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Obama halts troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

President Obama announced Tuesday that the United States will keep its current number of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through the…

Boko Haram pledges allegiance to ISIS

Two of the most infamous and brutal terror groups are working towards joining forces following the release of a new…

Unarmed nude man killed in Atlanta

A naked man was shot and killed in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, March 9, by a DeKalb County police officer….

Routh found guilty in Chris Kyle murder case

Eddie Ray Routh has been found guilty in the murders of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. On Feb. 24, Routh was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Texas jury made up of 10 women and two men, unanimously convicted Routh of capital murder. The jury was instructed to consider three possible verdicts: guilty, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity. Routh admitted to shooting Kyle and Littlefield but was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. His defense attorneys argued that he was suffering from mental disorders and was in the grips of psychosis when he fatally shot Kyle and Littlefield on Feb. 2, 2013. There was no clear motive found in the reasoning behind the killings. Routh shot Kyle and Littlefield each in the back multiple times….

“Smart” insulin could ease treatment of diabetes

A new form of synthetic insulin currently undergoing trials could revolutionize diabetes management and treatment. A group of researchers led…