LONGVIEW, Texas – A teenager fatally shot in an East Texas police station lobby was killed after she lunged at an officer with a butcher knife and a Taser failed to stop her, police said Wednesday Longview Police Chief Don Dingler and spokeswoman Kristie Brian provided new details about last …
Read More »Union: 7 fire department workers face discipline after probe into firefighter, paramedic sex
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia firefighters union says seven fire department employees are facing discipline in an investigation of sex between firefighters and a female paramedic. The union said Friday that four of those employees are alleged to have had sex with the paramedic, including one inside a firehouse. It says …
Read More »Woman found dead in snow outside neighbor's New Jersey home amid subzero wind chill
LAKEWOOD, N.J. – Authorities say a New Jersey woman has been found dead in the snow just two doors from her home amid single-digit temperatures and subzero wind chills. Ocean County prosecutors say a neighbor found 66-year-old Olivia Benito shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday in a townhome development in Lakewood. …
Read More »US court rules former Bosnian prison guard eligible for extradition to face war-crimes charges
RICHMOND, Virginia – A federal appeals court says a former Bosnian prison camp guard living in Virginia is eligible for extradition to his native country to face war-crimes charges. The unanimous decision Wednesday by a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a judge’s ruling in …
Read More »Woman was batting away bee when stroller rolls into canal, killing twin toddlers, police say
YUMA, Ariz. – Police say a woman walking along an Arizona canal with her 18-month-old twin boys stopped to bat away a bee when her jogging stroller rolled into the flowing water, killing her sons. Yuma police said Tuesday that Alexis Keslar jumped into the canal Friday but couldn’t rescue …
Read More »California judge to reconsider serial rapist's freedom after neighbors complain
SAN FRANCISCO – Prosecutors are seeking to revoke the release of a serial rapist whose residence in a rural neighborhood has upset a Southern California desert community. Santa Clara County Judge Richard Loftus on Wednesday is expected to consider a request to lock up “Pillowcase Rapist” Christopher Hubbart in a …
Read More »US bird flu outbreak sees fewer birds culled than in 2022
Nearly 5 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered this year because of a persistent bird flu outbreak that began in 2022, but as big as that number may sound, it’s far less than the number of birds killed last year which means consumers aren’t seeing as much …
Read More »Washington woman says she escaped home where she was held captive for days; police find man dead inside
A woman covered in blood showed up outside a home in Washington state over the weekend and claimed to have been held against her will for multiple days inside a nearby house, where responding police later found a man dead inside, authorities said. The injured 27-year-old woman told officers that …
Read More »Texas Christian University increases tuition, meaning it costs less to attend Harvard
Undergraduates at Texas Christian University (TCU) will have to fork over more money to attend the private college than their peers at Havard University, following recent news of a tuition hike at the Fort Worth institution. TCU announced a 7.9% increase in undergraduate tuition beginning in the 2024-25 school year. …
Read More »NYPD exchanges gunfire with suspect barricaded inside Queens apartment
Police in New York City exchanged gunfire with an armed man who barricaded himself inside an apartment after officers responded to a report of a person shot at the building on Wednesday, according to local reports. The initial shots were reported just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday near 31-31 54th …
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