Dominic Lipinski – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor has met two more of his royal family members, Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge. The son of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, met his paternal aunt and uncle on Tuesday at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor. The visit took place after …
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May 14
Nebraska farmer recounts sawing off his leg with a pocket knife to save his own life
vzwer/iStock(PENDER, Neb.) — A Nebraska farmer says he’s fortunate to be alive after his leg got stuck in a grain auger dealing him a life or death decision: Cut off his limb or die. “I didn’t have no other choice,” Kurt Kaser, a 63-year-old grain and hog farmer in Pender, Nebraska, told ABC News on …
May 14
96 people charged in Texas marriage fraud scheme to get Green Cards
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(HOUSTON) — Nearly 100 people in Texas have been indicted on federal marriage fraud charges, in a scheme allegedly aimed at securing U.S. Green Cards for Vietnamese nationals, according to officials. The alleged ringleader of the scheme, Houston resident Ashley Yen Nguyen, had associates operating throughout Texas and Vietnam, the U.S. Immigration and Customs …
May 14
12-year-old girl arrested for DWI in New Mexico
Fedorovekb/iStock(ALAMOGORDO, N.M.) — A 12-year-old girl has been arrested in New Mexico for drunk driving and leading officers on a high-speed chase before losing control of the steering and smashing into a speed limit sign, officials said this week. New Mexico’s Alamogordo Police Department said the 12-year-old was driving with her three friends, ages 12 …
May 14
Trump dismisses report administration reviewing plan to send 120K troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed a New York Times report that the administration is reviewing a plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East if Iran attacked U.S. forces as “fake news.” But even as the president sought to brush off the report, he added that …
May 14
Officials say Connecticut mosque fire was intentionally set
leolintang/iStock(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Investigators are looking into a fire set at a Connecticut mosque as a possible arson attack. The blaze was reported at the Diyanet Mosque in New Haven on Sunday. “In conducting the investigation, we’ve detected that there is intent in this fire. This was intentionally set,” New Haven Fire Department chief …
May 14
Iran warns international community of ‘making crises’ after oil tanker ‘sabotage’ amid rising tensions
Ruskpp/iStock(LONDON) — The head of Iran’s National Security Foreign Policy Committee said the international community must be wary of “making crises” surrounding the “sabotage” of four commercial ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates over the weekend, as tensions continue to rise between Iran and the United States. When asked about the attack …
May 14
Texas police officer fatally shoots woman heard on video shouting, ‘I’m pregnant’
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(BAYTOWN, Texas) — A Texas police officer shot and killed a 45-year-old woman while trying to arrest her Monday night, authorities said. The unnamed officer came across the woman while patrolling an apartment complex in the city of Baytown, some 27 miles east of Houston. He apparently recognized her from previous encounters and knew she …
May 14
Specialty coffee sells for $75 a cup
Klatch Roasting(SAN FRANCISCO) — A California coffee shop recently served a $75 cup of coffee — and it sold out. Klatch Coffee is the family-owned and operated business responsible for bringing an exclusive coffee called Elida Geisha Natural to the U.S. “If you want the best coffee in the world, it’s our mission to give …
May 14
Trash found during record-setting dive to deepest place on planet
Discovery Channel(NEW YORK) — An American explorer has set a new deep diving record in the Mariana Trench, and in the process uncovered just how far human waste can travel. Victor Vescovo has successfully completed a solo dive in the Pacific Ocean to Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, commonly known as the deepest point …