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Kelly Goodlett, a former Louisville Police Department Detective charged for her alleged role in the March 2020 shooting of Breonna Taylor, plans to plead guilty. The New York Times reports Goodlett, 35, confirmed the plea with her attorney during an online court hearing Friday, and is scheduled to appear Aug. 22 before U.S. District Judge David […]
An incident at a Lee Summit, Missouri water park went viral this week, with a video showing a Black family not being granted entrance to the park. The footage shows the family speaking with a white woman, who appears to work at the park, and either a security officer or cop standing next to her. While much of […]
A kindergartner was reportedly removed from a school in Louisiana because of the so-called “lifestyle choices” of her adoptive parents Emily and Jennie Parker. The Parkers were two days away from taking their 5-year-old daughter Zoey to her first day of kindergarten at the Bible Baptist Academy when they were informed in a meeting with the director and pastor […]
A woman in Florida was arrested earlier this month for allegedly calling two police precincts more than 11,000 times this year alone and chastising whoever answered. In the complaint obtained by the Smoking Gun, Carla Jefferson is accused of targeting the St. Petersburg Police Department and Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, where she “harasses, belittles, swears at, argues with” the person […]
An armed individual made an effort to breach the visitors area of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office on Thursday, an agency rep confirmed in a statement. In a public statement, the FBI said an “armed subject” attempted to breach the office’s visitor screening facility. Once an alarm was triggered and special agents responded, the individual […]
A family is taking legal action against a funeral home in Brooklyn, alleging they failed to “properly preserve” the body of a woman who died in her sleep. Per a report from regional outlet WABC-TV, the intended “celebration of life” event for Regina Christophe—which is reported to have been initially designed as an open casket […]
A California woman has been arrested after allegedly trying to poison her husband. As NBC News reported on Wednesday, the woman—Yue Yu, a 45-year-old dermatologist—was arrested earlier this month after her husband secretly filmed her during an attempted alleged poisoning in progress. Per the report, she was using Drano and pouring it into drinks intended […]
A mother and her teen daughter are facing felony charges after police obtained private Facebook DMs about an alleged abortion. According to the Lincoln Journal Star, authorities began investigating the two upon receiving a tip that 41-year-old Jessica Burgess had helped 17-year-old Celeste Burgess bury a fetus earlier this year. The Burgesses reportedly told police that Celeste had unexpectedly given birth to a stillborn baby while […]
A team of international scientists have identified a new virus called Langya, which has already been detected in 35 individuals in China. Per the Washington Post, a peer-reviewed study published by the New England Journal of Medicine details how the Langya Henipavirus was discovered after it potentially first infected animals and made the jump to humans. While the […]
Two men have been jailed for eight years after a Metropolitan Police dog led officers to an AK47 in South London. 23-year-old Umar Pervez and 25-year-old Kyal Truong-Clarke were found guilty of conspiracy to transfer a firearm, conspiracy to possess a prohibited firearm, and conspiracy to possess ammunition. Officers explained how they carried out the operation […]
