An Oak Park Heights prison inmate has been sentenced to 15 additional years after pleading guilty to punching a correctional sergeant, who lost vision in one of her eyes as a result. Dominique Antoine Jefferson, 27, who was serving a 25-year sentence for aiding and abetting second-degree murder, punched the sergeant, boasted about it and […]
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Charges dropped against Florida family accused of blinding gay man in brutal assault
Prosecutors in Florida have dropped all charges against a family accused of an alleged homophobic hate crime so savage that it left the alleged boyfriend of one of the male suspects medically blind. The alleged victim was 31 at the time of the attack on August 2, 2022. He at first denied any knowledge of […]
Headlights are blinding us. Here’s why it’s mostly an American problem
Imagine if you could drive at night with your high beams on all the time, bathing the road ahead in bright light but without ever blinding other drivers. In Europe and Asia, many cars offer adaptive driving beam headlights that can do this. ADB is a lighting technology that has been available for many years […]
Experienced hiker dies in solo trek in blinding, waist-deep snow in New Hampshire mountains
THORNTON, N.H. (AP) — An experienced hiker who had accomplished the “Triple Crown” of challenging cross-country trails died in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during a solo hike in brutal conditions, including single-digit temperatures, harsh winds and waist-deep snow. Christopher Roma, 37, was an expert hiker who ran his own long-distance trail guide business and had […]