Jessica Chasmar

Ala. lawmaker proposes castration for sexual predators

An Alabama lawmaker has proposed a bill for the 2014 legislative session that require convicted sex offenders over the age of 21 whose victims were 12 or younger to be surgically castrated.

October 17, 2013

Ohio woman charged with petty theft for fishing $2.87 out of courthouse fountain

An Ohio woman was charged with petty theft after she was caught stealing $2.87 in change from a Logan County Courthouse fountain last week.

October 17, 2013

Anti-fracking protesters torch cop cars in New Brunswick

An anti-fracking protest in Rexton, New Brunswick, turned violent Thursday after Royal Canadian Mounted Police peppered protesters with rubber bullets and demonstrators torched cop cars.

October 17, 2013

Chris Matthews on tea party: ‘Do they still count blacks as three-fifths?’

Joining a panel on MSNBC's "Now" with Alex Wagner, Chris Matthews questioned the use of the phrase, "We the American People," by tea party conservatives, asking if "they still count blacks as three-fifths" of a vote.

October 17, 2013

Johnny Knoxville slipped ecstasy during frat party shoot for ‘Bad Grandpa’

Famed prankster Johnny Knoxville claims he was slipped an ecstasy pill in his beer at a fraternity party during a photo shoot for his new movie, "Bad Grandpa."

October 17, 2013

‘Justified’ actor Nick Searcy in Twitter cage match with wrestler Kevin Nash over tea party remarks

"Justified" actor Nick Searcy took on wrestler Kevin Nash in a Twitter match Thursday morning after the wrestler repeatedly criticized the tea party, saying "not even Christ's return can give them credibility."

October 17, 2013

‘South Park’ blows deadline for first time ever

An ill-timed power outage caused the politically incorrect creators of "South Park" to miss their deadline for the first time ever in the show's 13 years of production.

October 17, 2013

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Chad, Lithuania, Chile elected to U.N. Security Council

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Chad, Lithuania and Chile all won coveted seats on the U.N. Security Council Thursday, after there were no contested races for the first time in several years.

October 17, 2013

Bombs planted in confessional box of Syrian church

Bombs have been planted in the confessional box of one of the world's oldest churches in the rebel-held town of Yabroud, Syria's most senior Christian leader has revealed.

October 17, 2013

Pacific man seeks asylum in New Zealand as climate change refugee

A Pacific Island man trying to flee the rising tides in Kiribati asked a New Zealand court on Wednesday to let him seek asylum as a climate change refugee.

October 16, 2013

‘I’ll take anyone’: Fla. orphan makes church plea for adoptive family

A 15-year-old orphan, who has spent his entire life in Florida's foster care system, bravely stood in front of a church congregation in St. Petersburg last month and plead for someone to adopt him.

October 16, 2013

Calif. fire chief defends use of text-message alert for pancake breakfast

A fire chief in Palo Alto, Calif., is defending his department's use of the county emergency text-messaging alert system last weekend to inform 27,000 people of a charity pancake breakfast.

October 16, 2013

Rep. Gowdy accuses Parks Service director of favoring ‘pot-smoking’ Occupiers over vets

Rep. Trey Gowdy blasted National Parks Service director Jonathan Jarvis during a House hearing Wednesday morning, in which he accused Mr. Jarvis of favoring "pot-smoking" Occupy protesters over American war veterans.

October 16, 2013

Only 8 percent of NFL pink apparel sales go toward cancer research: report

As the NFL celebrates breast cancer awareness during the month of October by featuring players, coaches and referees in pink game apparel, a report by Business Insider reveals that only 8.01 percent of money spent on pink NFL merchandise is actually going towards cancer research.

October 16, 2013

Iranian prisoner will be hanged again after he survives first attempt

A death row prisoner in Iran is to be hanged for a second time once he regains strength after he survived an earlier attempt.

October 16, 2013

Chinese children suffer organ failure after being stung by giant hornets

Dozens of Chinese children have been hospitalized in Guizhou province with severe organ failure after being stung by giant hornets.

October 16, 2013

N.H. gas station clerk fired for pulling gun on would-be robber

A New Hampshire gas station clerk was fired from his job of 10 years after he drew his pistol on a would-be robber early Monday morning.

October 16, 2013

Wal-Mart on food-stamp looting spree: ‘We made the right choice’

Wal-Mart is standing behind a decision to let people walk with hundreds of dollars in free food at two Louisiana stores Saturday night when an electronic glitch briefly lifted the spending caps on the cards of food stamp recipients.

October 16, 2013

Special needs student suspended for bomb drawing

A South Carolina mother is outraged after she said her special needs son was suspended for drawing a cartoon of a bomb, even though the school admitted the boy was not a threat to himself or others.

October 16, 2013

Syrian clerics plead for aid after fatwa allows consumption of dogs, cats

After several fatwas permitted Syrians to eat dogs and cats, clerics from southern Damascus reiterated their plea for foreign aid in a video aired Monday on Al Arabiya News Channel.

October 14, 2013