Following the House of Representatives’ steps, the Senate voted Tuesday to pass the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund bill, which would provide financial assistance to ailing first responders and their families until 2092. The Senate voted 97-2 to replenish the 9/11 victims fund, which was projected to be depleted by the end of next year. …
Authorities in West Virginia issued an AMBER Alert Monday for a 4-year-old girl who they said is in “extreme danger” and was likely abducted by her biological father. According to WYFF, the Alert stated that Gracelynn June Scritchfield was last seen in Fairmont on July 6 and was believed to have been abducted by her …
A woman was found fatally shot in the neck in Illinois on Sunday—marking the third unsolved murder in the city in the past month, according to reports. KTVI reports that Amanda Legare, 38, was found dead on the side of the road near the intersection of Jefferson and Belleville Avenues in East St. Louis. Her …
A Georgia mother is facing murder charges after she allegedly dropped her 3-month-old son during an altercation with another woman Friday, resulting in the infant’s death the following day. WTXL reported that surveillance cameras at Thomas Beauty Supply in Moultrie reportedly filmed Karen Harrison, 26, holding her son as she approached a woman in a …
An Ohio courtroom erupted in chaos Monday after a former juvenile court judge was sentenced to six months in jail for illegally using her position to help her brother keep his county job. WLWT reported that a supporter of Hamilton County Court Judge Tracie Hunter was spotted rushing the defense table after Judge Patrick Dinkelacker …
The fiancée of a New Jersey principal who died in April after donating bone marrow to a teen cancer patient in France has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital that conducted the surgery. In the lawsuit, an anesthesiologist at Hackensack University Medical Center was accused of committing malpractice which resulted in Westfield High …
An Indiana mother was arrested earlier this month for allegedly leaving her toddler son in a hot car during a Department of Child Services meeting regarding an incident involving her 4-day-old son. Jennifer K. Ost, 27, reportedly arrived at Community Hospital and met with a DCS worker and hospital police officer on July 16, days …
A Pennsylvania man is facing homicide charges for allegedly fatally shooting a 17-year-old boy outside his job on Friday for introducing drugs to his daughter. According to New Castle News, Michael J. D’Biagio, 41, admitted to shooting Darren Jevcak five or six times in a parking lot near a pizza shop where the boy worked. …
A Pennsylvania school district has reportedly walked back on claims that parents would lose custody of their children if they didn’t pay off their school lunch debts. The Citizens’ Voice reported that the Wyoming Valley West School District made the controversial comments in an attempt to recoup $22,467 in delinquent school lunch bills owed by …
Police believe the couple’s autistic 8-year-old daughter witnessed her mother’s murder
The family of a late woman recently sued a Utah hospital, alleging she died last year after operating doctors left an open tube from her heart—resulting in her blood draining into a garbage can. Citing the lawsuit, The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Donnamay Brockbank, 63, underwent heart surgery in July 2018 at St. Mark’s …
Drug kingpin El Chapo was reportedly seen in New York early Friday as he makes his descent to a supermax prison in Colorado, where he’ll serve a life sentence. The New York Post snapped several images of Joaquin Guzman surrounded by heavily-armed guards at a Wall Street heliport, where he arrived via a black SUV …
