Sarah Hedgecock

Get ready for a major paradigm shift: Facebook is testing a "satire" tag for stories your friends may have thought were actually news. And the tag isn't a minor thing that can easily be missed. Instead of just the normal headline, Facebook will…

The tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri, might have more answers soon. The Justice Department authorized a second autopsy of Michael Brown's body on Sunday at the request of Brown's family. Although the St. Louis County medical examiner's office already…

New England has a drug problem – but it's not the kind you think. Synthetic marijuana caused a state of emergency in New Hampshire this week after dozens of people overdosed on one brand of the drug. The 44 overdoses — none of which was lethal —…

Police in the U.K. have launched a homicide investigation after a dead man was found among 35 people who were discovered in a shipping container at Tillbury Docks, Essex, on Saturday. The people in the container, who are now understood to be Sikhs…

Hundreds of activists picketed a police department in Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday, protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown. Brown was just 18 years old when he was shot by a police officer Saturday afternoon. The unnamed police…

This month, the state legislature is expected to debate SB-967, a bill to reduce college sexual assault. But rather than simply increasing punishment for people accused of rape and sexual assault on college campuses, the bill goes a step further.…

Yep, we are definitely living in the future. A new study shows that stem cells may help stroke patients recover when the cells are injected directly into the brain. Therapy like this isn't new, and it has in fact been tried on stroke patients…

Tragedy struck Sunday when a passenger plane crashed in Tehran, Iran, killing 39 of the people onboard. Of the 48 people on the plane – 40 passengers and eight crew members – the remaining nine were injured and taken to nearby hospitals for…

This could get interesting. An Austrian activist filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook on Friday for violating users' privacy. The suit is technically against the subsidiary Facebook Ireland, but since pretty much anyone outside of the U.S.…

Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in California on Saturday night as several wildfires raged across the state. And you may be surprised where the fires are. Although many of the season's fires have occurred in Southern California, known…

Leafly, the Yelp of weed, has made the ultimate move into the mainstream: a marijuana ad in the New York Times . The ad, which praises New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing the Compassionate Care act, may be the first-ever ad from a legal…

At least 175 people are dead after an earthquake struck Yunnan Province in southwestern China on Saturday. Another 1400 were injured, and the death toll is still rising as residents and rescue workers continue to search for both survivors and bodies…

On Saturday afternoon, the first of two American Ebola patients being flown into the U.S. from Liberia, landed in Atlanta to be treated at Emory University Hospital. Dr. Kent Brantley is believed to be the first patient ever to be treated for the…

There's never a good time for disaster to strike. But the beginning of August is surely an extra-awful time for Toldeo, Ohio, to have contaminated water. The water supply for the city and numerous surrounding communities was reported early Saturday…

During a surprise press conference on Friday, the president voiced what we all already knew: "We tortured some folks," Obama acknowledged. The wide-ranging press conference covered everything from the state of the economy to the situation in Gaza to…

On Saturday, the heavy summer monsoon season led to a lethal landslide in Nepal that has killed at least eight people. A reported 40 more are injured (several of whom were airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment), many more are missing, and dozens of…

The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped a Cameroonian official's wife on Sunday from the town of Kolofata. A local religious leader and town mayor, Seini Boukar Lamine, was kidnapped in a separate but parallel attack nearby.…

Captain Planet was onto something. Trees save about 850 lives per year, according to a new study released this week by the National Forest Service. Although that may bring to mind images of large plants pulling humans out of harm's way at the very…

In a new low for airport security, two intrepid kayakers breached JFK Airport's security perimeter early Saturday morning completely by accident. That doesn't mean two guys who just happen to enjoy kayaking: They actually washed up with their boat…