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Cops to suspected serial killer: ‘We know it’s you. Can you please tell us why?’
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — While they didn’t get a confession, Florida cops got a suspect to give them all the evidence they said they needed, including the murder weapon, to link him to a series of [Read More…]
Honduran immigrant arrested, separated from family died of ‘suicide in custody’: Officials
Starr County Sheriff’s Office(GRANJENO, Texas) — Texas officials are investigating the death of a Honduran man last month in an apparent suicide – after he was separated from his family following his arrest for crossing [Read More…]
NYPD officers save blue-faced baby who’d stopped breathing
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after they saved a baby Saturday night out at Coney Island. Michael Pace, 26, and Joseph Doyle, 26, were waiting at a [Read More…]
Uber submits patent to detect drunken app users
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Uber has submitted a patent to add a feature to its app that will help identify drunken riders so drivers could better assist them. The new feature, at least in theory, would [Read More…]
5th-grader to school board: ‘I am here to stand up for every kid that gets bullied’
Timberlake Regional School Board(PLAISTOW, N.H.) — Fighting back tears, a fifth-grader recently pleaded with her school board to help end bullying. At a June 7 Timberlane School Board meeting, Delanie Marcotte, who attends Pollard School [Read More…]
Family of 5, including 3 children, killed in cabin explosion: Washington state police
KOMO(BRINNON, Wash.) — An explosion that decimated a cabin in Washington state also killed a family of five, including three children, authorities said Monday. On Sunday, around 1 a.m., fire personnel and deputies with the [Read More…]
Hurricane Bud is weakening, could hit Mexico as tropical storm
iStock/Thinkstock(PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico) — The hurricane season is striking well ahead of schedule. The second Eastern North Pacific hurricane of the season is whipping up 120 mph winds but moving at a glacial pace of [Read More…]
Can a tick really paralyze a person?
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — With a 5-year-old daughter she said was unable to walk and talk, a Mississippi mom urgently warned parents to check their children for ticks. Jessica Griffin wrote on Facebook that doctors in [Read More…]
Two new explosions rock Hawaii’s Kilauea summit, more shelters in progress
Paradise Helicopters/ABC News(HONOLULU, HI.) — Two new steam explosions rocked the summit of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island Monday morning, the latest measuring a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and producing a minor ash [Read More…]
Two new explosions rock Hawaii’s Kilauea summit, more shelters in progress
Paradise Helicopters/ABC News(HONOLULU, HI.) — Two new steam explosions rocked the summit of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island Monday morning, the latest measuring a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and producing a minor ash [Read More…]
‘Fearless’ USA Today foreign affairs reporter who ‘thrived’ in war zones killed by car in DC
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A “fearless” USA Today foreign affairs reporter who “thrived” in war zones, according to a friend, was hit and killed by a car while he was riding his motorcycle in Washington, D.C., police [Read More…]
‘Fearless’ USA Today foreign affairs reporter who ‘thrived’ in war zones killed by car in DC
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A “fearless” USA Today foreign affairs reporter who “thrived” in war zones, according to a friend, was hit and killed by a car while he was riding his motorcycle in Washington, D.C., police [Read More…]
Mysterious home explosion kills 1, critically injures another in Ohio
iStock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who has information about a mysterious Ohio home explosion, which killed one and critically injured another. The East Cleveland house had recently been sold [Read More…]
Migrants rescue-ship adrift as Italy-Malta standoff continues
iStock/Thinkstock(ROME) — The standoff continued on Monday between Italy and Malta over more than 600 migrants who are adrift aboard a rescue ship in the Mediterranean and waiting to find out if they will be [Read More…]
Missing woman’s body found in tarp next to apparent makeshift coffin in San Bernardino
moodboard/Thinkstock(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) — The body of a missing Southern California woman was found wrapped in a blue tarp alongside a crude wooden box, authorities said. Marlene Santellan, 34, of San Bernardino, had been reported [Read More…]
Florida woman killed by alligator: How to survive an attack
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — The apparent alligator attack that resulted in the death of a Florida woman who was walking her dogs near a lake is an extremely rare occurrence, authorities said. An estimated 5 million American [Read More…]
Internet flips out after IHOP turns the letter ‘p’ to a ‘b’ for burgers
IHOP(NEW YORK) — The International House of Pancakes is flipping the “p” to a “b” for burgers and the internet is flipping out. IHOP officially announced the limited-time name change Monday morning after teasing it [Read More…]
How alleged Air Force deserter was found 35 years later living under fake name
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A man who allegedly deserted the U.S. Air Force and vanished without a trace 35 years ago was found at a California home living under a fake name, the Air Force Office of [Read More…]
USA Today foreign affairs reporter hit, killed by car while riding motorcycle
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A foreign affairs reporter with USA Today was hit and killed by a car while he was riding his motorcycle in Washington, D.C., according to local police. Journalist Oren Dorell was on a [Read More…]
As Trumps return to dormant Dominican development, original buyers and watchdogs cry foul
William Ganz(NEW YORK) — William Ganz knew it was a big investment, but with “The Donald” involved, he felt certain he would strike gold.It was May 23, 2007, and the 28-year-old Baltimore-based entrepreneur was preparing [Read More…]