Cass Settlemyre/iStock(LONDON) — Authorities in Singapore have seized a record 8.8 metric tons of ivory that is believed to have come from nearly 300 African elephants. The ivory, estimated to be worth $12.9 million, was found Sunday in sacks in one of three containers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that were said to …
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Jul 23
4 teens in deadly Michigan highway rock-throwing case to be sentenced as adults, judge rules
Courtesy Aimee Cagle(NEW YORK) — A judge in Michigan has ruled that four teens who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2017 highway rock-throwing incident that led to the death of Kenneth White will be sentenced as adults. In July 2018, when the teens’ lawyers entered pleas for Mark Sekelsky, Alexander Miller, Trevor Gray and …
Jul 23
Tennessee neighbors form human chain to prevent ICE from arresting father in driveway
Nashville Noticias(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Neighbors in the outskirts of Nashville prevented immigration officials from detaining a man in his driveway, and then formed a human chain to allow the man and his son to return to their home. The man and his 12-year-old son were sitting in a van outside their home in the neighborhood …
Jul 23
Trump sues House Committee, NY AG, in ongoing effort to block access to his tax records
Epics/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed another lawsuit in his ongoing effort to block a congressional committee from accessing his tax records, this time targeting authorities in his home state. This latest suit names the House Ways and Means Committee, New York Attorney General Letitia James and the commissioner of the New …
Jul 23
Police still searching for bodies of missing North Carolina men believed to be dead
Raleigh Police Department (RALEIGH, N.C.) — Police in North Carolina are still searching for the bodies of two men they believe were killed by two suspects who have been charged with their deaths. James Daishawn Robinson, 21, and Ryan Craig Veach, 19, were charged on Saturday with two counts of murder in the deaths of …
Jul 23
Missing teens now suspects in murders of couple, Canadian police say
Royal Canadian Mounted Police(NEW YORK) — Two missing teens who police believe could be linked to the murders of a couple in Canada are now considered suspects, according to authorities. Chynna Noelle Deese, 24, of the United States, and her boyfriend, Lucas Robertson Fowler, 23, of Australia, were found dead on July 15 along Highway …
Jul 23
Driver indicted exactly 1 year after 3-year-old boy died from being left on scorching hot bus: DA
ABC News, FILE(HOUSTON) — Exactly one year after a 3-year-old boy died from being left on scorching hot bus outside a Houston day care, the driver of the bus was indicted, prosecutors said Tuesday. Former bus driver Maurice Mitchell, 62, was indicted Friday and arrested Tuesday for injury to a child by recklessly causing serious …
Jul 23
Airplanes may be getting a middle seat upgrade
Molon Labe Seating(NEW YORK) — The dreaded middle seat on some airplanes may be getting an upgrade with a new FAA-approved design featuring a wider seat and more elbow room. The S1 Space Seat design, developed by Molon Labe Seating in Lakewood, Colorado, places the middle seat a few inches lower and slightly behind the …
Jul 23
Classmate in custody for allegedly killing Ole Miss student Alexandria ‘Ally’ Kostial: Officials
iStock(OXFORD, Miss.) — A 22-year-old Texas man is in custody in connection with the killing of an Ole Miss classmate whose body was discovered over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday. Brandon Theesfeld was arrested Monday for the murder of Alexandria “Ally” Kostial, 21, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office. Theesfeld “was a student in …
Jul 23
Pregnant woman Auriel Callaway shot, killed in Georgia while with her young child Police
kali9/iStock(ATHENS, Ga.) — A pregnant woman was shot and killed Monday night in Georgia while she was with her toddler, police said. The woman was identified as 24-year-old Auriel Callaway, Athens-Clarke County Police Department spokesman Geof Gilland said at a press conference Tuesday. Her child, believed to be 2 or 3 years old, was not …