Organizers for the Miss World pageant, which is taking place this September in Bali, will be asking the 137 women competing to trade their two-piece bikini’s in for more conservative attire like sarongs for the beach fashion part of the show. This trade-in comes in effort to not offend Indonesia’s Muslim population following protests from certain Muslim groups, CBS News reports. “I... 

State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance ordered Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson to take down online blueprints for a 3D-printable “Liberator” handgun. Earlier this week, Wilson posted a YouTube video showing a shot fired from “The Liberator,” the plastic handgun that, well the exception of a metal firing pin and a piece of metal included to comply with... 

A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane crashed in Afghanistan and killed all seven American crew members on board. The crash happened shortly after takeoff around 11:20 a.m. local time from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the NTSB said in a press release. The Boeing 747-400 was headed to Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates carrying vehicles and general cargo. Seven... 

An explosion in Prague, Czech Republic has injured as many as 40 people. The blast occurred on Divadelni Street at about 10 a.m. Emergency workers are now using dogs to search for people trapped in the rubble of the building on Divadelni Street from the explosion. Five streets in Prague’s Old Town were covered with debris. Police are trying to determine what caused the blast in a building on... 

A lawmaker in Maine who voted on gun control says someone fired a paintball at his home in an attempt to intimidate him. On Tuesday, Sen. David Dutremble broke a 6-6 tie in support of the bill to put a limit on gun magazines to 10 rounds. The vote by the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee sent the bill to the full Legislature with a recommendation to pass it. The following evening at 8:55... 

Uncle Sam is calling on you to display your patriotism, but it’s in a different way than you may imagine. A new kind of draft is calling on students to counter the growing threat of cyber terrorism. In 2010, the United States needed 20,000 cyber security experts, but we only had about a thousand. That just won’t cut it—and it puts the entire country at great peril. The Department of Homeland... 

A cat that was shot in the eye by a paintball gun in Canada will be available for adoption at the Edmonton Humane Society. An eight-month old orange tabby cat was found stray in Fort Saskatchewan, Canada with his face covered in red paint and his left eye dangling from the socket. “We can’t believe that someone actually did this. Animals can’t defend themselves and truly deserve dignity... 

The Dubai police squad is getting what’s thought to be the most expensive patrol car, a specially modified Lamborghini Aventador costing $550,000 (£359,000). Capable of speeds up to 217mph, this sports car, painted in green-and-white colors of the Dubai force, will not be used for pursuits. Instead, Gen. Khamis Matter al-Muzaina says it will be dispatched to tourist areas to “how classy Dubai... 

Many in today’s world are concerned that young people are growing up with wrong values and mostly concerned about themselves. The increase in cases regarding bullying in schools as well as crimes committed by young adults tend to support concern in regards to young adults. Yet, the generation of adults that are in there early twenties have shown through their actions concern with others before their... 

North Korea and South Korea have a long history of high tension between each other that has been made public to the whole world. The attempts to settle peace between the two countries seem to just be minor speed bumps for the countries. The United States looks to be getting involved in the mix with a sort of peacemaker mentality in mind. Over this past weekend the US sent a group of F-22 fighter jets...