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Month: February 2023

New Mexico State men’s basketball coach fired after alleged hazing incident on team

New Mexico State men’s basketball coach fired after alleged hazing incident on team

David Madison/Getty Images (LAS CRUSES, N.M.) — The New Mexico State University men’s basketball coach has been fired days after the program was suspended for the rest of the season amid an investigation into alleged hazing incidents, the school’s chancellor said. Dan E. Arvizu, chancellor of New Mexico State University, said […]

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Michigan State University mass shooting live updates: 3 students killed, suspect viewed himself as ‘loner’

Michigan State University mass shooting live updates: 3 students killed, suspect viewed himself as ‘loner’

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Three students were killed and five other students were injured by a gunman who opened fire at an academic building and the student union on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing on Monday night, police said. After an hourslong manhunt, police […]

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Uvalde school district hires new police officers, while keeping report from the public

Uvalde school district hires new police officers, while keeping report from the public

Alex Wong/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Uvalde, Texas, school district officials announced Monday that they have hired two new school district police officers, marking the first move to rebuild the district’s police force — five months after the entire force was suspended amid scrutiny over the police response to the May […]

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Suspect in Brooklyn U-Haul incident was ‘suffering from a mental health crisis,’ police say

Suspect in Brooklyn U-Haul incident was ‘suffering from a mental health crisis,’ police say

NYPD via ABC News (NEW YORK) — A man driving a U-Haul was “suffering from a mental health crisis” and was off his medication when he allegedly struck nine people with the rented box truck in Brooklyn on Monday, one of whom died, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said. […]

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What we know about the Michigan State mass shooting victims

What we know about the Michigan State mass shooting victims

mphotoi/Getty Images (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Three students were killed and five others were wounded in Monday night’s mass shooting at Michigan State University. The Michigan State University Police Department has released the names of the young lives lost. Arielle Anderson Arielle Anderson was a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Her […]

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Waterways along Ohio River still contaminated following train derailment carrying hazardous materials: Officials

Waterways along Ohio River still contaminated following train derailment carrying hazardous materials: Officials

ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Waterways along the Ohio River are still contaminated with hazardous materials following a train derailment that spilled multiple toxic chemicals, but officials are confident that those waterways are contained and not affecting water supplies. Officials announced the latest news during a press conference on Tuesday. […]

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Missouri man accused of holding woman captive indicted by grand jury on kidnapping, rape charges

Missouri man accused of holding woman captive indicted by grand jury on kidnapping, rape charges

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.) — A Missouri man accused of holding a woman captive for a month in his basement has been indicted by a grand jury on charges including kidnapping and rape, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Timothy M. Haslett, 40, was arrested in October 2022 after a woman reportedly […]

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Great Lakes reach record lowest ice extent for this time in the season

Great Lakes reach record lowest ice extent for this time in the season

ABC News (CLEVELAND, Ohio) — For the second day in a row, the Great Lakes are at a combined ice cover low. On Feb. 13, the combined ice cover across the Great Lakes was 7.3%, breaking the old record from 2002. The historical average for ice cover season-to-date is 40%. […]

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Who is Anthony McRae, the suspected Michigan State mass shooter?

Who is Anthony McRae, the suspected Michigan State mass shooter?

Michigan Department of Corrections via AP (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Law enforcement officials on Tuesday named Anthony Dwayne McRae, a 43-year-old resident of Lansing, Michigan, as the suspect in the overnight shooting at Michigan State University that took the lives of three students and wounded five others. McRae led police […]

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East Palestine, Ohio, resident weighs in on fears following train derailment, chemical spill

East Palestine, Ohio, resident weighs in on fears following train derailment, chemical spill

fhm/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Ben Ratner has spent a lot of time thinking about what it would be like to survive a freight train chemical disaster. After all, he appeared in a movie about it. In 2020, Ratner and some family members traveled from his home in East […]

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