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6 Women Will Decide If George Zimmerman Is Guilty Of Killing Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman, 29, shot and killed Trayvon Martin, who was 17, last year. He plead not guilty, claiming that he was acting in self-defense. Jury selection took several weeks, and the trial will begin next Monday. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder.
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H.P.V Vaccine Is Hugely Effective, Now We Just Need More Girls To Get It
The H.P.V. vaccine has been on the market for 7 years - and the results have been remarkable, cutting the rate of infection among teens by up to 50%. The vaccine, which should be given to girls when they're 11 or 12, prevents the virus that causes cervical cancer. Now the only challenge is to convince more parents to give it to their daughters.
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U.N. Wanted Sturdier Refugee Shelters, So It Teamed Up With Ikea
The charitable arm of Swedish furniture giant Ikea has teamed up with the United Nations to build a new generation of refugee shelters. They're a huge improvement, since now most displaced people end up living in tents. And hopefully, they're easier to put together than those coffee tables.
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Woody Harrelson Is On A Mission To Save Trees
Actor Woody Harrelson launched an eco-friendly paper company on Wednesday called Prairie, Pulp & Paper Inc. Harrelson says the paper made out of wheat-straw waste and wood fiber will be "great for our future."
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NASA Needs Your Help Saving Us From Asteroid Destruction
The space agency wants to identify asteroids and figure out how to keep them from crashing into Earth -- and they need your help. NASA put forth a new request for ideas on how to redirect asteroids that might crash into earth. Should we glad they're looking for help, or terrified that the fate of the world's being decided like American Idol?
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Taliban Offers To Free U.S. Soldier In Exchange For Five Guantánamo Prisoners
The only known American P.O.W. from Iraq and Afghanistan that has been held captive for four years has a chance to be freed.
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L.A. Is Buying Every School Kid An iPad, Kind Of A Show-Off
The second largest school system in the country made a reported $30 million deal with Apple to supply iPads to all of its students. The iPads will come pre-loaded with educational software and kids will be free to take them home - as long as they pay insurance.
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See The Moment A 3-Year-Old Hears His Dad's Voice For The First Time
Grayson Clamp is hearing for the first time in his life thanks to an auditory brain stem implant. The 3-year-old was part of a research trial at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
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These Are VICE's Suicide Photos That Managed To Offend Just About Everyone
Earlier this week, VICE published a photo of models re-enacting famous literary women who killed themselves. A model pretending to be Silvia Plath posed with her head in an oven, and so forth. Is anyone surprised that they ended up taking it down and apologizing?
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Student Athletes Want A Piece Of The Profit They Generate For Universities
A federal judge will decide on Thursday whether this has potential for a class action suit, which could be a literal game changer for players.
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New Baby Penguin Gets A Month-Long Birthday Party
The little guy, who was just welcomed to Ripley's Aquarium in South Carolina, is so young he doesn't even have a name. The aquarium is marking his birth with a month-long baby penguin shower.
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See The Intensity Of A Tornadic Waterspout Hit Louisiana
A hyper-focused, water-connected tornado known as a waterspout hit Grand Isle, Louisiana on Wednesday causing minor damage.
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The Tea Party Rallies Against The IRS, For A Palin Presidency
The ultra-conservative group takes a stand against the IRS, NSA and immigration.
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The Pope's Latin Twitter Feed Is Unexpectedly Blowing Up
When the Pope added Latin to the many languages he Tweets in, they expected it to attract a small number of nerdy followers. But it blew up, and in the process, taught everyone why Latin is actually the best language for social media.
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Learn "How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus" With Guns, Sexy Massage & A Crazed Millionaire
Grizzled and wild-eyed, John McAfee, eccentric founder of McAfee Antivirus, came out of nowhere with this comedy video on how to un-install his eponymous product. There's a guns, some unorthodox massage, and a millionaire in a bathrobe - but really, the only way to understand is to watch it.
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Justin Bieber Hit A Paparazzo With His Ferrari, But It Wasn't His Fault
The Biebz was cleared of wrongdoing by the cops, who are now investigating whether the photographer was in the roadway. No one was seriously injured when the pint-sized pop sensation backed into a man outside the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
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U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks Hit Major Snags Just 24 Hours After They Were Announced
President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, dropped out of peace negotiations on Wednesday when U.S. officials said they still planned to meet with the Taliban in spite of an attack and incendiary message on a flag.
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Refugee Crisis: Syrian War Drives Massive Spike In Number Of Global Displaced
A new UN report says that every 4.1 seconds - about as often as you blink - a new person becomes a refugee. In 2012, the number of displaced people topped 45 million, numbers not seen in nearly 2 decades. The Syrian War is responsible for the spike.
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Obama At Brandenburg Gate: Marriage Equality Will Make Everyone More Free
President Obama took the opportunity to address gay marriage in his speech on Wednesday at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
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FBI Admits It Uses Spy Drones Inside The USA
FBI Director Robert Mueller admitted that the FBI uses drones to spy domestically, in response to a question from Congress Wednesday. He qualified his statement by saying they were used "very seldom."
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