An Alabama woman accused of falsely telling police she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler wandering along the highway is appealing her municipal court conviction in an effort to avoid a yearlong jail sentence sought by prosecutors. A municipal judge on Wednesday found Carlee Russell, 26, guilty …
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A suspect has been arrested in an airport parking garage shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and injured another last week, authorities said. Police have scheduled a Monday afternoon news conference to release more information. Authorities said the two officers had just arrived at work at about 11 p.m. …
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A government watchdog group uncovered that well over 65,000 substantial lottery winners since 2019 continued collecting food stamps, even when they were over the federal income threshold for the program. The Foundation for Government Accountability’s survey of data from thirteen states shows recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), …
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A Georgia couple got a scary surprise recently after they discovered a 4-foot ball python living in their front yard. “Definitely was not expecting a python, I was like that definitely doesn’t belong there,” homeowner Ellen Snyder said of unwanted guest at their suburban Atlanta home. While the snake isn’t …
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TROY, Ohio – A third of four children exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide from a furnace in a home has died. Thirteen-year-old Jakia Jones died on Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Her cousins 14-year-old Dionanna Bishop and 13-year-old Dejah Bishop died on Friday after a relative found them …
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SEATTLE – The Justice Department’s report on Ferguson is resonating with other communities where residents feel its findings sound familiar: a mostly white police department overseeing a mostly minority town, patterns of racial profiling and profit-driven law enforcement. Felix Vargas, chairman of a Hispanic organization in the Washington city of …
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PAWNEE, Okla. – The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality says medical waste including used vials and syringes has been found in the Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma. Agency spokeswoman Erin Hatfield says the department was notified Monday of the discovery in Pawnee County and will send investigators to the scene …
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GADSDEN, Ala. – Defense lawyers are asking a jury to spare the life of an Alabama woman convicted of running her granddaughter to death. Jurors will be back in court in Gadsden on Wednesday for a sentencing hearing for 49-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard. The jury convicted Garrard of capital murder …
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NEW YORK – Rule changes that govern how New York City jails operate will create highly restrictive Rikers Island housing units for dangerous inmates and also amend when and how solitary confinement can be used. The proposed amendments to inmate minimum standards were made public Friday. The board that oversees …
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PHOENIX – A Phoenix woman has died hours after giving birth to quadruplets. Nicole Todman, a family friend, says 36-year-old Erica Morales did not get to see her newborns before she passed away early Friday morning at Banner Good Samaritan hospital in Phoenix. Todman says Morales was about seven months …
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