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Teen uses slingshot to save sister from alleged kidnapper: Police

Teen uses slingshot to save sister from alleged kidnapper: Police

Google Maps Street View (ALPENA, Mich.) — A teenager helped save his younger sister from an alleged kidnapper by shooting the suspect with his slingshot, Michigan authorities said. The 8-year-old girl was mushroom-hunting in her backyard in Alpena Township on Wednesday when “an unknown male appeared from the woods,” the Michigan […]

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Nearly all Uvalde students picked up early by parents from school following gun-related threat

Nearly all Uvalde students picked up early by parents from school following gun-related threat

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Over 90% of Uvalde students were picked up early by their parents or guardians from school Friday after a video was discovered circulating social media referencing threats to schools in the area, according to the district. “These threats have caused families in our school district […]

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NYC loosens rules, ships migrants upstate and seeks federal aid amid a migrant surge

NYC loosens rules, ships migrants upstate and seeks federal aid amid a migrant surge

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After a week of blame-shifting, name-calling and protests, New York politicians are coming to terms with the reality of housing and caring for thousands of new migrants. A new bus of migrants arrived at New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal Saturday morning around […]

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After 14 student deaths, North Carolina State confronts a national crisis

After 14 student deaths, North Carolina State confronts a national crisis

Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — With the end of its spring semester last week, North Carolina State University concluded a tragic school year that saw the deaths of 14 students. Seven students died by suicide, two fatally overdosed, four passed away from natural causes, and one student was killed in […]

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Rasheem Carter’s family presses for justice as more possible remains found

Rasheem Carter’s family presses for justice as more possible remains found

Courtesy of Rasheem Carter’s family (NEW YORK) — A potential fourth set of remains that may belong to Rasheem Carter, a 25-year-old Black man who went missing in Mississippi in October, has been found and investigators say they’re working to analyze them. The development comes as Carter’s family continues its […]

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Convicted serial killer Scott Kimball’s sons break silence 20 years after father’s killing spree

Convicted serial killer Scott Kimball’s sons break silence 20 years after father’s killing spree

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nearly two decades after authorities began connecting the dots to uncover the grisly truth behind four missing people linked to Scott Kimball, a Colorado FBI informant and serial killer, his sons are breaking their silence. Kimball’s sons, Justin and Cody Kimball, who were just children […]

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Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty in murder of her 2 children

Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty in murder of her 2 children

Jason Marz/Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — A jury has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of killing two of her children in what prosecutors argued was a doomsday plot. She was also found guilty of conspiring to kill her children and her husband’s first wife, Tamara Daybell. She faces up to […]

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Daniel Penny, man accused of choking subway rider Jordan Neely, released on bond

Daniel Penny, man accused of choking subway rider Jordan Neely, released on bond

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny turned himself in to New York City police on Friday in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train. Penny, 24, was placed under arrest for second-degree manslaughter and handcuffed. He appeared in court under […]

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Daniel Penny, man accused of choking subway rider Jordan Neely to death, released on bond

Daniel Penny, man accused of choking subway rider Jordan Neely to death, released on bond

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny turned himself in to New York City police on Friday in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train. Penny, 24, was placed under arrest for second-degree manslaughter and handcuffed. He appeared in court under […]

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Scientists confirm meteorite crash-landed into New Jersey home

Scientists confirm meteorite crash-landed into New Jersey home

Hopewell Township Police Department (NEW YORK) — A New Jersey family made an out-of-this-world discovery this week. After a mysterious black rock was found in a Trenton-area home that had apparently damaged the ceiling and floor, the homeowner and his children went searching for answers. Suzy Kop found the metallic […]

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