Facebook / La Porte County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Two people have been arrested in connection with a spree of bronze veteran marker thefts from headstones being stolen from cemeteries across Indiana, police said. The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation on Aug. 28 following a series …
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Tropical Storm Francine tracker: Storm forecast to become hurricane as it approaches Gulf Coast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Francine was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane early Tuesday ahead of its expected landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm’s winds remained at about 65 mph just after midnight, the center said in its 1 a.m. CT …
Read More »Teacher arrested for allegedly putting 5-year-old boy in headlock
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A teacher in New York City has been arrested and charged after police say he allegedly put a 5-year-old boy in a headlock on Monday, police said. The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m. inside of PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Elementary School in …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein rushed to hospital for emergency heart surgery
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein was rushed from Rikers Island, where he is being held, to Bellevue Hospital for emergency heart surgery after experiencing chest pains, his representatives told ABC News. “Mr. Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue Hospital last night due to several medical conditions,” Weinstein representatives …
Read More »University of Idaho murder trial: Venue will be moved, judge rules
Kai Eiselein-Pool/Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — The venue will be changed in the University of Idaho quadruple murder trial, Judge John Judge has ruled. The judge said, “Considering the undisputed evidence presented by the defense, the extreme nature of the news coverage in this case, and the smaller population in …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein rushed to hospital for emergency heart surgery
Kena Betancur-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein was rushed from Rikers Island, where he is being held, to Bellevue Hospital for emergency heart surgery after experiencing chest pains, his representatives told ABC News. “Mr. Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue Hospital last night due to several medical conditions,” Weinstein representatives …
Read More »Wanted suspect Joseph A. Couch allegedly threatened to ‘kill a lot of people’ prior to Kentucky freeway shooting: Warrant
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (LONDON, Ky.) — As a massive search continued Monday afternoon for the suspect in a Kentucky interstate shooting that injured five people and left a dozen vehicles with bullet holes, an arrest warrant released by authorities alleges the fugitive gunman sent a woman a text message threatening …
Read More »Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023: FBI
Liu Junfeng/VCG via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023, according to a new report released by the FBI on Monday. Scammers use elaborate tactics to assure potential victims that their investment in cryptocurrency will pay off, according to James Barnacle, the deputy assistant …
Read More »Trump asks federal appeals court to delay his criminal hush money case
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to delay his criminal hush money case in New York, after the judge overseeing the case delayed Trump’s sentencing. New York Judge Juan Merchan on Friday delayed …
Read More »Delayed Polaris Dawn mission aims for launch this week, despite weather concerns
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — After facing two weeks of delays, the ambitious Polaris Dawn space mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman and in collaboration with SpaceX, has set a target launch date and time for this week, despite uncertain weather conditions. The four-person civilian crew aims to …
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