Issac Brekken-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- On the night of Sept. 13, 2007, Michael McClinton found himself walking out of a Las Vegas hotel with O.J. Simpson and four other men, still reeling from what had just happened.“The minute I walked out… I knew that we were getting ready to have a huge problem,” McClinton told ABC News “20/20.”It was supposed to be a quick meeting in a hotel room at […]
iStock/Thinkstock(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The U.S. Marines Corps released the names of 15 Marines and one Navy corpsman killed in a military plane crash on Monday.The Marine Corps KC-130 transport plane was flying from the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina, to the Naval Air Facility in El Centro, California, when it crashed in a field in LeFlore County, Mississippi, about 85 miles north of Jackson.While an investigation […]
flamethearsoncat/Instagram(GREENVILLE, S.C.) -- The firefighters at Belmont Fire Department in Greenville, South Carolina, rescued this stray orange kitty after finding him malnourished wandering around the outside of their station about two years ago. But now, they’ll be the first to admit that he’s actually the one who has rescued them.Flame the Arson Cat, as he’s now appropriately named, is like their shadow in the fire house, “always there when you […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass.) -- Police have discovered what appeared to be human remains behind a home with connections to the decades-old, unsolved slaying of a Pennsylvania police chief, authorities said.The remains were found buried behind the North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, home of the ex-wife of longtime fugitive Donald Eugene Webb, police said.Webb, who’s on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, is alleged to have killed Saxonburg Police Chief Gregory Adams in Saxonburg, […]
President Trump has nominated two men with experience in the federal court systems to be the top federal prosecutors in Iowa. Peter Deegan, Jr., is the president’s pick to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. He’s worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Cedar Rapids for more than 10 years. He’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Cedar Rapids native who was the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War has given the medal to his unit. In 2010, Staff Sergeant Sal Giunta was recognized with the nation’s highest military award for his actions when his squad was ambushed in Afghanistan a decade ago. During a ceremony last […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s secretary of state says crime victims with “confidential addresses” from safety programs in Iowa and 35 other states should be allowed to use those addresses at the federal level, too. More than 300 crime victims have used Iowa’s new “Safe at Home” program in the past year to get a confidential address to use […]Powered by WPeMatico
A national study finds opioid prescriptions are falling across the U.S. but in one-third of Iowa’s counties, those prescriptions are rising. Kevin Gabbert heads Iowa’s State Opioid Treatment Authority. He says state officials are trying to get more physicians to use the Prescription Monitoring Program or PMP, which can help prevent patients from getting opioids […]Powered by WPeMatico
A major fire in the western Iowa community of Exira has destroyed a bar and nearby buildings in the block are flattened, too. The bar — called “Jerry’s Joint” — had been renovated not long ago and it’s been leveled. Three adjacent structures have been gutted. Fighting the fire has been complicated by a lack […]Powered by WPeMatico
