Month: September 2019

Aye maties, ’tis the day we’ve all been waiting for: International Talk Like a Pirate Day. But avast! Before you grab your grog and parrot, let’s get ye educated! The idea for the day was born in 1995 on a YMCA racquetball court in Albany, Oregon. John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur and his friend Mark “Cap’n

A man has been charged in the killings of four women in Detroit, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a press conference Wednesday. Deangelo Martin, 34, was charged with four counts of first-degree premeditated murder and four counts of first-degree felony murder with criminal sexual conduct in the third degree. The murders took place

The rates of eighth, 10th and 12th graders who use e-cigarettes continued to rise this year and doubled from 2017 to 2019, according to research released Wednesday. In 2019, one in four 12th grade students said they vaped within the previous 30 days, as well as one in five students in 10th grade and one

MIT President L. Rafael Reif has vowed to “repair a system and a culture that failed the people” of the university, after reports revealed the school’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. Reif said Wednesday the culture that allowed the school to make those mistakes has prevailed at MIT for far too long. “I am humbled that

The Dallas Cowboys have waived defensive end Taco Charlton, who didn’t live up to his billing as a 2017 first-round pick but should get a second chance with another team. The Cowboys made the move Wednesday to clear a roster spot for defensive end Robert Quinn, who was suspended the first two games for violating

President Donald Trump added Beto O’Rourke to his list of nicknamed politicians, referring to the Democratic presidential candidate as “Dummy Beto” in a tweet Wednesday. O’Rourke responded to the president’s tweet later in the day, telling reporters in California: “I could care less what the president says on this.” He also responded on twitter, calling

Angelina Pivarnick, a “Jersey Shore” reality star turned emergency medical technician, filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the city of New York, where she’s been working as an emergency responder since 2016, a court document shows. In the suit filed Monday, Pivarnick alleges she was sexually harassed by two supervisors while working for the New

The immigration court backlog now exceeds one million cases, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks immigration court data. Immigration courts, which fall under the U.S. Justice Department and decide whether to deport immigrants, have been bogged down over the years as more cases are added to the docket that can be

A 1966 Bowie High School graduate is trying to get back a shadow box containing a letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as a commemorative Chamizal medal. He wants that shadow box placed in the Chamizal Park Museum in time for the 55th anniversary of the signing of the Chamizal treaty, but he

New Mexico is hoping to make college tuition free for all state residents looking to attend its public institutions in the first plan of its kind in the U.S., the governor announced Wednesday. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the program would apply to all 29 of the state’s two- and four-year public colleges and universities

The Rescue Mission of El Paso does more than just provide shelter for the homeless. Their relapse prevention program has changed countless lives including the life of one Rescue Mission employee, Randy Morales. Two years ago, Morales was homeless and suffered from drug addiction. “It was in December of 2017 that I finally hit rock

A two-year-old New Mexico toddler died in a hot car on Tuesday, and the child’s babysitter was arrested on a felony charge in connection with that death. The Hobbs Police Department indicated it received a 911 call around 1:30 p.m. from a woman who said she had accidentally left a child in her car for

Pittsburgh Pirates’ All-Star closer Felipe Vázquez admitted to a 2017 sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl that he described as “sex but not really,” according to a Pennsylvania criminal complaint released Wednesday. Vázquez, 28, was arrested Tuesday and faces charges of statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and other counts. CNN sought comment

The North Port Police Department wants their community to know that drugs are not welcome in their town as they crack down on “drug houses.” Similar to real estate agents, the NPPD has begun posting signs in front of alleged drug houses that they have shut down. The sign reads: “This drug house closed for

The American Airlines mechanic accused of trying to sabotage a commercial airliner before takeoff will be held in custody until trial, a judge ruled Wednesday after saying the man may have sympathy for terrorists. Ahmed Alani allegedly tried to damage or disable an aircraft’s air data module (ADM) system, which reports aircraft speed, pitch and

A woman central to Manhattan federal prosecutors’ sex-trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein sued the executors of his estate Wednesday, alleging that Epstein “routinely abused and exploited” her for three years starting when she was around 14 years old. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, says the plaintiff is the same woman identified as “Minor

In the 46 years since abortion was legalized nationwide, the country has never seen abortion rates this low. But those decreases might have little to do with anti-abortion laws passed across the country in recent years, researchers say. “The US abortion rate dropped to 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 in 2017, the lowest