Pritha Paul

“If you promise people something, you got to make it happen, otherwise, don’t promise at all,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said about the American Red Cross' failed efforts.

Stephanie Hearn was told to buy a diet book, offered a protein shake and chastised for her weight on a regular basis when she worked for her former employer.

A representative of the housing co-operative called them to let them know that their application would only go through once the couple lets them know what the sex of the unborn child is.

Julie Dragland, 32, later said she got the idea from an episode of "Law & Order," where something similar happens.

Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, took to Facebook, stating that his roof had been blown off by the hurricane, leaving him and his family in a vulnerable position.

When Vince Paul Rodger appealed them to change their decision and schedule a second interview, the authorities turned a deaf ear and informed him that they will not be altering their original decision.

The international anti-poverty organization Oxfam rented the house over the weekend and invited four refugees to share their views about the president’s anti-immigration policies.

If a high school student sends a racy selfie to his or her boyfriend or girlfriend, both the sender as well as the receiver could face prosecution for child pornography.

Hurricane watch and warnings have been issued for several Caribbean islands, which were previously devastated by Category 5 Hurricane Irma earlier this month.

Irma sustained 185-mph winds for 37 hours, a feat that no hurricane had achieved till then, leading people to start the rumor that it was a "Category 6" storm.

People who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 elections took to Twitter to post videos where they set fire to red caps that bore Trump’s campaign slogan.

The reporter had broken away from the gang and wandered into a lagoon to wash his hands when he was attacked by the crocodile and dragged into the water.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) defended his "Medicare For All" plan after President Donald Trump called it a "curse on the U.S. and its people."

The Irish woman said that they thought the slimy black hair-like substance that landed on the kitchen sink was not an eel, but a piece of fishing wire.

Grant Hart is credited to have revolutionized punk music by making it melodic and digestible without losing the hard core element that the brand of music is known for.

The high-school teacher was four-months pregnant when she was reported missing Sept. 5. She was last seen with her boyfriend Tyler Tessier.

While none of the people present on the flight at the time were harmed, the woman who was driving the tug vehicle had to be hospitalized.

April Baxter's white Lexus slammed into the tree and the impact sent the rear end of the car flying into the air.

In 2016, Harrell filed a disclosure stating he has an estimated net worth of $10.2 million, which also makes him the richest member of the council.

Delta had initially offered the passengers $2,200 to give up their seat, but increased it to $4,000 after no one accepted the offer.

Denying all the sexual abuse claims against him, Mayor of Seattle Ed Murray has stated that accusers who are looking for a payday, will be disappointed because he does not have any assets or investments.

Following the incident, Major’s urine was tested for possible toxicity and samples of cocaine and morphine were found in it, equal to ‘eight times the drug drive limit’ of a human.

Study found that apart from the total number of hours that people spent in a sedentary state, time lapsed during each individual sedentary bout was also important in determining spikes in one’s mortality rate.

Martin Flores, who shot the video, also started a Go Fund Me page for Juan and other hot dog vendors, who have suffered similar disgrace and faced financial losses at the hands of law enforcement in the United States.

Cellphones are now an indispensable part of people’s lives and being stuck in a place without power and a dying phone battery is nothing short of a nightmare.

According to the Air Canada authorities, they had received confirmations that “the charter flight would be authorized” to fly back with the Canadian tourists stranded on the island.

Walmart is launching a new customer campaign, in which the company will match customer donations two-to-one with both cash and kind worth as much as $10 million.

While social media authorities at Miami International Airport were willing to forgive Dan Scavino Jr., for his goof-up, people on Twitter were less so.

Legendary singer Michael Jackson can be cited in this regard, as he went through a string of plastic surgeries during his lifetime to transform his facial features from “Afrocentric” to “Eurocentric,” a classic sign of internalized racism.