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Minneapolis police shoot, kill armed suspect
iStock/Thinkstock(MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota) — Officers on Saturday shot and killed a suspect in Minneapolis who allegedly was firing a gun into the air and into the ground while walking down the street. Minneapolis Police Department personnel [Read More…]

Navy pilot dies in ‘mishap’ at New Mexico base
iStock/Thinkstock(OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico) — A pilot “involved in a mishap” at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico died on Friday, the Navy said. Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, New York, died in [Read More…]

Saudi women get behind the wheel of a car for the first time in history
iStock/Thinkstock(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — At the stroke of midnight on Sunday, women in Saudi Arabia got behind the wheels of their cars and drove in the streets of the conservative capital Riyadh, a daily mundane [Read More…]

Women will be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia on June 24
iStock/Thinkstock(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Women in Saudi Arabia will be able to drive for the first time on June 24, ending a long-standing rule in the country. King Salman declared last September that the country [Read More…]

Severe weather, flash flooding still a threat from Plains to mid-Atlantic
Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office(CULPEPER, Va.) — The weather will remain quite active this weekend one day after more than 200 reports of severe weather from the Plains to the South and mid-Atlantic. More summer thunderstorms [Read More…]

25 years later, looking back at the infamous Lorena Bobbitt case that captivated America
Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images(MANASSAS, Va.) — Twenty-five years ago to the day, the name Lorena Bobbitt became notorious: on June 23, 1993, the young wife cut off her husband’s penis with a kitchen knife. Here’s [Read More…]

Koko, the famous gorilla who learned sign language, to be laid to rest at animal sanctuary
The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org(NEW YORK) — Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, will be laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony at an animal sanctuary in Northern California where she [Read More…]

Online fundraiser for separated migrant families has brought in over $19M, breaking records
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of thousands of people upset about the separation of immigrant families at the border are putting their money into the fight, and making history in the process. A Facebook fundraiser called [Read More…]

Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart meet with survivors of Sante Fe school shooting
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images(SANTA FE, Texas) — Two of the biggest comedians of the past decade took time out from their tour to meet with survivors of the Santa Fe High School shooting on Friday. Dave [Read More…]

Police dispute reports video shows East Pittsburgh teenager firing gun, had gunshot residue on hands
Antwon Rose/Facebook(PITTSBURGH) — Authorities took issue with multiple “irresponsible” reports about the police shooting of East Pittsburgh teenager Antwon Rose — a case that has gained national attention and generated local protests in the past [Read More…]

Jersey Shore doctor charged in murder-for-hire plot left behind a message before killing himself
Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office(NEW YORK) — The message from the grave was defiant. But was it the truth? For five years, Kim Pack suspected her stepfather, Dr. James Kauffman of killing her mother, a bubbly [Read More…]

Whiskey, Harley prices expected to jump in Europe as tariffs take effect
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — In the heart of London’s Soho, whiskey mecca Milroy’s of Soho has a section dedicated exclusively to American whiskey. “The rarer products we get in … they’ll be hit fairly quickly because there’s [Read More…]

10-year-old boy dies in a ‘suspicious’ fall inside apartment
iStock/Thinkstock(LANCASTER, Calif.) — A 10–year-old California boy has died after a fall investigators are calling “suspicious” and authorities removed seven other children from the apartment where the child was found, ABC station KABC reported. Anthony [Read More…]

Father of the crying Honduran girl says she and her mother weren’t separated
John Moore/Getty Images(RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas) — The father of the young girl from Honduras whose picture has become an iconic image of the immigration battle now says that his daughter and wife were never [Read More…]

Uber driver was watching tv show prior to fatal crash, police say
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(TEMPE, Arizona) — The operator of a self-driving Uber in Tempe, Arizona was watching an episode of “The Voice” via a streaming service in the moments before her SUV struck and killed a [Read More…]

‘Not knowing anything about my daughter is torture’: Immigrants separated from children at border file lawsuit in federal court
iStock/Thinkstock(RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas) — Three parents who were been separated from their children after they were detained at the U.S. border have filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to issue an order requiring [Read More…]

Uber driver left for dead recovering but says, ‘I still don’t know what happened’
WCVB/ABC News(BOSTON) — A Uber driver who was beaten and left for dead in Boston said that his recovery is progressing but he has no memory of the attack. While working a shift as an [Read More…]

Clothing company aims to raise $100,000 with ‘I Really Do Care’ line
WILDFANG(PORTLAND, Oregon) — Wildfang, a clothing brand based in Portland, Oregon, has created a fashion line in response to the jacket Melania Trump wore while en route to visit migrant children in Texas Thursday. The [Read More…]

Russian city sprays vanilla to try to repel clouds of gnats before World Cup game
iStock/Thinkstock(VOLGOGRAD, Russia) — Authorities in the Russian city of Volgograd are spraying vanilla concentrate to try to stop huge clouds of gnats from impacting the World Cup games being played at the city’s stadium. The [Read More…]

Police searching for man who allegedly chopped off wife’s arm
NYPD(NEW YORK) — The New York Police Department is searching for a man who allegedly attacked his wife and chopped off her arm with a knife. Police said the man, 35-year-old Yong Lu, attacked his [Read More…]