Month: April 2019

iStock/BanksPhotos(MINNEAPOLIS) — The condition of a 5-year-old boy, who was senselessly thrown from the third floor of Mall of America by a man who was “looking to kill someone,” has improved from critical condition to [Read More…]

Camilla Hudson(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — One Michigan city is considering an ordinance that would make it a “criminal misdemeanor to racially profile people of color for participating in their lives,” according to local lawmakers. The [Read More…]

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — An Uber passenger was shot dead by a “companion” on Friday, sparking a manhunt for the gunman in the Houston area, authorities said. The shooting unfolded when the driver picked up the male [Read More…]

iStock/imaginewithme(NEW YORK) — Privately-insured patients may face damaging “financial risk” in the event of a medical emergency that requires transportation via air ambulance, according to a report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last [Read More…]

Barbara Leininger(WASHINGTON) — American Todd Leininger has been released by Venezuela’s government and returned to the United States, his family said Friday. “Over the past five years, all I have hoped and worked for is [Read More…]

Solo swimmer/Facebook (NEW YORK) —  A South African swimmer has splashed his way into history by swimming across Lake Malawi during the tropical cyclone Idai, breaking two world records in the process. Martin Hobbs became [Read More…]

KTRK-TV(PEARLAND, TX) —  A junior high school administrator was placed on leave and could face disciplinary action for allegedly drawing on a student’s head with a permanent marker. Juelz Trice, a seventh-grader at Berry Miller [Read More…]

iStock/bojanstory(ATLANTA) — Georgia-based Kids II inclined sleepers are being recalled, after at least five infant deaths were reported, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Friday. “Since the 2012 product introduction, five infant [Read More…]

Oklahoma City Police Department(OKLAHOMA CITY) —  Body camera footage shows officers in Oklahoma taking a 10-year-old boy into custody Tuesday evening after he led police on a brief chase in a stolen car. In the [Read More…]

MattGush/iStock(LAKEWOOD, Colo.) — A semi driver is facing homicide charges Friday after four people were killed in a horrific, fiery crash involving 28 vehicles on a Colorado highway. Joshua McCutchen said he noticed a semi [Read More…]

Carl Court/Getty Images(NEW YORK) —  A shoot-out erupted in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday night between security forces and suspects linked to the string of suicide bombings that has claimed hundreds of lives, according to [Read More…]

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un departed the Russian city of Vladivostok on Friday, a day after a summit with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin. Kim boarded his armored train at [Read More…]