A 74-year-old Idaho man will spend at least the next nine years in prison after he launched his car over an embankment and struck a family’s van head-on in an attempt to die, the Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office said. Third District Judge Thomas Whitney sentenced the Nampa man to up to 18 years in prison […]
An Amish family from Michigan had their horse and buggy stolen during an outing to their local Walmart. Police were called to a Walmart in Sturgis, Michigan, about 93 miles outside the city of Lansing, last Saturday at 5.30pm ET over the stolen buggy, the Sturgis department of public safety said in news release. The […]
(Bloomberg) — David Ellison has made a preliminary offer to buy National Amusements Inc., the holding company of the Redstone family, as a way to take control of Paramount Global, the media giant that owns MTV and Nickelodeon, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg Ellison has also had discussions with […]
By the time Cecil Williams turned 14, he was already photographing the civil rights movement in South Carolina. As a teenager in the 1950s he followed and documented Briggs v. Elliott, the South Carolina case that challenged segregation in public education. Briggs was eventually appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court where it became one of […]
A biology teacher at Terry Parker High School has been named the 2024 VyStar Teacher of the Year for Duval County Public Schools. Gustavo Guzman was chosen Saturday night from 180 top teachers representing each school in the county at the 33rd annual EDDY Awards, the nonprofit Jacksonville Public Education Fund’s celebration of great educators. He’ll […]
A rapist attacked a child after being invited to stay in a family’s Centre Parcs lodge when his partner kicked him out, a court heard. Caden Crossley, 29, had an argument with his partner while they were staying at the resort in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, before being kicked out of the cabin. He was then […]
A 3-year-old California girl is now paralyzed after her family says she choked on a gummy candy that got stuck in her airway, according to a lawsuit filed by the girl’s parents. Amelie Paredes was described as a vibrant and thriving child, until she ate a Candy Land Gummy Dot on Dec. 13, 2022, according […]
‘We have $200 or $300 to last us until next Friday’: This mom broke down on TikTok over her family’s financial woes — despite making ‘good money’ as a nurse. What else can she do? It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but one Pennsylvania nurse believes that the economy is preventing […]
Noelia Sanchez was born in the rolling farmlands of southwest Missouri, where her Mexican parents worked as seasonal farmworkers in the 1950s. When she was 1, Noelia and her mother, Aurora, who had no work documents, were rounded up with dozens of other immigrants in a Texas town near the border. The U.S.-born child and […]
The Chesterfield Police Department is searching for a perpetrator after a Chesterfield Township family’s precious pup was shot and killed Saturday morning, just two days before Christmas. Like normal, Jesse Young let their 2-year-old husky-pit bull mix, Stella, out into their backyard around 11:30 a.m., but when he went to let the dog back in […]
MIAMI (AP) — Pedro Naranjo idolized his father growing up and followed him into the Venezuelan air force to fly helicopters. So deep was their bond that when the older Naranjo feared being jailed for plotting against Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government, father and son fled to the United States together. Now the two have been […]
In the wee hours of Christmas morning, Katie and Scott Reintgen were awakened by an unexpected visitor. And it wasn’t Santa Claus. It was their 3-year-old son asking for a pair of scissors. When the North Carolina couple woke up to investigate the odd middle-of-the-night request, they realized that their son ripped open every single […]