Monroe County Sheriffs Office(MADISONVILLE, Tenn.) — A missing 14-year-old girl was found alive in Wisconsin on Thursday, nearly 700 miles away from her home in Tennessee, police said. She had been reported missing earlier this month, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday night. Police arrested her adoptive father, Randall Pruitt, on rape charges earlier …
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Feb 01
Police investigating ‘suspicious’ death of person looking into FL mother’s death
OConnell Family(ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.) — Florida police are investigating what they are calling a “suspicious” death of a private citizen who was conducting their own personal investigation into the 2010 death of young Florida mother Michelle O’Connell. The victim was found shot dead at a condo in the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida, …
Feb 01
Three dead, five critically injured in walkway collapse at school in South Africa
omersukrugoksu/iStock(PRETORIA, South Africa) — Three teenagers have died and five more were listed in critical condition after a bridge linking classrooms at a school in South Africa collapsed. The incident occurred in Vanderbijlpark, a city about 40 miles south of Johannesburg. Panyaza Lesufi, the head of the Gauteng Province Education Department, told ABC News that …
Jan 31
Charles Manson disciple Leslie Van Houten recommended for parole for a third time
MivPiv/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — A former disciple of the notorious 1960s cult leader Charles Manson has been recommended for parole for the third time, but it will be up to California’s new governor to decide if Leslie Van Houten will go free after serving more than 40 years in prison for murder. The California Board of …
Jan 31
Border protection agents make largest fentanyl bust in U.S. history
RiverNorthPhotography/iStock(NEW YORK) — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Thursday that they made the largest fentanyl bust in U.S. history over the weekend, seizing hundreds of pounds of the drug along the U.S.-Mexico border. Officers at the Port of Nogales in Arizona arrested Juan Antonio Torres-Barraza and charged him with two counts of possession with …
Jan 31
Despite questions, Trump touts ‘tremendous progress’ ahead of new summit with North Korea’s Kim
ABC News(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump on Thursday teased expectations ahead of his next summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, just as his top envoy is set to meet his North Korean counterpart to hammer out details of a new document for the two leaders to sign. That envoy, Special Representative Stephen …
Jan 31
Brooklyn women file lawsuit alleging NYPD is ‘failing sexual assault victims’
tzahiV/iStock(NEW YORK) — The New York City Police Department is “failing sexual assault victims across the city,” two Brooklyn women alleged Thursday in a lawsuit that accused the nation’s largest police department of a “male-dominated culture” unwilling to address “an entrenched gender bias.” Jennifer Welch Demski and Alison Turkos said they were ridiculed and mistreated …
Jan 31
Twitter says it removed fake accounts from Iran, Russia, Venezuela and Bangladesh
bigtunaonline/iStock(NEW YORK) — Twitter on Thursday said it has deleted thousands of fake accounts from Iran, Russia, Venezuela and Bangladesh. More than 1,000 accounts located in Venezuela were engaged in a “state-backed influence campaign” targeting domestic audiences, the social media company wrote in a post on its website. The company also said it had “identified …
Jan 31
Chicago police rescue man who jumped in icy Lake Michigan to save his puppy
ChiccoDodiFC/iStock(CHICAGO) — The Chicago Police Department has released dramatic body-cam footage showing officers rescuing a man trapped in the frigid waters of Lake Michigan. Five officers formed a human chain, grabbing onto each others’ belts and stretching a dog leash into the water to reach the 33-year-old man on Sunday afternoon. The man had entered …
Jan 31
Canadian parliament slams Netflix over video of real-life train tragedy in ‘Bird Box’
Orchidpoet/iStock(TORONTO) — Canadian officials have a more serious problem with the movie Bird Box than people recklessly attempting the so-called Bird Box challenge. Parliament members have called for Netflix to remove footage from the film that shows a real-life train disaster, and to compensate people in the town where the accident happened. The footage at …