Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A rural Tennessee community is on edge as the manhunt intensifies for a double murder suspect who is on the run after a string of violent crimes, authorities said. Though the search is intensifying for Kirby Gene Wallace in an area north of Nashville, […]
Federal Emergency Management Agency(NEW YORK) — It was loud and intrusive. And there’s no way around it. At 2:18 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, almost every cell phone in the U.S. sounded an alarm and vibrated. The “Presidential Alert,” orchestrated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was a test to see […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The substance found in the envelopes sent to the Pentagon, White House and Sen. Ted Cruz’s office were castor seeds and not ricin, according to a U.S. official familiar with the investigation. Castor seeds are what the poison ricin is derived from. The official said that one of […]
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A double murder suspect who is on the run after a string of violent crimes in Tennessee may have been spotted overnight, authorities said. As the search intensifies for Kirby Gene Wallace in a rural area of Tennessee north of Nashville, a homeowner called […]
WNEP(MONTOUR COUNTY, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania boy is in critical condition on Wednesday after he fell into a full grain trailer over the weekend. Wellington Shaffer, 7, was playing on his family’s farm in central Pennsylvania on Saturday when he fell into a trailer filled with harvested corn kernels, authorities […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Two envelopes suspected of containing ricin poison, one addressed to Defense Secretary James Mattis, were identified in the Pentagon’s Central Processing Center, according to a U.S. official. Later on Monday, the Secret Service reported it had also intercepted a suspicious envelope addressed to President Donald Trump, though that […]
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — The Chicago Police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014 became emotional when he took the stand in his own defense Tuesday, wiping away tears as he recalled details from the fatal shooting. Jason Van Dyke, 40, testified about the crucial moments of the Oct. […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Two envelopes suspected of containing ricin poison, one addressed to Defense Secretary James Mattis, have been identified in the Pentagon’s Central Processing Center, according to a U.S. official. The envelopes were addressed to Mattis and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, the official said. The pieces of […]
iStock/Thinkstock(PORTLAND, ME) — Authorities and dozens of volunteers are searching for a 47-year-old woman who disappeared overnight Sunday. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office requested the public’s help in locating Kristin Westra, who was last seen Sunday evening at her home on Lufkin Road in North Yarmouth. Westra’s husband woke up […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — On Wednesday at 2:18 p.m. EST almost all the cell phones in the country will go off in the first nationwide test of a wireless emergency alert system. FEMA officials say they expect the alert to reach 75 percent of wireless-enabled devices, including cell phones and smartwatches. The […]
