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A man looking for advice from the U.S. Secretary of defense on how to get the chip out of his head was arrested near the White House on Sunday, Sept. 24, after police discovered a trunkload of guns in his car. The man was arrested in the 700 Block of 17th St, NW at 7:15 […] -
A New York High School student who lashed out at his principal after being told to turn down his music was sentenced on Sept. 22. Nineteen-year-old Luis Penzo was sentenced with a conditional discharge on Friday, which means he can forgo time in prison and a criminal record as long as he stays out of […] -
An Illinois High School teacher has been hailed a hero after she subdued a student armed with a handgun on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Late Wednesday morning, a male student started shooting in the cafeteria of Mattoon High School, according to local news outlet Journal Gazette & Times-Courier. Students saw maths and physical education teacher Angela […] -
Pretend-play or bomb threat? A 5-year-old boy in California has been suspended from kindergarten for allegedly making “terroristic threats” against his school, officials said. The incident occurred when kindergartner Jackson Riley was told to take off his backpack but the boy refused. The child then told his teacher from Great Valley Charter School that a bomb […] -
An Arizona family is demanding for an apology and increased police training after their autistic 14-year-old son was taken down and pinned to the ground by an officer who thought the teen was on drugs. Buckeye Police recently released body camera footage of the incident on Monday, Sept. 18. The footage, recorded on July 19, shows […] -
Five football players from Wheaton College in Illinois face felony charges in relation to a 2016 hazing of one of their teammates. James Cooksey, Kyler Kregel, Benjamin Pettway, Noah Spielman, and Samuel TeBos were all charged with aggravated battery, mob action, and unlawful restraint on Sept. 18. The players face $50,000 bonds and arrest warrants, CBS […] -
Lisa Ziegert, 24, was supposed to close up shop on April 15, 1992, at her night job at Brittany’s Card and Gift Shoppe in Agawam, Massachusetts, a Connecticut border town. The last time anyone saw her was at the store at around 7:30 p.m. The day-shift clerk came in the next morning to find the front […]
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Most people don’t like flying in planes—the tightly crammed seats, the loud crying babies, and the agony of sitting long periods of time — all make the experience a miserable one. But it just got a whole lot worse for one passenger. A woman identified as Jasmine Mays posted a video on Youtube showing just […] -
Over 40 were shot, and 11 died over the weekend in Chicago as the homicide counter crossed the 500 mark. While faring somewhat better than last year, Chicago struggles to shake off the grip of violence strangling many its neighborhoods. The deadly weekend started around 8:40 p.m. on Friday when a person in a white […] -
A hunter is likely to face charges after footage of him shooting a deer in a suburban California neighborhood sparked outrage on social media. Monrovia residents Chuck and Robyn Tapert caught a bow hunter who was later identified as Mike Rodriguez on their home security camera shooting at a deer on their residential street on Thursday, […] -
Southern California authorities are looking for a female thief caught on camera stealing a purse from an elderly woman. Surveillance footage of the incident shows the suspect snatched the purse of an 82-year-old woman shopping for groceries. The elderly woman who was using a motorized scooter had placed her purse in the scooter as she was grabbing an […] -
A recent outbreak of hepatitis A in San Diego has prompted health officials to try new ways to stop the virus from spreading across the city, including washing down sidewalks with bleach and vaccinating more than 19,000 people, Newsweek reported. But on Saturday, Sept. 16, a new emergency measure was added—restrooms with 24-hour security. City officials announced […] -
A woman that police believed to be pregnant was among the victims of a spree of shootings in Chicago from Friday night to Sunday. The shootings left at least 10 people dead and 31 wounded, officials said. The most recent fatal shooting was at around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 18. A man came out […] -
A California woman escaped a robbery attempt in a moment of quick thinking and a bit of acting on Saturday, Sept. 16. Julie Dragland, 32, sat on a train from Daly City through San Francisco when a person behind her handed her a crumpled note: “There are 2 guns pointed at you now. If you want […] -
A 6-year-old girl’s father was arrested after chasing his daughter with a clown mask. The girl’s father told police in Boardman, Ohio, that he chased her and scared her with the clown mask as an alternative form of discipline, so he could avoid spanking her, WKBN 27 reported. The man said the girl’s mother broke […] -
A group of UPS employees and customers came to the rescue of a man jumped by two assailants armed with a crowbar on Sept. 7. The victim had just left a bank in Gardena, California, and was on his way to a UPS store at about 2 p.m. As he walked through a parking lot […] -
A woman from Minnesota was left nearly completely paralyzed after a freak hammock accident. Alyssa Pfannenstein, 25, was sitting in a hammock with her boyfriend over the Labor Day weekend when suddenly one of the 15-foot birch trees holding the hammock came crashing down onto her. After the highly unusual accident, she realized that she couldn’t […] -
A 19-month-old girl of Jasper, Florida, was hospitalized after she was left outside overnight during Hurricane Irma. The girl’s father, Angelo Mitchell, 36, was charged with child cruelty. On Sunday, Sept. 10, Mitchell put the child in his car and left home around 11 p.m., the girl’s mother told police. She said she had last seen […] -
Miracles do happen. A Chicago woman is thanking God for escaping unharmed after an armed assailant tried to rob and shoot her Sept. 9. Marnita Carter, 54, was waiting at a bus stop early in the morning when a young man, later identified as 23-year-old Dennis Evans, came up and stuck a gun in her face. Carter grabbed the gun from […] -
An Oklahoma mother whose 5-month-old girl died after being left in a hot SUV for over two hours was convicted of felony child neglect. The mother, Adele Gonzales, 37, of Dell City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday, Sept. 14. Gonzales claimed she was unaware that her daughter, Ashanti Hunt, was […]
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