Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — D.C. police officer Wayne David died on Wednesday evening after he suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while trying to recover a weapon from a storm drain, police have announced. Officers were responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle when a man jumped out ofRead More →
Jill Hunkler (NEW YORK) — When Jill Antares Hunkler purchased land in Belmont County, Ohio, in 2007, she never envisioned her home would be surrounded by 78 oil and gas fracking wells a decade later, she said. “I wanted to build my home where I had roots,” Hunkler, a seventh-generationRead More →
Courtesy of Marcellus Williams’ Legal Team (ST. LOUIS) — A county prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri, presented DNA evidence Wednesday alleging that a death row inmate convicted of first-degree murder is innocent in a case that has drawn opposition from the state attorney general. Marcellus Williams, 55, who has maintainedRead More →
EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A United Airlines flight en route to Chicago was diverted to Tennessee after experiencing “severe turbulence” Wednesday, the airline said. Seven people were injured, including one who was transported to a local hospital, authorities said. Flight UA1196 encountered “a brief period of severe turbulence” WednesdayRead More →
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Pool/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A former Nevada politician was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022. As the jury’s foreperson read out the guilty verdict, former Clark County public administratorRead More →
The water buffalo is seen in this still from a Ring camera video in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, on Aug. 26, 2024. (Courtesy Jessica Eshelman) (NEW YORK) — Police in Iowa said they have captured a “dangerous,” injured water buffalo that had been on the loose since Saturday. The Pleasant HillRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The hottest weather of the season is spreading across the eastern half of the U.S. — with cities in the Northeast in the bull’s-eye on Wednesday — after baking the Midwest with extreme temperatures early in the week. Chicago’s actual temperature hit 99 degrees onRead More →
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Pool/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A former Nevada politician was found guilty Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022. As the jury’s foreperson read out the verdict, Telles looked down and shook his head. In a press conference after the verdictRead More →
Courtesy of Redlands Police Department/Facebook (REDLANDS, Calf.) — Police are searching for a couple and their dog who went missing from a California nudist community on Saturday. Stephanie Menard and Daniel Menard were reported missing on Sunday, according to the Redlands Police Department. The couple was last seen at theirRead More →
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A former Massachusetts police officer is accused of killing a pregnant 23-year-old woman who he began sleeping with when she was a teenager and staging her death to look like a suicide, a federal indictment unsealed in Boston on Wednesday alleges. Former Stoughton policeRead More →
