KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former executive for a water park company was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated on a giant waterslide at a Kansas water park. Tyler Austin Miles, 29, a former operations director of Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts, […]
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White House announces ban on most transgender service members
The White House announced Friday that the Trump administration would implement its ban on all transgender service in the military “except under certain limited circumstances.” It would also stop all use of Defense Department or Homeland Security resources to fund new sex reassignment surgeries, except to protect the health of […]
Neighborhood policing builds relationships to cut crime
In 2017, New York City saw some of its lowest violent crime numbers in decades. The nation’s largest city police department reported historic reductions in crime last year, including the first time the number of shooting incidents fell below 800 and the number of murders below 300 — the city’s lowest […]
Lawyers for Marine call fatal stabbing an accident
SAN DIEGO — The defense team for a Marine accused in the fatal stabbing of a fellow serviceman on a California Marine Corps base argued Thursday that the death was a tragic accident and the two friends were playing around with a knife. Pfc. Raymond W. Begay faces charges of […]
Man arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Va. congressman
A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to murder Republican Rep. Scott Taylor of Virginia, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. A DOJ news release says court documents allege that 69-year-old Wallace Grove Godwin showed up at Taylor’s Virginia Beach Office Thursday and, […]
Doctor says pledge may have lived if help was called sooner
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – A forensic pathologist testified Friday that injuries that killed a Penn State fraternity pledge last year might not have been fatal if fraternity members had summoned help more quickly. Dr. Harry Kamerow took the stand in a preliminary hearing to determine if there is sufficient evidence to […]
“Are things pretty dire? Yes”: Reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animals
WASHINGTON — Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new United Nations scientific reports that provide the most comprehensive and localized look at the state of biodiversity. Scientists meeting in Colombia issued four regional reports Friday on how well animal and plants […]
#DeleteFacebook: Elon Musk and others join movement
Elon Musk seemingly didn’t know the companies he runs — Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX — had Facebook (FB) pages. They don’t any longer. Musk joined a #DeleteFacebook campaign that has expanded since it became known that Cambridge Analytica acquired data on 50 million Facebook users. A Twitter user messaged Musk […]
Jim Gaffigan on that topic he can’t talk about
Even more than usual, the news out of Washington this past week seemed to be all about one topic — which leaves our Jim Gaffigan struggling for words: I recently had a horrible realization: I only have two types of conversations with people these days. It doesn’t matter if I’m […]
Family of four from Iowa found dead in Mexico
CRESTON, Iowa — Police in Creston, Iowa, say a family of four that was reported missing overnight has been found dead in Mexico. The bodies of Kevin, Amy, Sterling and Adrianna Sharp were discovered Friday inside a condominium of a tourist complex in Tulum, where they went on vacation, CBS Des […]