Myron May, the Florida State University alumnus who has been identified as the gunman behind Thursday’s shooting at the school, was dealing with financial troubles and experiencing paranoia that the government was spying on him, officials reported Thursday, according to USA Today. He had apparently recently quit his job as a prosecutor at the district…

On Wednesday Jason Collins said that he is opting to retire from the NBA, the New York Post reports. The announcement comes a year and a half after he became the first openly gay athlete actively playing in one of the four major American professional sports leagues.   “It just made perfect sense,” Collins told the…

An Iowa man was arrested near the White House on Wednesday after authorities discovered a file and ammunition in the car that he had reportedly driven from his hometown of Davenport to Washington, D.C., the Washington Post reports. According to the report, 41-year-old R.J. “Renae” Kapheim was taken into custody after walking up to a…

Law-enforcement agencies and protesters in Ferguson, Mo., are already facing off, leading to six arrests overnight after six individuals reportedly tried to block off a street while demanding that police Officer Darren Wilson be indicted for the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown on Aug. 9, Reuters reports. Dozens of protesters assembled outside the…

A 20-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged in the rape of a 101-year-old woman, whom he intended to rob, WISN12 reports. Charges against Antoine Devon Pettis, 20, include burglary, aggravated battery and second-degree sexual assault for the early-September incident. According to reports, the elderly woman woke up early on the morning of Sept. 1 after…

Police have arrested a suspect with an extensive rap sheet in the fatal New York City subway shoving that occurred over the weekend, the New York Daily News reports. According to the report, 34-year-old Kevin Darden was taken into custody near his mother’s Bronx home after investigators disclosed that he was also wanted for another…

As the nation anticipates a grand jury decision in the case of Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, one 7-year-old violinist wants to play for peace in the tension-laced town, WOFL reports. When young Leah Flynn of Sanford, Fla., saw the outbreak of protest and…

A Missouri inmate, convicted of murdering a local gas station attendant in front of the employee’s stepdaughter in 1994, has become the ninth prisoner executed in the state this year, the Associated Press reports. Leon Taylor, 56, died at 12:22 a.m. Wednesday at a state prison after being given a lethal injection. According to AP,…

Updated Wed., Nov. 19, 4:15 p.m. EST: Bill Cosby’s downward spiral continues as NBC announces that it has canceled its plans to develop a new comedy starring the famous TV dad, the New York Times reports.  According to the report, the television broadcasting company did not say why it suddenly scrapped the anticipated project, but it…

A Boston couple are facing criminal charges after they allegedly attacked a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority worker while hurling racial slurs, saying that they didn’t “take s—t from n—gers,” WCVB reports. According to the news station, the 29-year-old victim was trying to escort the intoxicated pair out of a station early Sunday morning at closing…