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Two teenagers who found themselves stranded in a California snowstorm for days said they “were already convinced” they weren’t going to make it out. According to a press release from the Morongo Basin Station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were notified on Friday of two teenagers who had been determined to be lost […]
A fired EMT has shed more light on Tyre Nichols’ death. Robert Long, who was at the scene of the brutal police beating, accused Memphis officers of “impeding patient care” while Nichols was in their custody. Long made the allegation during a hearing with the Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board on Friday, nearly two months after […]
Two California brothers have been convicted of murder in connection with the death of a groom at a 2019 wedding reception. NBC News reports a jury on Wednesday found Rony and Josue Castaneda, 31 and 22 respectively, guilty of second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon in the December 2019 slaying of Joe Melgoza. On Dec. 15, 2019, […]
Alex Murdaugh received two life sentences on Friday after one day earlier being convicted in the murders of his wife and son. Per USA Today, Murdaugh was sentenced in connection with the 2021 killings of his wife, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh, and his son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh. “This has been perhaps one of the most troubling cases—not just […]
A Dallas journalist was reportedly fired last month after referring to the city’s mayor as “bruh” in a tweet. According to HuffPost, Meghan Mangrum was working as an education reporter for the Dallas Morning News’ Education Lab when she decided to respond to a tweet from Mayor Eric Johnson in which he called out the local media for having “no […]
Alex Murdaugh has been convicted in the murders of his wife and son. A panel of 12 jurors reached the verdict Thursday after a six-week trial that included testimonies from more than 70 witnesses. CNN reports the jury deliberated for less than three hours, and ultimately found the defendant guilty of two counts of murder and two counts […]
A man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by a police officer in Florida in 2021 has filed a federal lawsuit. Per the office of attorney Ben Crump, who announced the lawsuit on Wednesday during a press conference with co-counsel attorney Hunter Shkolnik and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson, the suit against […]
West Virginia lawmakers have advanced a bill that would effectively ban child marriage. According to the Associated Press, the GOP-led House of Delegates approved the legislation 84-13 Wednesday with bipartisan support. Under West Virginia’s current law, children as young as 16 can legally get married as long as they obtain parental consent. Those who are younger than […]
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal St. Louis shooting seen in video. The graphic footage, which has been circulating widely on Twitter without content warnings, shows a man standing over another on a sidewalk. Deeper into the short clip, the suspect points a gun at the other man, then […]
Police in Hong Kong have charged four people with murder in connection to the gruesome slaying of influencer and model Abby Choi, whose missing head was found in a soup pot, according to local broadcaster TVB. The 28-year-old model, who was reported missing last week, appeared on the front cover of the latest edition of […]
