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Month: February 2020

Car barrels into day care center, 4 kids taken to hospitals

Car barrels into day care center, 4 kids taken to hospitals

Courtesy Debbie Reese(PHILADELPHIA) — Four children were taken to hospitals after a car barreled into a day care in Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon, officials said. Seventeen children were in the room, and some of them were napping, as the driver collided into the classroom at Children of America day care […]

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Two Ohio University students plead guilty in 18-year-old’s hazing death

Two Ohio University students plead guilty in 18-year-old’s hazing death

Google Street View(ATHENS, OH) —  Two Ohio University students pleaded guilty Thursday for their involvement in the hazing death of an 18-year-old freshman, prosecutors said. Dominic A. Figliola, 21, and Cullen Willi McLaughlin, 21, both appeared before a judge to enter their pleas in the death of Collin Wiant, who […]

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Babysitter takes video of self with gun, accidentally shoots 10-year-old: Sheriff

Babysitter takes video of self with gun, accidentally shoots 10-year-old: Sheriff

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) —  A 19-year-old was taking a video of herself with a gun when she allegedly shot her 10-year-old nephew by accident, according to Texas authorities. Caitlyn Smith, 19, has been arrested as her nephew recovers, Deputy Thomas Gilliland, spokesman with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, told ABC News on […]

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Some NYPD officers tip each other off when body cameras are on: watchdog report

Some NYPD officers tip each other off when body cameras are on: watchdog report

tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — They are supposed to be a deterrent for misconduct, yet some New York Police Department officers are sending verbal and non-verbal signals to each other when their body cameras are tuned on, one watchdog agency found. The New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) found in […]

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Authorities identify gunman who killed 5 at Molson Coors brewery

Authorities identify gunman who killed 5 at Molson Coors brewery

Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE, Wis.) — Law enforcement officials have identified the employee of the Molson Coors Beverage Company who gunned down five co-workers at the company’s Milwaukee Brewery campus as 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill. Ferrill left the MillerCoors campus and returned to the site with a gun on Wednesday around 2 […]

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2 Ohio University students plead guilty in 18-year-old’s hazing death

2 Ohio University students plead guilty in 18-year-old’s hazing death

Google Street View(ATHENS, OH) —  Two Ohio University students pleaded guilty Thursday for their involvement in the hazing death of an 18-year-old freshman, prosecutors said. Dominic A. Figliola, 21, and Cullen Willi McLaughlin, 21, both appeared before a judge to enter their pleas in the death of Collin Wiant, who […]

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University of Oklahoma promises changes after student sit-in protests use of racial slurs

University of Oklahoma promises changes after student sit-in protests use of racial slurs

KOCO-TV(NORMAN, Okla.) — University of Oklahoma administrators say they will make changes in the wake of a sit-in by students protesting two incidents in which professors used racial slurs while teaching class. The first incident occured on Feb. 11, when journalism professor Peter Gade compared the offensiveness of the phrase […]

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Former Michigan wrestler says he came forward with sexual abuse complaint in 1975, but was ignored

Former Michigan wrestler says he came forward with sexual abuse complaint in 1975, but was ignored

ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) —  Three former students at the University of Michigan, all of who claim to be victims of sexual abuse at the hands of a deceased school physician, spoke out Thursday on what they described as “decades of sexual abuse and ignoring victims” at the school. One of the […]

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Miss Fairview Scholarship pageant to be held

Miss Fairview Scholarship pageant to be held

Seven young ladies are set to compete in the Miss Fairview Scholarship pageant on Saturday, February 29.  Reigning Miss Fairview, Clista Galecki, will finish her service that evening as the contestants perform to the theme “Girls Night Out.”  Vying for the opportunity to represent Fairview for the coming year will […]

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Border Patrol discovers new smuggling tunnel in southern US

Border Patrol discovers new smuggling tunnel in southern US

U.S. Border Patrol(TUCSON, Ariz.) — Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona have uncovered another illegal tunnel running under the U.S.-Mexico border, the latest in a series of discoveries and the result of renewed efforts targeting underground smuggling routes. The tunnel, according to Customs and Border Protection, ran about 30 feet […]

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