CHICAGO - A 15-year-old boy was charged following a violent armed robbery on the CTA Blue Line over the weekend.  Police said the offender beat and robbed a 17-year-old boy at gunpoint while on a train near the Blue Line Racine Station near University Village. The incident happened on Saturday, June 8 at approximately 1:40 p.m.  The offender was charged with felony armed robbery and aggravated battery.  No additional information was available.

article Alexander Nathan Barter, 21, allegedly posted on the dark web looking for a young girl to kill and eat. (Shelby County Sheriff's Office) FOX NEWS - A Texas man was arrested after he allegedly posted on the dark web searching for a young girl to kill and eat, an arrest affidavit stated. Alexander Nathan Barter, 21, of Shelby County, was arrested on Oct. 19 following an undercover sting, KTRE reported.

The English nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down" seems innocent on the surface, but some scholars believe it's a reference to immurement — the medieval punishment where a person is locked inside a room until they died.Many of us are so familiar with the nursery rhyme “London Bridge is Falling Down” that we could sing it in our sleep. We remember playing the London Bridge game in the schoolyard with our friends, chanting the tune, and trying not to get caught as the “arch” fell down.

In the 1990s, hundreds of families in rural England reported that "phantom" social workers had abducted their children. As it turns out, the truth is worse than the urban legend.Pixabay There’s something particularly upsetting about urban legends involving children — especially when said legends involve children being abducted from their homes. One such urban legend was somewhat rooted in fact. In the 1990s, British newspapers caught wind of a story that seemed to involve “phantom” social workers.

article FOX NEWS - An Ohio woman was arrested after she allegedly killed a Chihuahua by cooking the dog in an oven because she believed her ex-boyfriend was inside the pet, police said.   Noelle Georgia Moor, 28, was charged with first-degree animal abuse in the 7-year-old dog’s death, The Oregonian reported. A person close to Moor called police Tuesday after the dog was placed in the oven. "The smell of burnt hair and flesh was still in the air,"

'Endo' the blind horse holds 3 Guinness World Records A horse now holds not one, but three world records. CHICAGO - An Oregon horse now holds not one, but three world records. An amazing feat made even more incredible when you learn he's blind. Fresh off three Guinness World Records, Endo is still riding high. "You don't know what they're capable of, and that's the fun of the journey," said Morgan Wagner, Endo’s owner.

Even génocidaires have standards, apparently. In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler had publication of this photo (and others like it) banned because he considered it “beneath one’s dignity.” How did these photos surface, then? In 1945, an Allied soldier named Alf Robinson found a tattered, coverless book in a bomb-blasted house in Germany, and added it to his collection of Nazi relics, according to reports. It turns out that the book was more or less a propagandistic Nazi party “fanzine” called Deutschland Erwache (Germany Awaken), and written by Baldur von Schirach in the 1930s.

The new pieces of the fasti ostienses align with previously discovered fragments recovered at the same site, dating back to 128 C.E.Italian Ministry of CultureFasti ostienses fragments recovered from Ostia Antica, chronicling the life of the emperor Hadrian. The Roman emperor Hadrian has quite the legacy. Known as one of Rome’s “Five Good Emperors” and later remembered by historians as a “benevolent dictator,” his renown stems from his various travels throughout his roughly two-decade reign and the numerous civil and military construction projects planned under his rule.

The Origins of Mother's Day Many have celebrated the holiday for years, but not all know of its history. LOS ANGELES - Mother's Day is a special occasion to show appreciation and love for all the mothers in our lives. To help you celebrate, many restaurants and eateries are offering enticing free Mother's Day deals and freebies that are too good to pass up. Here's a roundup of some of the best Mother's Day promotions to make your celebration both delicious and economical.

CHICAGO - A Chicago man was arrested just minutes after allegedly attacking three people with a baseball bat in Lincoln Park on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the 2000 block of N. Burling St. Police say 20-year-old Julius Wilkerson battered three victims with a baseball bat and 15 minutes later, he was taken into custody in the 1000 block of W. Belden Ave. as he tried to flee the scene.