A woman was shot and later pronounced dead after she pointed what Police later discovered was a BB gun at officers who had tried unsuccessfully to make her surrender in a 90-minute stand-off. BB guns are a type of air guns designed to shoot metallic ball projectiles called BBs. The woman, Vanessa Marquez, a series […] …
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Man, wife kill his ex, dump her body in alligator-infested river
An American man and his wife have been convicted of murdering his ex-wife, who was also the mother of his two young sons. The court heard how Grant and Amanda Hayes killed Laura Ackerson, cut her body into pieces and attempted to dissolve the remains in acid, while they threw her dismembered body parts into […] …
106-year-old John McCain’s mother, Roberta, attends son’s burial services
Roberta McCain, the mother of recently deceased American revered senator, John McCain, has been scheduled to attend the funeral rites of her son. McCain died of brain cancer on August 25 at 81. Now 106, Roberta, the wife of a Navy admiral and mother of a Navy captain lived a life full of travel and […] …
Couple die on way to honeymoon as bride falls asleep while driving
A newlywed couple has been killed on their way to their honeymoon after the bride reportedly fell asleep at the wheel. Amy Moffat, 28, and 30-year-old Stephen Graham were on their way to Whistler, British Columbia, when their car veered off the road near Yakima in Washington state about 7.30pm on Sunday. Quoting a report […] …
Man arrested for being a nuisance at funeral home
Former Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills linebacker Richie Incognito has been arrested in Arizona after threatening staff at a funeral home, police confirmed Tuesday. The 35-year-old free agent has been charged with making misdemeanour threats and disorderly conduct following the incident at Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary on Monday. US media reports said Incognito, who on […] …
Woman munches rapist’s privates as he asks for a head
A woman escaped an alleged sex attacker by biting down on his penis after he forced her to give him oral sex, police say. The woman, who has not been named, allegedly ate away at Spencer Franklin’s privates after he reportedly broke into her home last Thursday morning, Metro UK has reported. After sneaking into […] …
American prisoners launch nationwide strike, demand better living conditions, voting rights
US prisoners on Tuesday declared a nationwide strike demanding changes to correctional institutions including living conditions, pathways to parole and voting rights restoration. The US incarceration rate is the world’s highest: about 2.2 million people were behind bars at the end of 2016, a figure the American Civil Liberties Union says represents approximately one-fifth of […] …
I slaughtered my wife after she murdered our daughters —Man suspected of killing own family
A Colorado oil worker charged with murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters told investigators following his arrest that he killed his wife after she strangled the children, court documents showed on Monday. According to Yahoo News, quoting Reuters, Chris Watts, who had been involved in an extramarital affair with a co-worker, said during […] …
Fans, worshippers celebrate Aretha Franklin at Sunday service
Fans and worshippers celebrated the life of Aretha Franklin at her father’s Baptist church in Detroit on Sunday, with her powerful voice again ringing out within its walls in tribute to her spectacular career. Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, greeted by a standing ovation, sent the several hundred parishioners into raptures with his eulogy […] …
Doctor rapes heavily sedated patient
A former Texas doctor who was found guilty on Thursday of raping a heavily sedated patient will not serve time in prison for his crime. Shafeeq Sheikh, a former physician at Baylor College of Medicine, was sentenced to 10 years of probation on Friday and will have to register as a sex offender. A 12-person […] …