An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck off Japan's east coast at about 2:10 a.m.Tokyo time, as the country's emergency agencies issued a tsunami advisory for the region, the U.S. Geological Survey said, reported the Associated Press. There were no immediate reports of damage on land.
DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian Roma couple living in abject poverty are the biological parents of a 'mystery blonde girl' named who was discovered near a camp last week, Agence France Presse reported. Svetlozar Lazarov, the Bulgarian interior minister and the prosecution have not yet decided whether Maria's parents will be detained since she may have been sold, an official said. Maria has been placed in temporary care
Former Police Lt. John Pike who used pepper spray on U.C. Davis students protesting a tuition hike, was recently awarded more than $38,000 in workers compensation for "suffering he experienced after the [2011] incident."
Sergeant First Class Amos Patton reportedly shot two soldiers outside a armory near the the Naval Support Activity Mid-South facility in Millington Tennessee, which is north of Memphis on Thursday afternoon. The two victims are being treated for life-threatening injuries at a Memphis hospital, according to Millington Police Chief Rita Stanback.
