known, with Twitter quickly taking over the hashtag promotion, which was supposed to display New York’s Finest at their friendliest, and turning it into a channel to speak out (with withering sarcasm) about police brutality. As it turns out, however, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton…

The 15-year-old Hawaiian Airlines stowaway had problems with his life in America, particularly at school, and longed to return to Africa, the boy’s father said in an interview, USA Today reports. The Somali-born teenager, who miraculously survived a five-hour flight to Hawaii from California in the wheel well of a plane, was having difficulties adjusting…

Deputy Attorney General James Cole on Wednesday released new criteria for clemency that officials will now consider when dealing with applicants, the Associated Press reports. Nonviolent offenders with a history of good behavior and no gang affiliations, who have already completed more than 10 years of a sentence, are being encouraged to apply for early…

Ruth Hunter was stunned one morning earlier in April when her front door abruptly flew open and she heard shouts of “Police!” WTVR reports. “I thought someone was breaking in to rob or kill me,” the 75-year-old Virginia grandmother, who likes to keep to herself, told the news station. But it was state law enforcement conducting a…

Hunting helped save Gil Alexander’s life. It all started in 2008 when the Kansas farmer struck up a friendship with Rob Robinson, a 45-year-old firefighter from Mississippi who wanted to hunt on his property, the Associated Press reports. A few years later, Robinson returned again to the property to hunt, but at the same time…