Three children in Moore, Oklahoma, got the biggest surprise while at school when their father walked by, returning home from deployment. School officials decided to get in on the surprise, capturing it on video and posting it on social media, KOCO reported Saturday. A video posted by Moore Public Schools on Friday showed the father walking into the gym during band practice. Not too long after he […]
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A seven-year-old boy and an off-duty firefighter saved two people from a house fire Thursday in Delaware. The fire started shortly after 1:00 p.m. Thursday in Glasgow, Delaware, in the Caravel Hunt neighborhood, the Newark Post reported. The seven-year-old quickly sprang into action, dialing 911 and saving a sibling from a second-floor bedroom. He also tried to rescue his 91-year-old grandmother but could not do so alone. That […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced Saturday that it is looking for an armored combat vehicle stolen from a California National Guard facility Friday. The military Humvee, which the FBI estimates cost about $120,000, was stolen at around 8:15 a.m. Friday morning from the National Guard Armory in Bell, California, KTLA reported. The FBI announced that it is offering up to $10,000 for information leading […]
Donald G. Tober, who became famous for putting Sweet’N Low packets on millions of tables, died Friday by suicide. The New York Post reported that the 89-year-old jumped to his death from his Manhattan apartment around 5:00 a.m. Friday and was discovered in the courtyard of the luxury Upper East Side building. He had been recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, according to the report. Sugar Foods, a […]
A disabled Pennsylvania veteran received a roof for his damaged home after a local roofing company reached out to help. “The city was getting involved, and she was concerned about losing her house,” Laurence Rissler, owner of LR Roofing Systems, told WTAJ. Rissler said he received a call from the woman and felt inspired to replace her roof. “The first conversation we had was at least an hour […]
A blind three-year-old Lab/Shepherd who had his eyes removed is going to a loving family, including a blind veteran. Louis was brought to a California animal shelter in December 2020 after his previous owners removed his eyes due to an eye infection instead of deciding to treat the infection and then discovered they could not care for a dog anymore. The dog also got hit by a car […]
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) wrote in a scathing letter Monday it had launched an inquiry into removing President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, from its membership. The bar association launched the inquiry in response to Giuliani’s claims of voter fraud and allegations that he employed incendiary speech before rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The move does not affect Giuliani’s ability to practice […]
At least four police officers from across the country were placed on administrative leave for allegedly attending the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday. Two of those off-duty police officers from Rocky Mount, Virginia, who allegedly attended the Wednesday rally that turned into a deadly riot, were placed on administrative leave pending review, WSLS reported. The department also notified federal authorities. “The Town of Rocky Mount fully […]
A 12-year-old girl is helping out a homeless man who returned her grandmother’s lost wallet by creating a GoFundMe page that has raised more than $42,000 for him and others in his situation. The man, Sean Currey, was scrounging for food through a dumpster behind a San Rafael, California, coffee shop on December 10 when he saw a wallet belonging to 80-year-old Evelyn Topper, of Mill Valley, […]
Clearview AI, a facial-recognition app law enforcement uses to track down criminals, has seen a surge in use since the Capitol Hill riots on Wednesday, according to the company’s CEO. “There was a 26 percent increase of searches over our usual weekday search volume,” Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That told the New York Times. There are many online photos and videos of rioters, often depicted not […]
Twitch has locked President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely following the riots that took place on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. “In light of yesterday’s shocking attack on the Capitol, we have disabled President Trump’s Twitch channel,” a Twitch spokesperson said in a statement, according to the Verge. “Given the current extraordinary circumstances and the President’s incendiary rhetoric, we believe this is a necessary step to protect our […]
Warning: This story contains graphic images. A woman was shot in the neck inside the Capitol building, according to videos and photos shared to social media Wednesday afternoon. Two graphic videos showed the young woman bleeding out of her neck while paramedics tried to place her on a stretcher inside the Capitol building. Pandemonium around the injured woman ensued while shots could be heard fired in […]
Rap mogul Dr. Dre suffered a brain aneurysm and is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. TMZ reported that Dre suffered the aneurysm on Monday and was rushed via ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was transported directly to the ICU. The 55-year-old Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, remains in the ICU […]
A Portland, Oregon, man accused of hitting a police officer with a pickup truck on Christmas Eve escaped from his holding cell at the Portland Police Bureau on Saturday, police said. David Dahlen, 24, allegedly struck Officer Jennifer Pierce with a stolen pickup truck and fled the scene before ditching the vehicle several miles away, KGW reported. The pickup had reportedly been stolen from a Southeast […]
The Los Angeles County Superspreader Task Force detained at least 900 people after shutting down five New Year’s Eve parties. The task force also arrested or issued 90 citations and recovered at least six guns at the parties, three of them being in downtown Los Angeles, Malibu, and Pomona, KTTV reported. The Malibu party was held at an upscale home after it had been promoted on […]
A 34-year-old New York City woman was discovered dead in a Staten Island apartment’s garbage chute, police said. Police officers responded to a 911 call shortly before 2:30 p.m. Friday and discovered the victim trapped inside the garbage chute near the third floor of a Staten Island apartment building, NBC New York reported. A third floor resident of the building found the victim’s body after being […]
A former New Mexico youth volleyball coach accused of raping several young girls has been charged with 52 felonies. Ryan Kapuscinski, who used to work at the New Mexico Juniors Volleyball Club in Albuquerque, is accused of sexually assaulting three girls between the ages of 11 and 15, KOB4 reported. The 28-year-old now faces 52 felony counts, including 44 counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, […]
A recent NPR report said that disinfecting surfaces using sprays and wipes might not be necessary to prevent the coronavirus. Scientists say that if a person infected with the coronavirus sneezes, talks loudly, or coughs, droplets containing particles of the virus are airborne and can land on surfaces. But Emanuel Goldman, a microbiologist at Rutgers University, told NPR the risk of getting infected from touching a […]
A group of young bicyclists attacked a BMW SUV in plain sight in New York City, terrorizing a couple inside the vehicle, according to a video. The city of @BilldeBlasio. Shame! pic.twitter.com/8cVpYxZG65 — Ami Magazine (@Ami_Magazine) December 30, 2020 The New York Post reported that several of the bikers surrounded the vehicle at Fifth Avenue and 21st Street around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, with some pummeling the […]
A Virginia police department decided to give local foster kids a helping hand this holiday season by donating gift cards for 120 children and young adults. The Prince William Police Department worked together with the Prince William Department of Social Services to get the gift cards out to the foster children, WUSA reported. The police department was able to donate $15,685 in gift cards to the […]
A Pennsylvania restaurant manager wanted to pay it forward by collecting more than 3,000 Christmas cards to send to servicemembers overseas. “I’ve always had this love for the military and everything they do for us,” Patty Beam, 48, told People magazine. “I wanted to pay it forward somehow.” Beam has worked as a restaurant manager for the past 15 months at the Quaker Steak & Lube […]
The oldest military veteran of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will have a post office named in his memory two years after his death. President Donald Trump signed a bill Monday ordering that the main post office in Poway, California — a San Diego suburb — be named after Ray Chavez, NBC News reported. Chavez was the last survivor of the attack that drew the Americans into […]
A homeless man risked his life to rescue several cats and dogs trapped inside an Atlanta, Georgia, animal shelter after it caught fire. Keith Walker, 53, ran into the W-Underdogs shelter on December 18 after a fire broke out in the facility’s kitchen. “I was nervous as hell, I’m not going to lie. I was really scared to go in there with all that smoke. But […]
A Texas family of 12 who lost their home to a fire two days before Christmas received an incredibly generous gift from an anonymous donor. The anonymous donor reached out to KRIV reporter Natalie Hee on the morning of Christmas Eve to help deliver $100,000 to the family. The donor said the family’s story was touching and wanted to ensure that despite the tragedy they endured, […]
A Kansas police department is on a mission this week on behalf of an anonymous donor acting as a Secret Santa by handing out $100 bills to residents. Shawnee Police Officer Matt Sumpter has been on the force for 20 years, but Wednesday’s task is his favorite part about being a police officer — surprising residents with a little extra cash this Christmas, KMBC reported. “I would […]
Six Nashville police officers have been recognized by the department for evacuating people and saving lives before Friday’s explosion in downtown Nashville. The following officers were recognized: Officer Brenna Hosey, who has been with the department for four years Officer James Luellen, who has been with the department for three years Officer Michael Sipos, who has been with the department for 16 months Officer Amanda Topping, […]
Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-LA) has been moved to the intensive care unit at a hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, as he continues to battle the coronavirus. “Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has been transferred from St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe to Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Academic Medical Center in Shreveport as he continues to undergo treatment for COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus],” Letlow representative Andrew Bautsch announced Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/7mDgswOYrL — […]
The El Paso, Texas, Police Department Gang Unit loaded their squad cars and an armored vehicle on Tuesday not with weapons, but with Christmas gifts to give to children. The Gang Unit worked together with El Paso Electric and Montecillo Apartments Group to add some holiday cheer and hand out gifts to families in need, the El Paso Times reported. The Montecillo Apartments Group gave $3,000 to […]
Salvation Army officials in Las Vegas were shocked to find a gold coin weighing one ounce among the dollar bills and change in one of the charity’s Red Kettles. Salvation Army of Southern Nevada Capt. Anthony Barnes told the Associated Press Wednesday that the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coin has not been appraised yet, but its value is expected to be about $2,000. Barnes called it […]
An East Idaho Secret Santa surprised the wife of a terminal cancer patient with a car and $6,000 on her birthday. Malena’s husband Randy was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer over the summer, East Idaho News reported. They are parents to two girls, and their youngest, Makenzie, began college this fall at BYU-Idaho. Before his diagnosis, Randy served as a bishop at BYU-Idaho, where he […]
An 11-year-old boy survived a blaze and a jump from a second-floor window to save his family from an apartment fire. Antonio Brown, 11, said he awoke to the smell of smoke. So Brown immediately tried to hatch an escape plan to save his ten-year-old brother. “I just woke him up, and I unlocked the door, and I told him to get out the house,” said […]
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris addressed a drive-in rally in Georgia on Monday, urging potential voters to cast their ballots in the runoff election for U.S. Senate on January 5. “It is within our power to change the course of the history of this country,” Harris said, addressing a sea of cars at a drive-in rally in Columbus, Georgia, on Monday. Harris said that by voting for […]
The Philippines is about to move forward with a legislative bill to raise the sexual consent age from 12 to 16. The country currently allows children as young as 12 to legally have sex with adults so long as they agree. While the current law criminalizes sex with children under 18, it only does so if there is no consent present or if the act involves […]