Jessica Chasmar

Teacher punished for warning students of their 5th Amendment rights

An Illinois high school teacher was docked a day's pay and issued a formal reprimand after he warned students about their Fifth Amendment rights before answering a school-mandated survey about at-risk behavior, Fox News reports.

May 29, 2013

George Zimmerman ‘ready and willing to testify’ in his own defense

George Zimmerman, the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer who is on trial for shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, wants to testify in his defense, RadarOnline.com exclusively reported today.

May 29, 2013

High school student faces felony for sexually explicit yearbook prank

A Missouri high school junior faces a possible felony charge after her arrest for changing a classmate's last name in the school's yearbook to a sexually explicit term.

May 29, 2013

Britain plans to privatize postal service

Britain is preparing to privatize its postal service, the origins of which date to 1516, in a series of efforts to lower the budget deficit.

May 29, 2013

Saudi self-help writer urges men to molest women to make them stay home

A Saudi writer of self-help books has urged his 97,000 Twitter followers to sexually molest women cashiers in order to dissuade them from working.

May 29, 2013

Tall tale: New book slams American WWII soldiers as rapists, thieves

A controversial new book about American soldiers fighting in France in WWII charges that many civilians viewed them as rapists and thieves, rather than liberators, The Daily Mail reports.

May 29, 2013

‘I hate this country’: Hot mic catches Adam Levine on ‘The Voice’

A hot mic on NBC's hit talent show "The Voice" caught Maroon 5 singer and co-host Adam Levine saying, "I hate this country," after singer Amber Carrington was "saved by America," The Washington Examiner reported Wednesday.

May 29, 2013

NYC union boss who makes $156,000 naps for most of his 2-hour shift, execs say

A series of damning photos have outed union fat cat Mark Rosenthal as more of a sound sleeper than an effective organizer of the masses.

May 29, 2013

50 officers descend on Calif. prep school after mother mistakes tripod for rifle

A San Fernando Valley prep school was placed on lockdown Tuesday after a person reported seeing a student with a gun, which turned out to be a tripod.

May 28, 2013

Babies who sleep with bottles 30% more likely to be obese by age 2: study

Babies who sleep with bottles are 30 percent more likely to be obese by the time they're toddlers, a new study has found.

May 28, 2013

Train derailment and blast rock Baltimore area

A CSX freight train crashed into a tractor trailer and derailed in the Baltimore area Tuesday afternoon, leading to an explosion that witnesses say could be heard blocks away.

May 28, 2013

Goodbye He-Man, hello ‘SheZow’: Children’s cable network introduces gender-bending superhero

Children's cable network Hub, co-owned by Discovery and Hasbro, is launching its latest superhero cartoon, which features a gender-bending crime fighter named "SheZow."

May 28, 2013

Pregnant woman opts for ‘dolphin-assisted birth’

A pregnant woman and her husband are preparing to deliver their newborn baby among a pod of dolphins at The Sirius Institute in Pohoa, Hawaii.

May 28, 2013

Cargo train derails, explodes in Baltimore County

Hazardous-material crews are on the scene of a train derailment and explosion that happened about 2 p.m. Tuesday in Baltimore County, Md., a local news station reported.

May 28, 2013

BBC reporter apologizes for quoting source who said London stabbers had ‘Muslim appearance’

BBC News editor Nick Robinson has apologized for initially identifying the London stabbing suspects as having a "Muslim appearance."

May 28, 2013

After complaint by ex-NFL star, police investigate Bieber for reckless driving

Police are investigating Justin Bieber after former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson complained the pop singer was driving at a "startling speed" in their gated Los Angeles neighborhood.

May 28, 2013

Hotel hosting Muslim conference is evacuated after pressure cooker is found

Several floors of a Michigan hotel were evacuated Monday morning after a guest found an unattended pressure cooker in a second-floor bathroom.

May 28, 2013

Prison warden stabbed in attack ‘inspired by Woolwich’ murder: report

A prison warden was held hostage by inmates and stabbed on Sunday in an attack believed to have been inspired by the Woolwich murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.

May 28, 2013

Vandals spray paint ‘Islam’ over two British war memorials: report

Vandals defaced two British war memorials in central London overnight, allegedly writing "Islam" over the inscriptions in red spray paint, The Telegraph reports.

May 27, 2013

6 motorcyclists dead in 4 days at Atlantic Beach Bikefest

At least six motorcyclists have been killed in the past four days along the Grand Strand as thousands of bikers descend on Atlantic Beach, N.C., for Bikefest.

May 27, 2013