iStock(NEW YORK) -- When Alison Turkos first noticed that her Lyft driver appeared to be going in the wrong direction, she said her first thought was that he might be trying to "scam me out of $20 or $30 dollars."As he became more aggressive, she realized something more serious might be underway. When the car stopped at a light, she said she tried to open the door to jump out, […]
iStock(PHOENIX) -- Authorities in Arizona busted an alleged drug house producing cannabis-infused snacks, modeled after Cheetos, Sour Patch Kids and Wheat Thins, as well as vaping cartridges and other marijuana products.Among the items seized by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office at the alleged drug lab was 300 pounds of marijuana, as well as semi-automatic weapons, four handguns, 1,100 THC vape cartridges and $3,000 in cash. All told, the seized property […]
iStock(NEW YORK) -- A toddler was found sleeping on a porch of a home in New York this week amid an intense search for his missing parents.Three-year-old Noelvin was found early Monday morning on a porch in Buffalo, New York, nearly 1,200 miles away from his home near Orlando, Florida, according to police."The child is in good spirits," Buffalo Police Department Captain Jeff Rinaldo told reporters on Tuesday. "He is […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Imelda made landfall Tuesday in Freeport, Texas, as a minimal tropical storm with winds of 40 mph.No longer a tropical storm as of Wednesday, the system is just a heavy rainmaker -- call it remnants of Imelda.The highest rainfall total so far was in Turkey Creek, Texas, just southeast of Houston, where a whopping 9.16” already fell.Some outer bands of Imelda brought storms to Baton Rough, […]
Drew Bloksberg/iStock(MUSCASTINE, Iowa) -- An Iowa mother is looking to press charges after her son with special needs was beaten up in the hallway of his high school.Vicky Zhan is working with school resource officers at Muscatine High School to press assault charges after video of the altercation on Monday circulated throughout the school, she told Moline, Ill., ABC affiliate WQAD.Zhan identified the boy who is punched repeatedly in the […]
An Amber Alert has been issued for Dulce Maria Alavez, 5, in Bridgeton, N.J. - (Bridgeton Police Department)(BRIDGETON, N.J.) -- A statewide Amber Alert has been issued in New Jersey for a missing 5-year-old girl who police say was lured away from a playground into a van.Dulce Maria Alavez was last seen Monday afternoon in the area of City Park in Bridgeton, N.J.Ducle's mother reported to authorities that she saw […]
Knox County Sheriffs Office(KNOX COUNTY, Tenn.) -- A quick thinking police officer with even quicker reflexes saved the life of a man attempting to jump off of a bridge while police were speaking with him in dramatic newly released video.The Knox County Sheriff’s Department in Tennessee posted a message from Sheriff Tom Spangler on Facebook congratulating the officer for saving the man’s life at the last second.“Sheriff Tom Spangler would […]
tacojim/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) -- Merriam-Webster has added another definition for the word "they" that can be used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary, or someone who expresses a gender identity that is neither entirely male or entirely female.The reference book company used the word as an example in this sentence: "They had adopted their gender-neutral name a few years ago, when they began to consciously identify […]
iStock(SUMMERVILLE, S.C) -- A former high school principal in South Carolina has been arrested for his wife's murder, authorities said.James Yarborough called 911 to report his wife missing on Tuesday, said police in Summerville, about 25 miles outside of Charleston.He told the responding officers that his wife, Karen, had been missing since Monday night; he said when he went to bed, his wife said she was going for a walk, […]
