ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) — A Pennsylvania school district that threatened to have children placed in foster care if their parents’ didn’t pay outstanding lunch tabs has now accepted a businessman’s offer to cover the cost after initially rejecting the offer. Joseph Muth, director of the Wyoming Valley West School District’s federal programs, told ABC News last …
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Jul 24
North Korea launches 2 unidentified projectiles
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — North Korea launched two unidentifiable objects on Wednesday that traveled 267 miles into the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. Two U.S. officials confirmed that North Korea had launched at least one projectile, one of the officials described it as a short range missile. “North Korea today …
Jul 24
Friends mourn slain Ole Miss student Ally Kostial: ‘She didn’t deserve this’
Ally Kostial/Facebook(OXFORD, Miss.) — Shocked friends are mourning the beloved Ole Miss student who was allegedly killed by a college classmate. The body of Alexandria “Ally” Kostial was discovered in Harmontown, Mississippi, on Saturday. Brandon Theesfeld, 22, was arrested Monday for murder, authorities said. “The fact that it happened to Ally, it’s so hard to …
Jul 24
US regulators fine Facebook $5 billion for privacy claims; sue Cambridge Analytica
Facebook(WASHINGTON) — U.S. regulators fined Facebook a record $5 billion penalty to settle claims that the company deceived its users about the privacy of their personal information in the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, while Facebook conceded that the episode represented a “breach of trust” with its users. As part of the agreement, Facebook …
Jul 24
Bernie Madoff applies for clemency, asks for commutation of his 150-year sentence
Stephen Chernin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Disgraced financier Bernard “Bernie: Madoff has petitioned the U.S. government to commute his 150-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in an elaborate, long-running Ponzi scheme. Madoff filed a petition for clemency requesting a “commutation of sentence” sometime before July 1, 2019, according to Justice Department records. The current status is …
Jul 24
Texas man Tekoney Blackledge charged with murder of 62-year-old Saron James
The James Family via Harris County Sheriffs Office(HOUSTON) — Texas police are searching for a 19-year-old man accused of killing a 62-year-old woman while she was riding in an SUV with her husband and just minutes away from their home. Tekoney Blackledge was charged with the murder of Saron James, according to Harris County Sheriff …
Jul 24
‘Conrad’s Law,’ named for teen who died in texting-suicide case, aims to criminalize suicide coercion
Conrad Roy’s mother, Lynn Roy, is escorted from court on June 16, 2017. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — The mother of Conrad Roy III, an 18-year-old who died by suicide after encouragement from his girlfriend, joined legislators to introduce a bill named “Conrad’s Law” that would criminalize suicide coercion in Massachusetts. “Conrad’s …
Jul 24
Two months into search for missing Connecticut mom, police have 1,200 tips but no answers
New Canaan Police Department(NEW CANAAN, Conn.) — Wednesday marks two months into the search for Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos, who mysteriously vanished amid a contentious custody battle with her estranged husband. While New Canaan police say they have received over 1,200 tips since May 24, they still haven’t found the mother of five. Investigators believe …
Jul 24
PA school district refuses CEO’s offer to settle lunch debt after threatening to place children in foster care
ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) — A Pennsylvania school district that threatened to have children placed in foster care if their parents’ didn’t pay outstanding lunch tabs has apparently rejected a businessman’s offer to cover the cost. Todd Carmichael, the CEO and co-founder of La Colombe Coffee Roasters, which is headquartered in Philadelphia, said he offered to give …
Jul 24
US regulators fine Facebook $5 billion to settle privacy claims
Facebook(WASHINGTON) — U.S. regulators fined Facebook a record $5 billion penalty to settle claims that the company deceived its users about the privacy of their personal information in the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In an agreement reached with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the company also agreed to a new corporate structure tor …