Google Maps(SNOW HILL, Maryland) — Officials are crediting a group of eighth-grade students for foiling a school shooting plot at a Maryland middle school. Worcester County investigators arrested two minors after the students reported a “credible” threat to staff at Snow Hill Middle School in Snow Hill, Maryland. “We are here to honor the bravery …
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Apr 12
American doctor shot 3 times while on mission trip in Haiti is recovering
Courtesy Drew Pasler(MIAMI) — An American doctor is recovering after he was shot three times during a mission trip to help schoolchildren in Haiti last week. Dr. Doug Burbella, 58, and a group of missionaries working under Living Water Ministries were on their way to deliver $20,000 worth of computers and servers to a school …
Apr 12
5-year-old may have been thrown off 3rd floor of Mall of America: Police
vmargineanu/iStock(BLOOMINGTON, Minn.) — A 5-year-old suffered “significant injuries” after falling from the third floor of the famed Mall of America in Minnesota and may have been thrown or pushed, according to police, who cited witnesses. Cops were called to the mall, in Bloomington, around 10:15 a.m. Friday after the child landed on first floor, Bloomington …
Apr 12
Johnny Bobbitt, homeless veteran involved in GoFundMe scheme, gets 5 years probation
imaginima/iStock(NEW YORK) — Johnny Bobbitt, who concocted a feel-good story with a woman and her boyfriend to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of a GoFundMe campaign, has been sentenced to five years probation. Part of the terms of the probation sentence, which was handed down in a New Jersey court Friday, include …
Apr 12
Man arrested after setting clothes on fire near White House
iStock/OlegAlbinsky(WASHINGTON) — A man was arrested after trying to set himself on fire near the White House on Friday. An individual in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, lit his jacket on fire while he was wearing it, a law enforcement official told ABC News. The Secret Service responded immediately, extinguished the …
Apr 12
How Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning became intertwined
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — It’s been a little more than nine years since Chelsea Manning first contacted Wikileaks and provided Julian Assange’s organization with hundreds of thousands of classified documents and a video of an Apache helicopter strike that killed Iraqi insurgents and two photographers working for Reuters. Their life stories have been intertwined since …
Apr 12
Investigation launched into handling of Jussie Smollett case
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Kim Foxx, the embattled Chicago state’s attorney whose office has come under fire for its handling of the Jussie Smollett case, has asked the local inspector general to look conduct an “independent review” of their investigation, she confirmed in a statement. The news comes the day after the city’s law department …
Apr 12
Tesla Model 3 will come standard with autopilot, online sales to stop
Chesnot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tesla has changed its mind on the Model 3 again. The company is ending online sales of the long-promised $35,000 base Model 3, expanding its autopilot feature to all trim levels of the vehicle and introducing a leasing option, Tesla announced in a blog post late Thursday. The changes were being …
Apr 12
US saw 27 active shooter incidents in 2018, FBI report says
cmannphoto/iStock(WASHINGTON) — From schools to synagogues to newsrooms, reports of an “active shooter” have become more and more common in American life and a new FBI report says there were 27 such incidents in the U.S. in 2018, resulting in 213 casualties including 85 deaths. The situatuon has gotten to the point that the FBI …
Apr 12
Woman mysteriously pleads for help through Texas home security system: Sheriff
(Wise County Sheriff’s Office) Authorities in Texas released this image asking for help in finding a young woman who they say mysteriously pleaded for help through a home’s security system before fleeing the scene, April 9, 2019. (WISE COUNTY, Texas) — Authorities in Texas are looking to find a young woman who they say mysteriously …