ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court court on Wednesday is expected to rule on a petition that could set Pamela Smart on a path to freedom. Smart, who was convicted in 1991 at age 22 for convincing her teenage lover to kill her husband, is asking […]
Provided by family (DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) — Alexander Bello-Ortiz’s mother spoke out Monday about the death of her son after the Daytona Beach Police Department reopened the case last year. “Alex was not only my only son and child … he was my world. He was my everything,” said Maria […]
Courtesy of Ben Crump Law (CHESTERFIELD, Va.) — Family, friends, and civil rights leaders are expected to gather in Chesterfield, Virginia, for the funeral of Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man who died in custody after authorities say deputies and hospital staff piled on top of him for more than […]
avid_creative/Getty Images (HUNTSVILLE, Ala.) — A police officer in Huntsville, Alabama, has died, and another remains hospitalized in critical condition, after being shot while responding to a shooting call Tuesday, police said. “This is a devastating loss for the our department, the Huntsville community and the State of Alabama,” Huntsville […]
Department of Land and Natural Resources (NEW YORK) — Thirty-three swimmers are being accused of “pursuing, corralling, and harassing” a pod of dolphins in Hōnaunau Bay on Sunday, Hawaii’s division of Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement said on Tuesday. Harassment cases were opened against each of the swimmers, who […]
Benjamin Hendren/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The suspect in Monday’s mass shooting at a small, private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, had legally purchased seven guns from five different local gun stores, and hid some of those weapons at home, police said Tuesday. Three children and three […]
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A grand jury is continuing to weigh charges against former President Donald Trump in connection with the Manhattan district attorney’s probe into the 2016 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. No current or former president has ever been indicted […]
ilbusca/Getty Images/STOCK (PHILADELPHIA) — Residents in Philadelphia can safely drink the water following a nearby chemical spill, the city’s water department said Tuesday evening. The Philadelphia Department of Water declared that the water is “safe to drink and use” and that the drinking water wasn’t affected by Friday’s chemical spill in […]
Kentucky EEC (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A set of locks for an Ohio River dam in Kentucky is closed due to a “navigational incident” after 10 barges were released from a tugboat, including one barge carrying 1,400 tons of a toxic alcohol compound, officials said. The incident occurred at roughly 2 a.m. […]
Seth Herald/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the United States reels from yet another mass school shooting, experts warn that young children are suffering from its devastating impacts. A total of three children, all age nine — as well as three adults — were killed at the Covenant School in Nashville […]
