The Botched Execution Of Pedro Medina Wikimedia CommonsPedro Medina’s last words were: “I’m still innocent.”
A Cuban refugee who had fled to the United States in 1980, Pedro Medina initially moved to New Jersey but then settled in Florida. Found driving the car of his neighbor Dorothy James days after she was fatally stabbed in 1982, Medina was arrested and later sentenced to death for her murder.
All throughout his 15 years on death row, Medina adamantly denied murdering James.
On June 9, 1995, a 6-year-old named Morgan Nick disappeared right under her mother’s nose in Alma, Arkansas — and she's still missing today.Wikimedia CommonsMorgan Nick was 6 years old when she was abducted at a Little League game in Arkansas.
On June 9, 1995, a 6-year-old Arkansas girl named Morgan Nick was stolen from her family. During a Little League game, she asked her mother if she could go catch lightning bugs with her friends.
From games like StarCraft and Counter-Strike to the endless supply of greasy pizza and energy drinks, LAN parties were the ultimate places to be for young gamers.Gamers today have it easy, all things considered. With high-speed internet and widespread accessibility to online services, gaming with friends is as simple as booting up a game and inviting your friend to join, no matter where they are in the world. Things weren’t always so simple, though.
10 million Congolese were killed and millions more enslaved and mutilated during King Leopold II's brutal reign. Now, King Philippe is the first member of the royal family to acknowledge the atrocities. Wikimedia CommonsKing Philippe is a distant nephew of Leopold II.
King Philippe of Belgium sent his “deepest regrets” for the country’s past atrocities in a letter to President Félix Thisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday.
Rescuers called off the mission after a day due to its futility. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty ImagesTourists walk beside a hot spring and the partially frozen Yellowstone Lake at the West Thumb Geyser Basin in the Yellowstone National Park.
More dangerous than cliffs or bears, Yellowstone National Park’s greatest threat often goes overlooked: its hot springs.
A 23-year-old man by the name of Colin Scott learned that the hard way on Tuesday when he took a tumble headfirst into a scalding hot spring at Yellowstone.