Month: April 2019

Vasquez Family(SAN JOSE, Calif.) —  Four San Jose, California, police officers, who fatally shot a 24-year-old woman they mistook for another driver on Christmas Day will not face prosecution, the district attorney’s office said. “San [Read More…]

FBI(Pagosa Springs, Colo.) — A 15-year-old Louisiana girl, who went missing for over a week with an older man was found Friday, police said, and the suspect was taken into custody. Domeanna Spell, of Port [Read More…]

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Two days after prosecutors in Chicago unexpectedly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, city officials gave the “Empire” actor a week to pay back $130,000 used to investigate a hate crime [Read More…]

iStock/joesephfotos(NEW YORK) —  Humans are increasingly coming in contact with mountain lions, raising questions as to whether humans are to blame and how they can safely coexist with the large cats. On March 29, a [Read More…]

The first thunderstorm of the season heavily damaged Mitchell’s First Lutheran Church Friday evening. A lightning bolt apparently struck the highest point of the steeple raining blocks and other debris to the ground. Church member [Read More…]

Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When it was revealed that a man claiming to be a missing teen was neither him nor a teen, it was shocking that such a deception could [Read More…]

iStock(KIGALI, Rwanda) — Remembrance ceremonies began around the world this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. For nearly 100 days in 1994, the Hutu majority in this small central African nation [Read More…]

iStock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — The Pyongyang International Marathon, known officially as the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, will be held this Sunday in the North Korean capital. The race is touted as a unique experience. Not [Read More…]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Your next car purchase may come with this disclaimer: No cows were used in the manufacturing of this vehicle. Leather has long been viewed as the superior choice in automobiles, especially in [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A new storm is beginning to organize along the Texas-New Mexico border, and it’s expected to deliver a first round of severe weather Saturday from Texas to Mississippi. Gusts of almost [Read More…]

iStock(HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C.) — Though the school bus is the safest vehicle on the road — students are 70 times more likely to get to school safely compared with traveling by car — almost one-third [Read More…]