Riverside Police Department(NEW HOPE, Minn.) — Authorities are calling a Minnesota woman “one of the worst DUI offenders in the United States” after her seventh arrest in as many states. Police in Riverside, Illinois, arrested Tasha Lynn Schleicher, 41, of New Hope, Minnesota, April 2 and charged her with two […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NOGALES, Ariz.) — One Florida newspaper is using its pages to highlight the struggle it’s facing in the wake of new tariffs the Trump administration put in place. For them, the product on the frontlines of the trade war is paper – the paper the publication needs to print newspapers. […]
US Customs and Border Protection(NEW YORK CITY) — Two New York City men were arrested Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport and charged for illegally smuggling finches from Guyana, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said. Twenty-six of the little birds were found stuffed in hair curlers and placed in the […]
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for looting over $5,000 worth of TVs and cigarettes during Hurricane Harvey. Thomas Gamelin, 38, was arrested and charged with burglary of a building after a Houston police unit was driving by a Walmart on Aug. 29, four […]
Port St. Lucie Police Department(POST ST. LUCIE, Fla.) — A Florida man who posed as a U.S. military veteran and claimed to have earned more than 20 medals and badges has been arrested, according to police. Port St. Lucie Police had been investigating 46-year-old Edward Louis Liroff for three weeks […]
ABC News(BOSTON) — The New England Patriots’ Julian Edelman, known for his quick feet on the turf, is now being praised for his quick thinking off the field, which may have thwarted another school shooting. In March, an Instagram user notified the NFL wide receiver of a comment posted to […]
ABC15 Arizona(PHOENIX) — Instead of walking out of class, Arizona teachers staged “walk-ins” in their fight for a pay hike. In a twist on red state teacher demonstrations that have been sweeping the country, thousands of teachers across Arizona gathered outside their respective schools in an effort to rally in […]
San Diego Sheriff’s Department(SAN DIEGO) — A civil jury in San Diego Superior Court has found Adam Shacknai responsible for the mysterious death of Rebecca Zahau and awarded her family $5 million in punitive damages. Zahau’s July 2011 death at Spreckels Mansion in Coronado, California, had been ruled a suicide […]
iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) — An Air Force F-16 fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base crashed outside of Las Vegas, Nevada at approximately 10:30 am local time Wednesday during a routine training on the Nevada Test and Training Range, the Air Force confirmed. The condition of the pilot is unknown at […]
WABC(NEW YORK CITY) — Postal Service investigators on Tuesday recovered dozens of bags of mail from a backyard shed belonging to a Long Island, New York postal worker, ABC station WABC reported. Agents from the Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General went to the postal carrier’s home in Bellmore […]
