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The Daily BeastWoman Charged With Murder After Kiss With Inmate During Visitation Goes Horribly Wrong
Tennessee Department of CorrectionA woman who shared a kiss with a prisoner during a visitation in Tennessee has been charged with murder after the inmate died shortly after their exchange.Rachel Dollard was taken into custody over the weekend by special agents from the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and the Dickson County Sheriff’s Department, the TDOC confirmed in a statement on Tuesday. She is accused of smuggling drugs into the Turney Center Industrial Complex.Dollard is facing ch
- USA TODAY
1 dead, 1 missing after jumping from 'Jaws' bridge in Martha's Vineyard
Rescuers resumed a search Tuesday for a man who never resurfaced after jumping from a bridge made popular by the film “Jaws" in Martha's Vineyard.
- Miami Herald
Woman fakes being stranded, then kills Florida college student who stopped, AL cops say
“Yesterday my world ended.”
- USA TODAY
Pilot in North Carolina mysteriously dies after exiting plane and falling 3,500 feet, authorities say
Authorities say Charles Hew Crooks, 23, fell 3,500 feet, but are unsure if he jumped or fell out of the plane that was making an emergency landing.
- The Daily Beast
Paralyzed Highland Park Shooting Victim, 8, Is ‘Hopeless’ and ‘in Constant Pain,’ Family Says
via GoFundMeIn the wake of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting, the story of 8-year-old Cooper Roberts’ survival was embraced by many following updates on the boy’s recovery.And more than a month after the massacre, Roberts is long out of intensive care—but his family says he is now in “constant pain” and “hopeless, sad, and angry” at the realization he is paralyzed.In a sobering and gut-wrenching statement released Tuesday, the Roberts family said they want people to see the u
- Macon Telegraph
Toddler playing with bubbles finds missing 82-year-old with Alzheimer’s, GA reports say
Nina Lipscomb had been missing for four days when the boy found her alive.
- Blavity
Nicole Linton Was Involuntarily Committed Multiple Times Before LA Crash, Attorneys Said
Prosecutors said that Nicole Linton, who is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly causing a fiery car crash in Los Angeles County, harmed herself and was involuntarily committed for psychiatric treatment multiple times before the wreck, the Los Angeles Times reports.
- KIRO
Seattle to clean up stretch of Interurban Trail filled with encampments, trash
Neighbors told KIRO 7 that people have changed their walking patterns to avoid the area.
- Kansas City Star
2 women lounging on float are sucked under boat, critically injured, Illinois cops say
“It was very hectic,” said police officers who were at the scene.
- The Daily Times
LGBTQ organization sees Aztec brewery fundraiser cancelled over threats issued against host
Farmington's Identity Inc. had an Aug. 12 fundraiser at Aztec's 550 Brewing cancelled because of threats issued against the owners of the business.
- The St. Augustine Record
Timeline: Events in the disappearance, death of Florida 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey
The body of Tristyn Bailey, 13, a seventh-grader at Patriot Oaks Academy in Saint Johns, was discovered Sunday, May 9, 2021.
- The Courier Journal
Why the Eastern Kentucky flood was no natural disaster. Let's call it what it is
Narratives around this disaster have run amuck with some going so far as to name the people dealing with it as the harbingers of their own destruction
- Good Morning America
Authorities announce new phase in search for missing teen Kiely Rodni
Authorities in Northern California have announced a new phase in the ongoing search for a teenager who disappeared after a party 11 days ago. Kiely Rodni, 16, was last seen on Aug. 6 around 12:30 a.m. local time near the Prosser Family Campground in the small town of Truckee, some 20 miles north of Lake Tahoe. "Her cellphone went dead and became virtually untraceable shortly after," Angela Musallam, public information officer for the Placer County Sheriff's Office, told ABC News during an interview that aired Aug. 9 on "Good Morning America."
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Wendy's employee charged with murder after customer fatally hit at Prescott Valley restaurant
Wendy's employee Antoine Kendrick is being charged with second degree murder after altercation with customer.
- Raleigh News and Observer
‘Heroic’ beachgoer pulls girls to safety after hearing their screams, NC officials say
The beachgoer believes if he had waited any longer to swim out, “those girls wouldn’t have made it.”
- Business Insider
Man charged with threatening to kill FBI agents vowed he'd never 'spend one second of my life in their custody.' He's now in custody.
Prosecutors allege the man posted numerous times to Gab and threatened violence against law enforcement.
- E! News
Kim Zolciak-Biermann Breaks Silence on Daughter Ariana's DUI Arrest as New Details Emerge
A police report obtained by E! News details Ariana Biermann's conversation with officers during her DUI arrest. Plus, hear her mom Kim Zolciak-Biermann's response to the charges Ariana is facing.
- The Courier & Press
Here's what we know so far about the Evansville house explosion
The cause of the house explosion on Weinbach Avenue in Evansville was still unknown Friday as victims
- The Guardian
New York City is owed $500m in parking fines. No one is paying up
The repeated violations of a weed-themed company are just the tip of the iceberg in maddening city to get around
- NY Daily News
Jose Rodriguez came to America looking for a brighter future. He ended up a casualty in the political battle over immigration between Texas and New York
NEW YORK — Jose Rodriguez was tired, hungry and beaten down when he crossed the border from Mexico into Texas after a two-month journey. He didn’t have money, and he didn’t have many options. Although he had originally hoped to go to Miami, he heard there was a free bus to New York. Officials told him that if he boarded the bus, there’d be help waiting for him. Rodriguez believed there was a ...