It was a full on rock ’n’ roll concert, the guitarist tearing up a riff enthusiastically, tossing off his bandana to reveal spiky tufts of hair as he wailed into the microphone. The audience cheered, “Yeah,” and whistled and hooted—except the concert grounds were a small section of Busboys and Poets, in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown,…

Shanesha Taylor, the Arizona mom battling charges for allegedly leaving her children in a hot car while she was interviewing for a job, will now be represented by a public defender, AZFamily reports. According to the news site, Taylor’s other two attorneys were allowed to withdraw from the case after both lawyers said that there…

A Georgia day care teacher is facing charges of battery after allegedly being caught on video kicking a 20-month-old toddler, WGCL reports. Alexis Wilson-Britten, 22, was supposed to be fired the day she allegedly kicked the child, Kids R Kids Day Care owner Robert Phelps told the news station. Apparently, the alleged incident was not…

It’s been a whirlwind these past few months for the University of Southern California’s Trojans football co-captain and cornerback Josh Shaw. In August, he was lauded as a hero after a story broke that he jumped from a second-floor balcony to save his nephew who was drowning in a pool, spraining both his ankles. However…

The fiancee of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States and thus far the only person to succumb to the deadly virus in this country, has been offered a book deal to tell her story to the world, the Dallas Morning News reports. News of the pending…

The search continues in Philadelphia for a man who stabbed a McDonald’s employee after arguing about the store’s closing time, CBS Philly reports. The incident was reportedly caught on store surveillance cameras, and local police are searching it for clues about the suspect. According to the report, the stabbing took place around 11 p.m. Nov.…

A Chicago family is asking for the public’s help in their desperate search for a 20-year-old Loyola University student who has been missing from his home for a week. Chan Williams was last seen entering the Chicago Board of Trade Building on West Jackson Boulevard after it was closed. There is particular alarm because Williams…

Treatment trials for Ebola will begin in West Africa within a month, Doctors Without Borders announced on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports. The global aid agency is planning to test Ebola drugs and blood from survivors on patients from Guinea and Liberia, hoping to lead to an emergency therapy that can be used to combat the…

LeBron James doesn’t allow his sons to play football, and it’s not because the NBA superstar wants them to follow in his footsteps. According to ESPN, the Cleveland Cavalier guard, when asked, confirmed that he made the decision because of the various health risks associated with the often-violent sport of football. “Only basketball, baseball and…