A convict whose mugshot went viral online because of his unusually large neck is back behind bars. Charles ‘Wideneck’ Dion McDowell hit headlines last year after Florida police tweeted his mugshot. Now he’s back in jail for the third time in just over two months, the New York Post reports. The 31-year-old created an Instagram […]
Thirteen Russians charged with ‘conspiracy to defraud the United States’, Special Counsel Robert Mueller says. The FBI has indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies over alleged tampering with the 2016 US presidential election. The office of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller describes it as a criminal and espionage conspiracy. Crucially, the indictment does […]
MIAMI (AFP) – Road workers in Florida sent out to repair a sinkhole got a surprise this week when they discovered it was caused by a tunnel leading to a nearby bank. The FBI posted pictures of the narrow underground tunnel leading to a branch of Chase Bank in Pembroke Pines, about 30km north of […]
It is not enough that a subway fare increase could soon make traveling underground in New York City more expensive. The cost of getting around above ground is going up, too. An extra $2.50 fee will be tacked onto any yellow taxi rides in Manhattan that begin, end or pass through south of 96th street, […]
Extreme cold in parts of North America is causing a strange weather phenomenon — frost quakes. A quake was most recently experienced in Chicago on Wednesday, as the city grappled with some of its coldest weather to date when temperatures plummeted to roughly -30 C. Those living in Perth Road, Ont., a community north of Kingston, […]
Whenever there is a plane or major highway crash, federal investigators descend immediately to the scene to collect evidence. Their goal is to find the accident’s cause so that future tragedies can be prevented. But during the 35-day government shutdown, the National Transportation Safety Board furloughed all but a handful of its 400 staff members. […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – In Chicago, officials warned about the risk of almost instant frostbite on what could be the city’s coldest day ever. Warming centers opened around the Midwest. And schools and universities closed throughout the region as rare polar winds streamed down from the Arctic. At the same time, on the other side […]
Haligonians lined up in the cold Thursday for a crack at free seeds from a desert plant that briefly thrived outdoors in this North Atlantic city – and became beloved. The Agave americana drew crowds to the Halifax Public Gardens last summer after being transplanted from a greenhouse in anticipation of its final farewell. It […]
A candidate seeking to become the first Muslim mayor of a US city says she won’t let the threat ‘derail’ her. A woman seeking to become the first Muslim mayor of a city in the US state of Minnesota has claimed receiving a death threat online. Regina Mustafa, running for mayor in the city of […]
SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – A US appeals court on Thursday (Jan 31) blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soft drinks and other sugary drinks in a win to the American beverage industry which fought the requirements in court. The 11 judges of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in a […]