Skip to Content

Year: 2024

North Carolina federal prison supervisor convicted after instructing physical punishment

BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina federal prison supervisor has been convicted of instructing a correctional officer to physically punish a man incarcerated at the institution. Daniel Mitchell pleaded guilty earlier this week to a federal charge of conspiring to violate civil rights. Investigators say the beating took place in 2021 after a correctional

Continue Reading

Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officers

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly forged passports. Also on Saturday, Lebanese authorities handed over dozens of Syrians — including former officers in the Syrian army under Assad —

Continue Reading

‘She choked me and she slapped me’: 11-year-old restrained by teacher during field trip speaks out; Broward Schools investigating

By Nicole Linsalata, Rubén Rosario Click here for updates on this story     FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WSVN) — An 11-year-old boy is speaking out and sharing his side of the story, days after he was recorded on cellphone video being restrained by a teacher during a field trip in downtown Fort Lauderdale — actions that the

Continue Reading

Victims of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in New Hampshire identified as family from Massachusetts

By Neal Riley, Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story     NEWTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The four victims found dead in a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning incident in Wakefield, New Hampshire on Christmas have been identified as a family from Newton, Massachusetts. The New Hampshire fire marshal on Friday identified the victims as 52-year-old

Continue Reading

Rat birth control is coming to Baltimore City

By Christian Olaniran Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City Department of Public Works plans to use a contraceptive, ContraPest, to reduce intrusive rat populations, the department said in a statement. “The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) will be utilizing ContraPest to address areas experiencing rodent challenges

Continue Reading

Trailblazing model Dayle Haddon dies from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Dayle Haddon, an actor, activist and trailblazing former “Sports Illustrated” model who pushed back against age discrimination by reentering the industry as a widow, has died in a Pennsylvania home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities in Bucks County found Haddon, 76, dead in a second-floor bedroom

Continue Reading

Putin apologizes over ‘tragic’ Azerbaijan Airlines crash, without admitting responsibility

CNN By Darya Tarasova, Catherine Nicholls and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace in Grozny, Chechnya, on Wednesday, but did not say that Russia was responsible. Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when

Continue Reading