With U.S.-Russia relations at their most tense since the Cold War, Vladimir Putin has criticized U.S. actions in Alaska.Maxim Marmur/AFP/Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin. Most Americans outside of Alaska probably don’t care much that March 30, 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the United States’ purchase of the territory from Russia. But for some Russians, memories of the transaction still appear to sting. The 1867 deal — in which Andrew Johnson paid $7.

Bagels, Gators, And Citations, Oh My! Volusia County Jail/FacebookFlorida man Paul Fortin described the alligator in his lake as a “good friend.” He calls him Hank. Some, like Florida man Paul Fortin, would argue that friends are hard to come by. The 67-year-old Daytona Beach native thus formed a three-year friendship with a 10-foot alligator he named Hank that lived in the lake behind his house. According to News 6 Florida, the Florida man made headlines for regularly feeding the reptile bagels.

Once lined with flophouses, brothels, and gambling dens, New York's Bowery was originally a rural road that has since become a destination for the city's nightlife. An engraving of three boys on a street corner entitled "Specimen Bowery Boys." The Bowery Boys were a nativist gang that operated in lower Manhattan in the early and mid 19th century. Bettman/Getty Images The Third Avenue Elevated blankets a stretch of the Bowery.

Though most social media challenges are lighthearted, others have caused serious injuries, poisonings, and even deaths.Parents have long warned their children about peer pressure. But kids are still vulnerable to taking unnecessary risks because “everyone else is doing it” — and dangerous social media challenges are no exception. With the rising popularity of several social media platforms in recent years, pressure to participate in social media challenges has become far-reaching and difficult for many kids and teenagers to resist.

Saving the world isn't always about spur-of-the-moment heroics — though sometimes it is. These eight people managed to save the world in their own ways. When most people think of saving the world, they picture Superman swooping in at the last minute, bomb squads barely defusing deadly devices, and scientists discovering eleventh-hour miracle weapons to fend off alien hordes. But the real-life heroes who have saved the world have much better stories.

How do the residents of Whittier, Alaska live and -- perhaps more intriguingly -- why do they choose to live this way?Wikimedia CommonsWhittier, Alaska. If you have to go to the grocery store, the post office, the laundromat, or even the hospital or the police station, chances are that any one of those trips will involve a car, train, bus or bike ride. But if you’re a resident of Whittier, Alaska, not just one of those trips, but all of them can be done in a very short walk that doesn’t even take you outdoors.

On April 11, 2001, 20-year-old Branson Perry vanished from outside his own home in Skidmore, Missouri. Two years after his disappearance, a sickening clue emerged.Wikimedia CommonsBranson Perry suffered from tachycardia, which made his heart race, but he also had a black belt in hapkido. It was a day like any other when Branson Perry walked outside his home to return jumper cables to the shed on April 11, 2001. But then the 20-year-old vanished from his own yard — and he was never seen again.

In June 1980, Candace Montgomery struck her best friend Betty Gore with a three-foot axe 41 times after having an affair with Gore’s husband — and got off scot-free.Suburban housewife Candy Montgomery of Collin County, Texas seemed to have it all: a loving husband, children, and a best friend named Betty Gore. But she eventually grew tired of her routine and began an affair with Gore’s husband — then brutally murdered her when she found out about it.

The TikTok deepfakes are realistic and disturbing, and run the risk of re-victimizing murder victims' families. TikTokOne of the A.I. generated deepfakes of a child murder victim. True crime is an increasingly popular subject today. But some accounts on TikTok have taken society’s interest in true crime to a disturbing level by creating realistic A.I. generated videos of murder victims — often young children — and having them discuss how they were killed.

Despite the school noting the election's suspicious results regarding hundreds of invalid votes, they forged ahead with the ceremony, anyway — in honor of tradition. Escambia County JailEmily Grover (left) and Laura Carroll (right). On Oct. 30, 2020, Tate High School in Cantonment, Florida, named senior Emily Grover homecoming queen. But just four and a half months later, her dream became a nightmare when police arrested the teen and her mother, Laura Carroll, for allegedly rigging the vote.