Thomas Kokoraleis — a suspected member of Chicago’s “Ripper Crew” who went to prison for a woman’s 1982 murder — is now a free man. Kokoraleis, 58, convicted of the murder of 21-year-old Lorraine “Lorry” Ann Borowski, was released from Illinois Department of Corrections custody Friday morning, Illinois Department of […]
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1 in 4 people near Ebola outbreak believe virus isn’t real, new study says
A quarter of people interviewed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year during the ongoing Ebola outbreak believed the deadly virus wasn’t real, according to a new study. A survey was conducted last September, one month after the country declared its 10th outbreak of the Ebola virus […]
Reputed ‘Ripper Crew’ member, killer released from prison
A man convicted of murder as a suspected member of the notorious “Ripper Crew” that killed as many as 20 Chicago-area women in the 1980s has been released from prison, according to a statewide alert sent Friday morning. Thomas Kokoraleis, now 58, was part of a widely publicized crime story […]
Dad accused of killing his 8-year-old son; police still searching for boy’s body
Weeks after 8-year-old Noah McIntosh vanished, his father has been charged with first-degree murder, police announced Friday. But authorities are still searching for the boy’s body. The case began on March 12, when police in Corona, California, responded to a welfare check on Noah after his mother, Jillian Godfrey, contacted […]
WATCH: Software glitch indicated in crash: Report
Transcript for Software glitch indicated in Boeing crash: Report breaking news in the Boeing investigation. Reports this morning that the black box data from that ethiopian airlines crash reveals a safety system was incorrectly activated that’s the same thing that happened on that failed lion air flight and ABC’s David […]
Forest Service firefighter killed in Texas helicopter crash
The U.S. Forest Service says a firefighter from California has died in a helicopter crash in the Sam Houston National Forest in Texas. The agency says Daniel Laird was a two-decade veteran of the U.S. Forest Service. He was helping with a controlled burn when the helicopter crashed Wednesday in […]
Heavy rain, severe storms to hit central US today
A strong spring storm that pounded the San Francisco Bay area with hail on Thursday moves into the central U.S. Friday, bringing heavy rain to the flooded Missouri and Mississippi rivers and severe storms for the central and southern Plains. In addition, heavy wet snow will fall from Wyoming to […]
‘Start Here’: Trump rails against Mueller report and Sacklers sued
It’s It’s Friday, March 29, 2019. Let’s start here. 1. Trump takes the podium Within minutes of taking the stage, President Donald Trump celebrated the attorney general’s summary of the special counsel’s investigation with his supporters during a rally in Michigan. “The special counsel completed its report and found no […]
Man wanted for murder caught in Mexico after 20 years on the run
A man wanted for murder in Florida was arrested in Mexico this week after more than 20 years on the run, authorities said. Israel Carrillo, 68, was located in Mexico and arrested by Mexican police on Wednesday, after the FBI followed up on several leads. He was extradited back to […]
President Trump schedules meeting with South Korean leader
President Donald Trump and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in have scheduled a meeting in Washington next month as Trump’s relationship with North Korea wavers. President Moon, and first lady Kim Jung-sook, will travel to the White House for talks on April 11. The White House released the news in a […]