Two Seattle police officers are under investigation after a bystander recorded them beating a man with their batons at a bus stop last week. In the video, which was posted online and first reported by NBC affiliate KING 5-TV, two officers can be seen hitting a man with their batons last Friday afternoon. In the … Read more
Those were heady times, back in the early Canadian summer of 1993. Petrol cost about half a loonie per litre, the separatists Bloc Québécois was on its way to winning an unprecedented role as official opposition, the Toronto Blue Jays were in the midst of claiming a second consecutive World Series and the Montreal Canadiens … Read more
Two people were arrested Wednesday in what police are calling a LEGO theft ring after almost 3,000 boxes of stolen LEGO toys were found in a California home, police said. Richard Siegel, 71, and Blanca Gudino, 39, were arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department after a retailer identified Gudino as a suspect in a … Read more
A 102-year-old World War II Navy veteran from New York died while traveling to France to take part in a ceremony to honor the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that turned the tide of the war toward Allied victory. Robert Persichitti was traveling to Normandy by ship with a veterans group, headed to the … Read more
Federal agents have searched the Minnesota home of at least one of the seven defendants facing a high-profile fraud trial, days after a juror said someone attempted to bribe her with nearly $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal. The FBI said it conducted “court authorized law enforcement activity” Wednesday in Savage, Minnesota, where, … Read more
Rodeo star Spencer Wright’s wife said turning away briefly moments before their 3-year-old son Levi’s drowning accident on their Utah property will “haunt me for the rest of my life.” Kallie and Spencer Wright with their son Levi and daughter Steeley.Kallie Wright via Facebook “In that moment he was my responsibility alone,” Kallie Wright wrote … Read more
A hip hop and reality show icon is showing his love for Red Lobster in a huge way. On June 3, rapper and sometimes-controversial sports arena singer Flavor Flav posted an image on Instagram that quickly went viral. In the post, the 6-time Grammy nominee truly put his money where his mouth was in expressing a desire to help … Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Three people were killed Tuesday night at a small grocery store in Montgomery, an outburst of violence that comes after a string of robberies targeting Latino-owned businesses in Alabama’s capital city. The shooting at Tienda Los Hermanos, a grocery store on the south side of the city, occurred hours after the city’s … Read more
“These investigations have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of human beings, and arrests must be made and have been made,” Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said at a news conference. Two other inmates also died, one by suicide and one by fentanyl toxicity, the sheriff said, but the conduct did not rise to … Read more
The approaching young man’s face was friendly and smiling on the April day in 1976, as Wendy Savino sat in her car in New York City. “Quite nice looking, walking towards me, smiling,” Savino recalled. She locked her doors to stay safe, noticing his blue eyes. Savino thought the man might knock on the window … Read more