iStock(MILWAUKEE) — Outrage and agony engulfed residents of Milwaukee over the death of a 3-year-old girl who was fatally shot when police say an apparent road rage incident allegedly sent an armed motorist into a fury and prompted him to open fire on a car carrying the child, her three young siblings and her mother. …
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Jul 15
Border officials: 62 employees, 8 former under investigation for crude online posts
iStock(NEW YORK) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday that 62 employees and eight former employees are under investigation for lewd and offensive posts on a private Facebook group that mocked House Democrats and migrants. Matthew Klein, the acting commissioner of CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility, said the probe was not considered a criminal …
Jul 15
3-year-old dies after falling into grease trap behind Tim Horton’s in New York
Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A 3-year-old boy has died after he fell into a grease trap behind a Tim Horton’s in Rochester, New York, according to police. The child’s mother had called 911 at 10:56 a.m. to report him missing, Rochester Police investigator Frank Camp told reporters during a news …
Jul 15
Charlottesville car rammer James Alex Fields gets life plus 419 years for state charges
iStock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — The man who killed a female counter protester when he rammed his car into a crowd at a 2017 Charlottesville rally will not be getting out of prison in his lifetime. Based on a new sentencing issued Monday, James Alex Fields was sentenced to many lifetimes in prison. Fields will spend life …
Jul 15
Alleged victims confront Jeffrey Epstein in court
iStock(NEW YORK) — In an extraordinary detention hearing, Jeffrey Epstein on Monday came face-to-face with two alleged victims. Annie Farmer said she was 16 when Epstein had her sent to New Mexico where he was “inappropriate” with her. Courtney Wild told the judge she was 14 when Epstein sexually abused her in Palm Beach, Florida. …
Jul 15
Coroner: Louisiana African-American museum founder Sadie Roberts-Joseph was suffocated
iStock(BATON ROUGE, La.) — A beloved 75-year-old community activist in Louisiana whose body was discovered in the trunk of her car died from “traumatic asphyxia, including suffocation,” according to an autopsy. Sadie Roberts-Joseph, who teamed up with police on an anti-drug and violence program, was found slain Friday afternoon when police were directed to her …
Jul 15
New York facing Russian roulette’ with future power outages, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says
Scott Heins/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York City is facing “Russian roulette” with future power outages, the governor warned Monday in the wake of this weekend’s massive blackout that left a swath of Manhattan in the dark. “Blackouts cannot happen. They cannot happen in the city of New York and they can’t happen for no …
Jul 15
Husband of California camper who disappeared with small dog cleared by authorities
iStock(HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.) — The husband of a camper who went missing Friday along with her small dog is not connected to her disappearance, according to authorities in California. The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that Sheryl Powell’s family “has been, and continues to be, extremely cooperative.” In a post on its Facebook page, …
Jul 15
Animal rescuers save dog ‘bleeding from every inch of her body’ that was buried on Hawaiian beach
iStock(HONOLULU) — Animal rescuers in Hawaii have saved a badly injured dog who was buried alive on a beach. The pup was found by a member of Oahu-based organization Paws of Hawaii on Tuesday after someone armed with a machete, presumed to be the owner, had just buried her beneath the sand on the west …
Jul 15
Suspect detained in murder of American biologist in Crete, Greece
Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden(NEW YORK) — Greek police are questioning a suspect in the murder of the American biologist who was found dead in an abandoned World War II bunker on the island of Crete last week. The suspect is a 27-year-old man from Kissamos, a town about 20 miles away from Chania, …