Author: Kristine Phillips
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Were Colorado girls strangled? Father’s lawyers requested DNA swabs from children’s necks.
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The two young Colorado girls who, along with their mother, were killed this past week may have been strangled before their bodies were dumped in an oil well, according to a court document. A motion filed Friday by attorneys defending Christopher Watts, who investigators believe killed his pregnant wife and daughters, asks that DNA samples…
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A Florida teacher drowned wild raccoons with his students’ help. Here’s why he won’t be charged.
A Florida high school teacher who, with the help of his students, killed two raccoons and a possum by drowning them in a tub of water will not face criminal charges, the state’s prosecutors announced. Dewie Brewton III, a former agricultural teacher at Forest High School in Ocala, Fla., “did not intend to torture or…
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Former president George H.W. Bush is hospitalized again, spokesman says
Former president George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized because of low blood pressure and fatigue, his spokesman said Sunday. Jim McGrath announced on Twitter that Bush was taken Sunday to Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford, about 20 miles south of Portland, and is likely to remain there for a few days for observation. “The former president is…
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‘Marcus needed help, not death’: Body-cam video shows police officer fatally shooting naked man
A Richmond police officer is under investigation after he shot and killed an unarmed naked man who lunged at him during a confrontation earlier this month. Videos released by the Richmond Police Department showed a visibly disturbed Marcus-David Peters screaming and walking toward officer Michael Nyantakyi. He fired his Taser several times, but Peters kept charging.…
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Starbucks: You don’t have to buy coffee to sit in our cafes or use our restrooms
Starbucks is now allowing people to use its restrooms and sit in its cafes and patios even if they do not buy anything. The coffee giant on Saturday announced its new policy, which says that customers, including those who did not make a purchase, can come to its cafes and stay — as long as they behave properly.…
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Ebola has infected dozens so far in Congo, killing 19, WHO says
Nineteen people have died of Ebola in Congo as health officials plan to send an experimental vaccine to prevent the spread of the virus that killed thousands in West Africa a few years ago. The World Health Organization said there have been 39 confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola over the past five weeks as…
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African woman kicked off United flight after white man complained she was ‘pungent,’ suit says
An African woman and her children were kicked off a United Airlines flight after a fellow passenger complained that she had a “pungent” odor, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the company. The incident involving the passenger, a white male, happened two years ago, when Queen Obioma, a Nigerian citizen, and her two…
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Nearly 200 free-roaming horses died searching for water on Navajos’ parched land
Nearly 200 feral horses, besieged by famine and dehydration, were found dead on a dried-up stock pond on Navajo land in Arizona. The animals went to the pond in Gray Mountain, an unincorporated community in Coconino County in north-central Arizona, in search of water. But they somehow found themselves burrowed into the mud and too…
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A cockroach crawled into a Florida woman’s ear. It took nine days to get it out.
Katie Holley was jolted awake by a cold thing — what she had initially thought was a small piece of ice that somehow slid down her left ear. Disoriented, she rushed to the bathroom, grabbed a cotton swab and slowly stuck it inside her ear. And then Holley felt something move. It was like a “rhythmic” movement,…
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E. coli outbreak spreads as source of tainted lettuce remains a mystery
Public health officials are warning consumers not to eat store-bought, chopped romaine lettuce as an E. coli outbreak linked to the vegetable worsens. Fifty-three related E. coli infections have been reported in 16 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the past several days, 18 new cases have been added to the CDC’s investigation, including…