Are you or someone you know a recent survivor of sexual assault? Help is available. Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) provides a 24/7 national sexual assault hotline, which can be reached at 1-800-656-4673. LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. — A man accused of being a serial rapist who attacked his victims in a “rape […]
For the past two weeks, Rio Grande do Sul, a southern state of Brazil, has endured its worst flooding in 80 years. As of Wednesday, at least 149 people have been killed, more than 100 people are still missing and over 600,000 have been forced from their homes, according to the Associated Press. In response, […]
The families of the victims of the Nottingham attacker have reacted with disappointment at a court’s decision not to change his sentence. Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London ruled that the sentence handed down to Valdo Calocane in January was not “unduly lenient”. The 32-year-old was given an indefinite hospital order after […]
As residents of Buffalo, New York, commemorate Tuesday two years since a self-professed white supremacist killed 10 people at a grocery store in a racially motivated mass shooting, the final design for a permanent memorial has been unveiled to honor those killed. The memorial, titled “Seeing Us,” is comprised of 10 arching interconnected pillars inscribed […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A small plane crashed outside Marianna, Arkansas, killing two people Sunday night, Arkansas State Police said. The victims were identified by police as Joseph Bryant, 72, and Sharon Bryant, 73. The single-engine plane’s wreckage was found around 9:30 p.m. in a field in Lee County, about 12 miles southwest of Marianna. State […]
A man has been found dead in western Indonesia after a suspected attack by a Sumatran tiger authorities were still hunting, a local official said Saturday, the latest case of conflict between humans and the critically endangered species. There are only several hundred tigers on the western island of Sumatra left in the wild and […]
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office released the names of two victims who were killed in a Buckhead lounge shooting. The two victims were identified as 21-year-old Mari Creighton and 20-year-old Nakyris M. Ridley. We’re working to learn more about the victims, for Channel 2 Action News at Noon. The shooting happened at the Elleven45 […]
The Los Angeles Police Department says multiple people were struck by gunfire in a shooting that occurred in South L.A. Saturday night. Authorities responded to calls about a shooting near East Washington Boulevard and South Alameda Street in the Central-Alameda neighborhood at around 7:25 p.m. There were reports that three people were possibly shot and […]
LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — The Largo Police Department welcomed its first-ever therapy dog, K9 Pension. Pension will provide comfort and emotional support to the department’s employees and reduce the anxiety for victims of crime. Alligator joins Starbucks drive-thru line in Sarasota County The 1-year-old is a rescue who received training from Paws and Stripes College, […]
FILE – Members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, including, from left, Kevin Bourgeois, John Gianoli, Richard Windmann and John Anderson, hold signs during a conference in front of the New Orleans Saints training facility, Jan. 29, 2020, in Metairie, La. Louisiana’s Supreme Court agreed Friday, May 10, 2024, to reconsider […]
A liver doctor has been charged after being accused of groping two women during medical exams, California prosecutors say. John Carl Hoefs, 79, of Irvine, was charged with seven “felony counts of sexual battery,” the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a May 9 news release. “Sexual predators come in all forms and in […]
(Bloomberg) — Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad rolled out a plan worth 50.9 billion reais ($9.9 billion) Thursday to help millions of people hit by floods in the nation’s south as investors keep a wary eye on public spending. Most Read from Bloomberg The initial measures, which include subsidized credit from the federal government, will […]