Disturbing video clips show students kidnapped from a college in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state being held at gunpoint and beaten with a whip by their abductors emerged on Saturday. In the footage, which has been widely shared on Facebook, some of the students appeared visibly distressed. In one video, an abducted student calls on the
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ISIS militants were behind Thursday’s brutal killings north of Baghdad where they shot dead eight people in three separate attacks, including six family members, according to an Iraqi military statement released Friday. The attack took place in Albu-Dour’s predominantly Sunni village in Salah al-Din province, about 84 miles north of the Iraqi capital. The area
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Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — Men with vital exhaustion are more likely to suffer a heart attack, according to a new European study. Vital exhaustion refers to excessive fatigue, feelings of demoralization and increased irritability. “It is thought to be a response to intractable problems in people’s lives,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Honolulu Fire Department officials say a house fire Saturday in Nanakuli was intentionally set. Investigators found two points of origin: a fire started in the rear bedroom and one started in the front living room. HFD responded to the two-alarm fire at 89-1137 Naniahiahi
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OGEMAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A local community is supporting a family after a fire claimed the lives of two young children. The parents remain hospitalized with injuries along with their surviving children. “There was an accident, a house fire. I think they lost everything,” Levi Accord said.
Continue Reading Two people were killed and 13 others were wounded in a mass shooting at a party on Chicago’s South Side early Sunday morning, police said. Several of those injured in the shooting are still in surgery, said Police Superintendent David Brown. He said four guns were seized at the building, a makeshift setup converted for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A group of 100 demonstrators took a short march through Portland’s Pearl District Friday night. The Portland Police Bureau said some people in that group were violent, carried a number of weapons, and smashed windows in the Pearl District before all of them were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISONVILLE, Missouri (KCTV) — The Missouri Highway Patrol said that someone ‘suspiciously fell’ from a vehicle on I-49 just north of Harrisonville, MO on Friday morning. The Missouri Highway Patrol tweeted out some details of the incident on Saturday. Authorities said it happened at 11:20 a.m. on Friday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A school district in Northumberland County came up with a unique way to mark the last time their stadium will be used. Warrior Run is getting a new athletic stadium so organizers put together a cow pie event on Saturday. Cows were released
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Gun sales in the United States reached a record level last year, with the biggest increases in background checks for firearms overlapping with months of social and political unrest, according to industry and government data. Industry data and firearms background checks show nearly 23 million guns were purchased in 2020, according to Small Arms Analytics,
Continue Reading If you are a lawn game enthusiast, now might be your chance to shine! Lawn care company TruGreen is offering $1,000 dollars to a cornhole aficionado who is willing to spend a little time outdoors. “We are looking for someone who is willing to play cornhole and tell us about how you are using it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MAZOMANIE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Dane County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a missing 15-year-old girl who was last seen leaving Wisconsin Heights High School in Mazomanie Thursday, March 11. Officials say Tiah J. Meigs was last seen getting into a car with a known acquaintance around
Continue Reading Yemeni journalist Adel al-Hasani was released from jail on Sunday after a nearly 6-month imprisonment, his lawyer Liza Manaa Saeed told CNN. Hasani, who has worked with several prominent media outlets including CNN, was detained at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Aden, Yemen, last September. Rights groups have been calling for his release after
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A year ago we were left with empty courts and empty brackets. Just as men’s college basketball conference tournaments jumped into action, officials shut them down. Players were sent back to campus wondering if they needed to pack up and head home. There was no March Madness. The US was just beginning to embrace how
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The Oklahoma high school basketball announcer who hurled racist insults during a livestream of a state basketball game has apologized for his actions. In a statement obtained by CNN, Matt Rowan said he “most regrettably made some statements that cannot be taken back.” He said that he is a Type 1 diabetic and during the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — Among all the manifestations and complications of COVID-19, yet another puzzling question is emerging — is the virus triggering cases of diabetes? Like many doctors around the world, Dr. Mihail Zilbermint began noticing something strange midway in the pandemic. More and more people
Continue Reading Nearly 23 years ago, a newborn baby was found dead in a trash can at a gas station in Seattle. Decades later, police have arrested a suspect in the case who they say is the baby’s mother. Christine Marie Warren, 50, was arrested Thursday after investigators used information from a public genealogy website that linked
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At first it all appeared calm. As night fell on the part of South London where Sarah Everard took her final steps 10 days ago, the clouds parted for one last ray of sun. At the Clapham bandstand, where thousands had begun to gather for a vigil supposedly canceled because of Covid, someone began beating
Continue Reading The water supply in Jackson, Mississippi, may finally return to normal soon, weeks after a winter storm left some without service and forced a citywide boil-water advisory. While water has largely been restored, the boil water notice has remained, preventing some residents from using water for cooking or washing. Officials in Jackson intend to provide
Continue Reading First you see the barricades — traffic cones, graffitied concrete Jersey barriers and a metal frame that resembles a bike rack. Then there’s the makeshift guard shack, with so-called community “Guardians” inside, regulating the comings and goings on the streets. Finally, a poster declares “Welcome.” Beyond the barricades, past the guard hut, at the intersection
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