TomasSereda/iStock(PARIS) — The online hospitality marketplace Airbnb is offering two people the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a night in the company of some of the world’s best known artworks at the Louvre Museum in Paris to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the museum’s iconic pyramid. The competition will see one winner and a guest sleep …
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Apr 03
Four Penn State fraternity brothers sentenced for pledge’s hazing death
aimintang/iStock(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Four former Pennsylvania State University fraternity brothers have been sentenced in connection with the death of a pledge during a booze-soaked hazing ritual two years ago. Luke Visser, Joseph Sala, Joshua Kurczewski and Michael Bonattuci, former members of the Penn State chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, were sentenced on …
Apr 03
Woman fights off cougar attacking 7-year-old son
Ben Masters/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Canadian woman said her “mom instinct” took over last week when she fought off a cougar that mauled her 7-year-old son in their backyard. Chelsea Lockhart was doing household chores on Friday afternoon when she heard her son, Zachery, scuffling with something outside their home in Lake Cowichan, Vancouver Island. …
Apr 03
Breaking down the accusations against parents in the ‘Varsity Blues’ cheating scandal
YinYang/iStock(BOSTON) — Many parents who are accused of participating in a pricey college entrance cheating scandal are set to appear in Boston federal court as part of the ongoing case. Most of the parents appearing in court on Wednesday are being charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Each case …
Apr 03
Western storm set to bring severe weather for central US
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A nor’easter was brushing New England with rain, wet snow and gusty winds on Wednesday morning, but there will be no significant impact. The storm will be out of Maine by late morning. As the storm went up the East Coast Tuesday, it produced a rare April snowfall in Charlotte, North …
Apr 03
Friends concerned about NYC teacher, mother missing for over four days
tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — Friends and family are worried for the safety of a New York City schoolteacher and mother of three children who has not been seen since Saturday. Jeanine Cammarata, 37, works as a substitute public school teacher on Staten Island, but she didn’t show up to her job on Monday morning, sparking concerns …
Apr 02
Suspect captured in killing of Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle
@LAPDHQ / Twitter(LOS ANGELES) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was captured Tuesday afternoon just hours after the Los Angeles police chief stared into a bank of TV news cameras and asked the alleged killer to give up. The suspect, Eric Holder, 29, was arrested in the L.A. suburb …
Apr 02
Woman with Taiwanese passports arrested at Mar-a-Lago with 4 cell phones, a laptop and a thumb drive with malware
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A woman carrying two Taiwanese passports, four cellphones, and a thumb drive containing “malicious malware” managed to skirt multiple layers of security at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Florida. An affidavit signed by a Secret Service agent described how Yujing …
Apr 02
New bill aims to improve Uber, Lyft safety in wake of college student’s killing
Columbia Police Department(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill that would require illuminated signs in Ubers and Lyfts in response to the killing of University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson, who police say was murdered after getting in a car she thought was her Uber. “This could happen anywhere, and it really …
Apr 02
Police to charge suspect in hit-and-run that seriously hurt 9-year-old girl who was playing in her yard
ABCNews.com(ATLANTA) — Georgia police are expected to charge a suspect in the hit-and-run that seriously hurt a 9-year-old girl who was playing in her yard when the speeding car careened toward her. Just before 7 p.m. Friday, 9-year-old Laderihanna Holmes was playing in her front yard when the car left the road, hit her and …