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Wisconsin sisters arrested after stabbing each other, police say
Google Maps(MADISON, Wis.) –Police arrested two sisters in Wisconsin on Sunday after they allegedly stabbed each other while fighting in front of five young children. Authorities arrived to their home in Madison, Wisconsin, about 80 [Read More…]
Record flooding in the Midwest as East Coast continues to heat up
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A stationary front produced torrential rainfall in the Great Lakes and Midwest over the weekend with up to 7 inches of rain falling Sunday in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Flood and [Read More…]
Covered versus traditional cattle feeding
Lincoln University is a Missouri Land Grant institution that’s one of several doing research on feeding cattle under cover versus feeding in traditional uncovered pens. George Washington Carver Experiment Farm Manager Jeremiah Markway says the [Read More…]
Armed bystander shoots, kills suspected carjacker in Washington state
KOMO(TUMWATER, Wash.) — A bystander in Washington fatally shot a carjacking suspect on Sunday after the carjacker allegedly shot a man who refused to give up control of his vehicle, according to police. Police said [Read More…]
Roller coaster passenger who survived 34-foot fall was ‘praying it was over’
ABC News (DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) — Amanda Bostic remembers the harrowing moments when she was tossed more than 30 feet from a roller coaster that had just derailed. “I remember falling through the air and [Read More…]
Train derailment causes explosion, prompts evacuations
iStock/Thinkstock(PRINCETON, Ind.) — A freight train derailment in Indiana on Sunday caused a loud explosion and calls for mandatory evacuations in the area. The Gibson County Sheriff’s Office and emergency service personnel issued a mandatory [Read More…]
Greece and Macedonia hope to end decades-long dispute over name
iStock/Thinkstock(ATHENS) — Since its independence in 1991, the Republic of Macedonia has been fighting with neighboring Greece over the country’s name. On Sunday, Macedonia and Greece signed a historic deal aimed at settling the name [Read More…]
Doctor suspended for berating basketball player suffering from anxiety attack
ABC News(LOS GATOS, Calif.) — A Northern California emergency room doctor was suspended for her alleged gruff bedside manner after she was caught on a viral cell phone video allegedly mocking, ridiculing and cursing a [Read More…]
Five undocumented immigrants killed in Texas car crash while being chased by border patrol agents: Officials
iStock/Thinkstock(BIG WELLS, Texas) — Five undocumented immigrants in a speeding sport utility vehicle were killed Sunday when it crashed while being chased by border patrol agents and a sheriff’s deputy in a Texas town about [Read More…]
Man charged with making $1.3M in fraudulent returns to Walmart
Yuma County Detention Center(YUMA, Ariz.) — Police in Arizona thought they were busting an ordinary case of a fraudulent return this week until some digging revealed that the same 23-year-old man has perpetrated the scheme [Read More…]
At least one dead, more than 20 injured in shooting at Trenton art show
Google Maps(TRENTON, N.J.) — At least one person is dead and 20 injured after a wild shootout at a 24-hour art event in southern New Jersey early Sunday. The shooting broke out at about 2:45 [Read More…]
Three inmates, including alleged murderer, escape jail in Illinois
iStock/Thinkstock(CARMI, Ill.) — Three inmates, including one charged with murder, busted through the wall of an Illinois jail on Saturday morning and led authorities on a manhunt. Justin Bray, Zachery Shock and Johnny Tipton allegedly [Read More…]
Hot weather in store for eastern half of country on Father’s Day
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Much of the central U.S. will be dealing with widespread heat on Sunday as heat index values are close to or exceeding 100 degrees in parts of the Midwest, including Chicago. [Read More…]
High school freshman’s KKK outfit for school project ‘rattled’ students
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Incendiary images of a Los Angeles high school student dressed hood-to-toe as a Ku Klux Klan member as part of a final history project splashed online Friday, sparking an investigation and an [Read More…]
Peace, economy top concerns as Colombians head to polls in presidential runoff
iStock/Thinkstock(BOGOTA, Columbia) — Colombians are heading to the polls for the second time in less than a month — this time in a runoff to elect the country’s next president. This year’s is the first [Read More…]
Yorkie stays with missing toddler all night, alerts search party with ‘weak bark’
@MSHPTrooperE/Twitter(QULIN, Mo.) –A loyal Yorkshire terrier stayed with a missing 3-year-old girl in a dense cornfield in Missouri all night — and heroically led a search party to them with a “weak bark,” authorities said. [Read More…]
Candlelight vigil to memorialize two deputies shot dead when inmate overpowered them
iStock/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Kan.) — A candlelight vigil will be held Sunday night in Kansas to memorialize the two sheriff’s deputies who were shot and killed when an inmate overpowered them outside a courthouse. Kansas City [Read More…]
Heat, humidity rising in central and eastern US
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A strong ridge of high pressure is bringing increasing heat and humidity to a majority of the eastern half of the country through the weekend. Heat advisories, as well as excessive [Read More…]
Trustees call for university president to resign for criticizing Nassar victim
Michael Bonfigli /The Christian Science Monitor/Getty Images(EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan State University Interim President John Engler was brought on to clean up the mess left in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal. Instead, [Read More…]
Pakistani terrorist who ordered Malala shooting reportedly killed in drone strike
Ben Stansall/WPA Pool/Getty Images(ISLAMABAD) — The Pakistani terrorist leader who ordered the assassination of Malala Yousafzai was killed in a drone strike, according to Afghan officials. Mullah Fazlullah was allegedly killed in a strike on [Read More…]