Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist punk rock band that constantly pushes back against its government, has released a new single in English titled “I Can’t Breathe,” inspired by Eric Garner, The Guardian reports. According to the report, the song is the first one from the group performed in English. Its members, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina,…

An Arizona State University police officer, who was caught on video slamming a professor to the ground merely for jaywalking, has resigned in the fallout, the New York Daily News reports. The 25-year-old cop, Stewart Ferrin, handed in his resignation at the beginning of the week after an internal investigation concluded that he used excessive…

It was an interesting basketball game—one that went into three overtimes—between Flower Mound High School and Plano East High School in Texas Friday, but what got the most attention was a picture tweeted out showing attendees holding up two signs that jointly read “White Power,” WFAA-TV reports. The signs, held up in Flower Mound’s student section,…

Alstory Simon walked out of an Illinois prison as a free man on Oct. 30, 2014, after his murder-and-manslaughter convictions were tossed out. But the former inmate, who was incarcerated for almost 15 years, is suing Northwestern University, a former journalism professor, a private investigator and his own defense attorney for forcing his false confession,…

As Ebola continues on its deadly path across West Africa, health officials are trying to contain the unpredictable outbreak while also testing treatments and vaccines. However, according to USA Today, researchers are facing another challenge: There may not be enough patients on whom to test the experimental vaccinations. New cases of the deadly virus have shot…

At least 20 people celebrating Carnival in Haiti were killed on board a crowded float on Tuesday when they were electrocuted by a power line, the Associated Press reports. Witnesses say that during the festivities in Port-au-Prince, the capital, someone on the float was attempting to use some sort of pole or stick to move…

Hot flashes, a regular symptom of menopause, while usually lasting only a few years, can continue for up to 14 years and are likely to last longer the earlier they begin, a study published on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, Internal Medicine has found, according to a report by…

A sheriff’s deputy from Richmond County, Ga., is facing felony charges of false imprisonment and cruelty to children in the first degree after he allegedly handcuffed a 12-year-old to a basketball post and beat him, WRDW reports. Deputy Alton Walker, who has since been fired, reportedly went to a friend’s house to discipline an “unruly”…

A 19-year-old Haitian was reportedly beaten and hanged in a public square in Santiago, Dominican Republic, the Haiti Sentinel reports. The victim, identified only as “Tulile,” was hanged in the square of Ercilia Pepin, his hands and feet tied up, near the María José Cabral and Baez hospital, where he reportedly worked shining shoes. According…

Ray Rice has issued an apology via a statement to the city of Baltimore for the domestic violence scandal he became entrenched in that prompted a nationwide discussion about domestic assault, the New York Post reports. It’s been almost a year since Rice was arrested for assaulting his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, in the elevator of…