Month: September 2019

iStock(CHICAGO) — Felony murder charges have been dropped against five Chicago teenagers after a 14-year-old who was with them during a burglary attempt was shot and killed by a homeowner, prosecutors announced. The teens were [Read More…]

iStock(PHILADELPHIA) — A Philadelphia man is in custody after allegedly confessing to the murder of a woman who has been missing for 16 years, prosecutors said. The arrest of Jade Babcock, 49, came after a [Read More…]

Bridgeton Police Department(BRIDGETON, N.J.) — An Amber Alert remains in effect in New Jersey for 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez amid a statewide manhunt for an unidentified individual who police say was seen leading the little [Read More…]

bernie_photo/iStock(LONDON) — A petition that now has nearly 30,000 signatures and counting on Change.org was started by a simple online search. Maria Beatrice Giovanardi, a London-based communications and marketing expert, typed the word “woman” into [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Dangerous flash flooding is wreaking havoc in Texas with the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda dumping massive amounts of rain overnight and into the morning. The torrential rain prompted a full [Read More…]

Marccophoto/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Drug Administration has been using their criminal investigators to look into the rash of illnesses surrounding the use of vaping products, Mitch Zeller, the director of the Center for Tobacco Products [Read More…]

jetcityimage/iStock(SEATTLE) — Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos announced the company’s sweeping new efforts to combat climate change and revealed a new corporate pledge to meet the international Paris Agreement 10 years early — committing to net [Read More…]

bombuscreative/iStock(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Instagram announced new policies for promoting certain weight loss products and cosmetic procedures on its platform and in some cases the problematic content will be removed entirely. The Facebook-owned social media [Read More…]

alexsl/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is heading to Capitol Hill today for a series of closed-door meetings about “future internet regulation.” “Mark is in Washington, D.C., to meet with policymakers and talk [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) —  Dangerous flash flooding is wreaking havoc in Texas with the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda dumping massive amounts of rain overnight and into the morning. The severe weather prompted a full [Read More…]

albertc111/iStock(GILROY, Calif.) — The deadly shooting at a California garlic festival is not going to stop the tradition from continuing next year. The organizer of the Gilroy Garlic Festival announced that they are planning to [Read More…]

On Friday 9-13-19 between 9:00 PM and Saturday 9-14-19 at 7:45 AM five vehicles parked in parking lots located in the 400 and 500 block of West 15th , 1800 North main,  West Cadwell softball [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Dangerous flash flooding is wreaking havoc in Texas on Thursday with the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda dumping massive amounts of rain overnight and into the morning. In Beaumont — between [Read More…]

MicroStockHub/iStock(COLUMBIA, Mo.) — The mother of a Missouri woman who has been missing for more than a decade says she’s sure that human remains found by police in a landfill Wednesday are that of her [Read More…]