WARWICK, R.I. – A Rhode Island man is getting creative in his search to secure a kidney donor for his wife. Jim Small, of Warwick, is exhausting all avenues to find a donor to match his wife’s rare type O-negative blood. WJAR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1IF7nDO ) Small first started with a …
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Two Florida hearse drivers have been fired after they stopped at a doughnut shop with a flag-draped coffin in the vehicle on the way to a funeral and an outraged man sent a video to a local veterans group. Multiple news outlets report Rob Carpenter …
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LA PLATA, Md. – A woman was found in a Maryland park pushing her dead toddler in a swing, and authorities say she may have been there all night. Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday that police found the unidentified woman in a park with her …
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BALTIMORE – Law enforcement officials say an autopsy has been completed on a child who was found dead in a park swing as his mother pushed him, but the cause of death remains under investigation. Charles County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Diane Richardson said Monday that there were no findings on …
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SALT LAKE CITY – A top-ranking Mormon leader, 92-year-old L. Tom Perry, has died from cancer. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a statement that Perry died Saturday at his home in Salt Lake City. Perry was diagnosed with cancer in late April. He began receiving radiation treatment and briefly …
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A Florida man swam through multiple canals while trying to evade authorities after allegedly punching his neighbor in the face during an argument, authorities said Tuesday. Phillip McGraw allegedly entered his neighbor’s garage Sunday afternoon and “approached him aggressively” before punching him in the face, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office …
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week arrested a Romanian fugitive who was released from custody in 2017, despite multiple criminal convictions in the U.S. and Europe, including murder. Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested the foreign fugitive last Friday in Watertown, Massachusetts, about 10 miles outside of …
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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made headlines in 2019 when she defiantly wore an evening gown at the exclusive and trendy “Met Gala” bash with the words “Tax the Rich” emblazoned across it. Her message was seen as pointed and, to some, a rude display at the annual gathering of …
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Houston, we have a problem: Where’s Kevin? Perhaps the ultimate coming-home movie, “Apollo 13,” and the ultimate staying-home one, “Home Alone,” are both being honored this year, selected for preservation in the National Film Registry They’re part of an annual group of 25 that this year spans more than 90 …
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DENVER – Authorities say a Southwest Airlines plane finishing a flight from Baltimore to Denver was parked in a remote area at Denver International Airport Saturday evening because of an unspecified security threat. Airport spokesman Heath Montgomery tells the Denver Post (http://dpo.st/1KFB4Wc) that the passengers were being shuttled to the …
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