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HuffPostTed Cruz’s Hurricane Beryl Warning Goes Spectacularly Awry
Critics said the Texas Republican’s “stay safe” alert only served as a reminder of one thing.
- LA Times
It was their dream home until the hoarder next door turned it into a pricey prison
Married schoolteachers bought their dream home in Sun Valley. Then a mentally ill neighbor's hoarding turned it into a prison.
- CNN
As a young hitchhiker, he survived a ride with a serial killer. Now he’s telling his story
Steve Fishman was hitchhiking in Connecticut in 1975 when he accepted a ride from a chatty lone man in a Buick. Fishman was stunned a few months later to see the man’s face in news reports saying he’d confessed to a series of rapes and murders.
- People
Tenn. Teen Who'd Been Missing for Days Is Found Dead in Woods, Teen Boy Charged with Murder
Trinity Bostic's remains were found along the side of a road in Hendersonville, Tenn.
- People
Catfish Couple Allegedly Drugged Man Before Stabbing Him to Death and Trying to Take Over His Home (Exclusive)
Family members of Curtis Engeland, 74, were alarmed when they received improperly worded texts purporting to be from him
- The State
Florida woman pulled over in SC for speeding, then deputies found a secret compartment
No bond has been set for the Florida resident, jail records show.
- Belleville News-Democrat
Father charged with killing man who shot his son during a dispute in Cahokia Heights
Police found two men dead in the front yard of a Cahokia Heights home
- People
Woman Dies While Boating on the Fourth of July. Now 2 Men Have Been Charged with Boating While Intoxicated
Authorities said they received a call about a woman who had "fallen off a boat" in Texas' Lake Conroe earlier this week
- Modesto Bee
What Christian conservatives will never tell you about the Ten Commandments | Opinion
At best, the text known as the Ten Commandments invites deeper conversations about religion and ethics. At worst, it becomes a meaningless idol
- LA Times
2 adults and 3 children out cycling are struck by hit-and-run driver in Garden Grove
A driver in Orange County crashed into three children and two adults on bicycles before fleeing the scene on Sunday night, authorities said.
- CNN
At least 100 people shot, 17 fatally, during violent Fourth of July weekend in Chicago – up 27% from last year’s holiday
Chicago experienced a spate of gun violence over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend during which 102 people were shot, including at least a dozen fatally, according to police reports.
- Deadline
‘Top Chef’ & Food Network Daytime Emmy-Winning Chef Justin Sutherland Loses Deals In Aftermath Of Arrest
The fallout continues for celebrity chef Justin Sutherland, who was arrested June 28 in Minnesota for threatening to kill his girlfriend. A nonprofit in St. Paul said Friday that it’s canceling its partnership with Sutherland to develop a new concept for Golden Thyme Coffee and Café, which the nonprofit’s trust bought when the cafe’s owners …
- The Canadian Press
French court rules American man detained after ‘So I raped you’ Facebook message can be extradited
LYON, France (AP) — A French court ruled on Monday that the American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” can be extradited to the United States.
- The Canadian Press
‘close associate’ of Quebec gang leader arrested by B.C. RCMP
MONTREAL — Police in Quebec City say a man suspected of having close ties to the leader of Quebec street gang Blood Family Mafia has been arrested. City police spokesperson Pierre-Olivier Lévesque says 28-year-old Guillaume St-Louis Bernier was arrested in Kelowna, B.C., by the RCMP on June 30 following a police stop. A Canada-wide arrest warrant had been issued for St-Louis Bernier in March for drug trafficking and possession of stolen property charges. St-Louis Bernier is considered a “close a
- CBC
Police ID man, 28, killed in Scarborough shooting
A 28-year-old man has died after he was shot in Scarborough Saturday night, Toronto police say.Duty Insp. Dan Pravica said at approximately 10:20 p.m., officers were called to a gas station in the area of Warden Avenue and Ellesmere Road for reports of gunshots. Upon arriving, they located a man with gunshot wounds. The suspects had fired several shots into the victim's car before fleeing the scene, police said in a news release Sunday. Flowers left near a Scarborough gas station where a man was
- Hello!
Prince William set to make poignant visit with all three children - details
Prince William looks set to make a poignant visit to a homelessness centre in the coming months with his three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Get all the details...
- CBC
2 separate crashes on the same Sask. highway kill 5, including infant, 2 children
Five people, including two young children and an infant, were killed in two separate crashes just hours apart on the same western Saskatchewan highway Friday afternoon, police say.The first was a crash between a van and truck on Highway 4, between Cochin and North Battleford, around 12:45 p.m. on Friday, RCMP said.Three people in the van from Flying Dust First Nation — a 48-year-old woman who was driving and two boys, ages five and six — were killed. One other van passenger and the driver of the
- CBC
Proposed Revelstoke rental complex is first to use B.C. program
Trails cut through overgrown grass in a 1.20-hectare (2.98-acre) vacant field in the centre of Revelstoke that once housed a school playing field."You can see some of the remnants of the school site there, there's a fence from the baseball diamond," said Taha Attiah, the manager of the Revelstoke Community Housing Society.Attiah says the lot, 420 Downie Street, is going to be a big worksite in a year.There will be a three-building complex developed on the former school field, comprising 164 rent
- HuffPost
Virginia School Board Member Sentenced In Jan. 6 Case Says He Won't Resign
“You're going to need a bigger wrecking ball to get me out of there,” Miles Adkins said of calls for him to step down.
- BBC
She accused Assange of sexual assault, but is glad he’s now free
Anna Ardin accused Julian Assange of sexual assault - but is pleased he has been freed from jail.