JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — Government cargo planes flew in supplies and troops began distributing boxes of food to jittery survivors of an earthquake that destroyed a large part of Juchitan and killed at least 37 people here, even as officials on Sunday raised the nationwide death toll to 90. Some people continued to sleep outside, …
An aptly named baby boy born during Hurricane Harvey is the center of a positive story of hope and the kindness of strangers amidst the devastation in Texas. As reported by the Deseret News, young mother Dru Wheeler went into labor on August 29 just as the flood waters were rising in her family’s home …
Pregnant Kate misses due to struggles with “acute morning sickness”
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, will soon welcome a third child to the royal nursery. Kensington Palace officials announced Monday that the former Kate Middleton is pregnant, but was not feeling well enough to attend an engagement later in the day. As with her …
Back to school shopping took a violent turn in a Michigan Walmart on Monday afternoon, after a woman allegedly brandished a gun during an argument over a notebook. USA Today reports that the incident occurred in the city of Novi, near Detroit, when two pairs of women fought over the last notebook on a shelf. …
A police officer was caught on video appearing to assault a nurse who was simply trying to do her job. Body camera video released this week appears to show Salt Lake City police officer, Jeff Payne, violently handcuff nurse Alex Wubbels, a two-time Olympian, inside the University Hospital Burn Unit, reports KSL. Officer Payne was …
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 …
