ftwitty/iStock (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Three white Georgia men already facing state murder charges for allegedly tracking down and fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery as the 25-year-old Black man jogged through their neighborhood in 2020 all pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal hate crime charges. Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and […]
EPHRAIM, Utah-Following wins over Southern Nevada this past weekend, Snow women’s and men’s soccer each had a recipient for the SWAC player of the week honor. The Badgers’ women’s squad was represented by freshman Abby Fotheringham. The freshman defender out of Layton, Utah and Layton High School posted a pair […]
Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A Georgia district attorney will seek the death penalty and hate crimes charges against Atlanta spa shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long. Long is accused of killing eight people, including six Asian women, in a spree targeting three Atlanta-area spas on March 16. Long […]
jjwithers/iStock (OAKLAND, Calif.) — The Oakland Athletics will start exploring the possibility of relocation, ESPN reports, with the blessing of Major League Baseball. The move could put pressure on local government officials to greenlight a new stadium project that has been in limbo for years. The team has played in […]
Photo by Lucy Pemoni/Getty Images (HONOLULU) — Record-setting former college football star Colt Brennan has died at the age of 37, his father told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Brennan, who starred at quarterback for the University of Hawaii, never appeared in an NFL game after a hip injury suffered during his […]
Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The victims killed in a shooting at a Colorado Springs birthday party will be named Tuesday evening, police said. The Colorado Springs Police Department will identify the victims and offer further details of the shooting spree at […]
DNY59/iStock (CLARKSBURG, W.Va.) — U.S. Army veteran Felix McDermott was affectionally known by his grandchildren as “Snappy Pappy.” He would have seen his family grow even larger had he not been murdered at the VA in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Reta Mays has never explained why she killed the seven veterans […]
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (PORTLAND, Ore.) — A 71-year-old hiker who went missing in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon on Saturday has been found safe after spending two nights in the wilderness. Joseph Dean of Portland was reported missing around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. He texted his wife in the […]
Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Kentucky Derby-winning horse, Medina Spirit, had been treated with an antifungal ointment containing a steroid that caused it to fail a postrace drug test, trainer Bob Baffert acknowledged on Tuesday. Baffert issued a statement through his lawyer, saying that the horse […]
Matt_Brown/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Washington Wizards point guard Russell Westbrook officially became the king of the triple-double on Monday night, snagging the 182nd such game of his career against the Atlanta Hawks. The previous mark of 181, had been set by Oscar Robertson on March 24, 1974, but Robertson held the […]
