Indianapolis police announced Monday they have arrested an 18-year-old man in the shooting death of a pastor’s pregnant wife during an apparent home invasion. Larry Taylor of Indianapolis was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder in this month’s death of 28-year-old Amanda Blackburn. Officers from the department’s gang and… Read More
Mute boy gets amazing medical miracle
Grant Hasse was born with two very rare conditions — one that’s usually fatal, the other that should have left him unable to talk. But at almost 4 years old, he’s a healthy bundle of energy after three dozen surgeries, including an innovative operation to create a new voice box…. Read More
Woman’s dog, missing for 7 years, returned to her!
A Tennessee resident has been reunited with her dog that disappeared seven years ago from her old home in Ohio. Mishka was 3 years old when she vanished from the backyard of owner Paula Graff’s home in Hamilton. But Graff had an identification microchip implanted under the skin of the… Read More
Photographer’s tri-pod mistaken as WHAT!?
Police were called to a central Pennsylvania office building after someone mistakenly thought a photographer’s tripod was a gun. LNP reports the incident happened about 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Griest Building in Lancaster. The caller thought a machine gun was carried into the building, so police conducted a floor-by-floor… Read More
Yellowstone to hunters: Get ready for a big hunt
Yellowstone National Park proposes to kill roughly 1,000 wild bison this winter — mostly calves and females — as officials seek to reduce the animals’ annual migration into Montana. Park officials are scheduled to meet Thursday with representatives of American Indian tribes, the state and other federal agencies to decide… Read More
Mayor tries to pays $4,000 fine… in pennies!?
Talk about some loose change. A Miami-area mayor who is feuding with his local commission tried to use 360,000 pennies and nickels — that’s 28 buckets full of coins — to pay a $4,000 ethics fine. Instead of accepting the change, the ethics commission doubled the fine for Hialeah Mayor… Read More
The second largest diamond EVER was just discovered
A Canadian mining company operating in Botswana says it has found the second largest “gem quality” diamond ever discovered. The Lucara Diamond Corporation said in a statement this week that the stone measures 1,111 carats, making it the biggest find in more than a century. The Royal Collection Trust, which… Read More
Huge storm leaves thousands of Americans without power
Well over 100,000 customers remained without power in Washington state Thursday after a powerful storm killed three people and prompted an emergency declaration from the governor. Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency Wednesday for all Washington counties, clearing the way for state officials to increase aid to those… Read More
Turkey pardoned, spared from Thanksgiving dinner fate
He strutted, he gobbled and he puffed up his feathers like his life depended on it. And it did. The turkey’s outgoing personality and good looks helped spare him from the Thanksgiving plate. The bird, named Tom One, was chosen for a presidential pardon from a dozen finalists Thursday at… Read More
Judge brings down the HAMMER on disgraced pedophile
Jared Fogle emerged from obscurity to become the unlikely face of one of the nation’s biggest restaurant chains, earning a small fortune by touting the benefits of a healthy lifestyle that included Subway sandwiches. But his wholesome public image was only that, and on Thursday he was sentenced to more… Read More