Tag: Crime and Incidents

LIVE 10 AM ET: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Protecting Children Online

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 14 on Protecting Children Online. Kristin Bride of Survivor Parent And Social Media Reform Advocate, Portland, Oregon; Emma Lembke, founder of Log Off Movement, Birmingham, Alabama;  Michelle C. DeLaune, president and CEO of National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Alexandria,…


LIVE NOW: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Protecting Children Online

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 14 on Protecting Children Online. Kristin Bride of Survivor Parent And Social Media Reform Advocate, Portland, Oregon; Emma Lembke, founder of Log Off Movement, Birmingham, Alabama;  Michelle C. DeLaune, president and CEO of National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Alexandria,…


Polygamy Kidnapping Suspect Will Be Returned to Utah

MINOT, N.D.—The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that he kidnapped his niece, as he waived extradition at a court hearing Monday following his arrest in North Dakota. Heber Jeffs was arrested by federal agents on Saturday after he was tracked to the town of…


United Flight from Maui Plunged to Within 800 Feet of Pacific Ocean Soon After Takeoff

A United Airlines flight suddenly took a steep dive shortly after take off from a Hawaiian airport, plunging 1,400 feet to within 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean. The incident happened on Dec. 18, just 71 seconds after United Flight UA1722 took off from Kahului Airport at 2:49 p.m. local time from the island of…


Shots Fired at Michigan State University, Students Ordered to ‘Secure in Place’

Michigan State University issued an urgent alert to students Monday night after two separate shootings were reported on campus. University officials stated that shots were fired near Berkey Hall and another at IM East. Students were advised to “secure in place” and follow the “Run, Hide, Fight” protocol. Run means evacuating away from danger if…


3 Dead, 5 Injured in Michigan State University Shooting, Students Ordered to ‘Secure in Place’

Three are dead and five injured, some with life-threatening conditions, after two separate shootings by the same suspect on campus at Michigan State University (MSU) Monday night. MSU police confirmed the fatalities at around 11:30 p.m., roughly a half hour after telling reporters that five people were taken to Sparrow Hospital, some with life-threatening injuries, from the…


3 Dead, 5 Injured in Michigan State University Shooting, Suspect Found Dead

Three are dead and five injured, some with life-threatening conditions, after two separate shootings by the same suspect on campus at Michigan State University (MSU) Monday night. MSU Police and Public Safety Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said in an update shortly after midnight that the suspect was found dead off-campus from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. “This truly…


Death Penalty Phase Begins in Trial of NYC Bike Path Killer

NEW YORK—Jurors began hearing testimony Monday to help them decide whether an Islamic extremist who killed eight people on a New York City bike path should get a death sentence, an extraordinarily rare penalty in a state that hasn’t had an execution in 60 years. Sayfullo Saipov, 35, was convicted last month in the 2017…


Jury Urged to Sentence to Death Man Who Killed 8 on New York Bike Path

NEW YORK—A federal prosecutor urged a New York jury to sentence Sayfullo Saipov to death as the penalty phase of his trial began on Monday, saying his execution would be the only just punishment after he killed eight people in his 2017 attack on a Manhattan bike path. It marked the first time jurors have…


EPA Lists Other Toxic Chemicals on Tankers in Ohio Derailment

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has written the Norfolk Southern Railway describing the chemicals found at the site of a Feb. 3 train derailment and controlled burn in East Palestine, Ohio, that some local residents have linked to sickness or death among animals. The Feb. 10 letter from the EPA to Norfolk Southern notes “multiple…