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At 11:30 p.m. on July 15, 2022, a bullet ended the life of a mother, a wife, a refugee, a restaurant owner, a community leader. Ma Kaing was killed as she unloaded food from her car outside her family’s apartment building in Denver’s East Colfax neighborhood. Across the street, young men in a dispute with neighborhood rivals fired more than 40 shots from a nearby park. Kaing’s son, Kyaw Oo, held his mother as she died on the sidewalk that night. On Friday afternoon, a Denver prosecutor read a letter from Oo in court as the son asked a judge…
Fore! A small private plane made a terrifying crash landing at the iconic Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles — and miraculously, no one on the aircraft or the golf course was harmed, shocking fairway footage shows. The 1966 Cessna 172G Skyhawk pilot failed to navigate a landing at the nearby Santa Monica Airport just after 1 p.m. local time and took the desperate measure to bring the plan down on the storied private golf course, KTLA reported. Video showed the plane banking around a tree and making touch-and-go contact with the ground near a sandtrap, eventually coming to a precarious stop near…
A Halifax man died last week while attempting to save two children from drowning at a beach in Florida. Joshua Curtis, 38, was on vacation with family in Fernandina Beach on Florida’s northern border, according to TV station News4JAX. The family was at Main Beach Park on April 24 when Curtis’ son and niece got caught in a rip current while playing in the water with another child, the TV station reported. Local police told the Boston Globe that when first responders arrived at the beach around 7:15 p.m., they found Curtis unconscious in the water. They attempted to resuscitate…
President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday agreed to halt all efforts to freeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program after initially suspending those dollars due to a disagreement between the state and Trump over transgender athletes. In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced. President Donald Trump gives a commencement address at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. AP “It’s unfortunate that my office had to resort to federal court just to get USDA to comply with…
A pet owner turns to social media for clues as a CMPD investigation continues. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The search for a missing French bulldog named Julio is ongoing nearly a month after the dog was snatched from his owner’s vehicle in north Charlotte. Jayla Gittens has been desperately searching for 6-year-old Julio since both her pet and her Honda Civic were stolen while she was loading boxes during a move from her north Charlotte apartment on April 6. On Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police confirmed that two juvenile suspects were charged in connection with the case, but Julio hasn’t been located. “CMPD…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Columbus Field Division held a press conference to highlight its recent efforts in combating the trafficking of firearms to Mexico.Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas Greco says that in the last four years, cartels have used guns from the United States to create networks throughout the United States to buy, sell, and engage in illegal activities like gun trafficking, fentanyl trafficking, and human smuggling.“We remain committed to working with our local, state, and federal partners to follow the trail of guns and disrupt the flow of firearms…
President Trump’s landslide victory last November was made possible in no small part by his vision of a new economic Golden Age. For far too long, Americans have been getting ripped off — and Trump is just the man to make it stop. But he will need the entire federal government to bring about this result. Every agency must do its part to repair the damage from four years of the Biden-Harris administration — as well as decades of swamp politicians who got rich while many Americans were left behind. The Federal Trade Commission is leading the way. In the last few…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lilo and Stitch aren’t just heading to the big screen this May—they’re also making a special jumbotron appearance at VyStar Ballpark! The tag-team duo will appear in the River City on May 11 during the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp‘s Sunday game.Ahead of the live-action release of Disney’s 2002 animated release of “Lilo & Stitch,” the Jumbo Shrimp will sport festive jerseys that feature leis around the neck with Lilo and Stitch chilling on the beach.After the final pitch, those game-worn jerseys will be auctioned off to lucky fans—a grand slam for baseball lovers and Disney enthusiasts alike. Bidding…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry, according to space debris-tracking experts. Dutch scientist Marco Langbroek predicts the failed spacecraft will reenter around May 10. He estimates it will come crashing in at 150 mph (242 kph), if it remains intact.“While not without risk, we should not be too worried,” Langbroek said in an email.The object is relatively small and, even…
SEATTLE — President Trump’s budget proposes billions of dollars in cuts to funding for scientific research.Researchers with Seattle Children’s Hospital say that federal support is critical to maintain existing lab work, and to support families who come to Seattle for specialty care.U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, at a roundtable discussion in Seattle on Friday, explained she’s urging Congress to push back against the threats to biomedical research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).President Trump is proposing a 38-percent cut to NIH funding — totaling about $18 billion — as part of his mission to drastically slash federal spending.At Seattle Children’s…