“Courtney Louise Jarrell, a former math teacher and sophomore girls’ basketball coach at Riverton High School in Utah, has been accused of raping a student. Jarrell, 22, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with rape and forcible sexual abuse.”* Courtney Jarrell, a former 22-year old Utah Math teacher is …

“After being suspended and arrested over a National Rifle Association t-shirt, 14-year-old West Virginia student Jared Marcum was back to school on Monday wearing the exact same shirt that got him into trouble in the first place. This time, however, he was joined by about 100 other students wearing similar …

“Adam Savader, a former intern for Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, was arrested on Tuesday by the FBI and charged with blackmailing and cyber-stalking women. Twenty-one-year-old Savader allegedly sent threatening texts to fifteen women between May 2012 and February 2013, aggressively demanding nude photos.”* Adam Savader, a former Romney campaign …

“We’ve long been a bit leery of the enduring concept of virginity. The whole idea is fraught with a history of pitting women who are virgins against those are not in some sort of good-versus-evil binary. (As in, virgins have been largely considered pure, whole, and intact, while non-virgins have …

“Four female correction officers were impregnated by the reported leader of a Maryland prison gang, which used a network of female prison guards to help launder money, run drugs and smuggle contraband into state detention facilities, according to a federal indictment. One of the guards was twice impregnated by Tavon …

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Party officials have tearing down people’s homes and selling the land to developers for years, but now they’ve taken it one step further. In Xi’an City, the plan is to knock down parts of a 1,300-year-old temple so they can build a souvenir shop. It would effectively make the temple …

“In a new Public Policy Polling poll of very pro-gun New Hampshire, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) has seen a 15-point drop in her approval rating in the state, and a full 50% of New Hampshire voters say that Ayotte’s vote against background checks will make them less likely to vote …

And so begins the US military pivot to the Asia Pacific region. After a resounding, uh, is success the right word? in the Middle East, US President Barack Obama has announced that the US would shift it’s military focus to Asia. Just in time for a rampaging nuclear North Korea, …

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