Facebook(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Slain Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts died from “multiple sharp force injuries” according to the preliminary results of her autopsy, officials said Thursday. Tibbetts, a 20-year-old rising sophomore at the University of Iowa, disappeared the evening of July 18 while jogging in the rural farming town of Brooklyn, […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A former National Security contractor described by a federal prosecutor as “quintessential example of an insider threat,” was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday for leaking to the media classified information about a Russian hacking investigation. Reality Leigh Winner, 26, pleaded guilty in June to […]
(HONOLULU) — Hurricane Lane is bearing down on Hawaii, dumping up to a foot of rain on the Big Island and lashing the state with rough winds. The Category 4 storm may bring over 30 inches of rain to some areas, making them vulnerable to flash floods and landslides. The […]
Poweshiek County Sheriffs Office(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump weighed in on the murder case of an Iowa college student, pointing to the immigration status of the man accused of killing her, even though his status is in dispute. Trump posted a video on Twitter about the death of Mollie Tibbetts, […]
(HONOLULU) — A Category 4 hurricane with winds up 130 miles per hour is approaching the Hawaiian islands. Hurricane Lane is expected to track very close to the islands Thursday and Friday. It may weaken slightly as it approaches, but the storm is expected to maintain hurricane strength. Some computer […]
(HONOLULU) — Hurricane Lane is bearing down on Hawaii, dumping up to a foot of rain on the Big Island and lashing the state with winds up to 130 miles per hour. The Category 4 storm may bring over 20 inches of rain to some areas, making them vulnerable to […]
Sara D. Davis/Getty Images(CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — The students of the University of North Carolina may have torn down a Confederate statue from their campus, but a new vote by a state commission means that three other confederate statues will stay put at the state capitol. A commission voted Wednesday […]
Poweshiek County Sheriffs Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Slain jogger Mollie Tibbetts and her alleged killer lived in the same rural Iowa town but it’s unclear whether they knew each other, investigators say. Either way, “there was something that drew him to her,” Mitch Mortvedt of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation […]
Fayetteville Police Department(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) — A North Carolina man has been arrested for a string of rapes committed a decade ago, police said, after he was tracked down through the same technology used to catch the suspected “Golden State Killer.” Darold Wayne Bowden, 43, was charged in connection with six […]
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — Two brothers — just 2 and 4 years old — are dead after they were found unresponsive in a river, authorities said. The incident unfolded when concerned witnesses called 911 at the Kankakee River by the Illinois and Indiana state line on Tuesday, said Lake County Sheriff Oscar […]
