Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate, Thomas Eugene Creech, who has admitted to killing dozens of people and been convicted of five murders, was named a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man nearly 50 years ago in California. The victim, Daniel Walker, was killed near Needles, in eastern Bernardino County, on Oct. 1, 1974. … Read more
The operator of a high-stakes fantasy football platform fired an Ivy League-educated employee who allegedly cheated for a player by manipulating digital timestamps, the company said Friday. The National Fantasy Football Championship, which hosts a slew of games each week, some with six-digit payoffs, said it was tipped off by the podcast Ship Chasing about … Read more
Remains found on the estate of a suspected Indiana serial killer have been identified as a man reported missing in 1993, the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office said Thursday. Forensic experts matched the human remains recovered in 1996 from Fox Hollow Farm, the former Westfield property of suspected serial killer Herb Baumeister, to then-34-year-old Manuel Resendez, … Read more
Ninety-three U.S. citizens have died as a result of cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic from 2009 to 2022, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over half of the deaths occurred after 2018, reflecting the increasing popularity of overseas cosmetic surgery. The fatal cases examined involved liposuction and 92% … Read more
A woman stole a family’s horse and Amish buggy while they were shopping in a Michigan Walmart, police said. The family discovered the animal and buggy were missing after they finished their shopping at the Sturgis store Saturday, Sturgis police said in a release on Facebook. A truck driver who was parked at Walmart told … Read more
Students at the University of North Florida protested the imminent closing of the school’s four diversity centers, including the campus LGBTQ center, on Wednesday. The protest took place the day the Florida Board of Governors, the governing body of the State University System of Florida, voted to prohibit funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs … Read more
Ricardo, the bull that rose to fame and captured hearts when he trotted along New Jersey Transit tracks in December, has been fighting an infection since Christmas, according to the animal sanctuary that rescued him, but is doing “great.” “Ricardo is doing great, he’s on the mend, and we’re waiting for the wound to be … Read more
A Florida deputy fatally shot an 81-year-old woman suffering from a mental health episode after she lunged at him with a knife, authorities said. Authorities were called to the Rails End Mobile Home Park in Wildwood, about 52 miles northwest of Orlando, just after 11 p.m. Monday “in reference to a female who was in … Read more
Online videos showing what appear to be dead alligators in frozen ponds in North Carolina and Texas have captured massive audiences. Employees at the gator rescue parks where the videos were recorded say the rarely witnessed behavior is a survival instinct displayed by the cold-blooded reptiles, which are actually alive and well. George Howard, the … Read more
A member of the Proud Boys extremist group who took selfies in the Senate gallery during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and once told a judge he would “still do it all over again” was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Marc Anthony Bru, 44, of Vancouver, Washington, was also … Read more