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Ted Kaczynski, aged 81, has reportedly taken his own life while serving four life terms in a federal prison for a decades-long period of violence that left three people dead and nearly two dozen injured by sixteen homemade bombs. Officials at the federal medical prison in Butner, North Carolina did not disclose how he died, but multiple sources reported to The New York Times that it was suicide. They declined to provide more information on …
Last month, a 16-year-old girl in France tragically passed away while attempting the “scarf game”, a version of TikTok’s hazardous “blackout challenge”. Christy Sibali Dominique Gloire Gassaille, who was originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reportedly tried this stunt while she was at home. The “scarf game” involves using a cloth to strangle oneself in order to become unconscious and gain attention on the internet. Unfortunately, this activity can decrease the amount of …
Donnie Adams, a resident of Florida, was shocked to discover he had contracted a flesh-eating bacterial infection after he was bitten by a family member while trying to break up a fight at a family get-together in Tampa Bay, Florida in February 2022. After the bite, Adams said he went to the hospital to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics, but the treatments were not enough to stop the infection from growing. “My leg was …
Law enforcement in San Francisco have started a manhunt after nine people were wounded in a shooting on Friday night. According to Eve Laokwansathitaya, a public information officer for the San Francisco Police Department, when police officers arrived at the scene in the city’s Mission District, they found numerous victims suffering from bullet injuries. Laokwansathitaya informed that all nine victims are expected to survive and that the shooting appears to have been an isolated and …
Julian Lin, an 8-year-old budding entrepreneur, had to learn a hard lesson last weekend when two teenagers allegedly stole the money jar from his lemonade stand in New York City. Sunday afternoon, Julian, who already calls himself Julian Business Man, was working hard to make a few dollars, just like many small business owners do every day. He had been at his stand at the corner of West 70th Street and Columbus Avenue for about …
On Sunday morning, police officers in Virginia Beach were taken aback when they arrived at the 1300 block of Wren Place and found the body of 68-year-old Dr. Abbey Horwitz with multiple stab wounds. He was immediately declared dead at the scene. His daughter, 34-year-old Michael ‘Norah’ Horwitz, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and stabbing in the commission of a felony. Dr. Horwitz was a beloved dentist from Virginia Beach who had worked …
A mother and her live-in partner have been charged for committing a “brutal pattern of child neglect, abuse and torture” on multiple kids, including reportedly forcing one to drink boiling water. All of this came to light when the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida investigated a related abuse case. On May 9, Shawn M. Stone, 32, was arrested for hitting a 5-year-old boy with a mop handle. It was the child’s mother, Taylor B. …
Horrifying video footage captured a Syrian refugee viciously stabbing adults and children in a French playground on Thursday, including a toddler in a stroller. The 90-second clip that was shared online showed the man, wearing shorts and a blue headscarf, repeatedly attacking people in the beautiful town of Annecy, leaving at least six injured, four of them being kids under the age of five who are now struggling for their lives. French authorities later identified …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported three cases of infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, with a roughly 50 percent fatality rate, in the US Gulf Coast. According to Julia Petras, an epidemic intelligence service officer with the CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, this bacteria “lives naturally in the soil, and typically freshwater in certain areas around the world, mainly in subtropical and tropical climates”. The most …
This week, a 34-year-old man from Connecticut was arrested for allegedly drowning his mother in a public park. He then called the police to report the murder, and told officers that he was committing the act as a “sacrifice” to “make the demons stop”. Eric R. Meagan was taken into custody on Monday and charged with one count of murder in the death of 56-year-old Victoria Palmer, according to court records. When officers responded to …