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A passenger of the Carnival Valor Cruise Ship was rescued alive by the U.S. Coast Guard after going overboard and spending at least 15 hours in the Gulf of Mexico. As reported by WWL-TV, the unidentified man, 28, was last seen with his sister at a bar on Wednesday night. He left to use the bathroom at around 11 p.m. and never returned to his room that night. His sister reported him missing the following …
Before the out-of-town family arrived at his home to celebrate Thanksgiving, an elderly man with dementia allegedly killed, dismembered and disembowelled his wife. The horrifying discovery was made when relatives of Karlan and Connie Denio were unable to enter the couple’s Albuquerque home Thursday afternoon when no one answered the door. According to the Albuquerque Journal, Karlan Denio, 62, was found lying in bed while his wife, Connie, was found dismembered and disemboweled on the …
There was one death and 10 missing after heavy rain caused a landslide on Ischia, an Italian holiday island. A search and rescue operation is underway in Casamicciola Terme, and reinforcements are being sent from Naples, but weather conditions are complicating the search, Italy’s Civil Protection department told reporters. Civil protection officials reported that eight people had been rescued by Saturday evening local time. Authorities told reporters the operations were coordinated by the Naples prefecture …
In the days before Thanksgiving, United Furniture Industries laid off nearly its entire workforce. Approximately 2,700 workers lost their jobs on Monday, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Workers at the company, one of the nation’s largest furniture companies, received an email and text message late Monday night instructing them not to report to work the following day. A follow-up email from United Furniture Industries said the layoff is “expected to be permanent, and …
A Utah man is facing federal charges for using a straightedge razor during an airplane flight to threaten a woman. The 41-year-old Merrill Darrell Fackrell was charged Tuesday in District Court with assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft. JetBlue Flight 871 left John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Monday en route to Salt Lake City. A wife and husband were seated in the middle and …
Officials said Friday that the gunman in this week’s shooting at Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, purchased the handgun he used the morning of the attack. He also left a “death note,” which detailed grievances against people in his life. In the note, he talks about God and the holy spirit, and how he felt his “associates” mocked him. Associate is the term Walmart uses to refer to its employees. “The associates gave me evil twisted …
The parents of a 2-year-old boy have been arrested in Charlestown, South Carolina, allegedly for abandoning him while on a trip to New York. Charleston Police said officers were called to the couple’s home on Thursday after an apartment manager reported finding a child alone in the apartment. At about 2 p.m., police arrived at the apartment complex, where they were told that they had attempted to contact Donald Gekonge, 24, but were unable to. …
After a clueless female tourist ascended the ancient Mayan pyramid and was filmed dancing on the stairs, an angry mob in Mexico poured water on her, hurled insults at her, and demanded that she be locked up. An unidentified woman has caused outrage by climbing the Mayan Temple of Kukulcán in Chichén Itzá, which has been dubbed one of the New 7 Wonders of the World by UNESCO since 2007. Her wild antics drew loud …
Social media videos show workers at China’s largest iPhone assembly factory confronting police in riot gear on Wednesday. On the Foxconn campus in Zhengzhou, central Chinese city, hundreds of workers face off with law enforcement officers, many in white hazmat suits. Some of the protesters can be heard complaining about their pay and sanitary conditions in the now-blocked footage. China’s state media reported days ago that more than 100,000 people applied for jobs advertising Foxconn’s …
Early Wednesday, two explosions shook Jerusalem, killing a teenager and injuring 18 others in a suspected “combined terror attack.” According to Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s Red Cross affiliate, the first explosion occurred at a bus station near the entrance to Jerusalem at 7:06 a.m., injuring 12 people, including the teen who died later. The condition of three of the wounded was serious. Almost half an hour later, at 7:30 a.m., a second explosion occurred …