Daily Archives: Feb 5, 2015
Spain: At least 220 people trapped by snow on roads
At least 220 people have been rescued after being trapped by snow on roads in northern Spain. Hundreds of cars were stuck for up to...
Japan’s 3B Junior singer in coma after inhaling helium for TV show
Japan’s TV Asahi has apologized to the family of a 12-year-old singer, who was left in a coma after inhaling helium for a TV...
Sony attack: Co-chair Amy Pascal resigns after email hack
Sony Pictures' co-chair Amy Pascal has decided to step down following a debilitating cyber attack that revealed her private emails. Amy Pascal will start a...
Moaz al-Kasasbeh: Jordan bombs ISIS targets after pilot’s death
Jordan’s warplanes have carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (ISIS) targets since the militants released a video showing the killing of...
Ukraine: Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande arrive in Kiev for new peace talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have arrived in Ukraine’s capital Kiev to present a new peace initiative. Secretary of State John...
Berlin Film Festival 2015: Juliette Binoche’s Nobody Wants the Night to open festival
Juliette Binoche’s Nobody Wants the Night will open the 65th Berlin Film Festival on February 5. Nobody Wants the Night, starring Juliette Binoche as an...
First time buying a home? You just got a huge boost from the U.S. government
The U.S. government just gave first-time homebuyers and other budget-minded house shoppers a big boost with a sweeping rule change that provides federal backing...
Suge Knight out of hospital and back to jail
Suge Knight has been released from hospital and taken back in to police custody. Marion “Suge” Knight, 49, complained of chest pains on February 3...
Arthur Neal Jr: Missing lottery winner found dead in Detroit
Arthur Neal Jr., an 86-year-old man from Detroit whose family said he disappeared a day after winning $20,000 in the lottery in December was...
TransAsia plane crash: 31 confirmed dead as rescue teams continue search for 12 missing people
Taiwanese rescue teams are continuing to search for the 12 people who remain unaccounted for after a plane crashed in a river. Thirty-one people are...
Tim Farriss severs finger in boating accident
The guitarist of Australian band INXS, Tim Farriss, may never play the guitar properly again after severing his finger in a boating accident. Tim Farriss,...
Brian Williams admits Iraq chopper story was not true
NBC's Brian Williams has apologized after a story he repeatedly told about coming under fire in Iraq was revealed to be untrue. Brian Williams, one...
Bruce Jenner transition: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian show support
Kim Kardashian’s husband, Kanye West, was immediately supportive when he found out Bruce Jenner was officially transitioning to live as a woman. But Kourtney Kardashian’s...
Bruce Jenner’s woman transition confirmed by his mother
Bruce Jenner’s mother said she supports his decision to become a woman and admits that she didn't know of the struggles he dealt with...
Johnny Depp marries Amber Heard in Los Angeles
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard got married on February 3 at their Los Angeles home. They legally wed in the US days before they are set to exchange vows...