Stringer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more injured on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka when attackers unleashed an apparently coordinated series of bombings that simultaneously targeted Christian churches and luxury hotels, and sent a wave a terror across the globe. The explosions took place miles apart, and the targets …
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Apr 21
Sri Lanka bombings: World leaders, prominent figures condemn Easter Sunday bombings
Chamila Karunarathne/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — From the White House to the Vatican, world leaders condemned the string of bombings that killed more than 200 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday as many of the victims were in churches celebrating one of most important holidays in the Christian faith. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan …
Apr 20
Texas mom reported missing after not showing up to daughter’s babysitter
iStock/Chalabala(MESQUITE, Texas) — A 26-year-old Mesquite, Texas, mom was scheduled to pick up her child from the babysitter on Wednesday night, but she never showed up. Prisma Denisse Peralta Reyes was reported missing to the police after friends and family made several attempts to reach her by phone. Reyes’ 2017 Jeep Wrangler was found abandoned …
Apr 20
Authorities seize $20 million worth of marijuana from illegal grow operation
iStock/Nastasic(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — An anonymous tipster led California police to uncover one of the largest marijuana farms ever found in the city of Riverside, officials said on Friday. Authorities in Riverside, California, were called to a 10-acre property on McAllister Street in the Greenbelt neighborhood on Thursday where they found more than 40,000 marijuana plants …
Apr 20
Cops find car connected to missing teen, Los Angeles homicide
iStock/aijohn784(LOS ANGELES) — Police found a car near the Mexican border on Friday that had been connected to a missing teen and a Los Angeles-area homicide investigation. The 2013 white BMW with Nevada plates was recovered unoccupied on Friday by San Diego Police near the San Ysidro border of Mexico, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s …
Apr 20
$200k worth of jewelry gone in 30 seconds by a duo of Georgia mall thieves
Gwinnett County Police Department(ATLANTA) — Two men allegedly used a hammer to smash through a glass display inside a Georgia jewelry store and got away with $200,000 worth of diamond rings, according to police reports. On April 15, one of the suspects walked into the Crescent Jewelers inside the Sugarloaf Mills Mall and expressed interest …
Apr 20
Tiger attacks keeper at Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center
iStock/Yurikr(TOPEKA, Kansas) — A tiger attacked a zookeeper Saturday morning at a zoo in Topeka, Kansas, according to a city spokeswoman. The tiger, named Sanjiv, and the zookeeper were in the “same place” Saturday when he attacked her, said Molly Hadfield, a spokeswoman for the City of Topeka. “A few people did see the attack,” …
Apr 20
Authorities refocus search of missing 5-year-old boy on family home near Chicago
ABC News(CHICAGO) — The search for a 5-year-old boy from Illinois who went missing on Wednesday continued into the weekend as police re-focused the investigation on the boy’s family home. Andrew “AJ” Freund, a blond boy who is approximately 3 feet, 5 inches tall, was last seen wearing a blue Mario sweatshirt and black sweatpants …
Apr 20
South Korea’s food waste reduction plans feature urban farming and modern garbage bins
ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) — “Compost in my vegetable garden!” “No, mine first!” City farmers have been raising their voices to make sure their two-square-meter gardens are fertilized with compost made from food waste discarded from their homes. The Jugong apartment complex in Beondong, north of Seoul, began an eco-friendly urban farm last year August, …
Apr 20
Storm threat winds down ahead of pleasant Easter Sunday
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Three days of severe storms in the South and Southeast are about to give way to a nice holiday weekend for much of the country. There were 31 reported tornadoes in the South — from Texas to Virginia — since Wednesday, including 13 on Friday. The highest reported wind gust was …