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A Michigan man has been sentenced to life in prison after putting a fatal dose of heroin in his wife’s cereal. Jason Harris was convicted of first-degree murder, solicitation of murder, and delivery of a controlled substance causing death in November, for the death of his wife, Christina in September 2014, Fox 2 Detroit reports. […]
Police in Kansas spent last weekend in pursuit of an Arabian camel who managed to evade officers after breaking free of a nativity scene in Bonner Springs. Last Saturday night, the camel, dubbed “Forrest Hump” by its community, fled the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame during a live, drive-thru nativity scene. Forrest Hump roamed the streets […]
Two people died after a tornado struck an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, late Friday night. Reuters reports up to 50 workers became trapped inside the facility after a roof and other parts of the building collapsed. Edwardsville Police Chief Mike Fillback told reporters that at least 30 workers were transported by bus from the scene, while […]
A road accident in southern Mexico has left more than 50 people dead and dozens injured. According to the Associated Press, the tragedy took place Thursday in the state of Chiapas, where a freight truck carrying hundreds of migrants crashed into the base of a pedestrian bridge. Authorities say at least 55 passengers—most of whom are believed […]
Alex Murdaugh’s legal troubles continue to mount. According to ABC News 4, a South Carolina grand jury hit the embattled lawyer with seven separate indictments consisting of 21 new financial fraud charges. Murdaugh is now facing a total of 48 charges stemming from his alleged scheme to defraud victims out of $6,218,923.33. The new charges include multiple […]
The jury in the Jussie Smollett trial ended its first deliberation session without reaching verdict. Deliberations began Wednesday afternoon, following seven days of testimony centered on the actor’s alleged 2019 hate crime in Chicago. During five hours of closing arguments, prosecutors said there was “overwhelming” evidence that Smollett had staged the attack with two of his associates and filed a […]
The plumber who discovered hundreds of cash-filled envelopes inside a wall at Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch is getting rewarded for his good deed. Crime Stoppers of Houston announced Tuesday it would give $20,000 to the unidentified plumber. Lakewood Church had originally donated the money to Crime Stoppers in 2014 to offer as a potential reward after $600,000 was taken from a church […]
As the COVID-19 news cycle further turns its attention to the Omicron variant, a vaccine co-creator is cautioning against a return to complacency with a warning about the potential for future pandemics. Speaking during the 44th edition of the Richard Dimbleby lecture series, per a report from the Guardian, Oxford University’s Sarah Gilbert pointed to the […]
Four people were killed this weekend when a single-engine plane crashed minutes after takeoff from a small airport in central California, ABC News California affiliate KFSN reports. The plane, a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza, crashed just just 16 seconds after taking off from Visalia Municipal Airport around 6:35 p.m on Saturday. It went down near Highway 99 south of […]
The Proud Boys of Utah gathered to celebrate Kyle Rittenhouse on Saturday. Dubbed the ‘Kyle Rittenhouse Appreciation Rally,’ the event took place on Saturday afternoon at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City, between 12 and 2 p.m. Judging by a Facebook flyer, it appears as if attendees were encouraged to arrive armed, though it’s […]
