iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Girl Scouts of Troop 6000, the first homeless shelter-based troop in New York City, have quite a sizable goal for their first-ever cookie sale. The roughly two dozen girls, who all live in homeless shelters, have set a lofty target of 6,000 boxes. For starters, they […]
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — New York City authorities are working to determine how a 26-year-old woman’s dismembered body turned up in a Brooklyn park this week, according to a police source. Brandy Odom’s torso was found in Canarsie Park on Monday night, the source said, while her arms and legs were […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill.) — A pastor at an Illinois church that serves more than 25,000 worshipers at eight locations stepped down more than six months ahead of his scheduled retirement, amid allegations of inappropriate behavior with parishioners. The Rev. Bill Hybels, founder of the Willow Creek Community Church in South […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — The Broward County School Board on Tuesday said it wouldn’t participate in a state program that allows certain staff members to carry firearms. That district includes Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were shot and killed in February. The state’s […]
Karen Ducey/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Thousands of students across the country will come together next week to rally against school gun violence — an event the teenage organizers hope will empower students to continue their momentum in a push for common-sense gun reform. The event — called the National School […]
Guilford County Sheriff’s Office(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A missing teen girl has been found safe after she apparently disappeared with an older man, authorities in North Carolina said. Amelia Hill is being returned to her family, according to the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. Earl Cunningham, 44, has been arrested and is […]
Guilford County Sheriff’s Office(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Authorities in North Carolina say they are searching for a missing and possibly endangered 15-year-old girl who may be with an older, unidentified man. Fifteen-year-old Amelia Hill is believed to have left home on her own, possibly after an argument with her parents, Guilford […]
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — California is the only border state that has not announced a deployment of its National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border. Texas, New Mexico and Arizona have announced a combined 1,588 Guardsmen to support President Donald Trump’s new border security mission. Nearly 700 of those troops have already […]
TBI(DICKSON, Tenn.) — The Tennessee father accused of killing his 5-year-old son allegedly told authorities that he had hit his son repeatedly until the little boy was dead at their Dickson home, according to court documents. Joseph Daniels admitted last week to repeatedly striking Joe Clyde Daniels on or about […]
Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn today detailed “acts of violence and certain drug trafficking activity” they want to introduce at the trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, including murder, torture and kidnapping. Guzman, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of importing […]
