A young man in Houston died tragically after he was electrocuted on his way to feed his sister’s cat. KRPC reports that Andrew Pasek, 25, died of electrocution Tuesday while walking in floodwater in the Houston community of Bear Creek Village. Pasek was reportedly walking to his sister’s house, along with his friend Sean, to …
New criminal charges against a Minnesota man indicate that he purposely hid his history of seizures so he could continue driving, which ultimately led to the death of three people. New York Post reports that Patrick Hayes, 35, of Savage, is charged with criminal vehicular homicide after allegedly crashing head-on while on I-494 in Bloomington after …
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JUAN LOZANO, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Harvey’s floodwaters began to drop across much of the Houston area and the sun peeked through thinning clouds Wednesday in the biggest glimmer of hope in days for the besieged city. But as the crisis eases, the storm could begin to give up its dead. …
A Texas mom passed away on Tuesday after trying to save her 3-year-old daughter during the massive flooding of Hurricane Harvey. USA Today reports that authorities found the unidentified woman inside a canal with an infant in Beaumont. Apparently, the woman’s vehicle got stuck while driving with her daughter along an I-10 service road. She pulled …
A victim of Hurricane Harvey flooding gave a CNN reporter a dressing down during a TV interview inside a flood shelter in Houston. CNN reporter Rosa Flores put a microphone in front of a distraught mother, identified only as Danielle, who had just arrived at the shelter after being rescued. Danielle initially answered the reporter’s …
A family of six likely drowned in their van Sunday afternoon while trying to escape floods caused by Hurricane Harvey. Relatives told KHOU that four children, Daisy Saldivar, 6, Xavier Saldivar, 8, Dominic Saldivar, 14, Devy Saldivar, 16, and their great-grandparents, Manuel Saldivar, 84, and wife Belia Saldivar, 81, perished Sunday. Witnesses told the local station that the van …
A man was charged Thursday after authorities said he pulled his car into a group of demonstrators protesting a police shooting in St. Louis, injuring three people.
The six-month search for two Tulsa, Oklahoma, children has reportedly ended with the children’s safe return and their parents’ arrest. Christopher Smith and Shaquelle Cantrell are accused of taking off with their children during a supervised visit in February. According to KOKI, Department of Human Services (DHS) removed the couple’s 5-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter from …
Stephanie Cadena thought she would finally get closure after three excruciating years when authorities found the remains of her son, Chase Massner. Although in all likelihood it was indeed Chase that detectives found in the backyard of a Kennesaw, Georgia home, but the Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office in Marietta still hasn’t officially confirmed it. …
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen has been identified as that of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine earlier this month, Danish police said Wednesday. Wall, 30, was last seen alive on Aug. 10 on Danish inventor Peter Madsen’s …
A Palmdale, California, couple was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the beating death of the woman’s toddler son. A judge sentenced Brandon Jerel Williams, 27, to 25 years to life after being convicted of first-degree murder, torture, and assault on a child causing death. The victim’s mother, Rosie Lee Wilson, 23, was sentenced to 15 years …
By ANNABELLE LIANG, Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Navy divers searching a flooded compartment of the USS John S. McCain found remains of some of the 10 sailors missing in a collision between the warship and an oil tanker, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said Tuesday as he promised a full investigation. Adm. Scott Swift also …
