Young men and boys are forced to march down the highway in Tikrit.

The biggest families in the history of mankind at the hands of the state of Islam. MORE

What does it mean to be human? That’s the question being asked in a thought-provoking new exhibition of stunningly lifelike androids, which also suggests that maybe the singularity could be closer than we think.

On June 25, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, more commonly known as the Miraikan, will open an exhibition of humanoid robots entitled ‘Androids: What makes us human?’ MORE

A 28-year-old priest was shot and killed and another wounded at a Catholic church Wednesday near the state Capitol, a police spokesman said.

Police were responding to a burglary call shortly after 9 p.m. at the Mother of Mercy Mission, Sgt. Steve Martos said. MORE

The middle east is turning into a disaster.  Babylon is falling, Babylon is falling. MORE

According to Dove, who created the video in honor of Father’s Day, three-fourths of dads say they are responsible for their child’s emotional well-being, while only 20% of dads see this role reflected in media.

This moving commercial brought a tear to my eye. What a beautiful “thank you” to all the fathers of the world! Share this video with your dad this Father’s Day. MORE

Luis de Jesus Miranda who claimed to be Christ is dead, according to his ex-wife Josefina Torres but his supporters and followers deny that he has passed away and are still collecting donations from his supporters.

Miranda was the founder of the Florida-based cult movement Growing in Grace and he also claimed to be the antichrist. He told his followers to get a “666” tattooed on their hands to show they believed what he said. MORE

A ‘coronal mass ejection’ (CME), a huge cloud of irradiated particles and a magnetic shockwave, could strike the planet on Friday, damaging satellites and knocking out communications.

The three solar flares already caused brief disruptions to high frequency communications, such as radio broadcasts and aircraft communications, when they struck yesterday and twice on Tuesday. MORE

Obama was warned not to pull the troops out of Iraq to soon. Now look.

It no longer makes sense to think of the civil conflicts in Iraq and Syria as separate events: They are now a single war, both in their operational details and in the broader forces driving both conflicts.MORE

In 2011, an earthquake caused a tsunami that killed nearly 16,000 people in Japan and caused an estimated 210 billion dollars in damage, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in history. When a Fukushima power plant was hit by the tsunami, it began releasing the largest amount of radioactive materials since the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. Now, three years later, there are serious concerns about the levels of radiation contamination leaking not only into Japan, but also into the Pacific Ocean and beyond.

This video brings you an inside look into what’s really going on in Fukushima – and you may be extremely surprised by what you see and hear. MORE

The assisted suicide debate has heated up in Israel, where, on Sunday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill that would allow assisted suicide. MORE

And in a similar vein, from Denmark: “The country’s parliament voted through the new law on same-sex marriage by a large majority, making it mandatory for all churches to conduct gay marriages.” MORE

It’s hard to have an honest conversation about gay issues because liberals treat anything other than outright celebration of all things gay as “hate.” That doesn’t leave people much room to discuss a complicated issue that involves real human beings who often have to deal with a lot of challenges because of their sexual orientation.  MORE

In Part 2 of his most EXPLOSIVE interview ever, Hat Trick Letter editor Jim Willie was on fire, dropping numerous new BOMBSHELLS for SD listeners: MORE