A Seattle elementary school is thanking a garbageman for finding nearly $12,000 in checks in the trash. KOMO-TV in Seattle reports that Waste Management employee Micah Speir was picking up scattered trash next to some bins when he found a number of checks made out to Lawson Elementary School. Principal Dorian… Read More
Family Matters — Mystery behind Illinois cop suicide deepens
The friends and neighbors of police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz reacted with disbelief and dismay to authorities’ announcement Wednesday that the popular Fox Lake, Illinois, officer not only meticulously staged his own suicide to make it look like he died in the line of duty, but had been stealing for… Read More
Missing boy found safe and unharmed… 13 years later!
Police say a 5-year-old child who disappeared 13 years ago in Birmingham, Alabama, has been found in Ohio. Authorities told news outlets that Julian Hernandez, who’s now 18-years-old, was found in Cleveland. He was reported missing by his mother in 2002. His father, 53-year-old Bobby Hernandez, was arrested in Ohio… Read More
Crazed stabbing attack at California university leaves 4 wounded
A male college student burst into a morning class at a California university with a hunting knife Wednesday and may have killed his intended victim if not for the heroic intervention of a construction worker who ran into the room to break up the attack. The construction worker and three… Read More
Navy sends China another BIG message
With a key Asian ally at his side, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made a subtle jab at China on Thursday by flying aboard an American aircraft carrier plying the contested waters of the South China Sea. He and his Malaysian counterpart, Hishammuddin Hussein, watched U.S. Navy fighter jets roar… Read More
Obama appointee: Illinois school must let transgender student shower with girls
The U.S. Department of Education – under the guidance of President Barack Obama appointee Arne Duncan – said Monday that a suburban Chicago school district is violating the rights of a transsexual student by refusing to allow the biologically male student unrestricted use of a girls’ locker room. The student… Read More
Donald Trump ensnared in Panama legal battle
Donald Trump is demanding as much as $75 million from hundreds of condo owners in Panama City’s Trump Ocean Club, alleging that its directors wrongfully fired his company as administrator managing the luxury building that is the tallest in Central America. The Republican presidential candidate and celebrity businessman filed his… Read More
Rope ladder robber caught “napping”
State police have arrested a man on charges he broke into a Pennsylvania supermarket using a rope ladder – then claimed to merely be sleeping on the store’s roof when he was caught. Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Beal is in the Fayette County Booking Center awaiting arraignment on burglary, criminal trespass and… Read More
Mysterious Illinois police officer death now ruled a suicide
Authorities will announce that a northern Illinois police officer whose shooting death led to a massive manhunt in September killed himself, an official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has called a Wednesday news conference to announce “conclusive results” of the investigation. The… Read More
Worst mom in the world!? Halloween candy thief refuses to apologize
Under a sign reading “Help yourself, but please be considerate” sat a bowl of candy for neighborhood kids trick-or-treating. Then along comes this nasty mom – identified as Trisha Farrell – and decided it was all for her… and won’t apologize after being caught! Security video, that has since gone… Read More