The family of an Alabama murder victim is asking the state to halt the execution of the woman’s killer, telling the governor they have forgiven the man and believe he should instead serve life in prison, WBRC-TV reports. Joe Nathan James, Jr., 49, is scheduled to be executed on July 28 for the 1994 murder of …
An emerging body of research is raising concerns about the effects of marijuana as more states and the federal government seek to legalize the psychoactive drug. Today, nearly half of Americans live in states where cannabis is legal recreationally, and lawmakers in all but 13 states have OK’d it for medical use. A bill introduced this …
A new television show is shining a spotlight on a terrifying crime called “phrogging,” where strangers secretly live in other people’s homes, the New York Post reports. The television series, called “Phrogging: Hider in My House,” premieres Monday on Lifetime. Brittany and James Campbell, one of the couples featured in the program, discovered they had …
An alleged Texas killer who fled the country after reportedly killing her boyfriend’s date apparently found a replacement in Costa Rica, according to the Austin-American Statesman. According to an interview with the news outlet, Teak Akerson said he dated Armstrong when they met in a remote Costa Rica town, where she fled to after allegedly …
A Georgia woman has reportedly become mostly paralyzed after a visit to a chiropractor, where she had an adjustment to her neck, WSB-TV reports. The family of 28-year-old Caitlin Jensen says four arteries became dissected in her neck as a result of the procedure. After she grew ill, the recent college grad was rushed to …
A New Jersey family says they were stuck in Aruba for a month after their son with autism had an outburst on the plane, leading to them getting kicked off. According to Nj.com, Jamie Green, along with her boyfriend, Carlos Pacheco, and their three children, stayed for a week in Aruba last month and were …
Three California elementary school students were hospitalized on Thursday after another student shared cannabis gummies with them during a snack break. All three of the Jacoby Creek Elementary School third graders have been released and are “doing well,” superintendent and principal Melanie Nannizzi told the Eureka Times-Standard. The student who brought the gummies to class …
An Italian woman with no known family members was found dead inside her home, where she had apparently been deceased for the past two years. According to Agence France-Presse, 70-year-old Marinella Beretta was found sitting at her table deceased on Friday in Prestino, near Lake Como. Police found the woman’s remains after making a house …
On Saturday, New York police reportedly found an elderly man’s decomposed body in an apartment he shared with his wife. Brent Shapiro, 84, died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease at least two months earlier, but his 72-year-old wife allegedly planned to wait a year before reporting his death. However, police performing a welfare check at the …
A man armed with a taser and a knife sent hundreds of young partiers scurrying for safety in New York’s Washington Square Park, sending one woman to the hospital when she was trampled by the frightened crowd. Police arrested Jason McDermott, 42, and charged him with menacing, reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of a weapon, …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* A Maryland dad and his young daughter died over the weekend after drowning in a swimming pool. The News & Observer reports that the incident happened at a teen’s birthday party in Waldorf on Saturday. The 7-year-old victim apparently didn’t know …
Biological fathers in Utah are now required to pay half of a woman’s pregnancy costs in a legislative attempt to decrease “the burden of pregnancy,” the bill’s sponsor says. Republican Rep. Brady Brammer said he wanted to do something to make birth easier rather than continue a focus on anti-abortion measures, the Associated Press reported. …
