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San Antonio, TX

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Wasco, CA

The Quick Historian

In Wasco, California, deputies arrested a 28-year-old man after he was observed walking around and brandishing the severed leg of an individual struck and killed by a train nearby.

Man arrested after waving around and eating severed leg

Baltimore, MD

Annapolis, Maryland - Authorities are delving into the "suspicious death" of a potential kidnapping victim, whose body was reportedly discovered in a wooded locale last week. According to the Baltimore Police Department, the incident unfolded on March 28, just before 1 a.m., when officers were summoned to a residence following reports of a home invasion. Upon arrival, a woman recounted to the police that two unidentified men forcibly entered her home, demanding money. They purportedly claimed to have her son, 47-year-old David Winchester Jr., and threatened harm unless she complied with their monetary demands. The suspects absconded from the premises without the ransom.

Man found dead in woods after possibly being kidnapped in Baltimore

Santa Monica, CA

Brigid Pfeifer

The world has lost a ground breaking acting legend. On March 29th, 2024, Louis Gossett Jr. passed away in Santa Monica, California. He was 87 years old. Gossett Jr. was born in 1936 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. After obtaining a sports injury at age 17, he was encouraged to participate in a school play. Not long afterwards, he was encouraged to try out for a Broadway play. The rest, as they say, was history.

Academy Award Winning Actor Dies at Age 87

Las Vegas, NV

CBS News

O.J. Simpson's longtime attorney and the executor of his estate has backpedaled on earlier remarks suggesting he would block any claims for settlement money from Ron Goldman's family members, who along with Nicole Brown's family were awarded millions in a civil judgment that was never paid in full.Nevada-based lawyer Malcolm LaVergne had represented Simpson, the former NFL star and acquitted murder defendant notoriously found not guilty in the killings of Goldman and Brown, from 2009 until his death from prostate cancer last week. Simpson's will was filed in a Clark County court and formally named LaVergne the executor of his estate....

Executor of O.J. Simpson's estate changes stance on Goldman family payout

Arkansas State

Little Rock, AR

Senai

Ebby Jane Steppach, a young woman from Little Rock, Arkansas, vanished under mysterious circumstances on October 25, 2015, sparking a harrowing tale of a life cut short and justice sought in the face of tragedy.

The Tragic Disappearance and Murder of Ebby Jane Steppach: Seeking Justice Amidst Mystery

Colorado State

Colorado Springs, CO

A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed Monday.The indictment reaffirms accusations from state prosecutors that Jon and Carie Hallford gave families dry concrete instead of cremated ashes and alleges the couple buried the wrong body on two occasions.The couple also collected more than $130,000 from families for cremations and burial services they never provided, the indictment said.The 15 charges brought by the federal...

Owners of Colorado funeral home with decaying bodies face federal charges

Minnesota State

Sioux Falls, SD

JACKSON, Minn. — A southern Minnesota community is mourning, supporting a family after their 1-year-old son fell to his death from a hotel window.Madden Hein was with his family visiting Sioux Falls, South Dakota, according to family members.Police in Sioux Falls said it was Saturday morning when they received a call of a 1-year-old boy falling out of a third-floor hotel window, in what appeared to be a tragic accident."That's exactly what it was, was an accident," said Amy Schuett, a family friend of more than 20 years.Madden Hein's parents, Kathryn and Alex Hein, are both coaches and teachers in the...

1-year-old boy from Minnesota dies in fall from South Dakota hotel window

Florida State

Orange County, FL

Homestead, FL

Investigators in Florida tied the suspects in a deadly carjacking to the shooting death of a tow truck driver, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said Monday. The April 10 death of a tow truck driver in Orange County and the April 11 death of a woman in Seminole County were connected by a 2002 green Acura, one of only three in the state from 2002, Sheriff Dennis Lemma said in a press briefing. "Two had been salvaged and only one existed in the state," he said. The bullets used in both shootings -10 mm rounds which are uncommon in the area -...

Carjacking suspects tied to 2 Florida killings on the run

Old Bridge Township, NJ

Flour, Eggs and Yeast

It appears that a struggling chain may have recieved a desperately needed lifeline. The restaurant industry has been in a tailspin since covid, especially in the casual dining and bars segment. Many major chains have been heavily discounting food and drink in order to bring people in. Recently TGI Fridays has $5 Happy Hours and appears to be doubling down on the bar scene again. Some of the chains also have gone above and beyond lowering margins and in some cases quality to keep the lights on. With this latest move, it seems that the single bar scene may have new life, we learned one of the world’s largest casual dining companies that proudly serves guests with over 850 restaurants in more than 55 countries was about to be taken over.

Popular Restaurant Chain Sold Off to Avoid Closing Doors For Good

Georgia State

Tybee Island, GA

Tybee Island, Ga. — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blocking access to nearby parking.Tybee Island, east of Savannah, has grappled with the April beach party known as Orange Crush since students at Savannah State University, a historically Black school, started it more than 30 years ago. Residents regularly groused about loud music, trash littering the sand and revelers urinating in yards.  Those complaints...

Georgia beach town trying to curb large annual gathering of Black students

Washington, DC

Baltimore prosecutors on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man in the cold case homicide of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer in 2017.The officer, Sgt. Tony Anthony Mason Jr., was shot to death while sitting in a parked car with a woman he had been dating, according to police. She was also shot but survived.The case sat unsolved for five years until detectives received a tip in early 2023 that reinvigorated their investigation and led to charges against Dion Thompson, 24, prosecutors said in a news release Wednesday. Thompson, who was 18 at the time of the shooting, is...

Tip leads to arrest in cold case killing of off-duty D.C. cop

Shenandoah, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

SHENANDOAH – Two men have been identified and warrants have been issued for their arrest...
The post Men identified, charged, sought for Family Dollar burglary first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Men identified, charged, sought for Family Dollar burglary

Bucks County Beacon

Written by Thomas F. Schaller , University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Rural white voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power in the U.S. Senate , the U.S. House and the Electoral College .

Why ‘White Rural Rage’ Is a Threat to American Democracy

Santa Ana, CA

NewSantaAna

On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 10:58 p.m., the Santa Ana Police Department received multiple calls regarding a traffic collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in the area of S. Bristol Street and W. Central Avenue , according to the SAPD .

A motorcyclist was killed in a fatal collision at Bristol St. and Central Ave.

Wyoming State

Green River, WY

WyoFile

Cody Roberts walked into the Green River Bar joking that he’d found a lost cattle dog. The woman tending bar that evening seemed to know what would happen next. “The bartender goes, ‘Cody, you better not bring in a fucking lion,’” an eyewitness recalled. “She knew he was going to bring something in that was not a dog.”

Eyewitness describes Wyoming wolf’s final hours in the Green River Bar

Converse, TX

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Lytle, TX

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Leming, TX

Bulverde, TX

Floresville, TX

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A woman bought a statue for $34.99 at a Goodwill in Texas. It turned out to be an ancient Roman artifact — and likely looted.

An ancient Roman bust that went on display at a museum in San Antonio, Texas this week has a peculiar backstory: In 2018, the bust was...

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A woman bought a statue for $34.99 at a Goodwill in Texas. It turned out to be an ancient Roman artifact — and likely looted.

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