Royalty-free/Getty Images (SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss.) — A Mississippi bridge set to be demolished collapsed in a deadly accident on Wednesday, officials said. The Mississippi Department of Transportation confirmed there were fatalities, though it did not specify how many people died. “[We] extend our deepest condolences to the families who have […]
Photo by Sam Scholes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The husband of the owner of a New York City day care where a 1-year-old child died of fentanyl poisoning was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison. Felix Herrera Garcia, 35, pleaded guilty in June to federal drug charges for trafficking […]
HOUSTON, Wednesday, BYU football head coach Kalani Sitake was named to the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award Midseason Watch List. Sitake, who has led the No. 13 Cougars to a 6-0 start, is one of 27 coaches throughout NCAA FBS college football to receive this distinction. Sitake was […]
Ilana Panich-linsman/Innocence Project/AFP via Getty Images (TEXAS) — Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely discredited “shaken baby syndrome” hypothesis, has filed a request for a stay of execution and a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court. Roberson argues that […]
Adobe Stock (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Trade Commission finalized a rule Wednesday that seeks to make it easier for American households to cancel their subscriptions and memberships. The goal is to make it as simple for consumers to opt out of recurring payments — including for gyms, retailers or other […]
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — Former President Donald Trump sat down with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner on Tuesday night in front of an all-female audience in Cummings, Georgia, where he addressed several issues aimed at appealing to women voters including the child tax credit, the economy and reproductive […]
Megan Varner/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — When 14-year-old Colt Gray rode the bus to his Georgia high school on the morning of Sept. 4, he had a long gun hidden in a poster board that looked like a school project, surveillance video showed, a state agent said in court Wednesday. Colt […]
Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office (CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. ) — A detective was shot and killed during a home invasion at her residence in New Jersey, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Monica Mosley, with the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey, was fatally shot at her home in Bridgeton on Tuesday […]
K.M. Cannon/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Robert Telles, the former Nevada politician convicted of murdering journalist Jeff German in September 2022, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 28 years. The former Clark County public administrator was found guilty in August […]
James Carbone-Pool/Getty Images (SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office in New York lacks the resources to meet “ambitious” deadlines imposed by the judge overseeing the Gilgo Beach serial killing case, DA Ray Tierney said Wednesday. Tierney called on the Justice Department to release some money tied up […]
