Darryl Malecki’s last memory of his older sister is a routine interaction between siblings: A teenager at the time, he was working at a fast food restaurant outside Baltimore when she stopped by to switch cars before heading to the mall. Joyce Malecki, 20, never returned home. Her body was… Read More
Big-box stores stop selling water beads marketed to kids due to safety concerns
Three major retailers — Amazon, Target and Walmart — say they’re suspending sales of water-bead products marketed to young children due to growing safety concerns. Water beads are small, colorful balls made of superabsorbent polymers. They are often sold as toys, including in craft activity kits, and as sensory tools… Read More
Fertility doctor and Harvard professor accused of secretly using his own sperm
A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation’s largest fertility clinics is being accused of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Sarah Depoian, 73, said she and her… Read More
At Dodgers introduction, Shohei Ohtani reveals his dog’s name
Nearly all the mystery around Shohei Ohtani’s unprecedented free agency was revealed over the last week, yet baseball fans kept sniffing around on a most fuzzy question. Just who was the pup sitting on Ohtani’s lap when he was voted AL MVP for the second time last month? Fans speculated… Read More
After 6-year-old shoots teacher, a Virginia mother faces sentencing for child neglect
The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia is expected to be sentenced Friday for felony child neglect, nearly a year after her son used her gun to critically wound the educator. Deja Taylor faces up to five years behind bars, but as part of a plea… Read More
Raja the elephant, a big draw this zoo, is moving across the country
Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions — literally and figuratively — at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he’s moving away. The zoo announced Thursday that the male Asian elephant born at the zoo nearly 31 years ago will be relocated to the Columbus Zoo… Read More
The most male (and most female) region of the US is…
Anyone who has suspected that there are more women than men where they live, or vice versa, will find fodder for their suspicions in new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Whether it refutes or confirms their suspicions likely depends on where they live. [Warning] U.S. law could rob you… Read More
Montana men charged with illegally killing 3,600 birds
A federal grand jury in Montana has indicted two men accused of killing about 3,600 birds, including bald eagles and golden eagles, and selling them on the black market. The indictment returned in U.S. District Court last week charges Simon Paul and Travis John Branson with 13 counts of unlawful… Read More
With one word, Karine Jean-Pierre just caused a huge scandal
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter defied a congressional subpoena on Wednesday. Later that day, the White House admitted to have known about Hunter Biden’s plan to snub Congress and defy the subpoena. White House press secretary Jean-Pierre admitted that the president was “familiar” with his son’s plan. “Look, you know,… Read More
Woman who allegedly drove car into religious group pleads not guilty
A Montana woman who police say was intoxicated when she drove her vehicle repeatedly through a group of religious demonstrators, wounding one person, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to multiple felony charges. Genevienne Marlene Rancuret, 55, was arraigned in state district court and ordered held on $250,000 bond in the… Read More
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