New searing allegations against the Boy Scouts
A former mayor is accused of Boy Scout abuse. The Dayton gunman's ex-girlfriend opens up about warning signs. And America is too dangerous for some foreign countries.
Here's the news you need to know Tuesday.
But first, $50,000 raised by neighbors: A New Jersey man with special needs owed thousands in back taxes. His neighbors paid it off in an act of kindness.
Hundreds say Boy Scouts of America failed to shield kids from sex abuse
A lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America says hundreds of former Scouts came forward with previously unreported sex abuse claims. The suit, filed Monday, says lawyers identified 350 abusers not in the Boy Scouts’ disciplinary files – citing that as evidence the organization hid the extent of the scandal. In total, lawyers said they have nearly 800 clients who were abused while Scouts. The accused tend to be men of stature in their communities: police officers and members of the military, teachers and a mayor. Several cases reviewed by USA TODAY suggest the Boy Scouts of America could have done more to prevent abuse.
Ex-girlfriend of Dayton shooter says she saw his dark side
A former girlfriend of the man who went on a shooting rampage outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, said a number of warning signs led her to break up with the 24-year-old. Caitlyn “Adelia” Johnson, 24, dated the gunman briefly last spring, NBC reported. She told The (Toledo) Blade the two bonded over struggles with mental illness. At first, Johnson found him "kind of charming" and intelligent. But she soon learned he had a dark side: Johnson said he showed her footage of a mass shooting on their very first date.
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Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bündchen, helped him accept that his son's just not into sports.
A Florida couple's toilet exploded when lightning struck their septic tank. The reason? Methane gas.
As marijuana is legalized in more states, police have a new device to tell if you're driving high.
Amazon’s self-driving robots head to California.
Matt Damon tattooed the names of his four daughters on his arm.
What's next for R. Kelly as he faces four sets of sex crime charges?
Countries tell citizens to avoid USA over shooting concerns
Foreign countries warned their citizens about traveling to the USA after a weekend of violence left 31 people dead in two separate mass shootings this weekend. The Venezuelan government issued a statement urging its citizens to postpone trips to the USA after the “recent acts of violence.” The Uruguayan government issued a similar release warning citizens about increasing hate crimes fueled by “racism" in the USA. The alerts from the two Latin American countries came after it was discovered that the El Paso shooter posted a manifesto saying that the massacre was in response to an “invasion” of Hispanics coming across the border.
Heroes emerge: Glendon Oakley Jr. is being called a hero after the El Paso shooting, but he says attention is on the wrong person: "The focus should not be on me, it should be on what happened in Ohio and what happened in Chicago and what happened [in Dayton]," Oakley Jr. said as he fought back tears.
Next month, 10 new laws will loosen restrictions on public gun possession in Texas, allowing guns in mosques, churches and school grounds.
Real quick
The FBI is investigating the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting as a domestic terror attack, the second domestic terrorism investigation this week.
Though President Trump condemns white supremacy, his campaign Facebook ads lean on talk of a migrant invasion.
Amy McGrath called out Sen. Mitch McConnell for posting a photo of her name on a tombstone.
A few Democratic presidential candidates took to Twitter to criticize The New York Times' front page headline Tuesday.
Walgreens plans to close 200 U.S. stores, according to a new SEC filing.
Toni Morrison, a beloved literary genius, is dead at 88
The first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature is gone. But Toni Morrison's unique voice – earthy, poetic, powerful, elliptical – endures in novels such as "Beloved” and "Song of Solomon.” Morrison died Monday at age 88 in New York after a short illness, according to her family and publisher. She was a literary genius whose books expressed formerly unspoken truths about black life in America. “We know that her stories – that our stories – will always be with us,” former President Barack Obama said.
5 essential Toni Morrison books: Here are some of the writer’s most notable titles you need to read.
‘Most Wanted’ millionaire found after 4 years on the run
A Southern California millionaire charged with killing his wife was captured after four years on the run, authorities said Monday. Peter Chadwick, 54, is accused of murdering his wife, Quee Choo “Q.C.” Chadwick, in their Newport Beach home in 2012. He allegedly disposed of his wife’s body in a dumpster in San Diego County, according to a statement from the U.S. Marshals Service that announced Chadwick’s addition to the agency’s “15 Most Wanted Fugitive” list in 2018.
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