Community to say goodbye to Faye Swetlik at a memorial Friday
A heartbroken community will come together Friday to say goodbye to a girl who was abducted and killed by a neighbor in South Carolina. The memorial…
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3 corrections officers say Nicholas Sutton protected them. He was executed Thursday night
Nicholas Sutton, a multiple murderer who was sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a fellow inmate, was executed Thursday night by electric chair…
Continue Reading Three men are killed at a cemetery in Southern California. Police work to dispel rumors of a serial killer
Investigators have identified a suspect after three men were found dead this week at a cemetery in Southern California. Police issued an arrest…
Continue Reading Lori Vallow, mother of missing Idaho children, arrested in Hawaii
The mother of two missing children has been arrested by police officers in Hawaii on a warrant issued by Madison County, Idaho, according to a…
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Computer scientist who pioneered ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ has died
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,” “copy” and…
Continue Reading Infertile cancer survivor gives birth using frozen, lab-matured egg in scientific ‘breakthrough’
A cancer survivor who became infertile after chemotherapy treatment has given birth to a baby in what researchers are calling a world…
Continue Reading Harvard students sue university officials over school’s investment ties to prisons
Five Harvard students are suing university officials over Harvard’s investments in what they call the “prison-industrial complex.”…
Continue Reading A small private jet skidded down a runway in Daytona Beach with no landing gear. No one was hurt
A small private plane slid on its belly down the main runway at the Daytona Beach Airport on Thursday, showering sparks and causing a fire. No one…
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Updated image released of unidentified girl found in barrel — she may be from Texas
CONCORD, New Hampshire — Officials have released an updated digital facial reconstruction for an unidentified girl whose decomposed body was found…
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Shocking video shows plane skid across runway without landing gear
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — There were some scary moments Thursday for a pilot trying to land a small plane at Daytona Beach International Airport.…
Continue Reading A woman died after being hit by a float in New Orleans Nyx parade
New Orleans authorities are investigating after a woman was hit by a parade float Wednesday night at the Krewe of Nyx parade, New Orleans police said…
Continue Reading Shanghai is China’s economic juggernaut. Coronavirus has left it a city on edge
On a normal weekend, Shanghai’s world-famous Nanjing Road is packed with shoppers and tourists, keen to indulge themselves in China’s…
Continue Reading Syracuse University students renew protests following administration’s response to racist incidents
Students at New York’s Syracuse University are occupying a campus building for the second time this school year following several reported…
Continue Reading Boy Scouts’ bankruptcy plan follows similar path as USA Gymnastics and Catholic diocese
The Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy filing Tuesday puts it into similar company as almost two dozen US Catholic dioceses and USA Gymnastics.…
Continue Reading A one-man police department was disbanded. The chief left the town meeting in his underwear
A small New Hampshire town’s only lawman was let go Tuesday night. Richard Lee, the now-former Chief of Police of Croydon, was asked to turn in…
Continue Reading As election looms, Netanyahu announces new construction in East Jerusalem
With eleven days to go until Israel’s election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to build thousands of new homes in a part…
Continue Reading Amie Harwick was strangled before she was thrown over balcony, autopsy finds
Former sex therapist Amie Harwick appears to have been strangled before she was thrown from a third-floor balcony at her Hollywood Hills apartment,…
Continue Reading A suspect was identified in a triple killing at a cemetery in Southern California
Authorities in Southern California issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a man in the killing of three men who were found at a cemetery earlier this…
Continue Reading As a kid, America sent him to live in barracks with 18,000 others. Now, decades later, he’s getting an apology
When Kanji Sahara remembers 1942, he pictures throwing paper airplanes from his makeshift classroom in the Santa Anita Park grandstand. He was eight…
Continue Reading ‘El Chapo’ Guzman associate who testified against the kingpin sentenced to 84 months in prison
Tirso Martinez Sanchez, a former associate of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman whose testimony helped convict the drug kingpin, was sentenced to…
Continue Reading A Washington state proposal would stop bottled water companies from tapping natural water sources
Washington state is taking a stand against bottled water companies. A bill making its way through the legislature would officially put a stop to new…
Continue Reading Sy Sperling, Hair Club for Men founder and client, dies at 78
Sy Sperling, the founder of Hair Club for Men, died Wednesday after a lengthy illness in Boca Raton, Florida, said company vice president Rich…
Continue Reading Little League teams in several states are dropping the Houston Astros name in the wake of its cheating scandal
The Houston Astros baseball cheating scandal may be a problem that stays in the Major Leagues, but the lesson is trickling down to local Little…
Continue Reading Irish leader Varadkar to resign, as parliament fails to find new leader
Irish leader Leo Varadkar has told parliament that he will resign on Thursday night, after suffering a crushing defeat in a parliamentary vote. No…
Continue Reading New details emerge about Cleveland Browns player’s arrest with 157 pounds of pot in rental car at Sierra Blanca
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Cleveland Browns player Gregory Robinson was arrested and jailed in El Paso after U.S. Border Patrol agents found 157…
Continue Reading Mass Shootings in the US Fast Facts
Here is a list of the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history (1949 to present). Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from…
Continue Reading A year on this exoplanet only takes 18 hours. And it might be doomed
Every 18 hours, a newly discovered exoplanet found 2,000 light-years away from Earth completes an orbit around its star — and potentially takes…
Continue Reading Nine killed at two shisha bars in Germany in suspected far-right attack
A gunman suspected of killing nine people at two shisha bars in Germany is believed to have a far-right background, prosecutors said Thursday,…
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Trump says Roger Stone ‘has a very good chance of exoneration’ — hints at clemency
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — President Donald Trump said Thursday his friend and former associate Roger Stone “has a very good chance of…
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