ABC News(NEW YORK) — A storm system that brought damaging winds and large hail from Texas to Mississippi on Saturday will interact with a developing storm to bring the next round of severe weather to some of the same spots on Sunday. It will also expand north and east into the Ohio River Valley and …
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Apr 07
College students busted for making $900K in iPhone fraud scheme
iStock(CORVALLIS, Ore.) — A pair of Oregon college students from China have been charged in a fraudulent iPhone return scheme that allegedly netted them nearly a million dollars. The pair of students, Yangyang Zhou and Quon Jiang, are alleged to have sent fake iPhones back to Apple claiming they did not work. When the tech …
Apr 07
American woman and tour guide rescued after kidnapping ordeal in Uganda
ABC News(RUBIRIZI, Uganda) — An American woman and her safari guide who were kidnapped in a Ugandan wilderness park and held five days by armed captors were returned safely on Sunday after a ransom was paid for their release, authorities said. Kim Sue Endicott of Southern California and her tour guide, Congolese national Jean-Paul Mirenge …
Apr 06
San Jose cops, who fatally shot woman on Christmas Day, cleared of wrongdoing
Vasquez Family(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Four San Jose, California, police officers, who fatally shot a 24-year-old woman they mistook for another driver on Christmas Day will not face prosecution, the district attorney’s office said. “San Jose Police officers lawfully shot and killed a driver, who, after a nine-mile high-speed chase, tried to smash a stolen …
Apr 06
Cell phone ping lead police to missing Louisiana girl Domeanna Spell
FBI(Pagosa Springs, Colo.) — A 15-year-old Louisiana girl, who went missing for over a week with an older man was found Friday, police said, and the suspect was taken into custody. Domeanna Spell, of Port Barre, was last seen getting off the school bus on March 28 around 7 a.m. by Port Barre High School …
Apr 06
Jussie Smollett ‘will not be intimidated into paying’ $130,000 to Chicago for investigation, lawyer says
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Two days after prosecutors in Chicago unexpectedly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, city officials gave the “Empire” actor a week to pay back $130,000 used to investigate a hate crime in January that officials said was bogus. Smollett missed the deadline, and the city threatened a lawsuit on Thursday. A …
Apr 06
Encounters between humans and mountain lions are on the rise, and experts tell us why
iStock/joesephfotos(NEW YORK) — Humans are increasingly coming in contact with mountain lions, raising questions as to whether humans are to blame and how they can safely coexist with the large cats. On March 29, a Canadian mother fought off a juvenile male mountain lion that was attacking her 7-year-old son outside her home, but that’s …
Apr 06
Lightning strike damages Mitchell church
The first thunderstorm of the season heavily damaged Mitchell’s First Lutheran Church Friday evening. A lightning bolt apparently struck the highest point of the steeple raining blocks and other debris to the ground. Church member Janet Drewes was at her home on Iowa Street when the boom rattled her residence. “I got a Facebook notice …
Apr 06
Before Timmothy Pitzen case, another instance where a man claimed to be a missing boy
Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When it was revealed that a man claiming to be a missing teen was neither him nor a teen, it was shocking that such a deception could be considered. But a similar situation happened before. Though the details in the case of Brian Michael Rini, the 23-year-old …
Apr 06
Rwanda genocide remembered 25 years later
iStock(KIGALI, Rwanda) — Remembrance ceremonies began around the world this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. For nearly 100 days in 1994, the Hutu majority in this small central African nation launched a purge against the Tutsi minority. The violence began after a plane carrying Rwanda’s Hutu president, Juvenal Habyarimana, was …
