A ‘jealous’ stepmother wailed on learning she faces the death penalty after being convicted of torturing her husband’s toddler daughter to death. T’Kia Bevily screamed with shock on being convicted of the October 2017 capital murder of Jurayah Smith by jurors in Port Gibson, Mississippi, on Friday. She will be sentenced at a later date. […]
Snowstorms are set to batter the northeast coast of the US this week with two states already declaring emergencies. A “nor’easter” – or storm that blows from the Atlantic Ocean along the northeast coast – will bring heavy snow and strong winds over the next few days, the US National Weather Service said. On Monday […]
Snowstorms are set to batter the northeast coast of the US this week with two states already declaring emergencies. A “nor’easter” – or storm that blows from the Atlantic Ocean along the northeast coast – will bring heavy snow and strong winds over the next few days, the US National Weather Service said. On Monday […]
During one of the most politically divisive years in recent memory, the number of active hate groups in the U.S. actually declined as far-right extremists migrated further to online networks, reflecting a splintering of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups that are more difficult to track. In its annual report, to be released Monday, the Southern […]
Authorities in Rochester, New York, are investigating a confrontation captured on video that shows police pepper spraying a 9-year-old girl while responding to a report of “family trouble,” officials said Sunday. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren said she directed Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan to investigate last Friday’s incident, and the city’s police accountability board also will […]
LAREDO, Texas — Each day at around 6 p.m., Dr. Ricardo Cigarroa goes through the same grim ritual. He sits at his desk and counts the dead. “Five to seven death certificates, that’s how many I’m signing every single day,” Dr. Cigarroa, a 62-year-old cardiologist, said as he stared at the paperwork piling up one […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – A nine-year-old black girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage released Sunday (Jan 31) showed, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the country’s law enforcement. Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson said Sunday the girl – who has not been named – had been […]
The deputy commissioner for public health at the New York State Health Department resigned in late summer. Soon after, the director of its bureau of communicable disease control also stepped down. So did the medical director for epidemiology. Last month, the state epidemiologist said she, too, would be leaving. The drumbeat of high-level departures in […]
The deputy commissioner for public health at the New York State Health Department resigned in late summer. Soon after, the director of its bureau of communicable disease control also stepped down. So did the medical director for epidemiology. Last month, the state epidemiologist said she, too, would be leaving. The drumbeat of high-level departures in […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Winter storm warnings were in place for a large swath of the eastern United States on Sunday (Jan 31), from north-western North Carolina to New York, with as much as 2 feet (61cm) snow and dangerous travel conditions expected in some places into Tuesday, forecasters said. The storm brought more than 6 […]