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  • ‘We avoided disaster’: Video shows store manager catching baby above concrete floor

    HURRICANE, Utah (KSTU) — Surveillance video from inside a Utah pawn shop shows a store employee saving a child from what could have been a dangerous tumble. Saturday afternoon, two adult women were shopping for a firearm inside Family Pawn in Hurricane. As they were looking over a gun, one of the women placed a young child on the store’s counter. The child then lost his or her balance and started to fall toward the floor. Luckily, store manager Bill […]

  • Customer punched over taking too long at register in Florida Walmart

    CAPE CORAL, Fla. (TRIBUNE MEDIA WIRE) — Police have charged a Cape Coral man with battery after he reportedly punched another customer in the checkout line at a Walmart store. It happened Wednesday evening at the Neighborhood Market store on Pine Island Road at Nicholas Parkway. According to Cape Coral Police, 69-year-old Henry Harvey became angry over customers ahead of him in line taking too long at the register. An argument resulted in Harvey punching the victim in the head. […]

  • Gin company hires woman in Peloton ad for ‘sequel’ ad

    (TRIBUNE MEDIA WIRE) – The woman who appeared with a pained smile in a widely-attacked Peloton ad got a new beginning, thanks to actor and Aviation Gin owner Ryan Reynolds. In the original ad, the woman’s husband gives her a Peloton bike for Christmas and the commercial spot struck a nerve with social media users. “Nothing says ‘maybe you should lose a few pounds’ like gifting your already rail thin life partner a Peloton,” tweeted Siraj Hashmi. While the company […]

  • Woman arrested for DUI after RV gets stuck in Taco Bell drive-thru

    KENNEWICK, Wash. (KCPQ) — Police arrested a woman on suspicion of DUI after she got her RV stuck in a Washington state Taco Bell drive-thru. According to the Kennewick Police Department, the woman drove the wrong way into the fast-food restaurant’s drive-thru shortly after midnight Friday. The RV couldn’t make the turn and got stuck at the corner of the building. Officers said they suspected the 56-year-old of driving under the influence. She was booked into Benton County Jail.

  • Woman searched for ‘what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant’ before her murder

    ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) – Search warrants reveal a frightening timeline before a Missouri man’s arrest for murder and  tampering with evidence in the death of his wife. Jennifer Rothwell was approximately six weeks pregnant when she disappeared and was later found murdered, according to KTVI. According to court records, she’d been using her phone to search topics around the subject “what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant.” Two days before her husband Beau Rothwell’ […]

  • Woman pulls gun on McDonald’s employees over condiment mix-up, police say

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A Tennessee woman is facing felony charges after police say she pulled a gun on McDonald’s employees over condiments. On Nov. 25, three employees told authorities that they were working at the Memphis McDonald’s when Asia Vester ordered in the drive-thru line. She received her food, but then allegedly became upset when she was given ketchup instead of jelly. Words were reportedly exchanged, and that’s when the 20-year-old suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed […]

  • Permanent hair dye, chemical hair straightening could increase risk of breast cancer, study finds

    (WGHP) – Permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners might not be as harmless as they seem. The National Institute of Health reported Wednesday that women who use these chemicals face a higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who do not. Based on data from 46,709 women, researchers with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of NIH, found that those who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners were 9% more likely to develop breast cancer. “Researchers […]

  • Arizona man invited to Thanksgiving stabs 3 people during dinner, authorities say

    AVONDALE, Ariz. – Police arrested a man on Thanksgiving after he allegedly stabbed three people who invited him to celebrate at an Arizona home. Brandon Robinson, 33, faces three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the attack in Avondale. Court records show that Robinson met the victims at a bar two days before Thanksgiving and told them he had no local family and nowhere to go, the Daily Independent reports. The group invited Robinson over, but 15 minutes […]

  • U.S. Postal Service releases stamp to raise money for veterans with PTSD

    WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service has issued a new semipostal stamp that is now available at Post Offices nationwide. The First-Class stamps will sell for 65 cents, a price which includes a ten cent premium to be donated to veterans causes. The “Healing PTSD” semipostal stamps, now released nationwide, are First-Class Mail postage stamps. Art director Greg Breeding designed them using art by Mark Laita which features a photo illustration showing a green plant sprouting up from brown, […]

  • FBI wants help identifying ‘Jane Doe’ in child exploitation case

    SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman known as Jane Doe 37 in relation to a sexual exploitation case. Officials believe Jane Doe 37 may have critical information that could identify a child victim. Videos with Jane Doe 37 in them were brought to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in June 2014. The EXIF date embedded within the video files showed that the videos were made in April […]

  • A Facebook rumor about white vans is spreading fear across America

    Terrifying rumors initially propelled by Facebook’s algorithms have sparked fears that men driving white vans are kidnapping women all across the United States for sex trafficking and to sell their body parts. While there is no evidence to suggest this is happening, much less on a national, coordinated scale, a series of viral Facebook posts created a domino effect that led to the mayor of a major American city issuing a warning based on the unsubstantiated claims. The latest online-induced […]

  • Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison announce 2020 ‘Stadium Tour’ details

    (Tribune Media Wire) – Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison have released the official schedule of the 2020 tour they teased in November, when they literally blew up a contract they say prevented them from touring together. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be opening for the legendary rockers when Stadium Tour 2020 kicks off July 7 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The nationwide tour ends Sept. 5 in Inglewood, California. We are heading out on tour […]

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