Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane reported early Thursday to a suburban Philadelphia county jail to begin serving a sentence for leaking grand jury material and lying about it. Kane arrived at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility just before 8 a.m. to begin a 10- to 23-month term for perjury,… Read More
One of the most prolific U.S. serial killers EXPOSED
A man convicted of three California murders and long suspected in numerous other deaths now claims he was involved in about 90 killings nationwide spanning nearly four decades, and investigators already have corroborated about a third of those, a Texas prosecutor has stated. That would make him the most prolific… Read More
4 children, 2 adults killed in massive blaze on Wednesday
One body has been found inside the burned-out remains of a rural northern Indiana home where fire officials believe four children and two adults died in a fire early Wednesday. The house was largely engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 2 a.m., preventing any rescue attempts, New Waverly Fire… Read More
Trump-backed Mississippi candidate secures GOP control of Senate
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith returns to Washington as a solidly loyal President Donald Trump supporter after the he stumped for her in Mississippi’s contentious special election runoff. Hyde-Smith defeated Democrat Mike Espy, who was vying to become the state’s first African-American senator since Reconstruction, during Tuesday’s runoff. The GOP victory … Read More
Creator of popular children’s show dies at age 57
Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday. Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS, the cable network said in a statement. He was 57. He had announced… Read More
1 killed, 6 injured after car plows through pedestrians in NYC
A 70-year-old driver trying to parallel park on a New York City street Monday lost control of his minivan and struck several pedestrians standing next to a fruit stand, killing one person and injuring six others, police said. “The car just suddenly appeared and banged into the wall backward. I… Read More
3 U.S. soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the U.S. military said, in what appeared to be the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in the last 17 months. An American contractor was also wounded in the attack. The military said that three other service… Read More
GM to lay off 14,7000 white-collar workers, close several plants
General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures to cut costs and focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles. The reduction includes 8,100 white-collar workers, some of whom will take buyouts and others who… Read More
WATCH: Hundreds of illegal migrants storm U.S. border, attack police
Hundreds of migrants rushed the U.S. border on Sunday afternoon, pushing past Mexican riot police and attempted to break through the port of entry into California. Video shows the would-be illegal immigrants attacking U.S. border patrol agents with rocks and other debris. Local authorities finally stepped in after a march… Read More
[Weather alert] Wintry snow blankets most of Midwest
A wintry storm is battering much of the Midwest early Monday, bringing blizzard-like conditions that have grounded hundreds of flights and closed major highways at the end of the Thanksgiving weekend. The Chicago Department of Aviation reported early Monday that average departure delays at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport are 77… Read More