Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte was seen in tears on the field after a spectator yelled a derogatory comment about his late mother during an at-bat in Arizona’s game against the White Sox on Tuesday night in Chicago. Arizona manager Torey Lovullo and bench coach Jeff Banis asked for …
Read More »Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart in critical condition after cardiac arrest, family says
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is in critical condition after he went into cardiac arrest over the weekend, according to a statement from his ministry. Swaggart, 90, went into cardiac arrest around 8 a.m. Sunday while at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his son, Donnie Swaggart, said. Donnie Swaggart said that …
Read More »Olympic legend Mary Lou Retton arrested for DUI in West Virginia
The U.S. Olympian Mary Lou Retton was arrested for driving under the influence in West Virginia, court records show. She posted a $1,500 personal recognizance bond on May 17, the same day she was taken into custody, according to the West Virginia Magistrate Court in the county where it happened. …
Read More »Photo of Connecticut McDonald’s $18 Big Mac meal sparks debate online
An image of McDonald’s menu this week went viral because people couldn’t believe the prices depicted. Twitter user Sam Learner says he snapped the photo at a McDonald’s located at a Connecticut rest stop. In the photo, a Big Mac combo meal – with fries and a soft drink – …
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A 9-year-old boy attending his grandmother’s birthday party in a Chicago suburb was killed in a drive-by shooting, police said. Ulysses Campos had been playing with a group of children in an alley late Saturday when four to six shots were fired from a moving vehicle, Franklin Park police director …
Read More »Malaria cases in Florida and Texas are first locally acquired infections in U.S. in 20 years, CDC warns
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday warned of the return of locally acquired cases of malaria, meaning the infections were not linked to foreign travel and appear to have been transmitted by mosquitoes in the U.S. carrying the parasite. So far, there have been four locally acquired …
Read More »Bernie Sanders announces Senate investigation into Amazon’s “dangerous and illegal” labor practices
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced Tuesday that he has launched a Senate investigation into Amazon pertaining to the corporate giant’s labor practices, calling conditions at the company’s warehouses “dangerous and illegal” in a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. The investigation is being spearheaded by the Senate Health, …
Read More »3 teens arrested after allegedly killing swan for family and friends to eat
Three teens have been arrested for allegedly killing a swan for family and friends to eat. The female swan, named Faye, was killed at a pond in Manlius, New York. Her four babies, called cygnets, went missing over the weekend. On Tuesday, Manlius police arrested 18-year-old Eman Hussan, and a …
Read More »“Baby India” suspect arrested years after newborn found in woods
Authorities in Georgia have arrested a suspect in the “Baby India” case, four years after the newborn was found abandoned in a plastic bag in the woods, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office announced. Karima Jiwani, 40, was arrested Thursday after investigators used DNA to identify the biological parents of …
Read More »FDA panel backs over
A panel of federal advisers voted Wednesday to back a drugmaker’s request to sell a kind of birth control pills over-the-counter, clearing the way for the Food and Drug Administration to approve the first sale of oral contraception on U.S. store shelves without a prescription later this year. The unanimous …
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