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USA TODAYHe kidnapped a school bus of children and buried them alive. This week, he was granted parole.
Frederick Woods, now 70, was 24 when he and two other men kidnapped 26 school children and their bus driver in Northern California and buried them.
- Ukrayinska Pravda
Scientists simulate spread of radiation in case of accident at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
OLENA ROSHCHINA - THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2022, 12:53 Based on the weather conditions observed on 15-18 August, in the case of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), radioactive contamination would principally affect Ukraine, but it would also affect neighbouring countries.
- Chicago Tribune
R. Kelly’s former goddaughter breaks down at his federal trial in Chicago, telling jury he filmed them having sex while she was a minor
CHICAGO — For the first time after two decades of swirling allegations, R. Kelly’s former goddaughter has taken the stand as a prosecution witness in a case against the disgraced singer. Dressed in a white blazer with her hair in long braids, the woman, now 37 and testifying at Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago under the pseudonym “Jane,” told the jury she had sexual contact with Kelly for the ...
- The Daily Beast
Diehard Trump Lackey Is in for a Strange Trip Behind Bars
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters Disgraced former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg recently found himself in a tough spot I know all too well. Like Weisselberg, I was prosecuted for tax fraud by the government. And like him, I was “dead to rights” and looking for a way to mitigate my circumstances. If you really want to know how all this works, how the government handles offenders like us, and what he’s going through, I’m your guy.It’
- Reuters
New York 9/11 museum closes after telling tragedy's story, helping survivors heal
A museum in New York City that told the story of the 9/11 attacks from the perspectives of the people affected has closed its building and ended its walking tours, a co-founder said Thursday. After shuttering the doors of the 16-year-old 9/11 Tribute Museum Wednesday evening, volunteers spent Thursday morning coordinating the pickup of a World Trade Center steel beam that was heading for storage, along with other artifacts such as first responders' gear and parts of the two planes that crashed into the buildings. Attendance has decreased from nearly 300,000 a year prior to a six-month closure in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic to a record low of 26,000 in 2021, said Jennifer Adams-Webb, a co-founder of the museum and CEO of the non-profit September 11th Families' Association, which helped start the museum.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Coffee shop giving out free Plan B triggers flood of calls to Texas town’s police
“We have done our research and know that we aren’t breaking any laws,” the coffee shop’s owner said.
- Oxygen
Wife Of Florida Oncologist Missing At Sea Filed For Divorce The Day He Vanished
The wife of a renowned Florida oncologist who vanished in the Gulf of Mexico over a week ago filed for divorce the day her husband went missing, according to court records. Dr. Chaundre Cross, 49, vanished on Aug. 10 after setting sail in the Gulf of Mexico aboard his 34-foot Crownline, named “Vitamin Sea,” according to the U.S Coast Guard. He was last seen at departing Naples Bay Resort and Marina around 7:30 a.m. His wife, Sarah Jo Cross, filed for divorce in Collier County the same day, count
- Daily World
Officer watched sexual acts in exchange for giving inmates food, sheriff's office says
A St. Landry Parish correctional officer is facing charges after the sheriff's office said he gave inmates food in exchange for watching sexual acts.
- INSIDER
A 'flash mob' of looters ransacked California 7-Eleven in a 'street takeover,' police say. Now cops want to stop the crime tactic from becoming a new trend.
"'Flash mobs' have turned from fun spontaneous events to opportunistic criminal occurrences," the LAPD said.
- WSOC
2 people bitten by sharks in Myrtle Beach on same day, police say
Two people were bitten by sharks on the same day earlier this week off the coast of Myrtle Beach, the local police department said.
- People
Chicago Mom Loses Both of Her Feet After Boating Accident at Lake Michigan 'Playpen'
Lana Batochir, 34, was on a raft with friends when a larger boat reversed into them, police said, dragging Batochir and another with it
- CBS-Losangeles
LAPD tows cars after breaking up a street takeover
The Los Angeles Police Department delivered on its promise to tow any vehicles involved in street takeovers.
- KGO – San Francisco
Knife-wielding thieves targeting SJ bakery workers caught on video
Surveillance video shows the group roaming through the bakery, demanding money and a safe. Two minutes was all it took for the thieves to get in and out- missing police by moments- as an officer was sitting in front of the bakery while the attack was happening in the back.
- TheGrio
American Airlines honors first African-American woman to earn pilot’s license with historic all-Black female crew
Some may find it difficult to believe that in 2022, we’re still commemorating the “first Black” anything, but American Airlines […] The post American Airlines honors first African-American woman to earn pilot’s license with historic all-Black female crew appeared first on TheGrio.
- KTVU
Flash mob vandalizes, loots 7-Eleven store following street takeover
The Los Angeles Police Department released new video and sought the public's help with identifying the people seen on video looting and vandalizing a 7-Eleven store following a street takeover earlier this week.
- Good Morning America
Uvalde residents petition assault weapon sales in the city
Uvalde residents, including families of Robb Elementary School shooting victims, have signed and sent a petition against assault weapons to Randy Klein, the owner of Oasis Outback, the local sporting goods store where the gunman retrieved the AR-15 he used to shoot at the school. "The members of this group feel strongly about our second amendment rights and support your establishment's commitment to selling guns and ammunition," the petition reads. It continued, "Out of RESPECT for and in support of those affected by this catastrophe, we strongly urge you to cease the sale of assault rifles and the ammunition paired with them."
- NextShark
South African woman's life sentence in Thailand for crime she says she didn't commit is reduced
The life sentence of a South African woman who was convicted of drug trafficking in Thailand last year has been reduced to 33 years. Ashley Oosthuizen, 23, was arrested for drug dealing on Oct. 8, 2020, after she accepted a package that contained ecstasy from a delivery man at the restaurant Hot in the Biscuit, where she worked as a manager. Thai authorities reportedly knew the contents of the package before Oosthuizen signed for it.
- The Daily Beast
Ex-Marine Accused of Livestreaming Double Murder Gives Wild Jailhouse Interview
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/FacebookA former Marine admitted in a wild jailhouse interview Thursday that he “emptied the clip” when he drunkenly gunned down his dad and stepmom in their bedroom last week.Irvin Hernandez Flores, 23, is accused of breaking into his dad’s San Francisco home last weekend and fatally shooting 47-year-old Jose Hernandez and his wife, 41-year-old Yesenia Soto, in their bedroom.The slain couple’s 11-year-old daughter witnessed the carnage and Flores live-strea
- Lexington Herald-Leader
First, EKy suffered the disaster of floods. Next, they faced the disaster of FEMA.
OpEd: Thousands of people have lost everything they have worked their whole life for. Just as tragic is that the government turns its back when you need it most.
- HuffPost
Woman Who Allegedly Took Nancy Pelosi's Laptop On Jan. 6 Gets 'Fair' Break From Arrest
Riley Williams, a woman who allegedly stole items from the House speaker, will get an eight-hour break from her house arrest.