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‘Doomsday’ mom sentencing: Lori Vallow Daybell says, ‘No one was murdered’
Madison County Sheriff Office (BOISE, Idaho) — Lori Vallow Daybell is set to be sentenced on Monday for the killing of two of her children in what prosecutors argued was a doomsday plot. Vallow Daybell, [Read More…]

Lori Vallow Daybell sentencing updates: Mother facing life in prison for ‘doomsday’ plot
Madison County Sheriff Office (BOISE, Idaho) — Lori Vallow Daybell is set to be sentenced on Monday for the killing of two of her children in what prosecutors argued was a doomsday plot. Vallow Daybell, [Read More…]

Wicked weather slams millions in US as storms snap heat wave on East Coast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of people in the eastern United States awoke to cooler, drier air on Monday morning after blustery storms helped bring an end to the first heat wave of the [Read More…]

Lori Vallow Daybell to be sentenced for murders of her two youngest children
Madison County Sheriff Office (BOISE, Idaho) — An Idaho mother is set to learn her fate after being convicted in the murders of her two youngest children. Lori Vallow Daybell will return to court in [Read More…]

Six migrant workers hit in possible intentional vehicular assault, police say
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Six people were hit by a car Sunday outside a store in North Carolina in what authorities said they suspected was an intentional assault on a group of migrant [Read More…]

Records shed light on why K-9 cop was fired after siccing dog on trucker: Report
Circleville Police Department (CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio) — The firing of an Ohio K-9 officer was not due to him siccing his police dog on an unarmed Black truck driver who surrendered with his hands up following [Read More…]

Five wounded, two critically, in Michigan shopping center shooting
kali9/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Gunfire erupted early Sunday in the parking lot of a Michigan shopping center, leaving five people wounded, two critically, and several people detained for questioning, police said. The shooting unfolded [Read More…]

Cougar attacks 8-year-old, leading to closures in Washington’s Olympic National Park
Mark Newman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An 8-year-old was attacked by a cougar Saturday, prompting authorities to close Lake Angeles and Heather Park in Olympic National Park, Washington, until further notice. Authorities were notified at [Read More…]

1 dead, ‘multiple’ people shot at party in Muncie, Indiana
Victoria Arancio/Getty Images (MUNCIE, Ind.) — One person has died, and multiple others were injured following a shooting at a large gathering in Muncie, Indiana, overnight, according to the city of Muncie. Delaware County dispatchers received [Read More…]

Family of Black mother fatally shot by neighbor urges DOJ to consider hate crime charges
Anthony D. Thomas via AP (OCALA, Fla.) — The family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black mother of four who was fatally shot through a closed door by her white neighbor on June 2 in [Read More…]

5 injured in shooting at community outreach event in Seattle: Police
KOMO (SEATTLE) — Five people were injured, two critically, in a shooting that broke out in a parking lot during a community outreach event in Seattle Friday night, police said. Police responded to reports of [Read More…]

More than 110 million Americans across 29 states on alert for dangerous heat
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 110 million Americans across 29 states are under heat alerts Saturday from southern California to Massachusetts. The Northeast has one more day of its first heat wave of [Read More…]

One urban heat island has a plan to bring residents some relief
Courtesy Angela M. Chalk (NEW ORLEANS) — As extreme heat takes over the U.S., millions of Americans will be faced with the “urban heat island” effect. The lack of vegetation and shade, as well as [Read More…]

Arizona medical examiner’s office at 106% capacity, brings in refrigeration units
fstop123/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — The medical examiner’s office in Arizona’s Maricopa County is over capacity and has had to bring in refrigeration units due to a spike in deaths this month amid a record-breaking heat [Read More…]

Jadarrius Rose, Black trucker attacked by Ohio police dog while surrendering, speaks out
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A 23-year-old truck driver who was attacked by an Ohio police dog while trying to surrender with his hands up, broke his silence about the horrific ordeal Thursday night, telling [Read More…]

Bryan Kohberger seeks indictment dismissal in Idaho college killings case
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last year, are trying to get his indictment dismissed. In a new court filing from July [Read More…]

New details emerge in Hunter Biden plea agreement
Mark Makela/Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) — With attorneys buzzing around him, Hunter Biden sat quietly at a desk Wednesday in the Wilmington, Delaware, federal courtroom — hands folded, jaw locked — where hours earlier he [Read More…]

Prosecutors have discussed potential charges against Carlee Russell over ‘hoax’ kidnapping
Hoover Police Department (NEW YORK) — The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Bessemer Division office has talked with police about potentially pressing charges against Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who told police she was kidnapped after [Read More…]

July poised to be hottest month in recorded history: Experts
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid record-setting heat waves across the globe, July 2023 is poised to become the hottest month ever recorded, according to a report by Copernicus, the European climate change [Read More…]

Delray Beach police release images after unidentified woman’s remains found in multiple suitcases
Delray Beach Police Department (NEW YORK) — Florida authorities have released images of luggage in which a woman’s body was found earlier this month as well as an artist’s rendering of the unknown victim. “Please [Read More…]