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Libby March/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — A professor at an upstate New York university is believed to be in danger after he never showed up to teach on Saturday, police said. Heikki Rantakari, 44, a professor at the University of Rochester, was last seen Friday night, Rochester police said. He was reported missing after […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Two University of Buffalo football players have been charged after a video of them allegedly beating a miniature poodle with a leather belt was posted on social media. Blake Hiligh — 19-years-old from Alexandria, Virginia — and Zachary Pilarcek — 20-years-old from Endicott, New York — were arraigned in […]
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The off-campus University of Idaho house where four students were stabbed to death is set to be torn down despite calls from victims’ families to postpone until after the suspect’s trial. The four victims — roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle, as well as Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan […]
Zach Wilkinson-Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the gruesome University of Idaho murders, according to a new court filing. The filing said, “The State gives this notice based on the fact that it has not identified or been provided with any mitigating circumstances sufficient to […]
Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen. — Courtesy of the Goncalves family (NEW YORK) — The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of four University of Idaho students slain in a gruesome attack in November, vows to be there when her suspected killer returns to court next month. “I can’t wait to see the evidence. … And […]
makenoodle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly three decades ago at the age of 17, the unexpected happened to Joseph Sakran after a football game. He was shot by a stray bullet. “I remember seeing the flashes of light and realizing something quickly was wrong because … I was just soaked in blood,” Sakran said in […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (AMHERST, Mass.) — The University of Massachusetts Amherst announced Saturday that the town’s local fire department dispatched 28 ambulances in response to calls involving a “significant number of alcohol intoxication cases” linked to “borgs” or “blackout rage gallons” after weekend parties in the area. “[The Amherst Fire Department] and UMass officials said […]
Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Yale University has announced changes to its policies to support students’ mental health, including allowing students the ability to take time off from school. The Connecticut-based, Ivy League school said in an email to students Wednesday they are now permitted to take a medical leave […]