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This undated booking photo courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Corrections shows Ramone Alston. — North Carolina Department of Corrections (KANNAPOLIS, N.C.) — Escaped murderer Ramone Alston, who escaped from custody Tuesday morning while being transported to a medical appointment at a North Carolina hospital, has been caught, authorities said. Ramone Alston was captured […]
Roger Harris/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of whooping cough are more than three times higher this year than they were at the same time last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So far this year, there have been 10,865 recorded cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, compared […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot Monument, located on the site of a deadly attack on a Black community by a white mob 116 years ago. By establishing the monument, the White House said in a statement, the president is “recognizing the […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the U.S. military announced it is moving more forces to the Middle East. The United States and its allies continue to plead for a cease-fire deal while Israel anticipates possible retaliatory action from Iran or Hezbollah following multiple assassinations of top Hamas and […]
SEE Alliance (TALLAHASSEE, FL) — The New College of Florida is under fire after what appears to be hundreds of books that have been wiped from its collection and discarded on the street. Social Equity Through Education Alliance (SEE), a local activist group, was alerted on Thursday by a New College student who reported […]
Brad Vest/Getty Images (KIMBERLING CITY, MO) — A Missouri woman was arrested Friday morning in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family out of millions of dollars and the ownership of Graceland, the Justice Department announced. Lisa Findley is alleged to have orchestrated the scheme to conduct the sale of Graceland by […]
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a fighting anti-semitism event with Miriam Adelson at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on August 15, 2024 in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump’s campaign leaders announced they were expanding his staff as the reelection campaign heads into its final few months. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images) […]
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A leader of a Peruvian gang who is wanted for 23 murders in Peru was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday, according to the agency. Gianfrano Torres-Navarro was arrested in Endicott, New York, during a “targeted operation,” according to a source […]
Marion County Sheriff’s Office (OCALA, FL) — A jury began deliberating Friday in the case of Susan Lorincz – the Florida woman who is charged with first-degree felony manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her neighbor, Ajike “AJ” Owens, through a closed door on June 2, 2023, in Ocala, Florida. The six-person panel was seated […]
Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Belfast City Council says it has launched an investigation at Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland after a worker allegedly became locked in a lion enclosure earlier this month, with lions inside. Two staff workers – one who was working in a training capacity and one who […]