Miami Gardens Police Department(MIAMI) — A former Miami high school assistant principal was taken into custody Friday in the murder of a school staffer who was his childhood friend, prosecutors said. Ernest Roberts, a former assistant principal at Miami Norland Senior High School, is charged with the murder of Kameela Russell, a “doting” mother who …
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Jun 14
DOJ establishes transnational elder fraud strike force
iStock/monkeybusinessimages(WASHINGTON) — the Justice Department has formed a transnational elder fraud strike force to combat the growing international problem of elder fraud. Elder fraud is when fraudsters prey on older victims who can be more susceptible to when approached to give money to sympathetic causes and in some cases threatened and harassed by criminals. Recently, …
Jun 14
Perfectly preserved 32,000-year-old Ice Age wolf’s head found in Russia
iStock/Sergey Sidorov(MOSCOW) — A Russian scientific institute says it has found an almost perfectly preserved head of a 32,000 year-old wolf has been found frozen in the ground in Siberia, so complete that it is still covered with fur and its brain is intact. Scientists from the Republic of Sakha’s Academy of Sciences in Russia’s …
Jun 14
Billy Porter says history is repeating itself in America for LGBTQ community
Paula Lobo/Walt Disney Television(NEW YORK) — Award-winning performer and fashion icon Billy Porter is known to captivate an audience with ease, but this time, he captured the audience with a warning about America’s future. Friday on “The View,” the “Pose” star highlighted the importance of telling the story about the emergence of drag queen culture …
Jun 14
North Carolina dad fought back when shark attacked daughter Paige Winter: ‘I hit it with everything I could’
WTVD(ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C.) — When a 17-year-old North Carolina girl was attacked by a shark, her dad fought back, hitting the animal “with everything I could.” Paige Winter was rushed to the hospital after she was attacked in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, on June 2. Her left leg was amputated at her thigh, and she …
Jun 14
Baby who was cut from his murdered mother’s body dies after weeks in hospital
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — A heartbreaking story of an unborn baby being cut from his mother’s abdomen has become even more tragic. Authorities said the little boy died Friday after being in the hospital for more than seven weeks. The baby’s mother, Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, was 9 months pregnant when she was killed, which police believe happened on …
Jun 14
‘I cannot change what they did’: North Carolina sheriff apologizes for attempted lynching by deputies in 1952
WTVD(RALIEGH, N.C.) — In 1952, two deputies in Wake County, North Carolina, hung Lynn Council, an African American man, from a tree when he wouldn’t confess to a robbery, according to ABC Raleigh station WTVD. On Thursday, the current Wake County sheriff, Gerald Baker, apologized to Council in person and took down a photograph of …
Jun 14
Hong Kong protesters plan weekend rally as officials call for extradition bill delay
ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images(HONG KONG) — The streets of Hong Kong were calm and quiet Friday after days of protests over the government’s controversial proposal to change an extradition law that would allow individuals to be sent to mainland China for trial. A largely peaceful march, which organizers said drew over a million people in sweltering …
Jun 14
Airbnb offering 80-day, around-the-world trip for $5k
Airbnb(NEW YORK) — If you’ve ever dreamed about traveling around the world but figured you’d never have the time or money, your moment has come. Airbnb has announced the ultimate adventure: Around the world in 80 days for about $5,000. The site is celebrating the launch of Airbnb Adventures, previously known as Airbnb Experiences. “Just …
Jun 14
Lightning strike kills two in Pennsylvania
amriphoto/iStock(MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa.) — Two people died Thursday after being struck by lightning at a park in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Brendan McGowan and Kaitlyn Rosensteel, both 18, were found dead below a large splintered tree next to a lake in Mammoth Park in Mount Pleasant Township around 4 p.m. local time, according to the Westmoreland …
