A Charlotte woman found unconscious in her home died at a hospital, and police said Friday her boyfriend was arrested in Mississippi. Police declined to say how they believe 23-year-old Nataly Martinez died. Officers arrived at the home in the 8400 block of Strider Drive in southeast Charlotte about 3:30 a.m. Thursday, according to a […]
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Man who looted tree-damaged home tracked down by neighbors
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A suspect accused of looting a home damaged in an ice storm is now behind bars, thanks to the quick thinking and detective work of a neighbor. “I knew our three trees fell, I just knew it,” Shu-Ju Wang said. Like many in the Portland area, Wang and her husband are now […]
Passenger Whose Laptop Was Stolen at Airport Tracked Down Thief Herself After He Tried to Blackmail Her
The woman, who spoke anonymously to NBC, uncovered the man’s IP address to figure out his location after he sent her nude photos he’d taken off her computer •Security cameras captured a thief stealing a woman’s laptop at Dulles International Airport •Transit police were not able to make an arrest because they lacked a warrant, […]
U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine Was Poorly Tracked, Pentagon Report Concludes
More than $1 billion worth of shoulder-fired missiles, kamikaze drones and night-vision devices that the United States has sent to Ukraine have not been properly tracked by U.S. officials, a new Pentagon report concludes, raising concerns they could be stolen or smuggled at a time Congress is debating whether to send more military aid to […]
We tracked down Scrub Daddy’s sold-out heart sponges (going fast!)
I (like many) used to think of cleaning sponges as being dime a dozen. That is, until I experienced the life-changing (particularly cookware- and countertop-saving) sponge that is Scrub Daddy. The brand launched on Shark Tank over 10 years ago and has been gaining momentum with savvy homeowners (not to mention #CleanTokers) ever since. People […]
Russia’s Navalny tracked down to prison in the Arctic
STORY: Jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been located at a remote penal colony above the Arctic Cicle, weeks after being reported missing within Russia’s prison system. Navalny’s spokesperson on Monday said he’d been tracked to a prison dubbed “the Polar Wolf,” some 1,900 miles northeast of Moscow. Spokesperson Kira Yarmysh told Reuters that Navalny’s […]
For 34 years, the ‘World’s Greatest Weatherman’ tracked Santa by radar from Texas
For a generation, children watched for him every Christmas Eve. Not Santa. We knew he’d be coming. We were watching for Harold Taft of KXAS/Channel 5, the “World’s Greatest Weatherman.” We found out Santa was coming the same way we found out about rainstorms or twisters: Harold Taft showed us on the radar. Of all […]
Suspected burglary leads to police pursuit; three arrested after tracked down by K-9
SAN DIEGO — A 911 call about a suspected burglary led to a police pursuit then a foot pursuit in a residential area of Rancho Santa Fe Saturday night. According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, a neighbor alerted police to a possible burglary at a home in the 6000 block of Poco Lago […]