wingedwolf/iStock(WASHINGTON) — With the number of migrant children in U.S. custody nearing 15,000, the Trump administration said Tuesday it will rollback its requirement that everyone in a sponsor’s household undergo fingerprinting and an extensive criminal background check. The move is expected to provide much-needed relief at holding facilities like Tornillo […]
recep-bg/iStock(CLARKSBURG, W.Va.) — A West Virginia high school suspended its assistant principal on Tuesday after a transgender student accused him of harassment. Liberty High School assistant principal Lee Livengood was suspended with pay following a complaint by sophomore Michael Critchfield, who said Livengood harassed him in a school bathroom last […]
Orange County Sheriffs Department(LOS ANGELES) — Police have arrested a Southern California woman who allegedly posed as the wife of a firefighter to swindle donors out of thousands of dollars in cash and goods. Ashley Bemis, 28, was arrested Tuesday on felony burglary charges in the wake of a months-long […]
Chambers County Sheriffs Office(ANAHUAC, Texas) — Authorities in Texas shared body camera footage on Tuesday that showed officers pulling an unconscious man from a burning vehicle after a crash. The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office shared the footage on its Facebook page, documenting two officers as they tossed the man into […]
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A single mother in New York didn’t let a would-be carjacker ruin the busy day ahead of her when he tried to drive away with her SUV on Tuesday morning. After 49-year-old Tihisha Jones of the Bronx auto-started her 2005 Honda Pilot to warm it before she […]
KOMO-TV(SEATTLE) — A massive tornado that ripped through Washington state left a path of destruction in its wake, videos and images posted to social media show. The tornado pummeled through Port Orchard as torrential storms clouded over the Pacific Northwest Tuesday afternoon. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado based […]
Scott Eisen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Migrants are showing up in groups of 100 or more at remote parts of the U.S.-Mexico border that aren’t equipped to handle the influx, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said Tuesday. It’s a new phenomenon to challenge the agency’s resources shortly after a […]
St. Charles County Department of Corrections via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The day before he allegedly took a rented truck for a deadly drive down New York City’s West Side Highway bike path, Sayfullo Saipov was secretly recorded on an FBI wiretap, according to newly filed court documents. The contents […]
Greenwood Police(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — A 6-month-old girl who was allegedly left to drown in an icy pond by her father is “greatly improving,” police announced Tuesday. On Monday morning just after 10 a.m., a man entered the Greenwood Police Department, telling authorities that he had just drowned his child, […]
Martin County Sheriffs Office(MIAMI) — A mother and daughter were arrested for trying to deliver contraband to the roof of a Florida state prison, according to authorities. Casandra Kerr, 40, and her daughter, Cencetta Didiano, 22, were “hoping to spread some holiday cheer” to a relative who has been housed […]
