It was a very scary scenario: Chinese national Cheng Le, living in New York City, attempted to order ricin through the so-called dark web. Ricin, of course, is a highly potent and potentially fatal toxin with no known antidote. And the dark web includes a number of extensive, sophisticated, and widely used online criminal marketplaces […]
Rock icon, “Prince,” who’s music career spanned over four decades, died on Thursday at the age of 57, his publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, confirmed on Thursday. The cause of the seven-time Grammy award performer is still unknown and under investigation. He was found not breathing at his Paisley Park compound in Chanhassan, Minnesota on Thursday morning. Prince […]
For the third time in a week, Japan has been struck by a major earthquake. On Wednesday, Japan was subjected to another quake, this one struck near the northern island of Honshu. This latest quake struck near where the March 2011 quake struck, killing 15,000 people and heavily damaging the Fukushima nuclear facility. Japan suffers […]
After abandoning its previous plan to replace founding father, Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, Andrew Jackson will lose his place on the $20 bill to Union Army spy and abolitionist, African-American, Harriet Tubman. Jackson will be moved to the back of the bill. His image will possibly be incorporated into the imagery of the […]