Five swimmers in Indiana were electrocuted in what police described as a “freak accident” in a swimming pool Sunday afternoon. Officers, fire and medical personnel responded to a home in the 2600 block of High St. just after 2:30 p.m. in the town of Logansport, Indiana, police said. Police said five people – including two...
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California woman had nearly $500K worth of stolen goods from drug stores: police
A California woman was arrested after she was found to be in possession of more than $450,000 worth of stolen merchandise. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) said in a Facebook post that 35-year-old Claudia Cruz was charged with organized retail crime, possession of stolen property and conspiracy to commit crime for her alleged involvement in...
Judge faults Breonna Taylor's boyfriend for shooting death, clears 2 Louisville officers of felony charges
A federal judge cleared two former Louisville police officers of felony charges in connection to Breonna Taylor’s fatal shooting and instead faulted Taylor’s boyfriend for her death. In an order Thursday, U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson dropped felony “deprivation of rights under the color of law” charges against former Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and...
Multiple injured, including police officer, in Sydney stabbing
Four people – including a police officer – were injured in a violent stabbing incident near Sydney, Australia. According to the New South Wales Police, officers were initially called to the scene of a crash at an intersection in Engadine, Australia on Sunday morning local time. When they arrived at the scene, police said they...
Weird South Carolina laws that will surprise you, including the ramification of buying silverware on Sundays
Did you know that it’s illegal to play pinball if you’re under 18 in South Carolina? This is just one of the Palmetto State’s odd regulations that are still technically a law. Other laws include limitations on dancing, shopping on Sundays and more. Take a look at a few of South Carolina’s bizarre laws. One...
California man arrested after allegedly using explosives in unsuccessful attempts to steal from ATMs
A California man was arrested after he was allegedly captured on surveillance footage using explosives in unsuccessful attempts to steal cash from two ATMs. Son Nguyen, 44, of San Diego, was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of damaging property. Nguyen allegedly drove up to an ATM outside California Coast Credit Union on Governor...
NY murder-suicide leaves 5 dead before meeting with realtor to sell recently deceased mother's home: report
A horrifying murder-suicide on New York’s Long Island left five people dead, and it reportedly happened before a family was set to meet with a realtor to sell a recently deceased woman’s home. Nassau County police arrived at the home on Wyoming Court in Syosset around noon Sunday – about 30 miles east of New...
Georgia man arrested in another state after wife's burnt remains found: authorities
A Fayetteville, Georgia, man was arrested in Louisiana on Thursday, after he allegedly killed his wife and burned her body before burying her under yard debris, according to authorities. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said Kenneth Hardin Junior faces homicide-related charges and was being held in St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana, pending extradition. In a...
Two Arizona residents killed in armed attack on dangerous Mexican highway near southern border
An investigation is underway after two Arizona women were found shot to death in an overturned vehicle on a dangerous stretch of highway in northern Mexico. The women, identified only by their last names and ages, were 72 and 82, the attorney general’s office for the state of Sonora said in a release on social...
The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr, the 20-month-old baby abducted from his crib
American aviation and military officer Charles Lindbergh made history on May 20, 1927, when he departed for his first solo flight as a pilot across the Atlantic. Less than five years later, on March 1, 1932, tragedy struck his family when his 20-month-old baby, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. was abducted from his New Jersey home...









