Kansas considers imposing tax on sodas
On Tuesday, a legislative proposal to impose tax, worth a penny, on every teaspoon of sugar in a beverage was advanced by Kansas Senator John Vratil.
On Tuesday, a legislative proposal to impose tax, worth a penny, on every teaspoon of sugar in a beverage was advanced by Kansas Senator John Vratil.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Monday, leaving at least 41 people dead and several houses damaged.
A Nigerian man who sang for a Vatican choir has admitted that he had been arranging gay liaisons for an Italian government official serving as papal usher, when his activities were discovered by wiretaps by Italian authorities.
Col. James Sabow had long been officially regarded as having committed suicide back in 1991, when he was found dead in his own backyard. This ‘truth’, however, is questioned when a lone gunman goes up to the Pentagon and shoots two police officers.
The US just passed a new law yesterday that aims to increase the already dwindling number of tourists entering the country: foreign visitor’s will be charged a fee for ‘visiting privileges’.
The rumor about Chief Justice Roberts’ resignation started when a blog post talked about how he is planning to step down tomorrow because of health reasons.
California State Senator Roy Ashburn was arrested early morning on Wednesday after an officer noticed that the vehicle he was driving was swerving. It gets even worse.
An oceanographer with the Spanish government shares that large rogue waves in the Mediterranean occur more often than most think, describing the accident that occurred Wednesday when large waves smashed into the deck of the Louis Majesty Cruise Lines ship, killing two people and injuring others.
More than 60 devotees died in a stampede in northern India on Thursday after the temple’s gate collapsed, according to police reports.
A moderately strong earthquake rocked Taiwan on Thursday morning, resulting in electricity loss in the area, along with a textile factory fire.