A man armed with a hammer broke into his adopted mother’s house, tied her to a chair and robbed her, police have said. Christopher Dougherty, 45, has been accused of robbing his mother of more than $1,000 after tying her up with duct tape. Pennsylvania State Police have said they want the public’s help in […]
At least three people have been killed and homes have been destroyed by a violent tornado that ripped through North Carolina in the early hours of this morning. The deadly storm hit Brunswick County in the state shortly after midnight, leaving ten people injured and homeowners trapped under rubble inside flattened buildings, authorities have said. […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Tuesday. Weather: Rainy in the morning, then gradually clearing. High in the mid- to upper 40s. Alternate-side parking: In effect today. Suspended tomorrow for Ash Wednesday. After David Barrett started his Manhattan Bird Alert account on Twitter to spread the word about the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – North Carolina Republican leaders on Monday (Feb 15) voted to censure Senator Richard Burr over his vote to convict former US President Donald Trump during his impeachment trial. Mr Burr, a third-term North Carolina Republican who has said he does not plan to seek reelection in 2022, was one of just seven […]
The winter storm was expected to pummel a large portion of New York State, with heavy snow moving along the Great Lakes into Tuesday morning, Dave Samuhel, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather, said. Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse could all get a foot or more of snow, with the hardest-hit areas in the region getting up […]
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall. "I got to see, for the most part, ain't a whole lot of people that looked like me around here," he recalled of the mainly white […]
An award-winning teacher sneaked into a 14 year-old boy’s house to sexually abuse him, and molested the youngster 12 times, it is claimed. Paula Stinson, 30, allegedly molested the youngster over a two week period both at the private Thales Academy in Rolesville, North Carolina, and his nearby home. Stinson married her husband last March, […]
Deep fried human hands and feet have been discovered after a sex offender was caught fleeing the burgled home of a missing 70 year-old masseuse. The defiled remains were found in bags behind a strip mall in Philadelphia on Saturday while detectives investigated the disappearance of Peter Gerold, who was reported missing last Wednesday. Investigators […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Parler, popular with American right-wing users but which virtually vanished after the US Capitol riot, re-launched its social media platform on Monday (Feb 15) and said its new platform is built on “sustainable, independent technology”. In a statement announcing the relaunch, Parler also said it had appointed Mark Meckler as its interim […]
The storm is taking a heavy toll on electric service in Texas. An estimated 2.6 million homes and businesses in the state had their power interrupted Sunday night and Monday morning because of storm damage or in rotating outages ordered by regulators. Many of the interruptions were fairly short, lasting between 15 and 45 minutes, […]