PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (BOSTON) — It took all seven games but the Miami Heat were finally able to clinch a spot in the NBA Finals Monday night. After taking a 3-0 lead in the East Finals against the Boston Celtics, the Heat lost three games in a row, […]
Butler Co. Prison (PITTSBURGH) — The death penalty trial is set to begin Tuesday for the man accused of killing 11 worshippers in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Robert Bowers allegedly stormed the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, gunning down 11 people, including a 97-year-old […]
Quincy Police Department (QUINCY, Ill.) — The murder trial of a former Family Feud contestant accused of killing his wife enters its second week Tuesday in Quincy, a historic city in downstate Illinois that overlooks the Mississippi River. Adams County prosecutors say Tim Bliefnick, 39, killed his estranged wife Rebecca […]
Facebook / Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (TAMPA, Fla.) — A verbal confrontation at a gas station has left one man in critical condition with life-threatening injuries after an assailant poured gasoline over him and lit him on fire, police say. The incident occurred on Sunday at approximately 4:32 p.m. at […]
Courtesy Nakala Murry (NEW YORK) — Aderrien Murry, the 11-year-old boy who was shot by police on May 20 after calling 911, spoke out about the harrowing experience in an exclusive interview with ABC News that is set to air on Good Morning America and GMA3 on Tuesday. “I came […]
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images (HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) — Nine people, including children, were injured Monday night in a Memorial Day shooting along the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk in Florida after a dispute broke out between two groups, according to police. One person of interest has been detained, and police are seeking an […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Chi Cubs 1, Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 7, St. Louis 0 Oakland 7, Atlanta 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 5, Baltimore 0 Texas 5, Detroit 0 Minnesota 7, Houston 5 LA Angels 6, Chi […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SITKA, Alaska) — The Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a luxury charter fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska. Rescuers located one deceased individual near the vessel partially submerged near a small island close to Sitka, Alaska. Kingfisher Charters, a Sitka-based company […]
Hinds County Sheriff’s Office (HINDS COUNTY, Miss.) — Two inmates allegedly escaped from a Mississippi jail on Monday, just weeks after four others broke out from the same facility. Michael Lewis and Joseph Spring were both found missing during Monday morning’s headcount at the Raymond Detention Center, according to the […]
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