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Gunmen fired shots at partygoers outside a Chicago home Tuesday night and shot a 13-year-old boy in the head – but the victim’s cousin, 21, has a concealed carry license, and he shot back, ending the attack. What happened? A CCL holder, who declined to be identified, told WGN he and his family were celebrating a relative’s birthday in the Lower West Side of the city. During an interview that doesn’t show his face, he …
A woman’s hyper-sensitive sense of smell has been harnessed by scientists to develop a test that can diagnose Parkinson’s disease. The test has been in development for years since academics discovered Joy Milne could smell the condition. This 72-year-old woman from Perth, Scotland, has a rare condition that enhances her sense of smell. A different odor developed in her late husband, Les, when he was 33 – 12 years before he was diagnosed with the …
California high school football coach shot after breaking up fight on campus – NBC News A Vallejo High School football coach was shot after breaking up a fight Tuesday afternoon, California authorities said. Reporters were told by Vallejo City Unified School District that multiple students were fighting with “unknown males” when a staff member intervened. A video obtained by reporters shows three males walking away from the fight. Gunshots are suddenly heard as the camera …
2 dead, 7 injured in Washington Park shooting, police say – Chicago Tribune An argument in Washington Park Tuesday night ended in two people’s deaths and seven injuries, police said. Deputy Chief Fred Melean with the Chicago Police Department said in a news conference at the park across the street from the emergency room of University of Chicago Medicine that a fight broke out there just before 8 p.m. and shots were fired. According to …
Consumer prices rise unexpectedly in August, sending stock market tumbling – ABC News Despite falling gas prices, US inflation ticked up in August, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index, which measures prices for a basket of consumer goods and services, showed a 0.1% increase from July. The inflation rate was expected to fall by 0.1% from July to August, after remaining steady at 0% growth between …
Alabama could use nitrogen hypoxia for executions in death sentences. What is it? – NPR The state of Alabama is preparing a new method of execution – nitrogen hypoxia – to carry out the execution of its death sentences. This method was approved by the state in 2018 but has not yet been used or tested. Alan Eugene Miller, who faces execution on Sep. 22, was convicted of killing three men in a workplace shooting …
Oklahoma Inmate Forced To Listen to ‘Baby Shark’ on a Loop Found Dead – Newsweek An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his jail cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging that jail employees tortured him and other inmates by forcing them to repeatedly listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark.” John Basco, 48, was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning, according to Oklahoma County Detention Center officials. Workers …
Nurse was driving 130 mph when she allegedly killed five in fiery Los Angeles crash – New York Post It was revealed on Sunday that the nurse facing murder charges in the fiery Los Angeles crash that killed five was going 130mph – 40 miles faster than previously thought. Initially, it was thought that Nicole Linton, 37, drove her Mercedes at 90 mph, but court records obtained on Sunday indicate she floored the pedal for …
A Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers has filed a federal lawsuit – CNN According to a lawsuit filed on Saturday, a Black pastor arrested for watering his neighbors’ flowers claimed his rights were violated by an unlawful and false arrest. A federal lawsuit filed by Michael Jennings, longtime pastor of Vision of Abundant Life Church in Sylacauga, Alabama, alleges that his arrest in Childersburg in May 2022 resulted in ongoing emotional distress, …
A woman and her one-year-old baby were abducted from a Target store in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 31 by two men. Police have arrested one suspect, and the other is still at large. In the Target parking lot, the woman had just finished shopping and was putting her groceries in her car when two men approached her. Her baby was in the shopping cart, and the men had guns. She reported that they got out …