The National Security Agency is planning to release a series of terror plots that were thwarted by the controversial surveillance programs former NSA worker Edward Snowden leaked to the press. Several past and current politicians have repeatedly stressed how important these surveillance methods are to the safety of the country. Former Vice President Dick Cheney [...]

Here are five videos that capture different angles of the Turkish protests in Taksim Square. They show police using tear gas and water cannons, both to ward off incoming protestors within the square and also to attack those taking shelter in nearby buildings. The last video is of a Turkish policeman losing his cool at [...]

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has answered some questions from the people in an exclusive Q&A session with Guardian. The 29-year-old former NSA contractor spilled the beans on the PRISM program, which enlisted the top tech companies to harvest personal information from users. Snowden took time out on Monday morning to answer some questions people had pertaining [...]

BREAKING: A passenger on a Newark-bound United Airlines flight from Hong Kong had to be restrained after claiming to have poisoned everyone on the plane. According to statements by law enforcement officials to the Associated Press, the passenger made the bold claim and then was restrained by fellow passengers. United Airlines Flight 116, scheduled to [...]

The headmaster at a Cambridge boarding school has suggested that inviting porn stars to be guest speakers for sex education classes could get the students to take the subject much more seriously. Mark Slater, headmaster at The Leys School, said that having someone who deals with precautionary measures regarding STDs and pregnancies on a regular [...]

A fourth grade class has rallied around their friend who’s battling cancer, as they all shaved their heads to support him while he goes through chemotherapy. Ten-year-old Travis Selinka from Carlsbad, California, is fighting brain cancer, and seven weeks of radiation treatment caused him to lose all of his hair. Apprehensive about going to school [...]