Arizona State

Goodyear, AZ

Columbus, OH

Las Vegas, NV

Phoenix, AZ

NBC News

Millions of people in southwestern states are under warnings of extreme heat on Friday, after two major U.S. cities recorded their hottest ever daily temperatures as the potentially dangerous heat wave continues. Phoenix reached a sweltering 113 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday — beating the previous daily record for this time...

Millions remain under heat alerts as Phoenix and Las Vegas break temperature records

Mcalester, OK

Fox News

Richard Rojem Jr., the Oklahoma man convicted of the 1984 rape and murder of his former stepdaughter, was served pizza and ice cream before he was put to death Thursday morning.For his final meal, he requested two small double-cheese, double-pepperoni pizzas from Little Caesars and two cups of vanilla ice cream. He also asked for a bottle of Vernors ginger ale, according to The Oklahoman.Rojem, 66, was put to death by three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10:16 a.m., prison officials said. He did not seek any last-minute stay.OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE...

Death row inmate served Little Caesars pizza as last meal before execution for killing former stepdaughter

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

USA TODAY

Forecasters say a heat wave will spread across much of the central and eastern U.S. next week, a moment health officials have been preparing for.

Massive heat wave heading for USA next week. Cities have been preparing for this.

South Carolina State

TheDailyBeast

A little phone sex is reportedly going a long way for Susan Smith, who nears her November 4 parole hearing on her life sentence for drowning her two kids. Smith, who was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 30 years in 1995 after she drowned sons Michael Daniel, 3 and Alexander Tyler, 1, is gearing up for life outside by courting some sugar daddies, according to the New York Post. Smith, 52, has reportedly been having phone sex with possible suitors who have offered her hundreds of thousands of dollars upon her release. According to family sources...

Killer Mom Susan Smith Reportedly Tees Up Sugar Daddies as Parole Hearing Nears

Atlanta, GA

American cities are ill-suited for the heat. The asphalt and concrete that dominate our infrastructure mercilessly intensify it, driving outdoor temperatures in urban areas by up to an additional 20 degrees Fahrenheit on a hot afternoon. We can often ignore the fact that we've trapped ourselves in metropolis-scaled frying pans, however, thanks to air conditioning in our cars and homes.

Experts Fear Horrifying Heat Waves That Could Kill Tens of Thousands of People at Once

North Carolina State

Charlotte, NC

CBS News

A woman faces an involuntary manslaughter charge in North Carolina after her child died from being left in a hot car, police said.The 8-year-old girl was transported to a local hospital after being found in critical condition in a vehicle in Charlotte on Wednesday evening but later died from a heat-related medical emergency, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The child's mother was charged with involuntary manslaughter and child abuse by willful act causing serious injury.The 36-year-old woman is being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail on a $250,000 bond, jail records show.The woman told police she left her daughter...

North Carolina police charge mother after 8-year-old dies in hot car

Lori Vallow’s Arizona trial has been delayed until February 2025 to give the defense for the “Doomsday cult mom” more time to review the “substantial” discovery in the case. A Maricopa County judge granted the defense’ earlier motion during a Tuesday status hearing to push...

Cult mom and convicted child killer Lori Vallow’s Arizona trial suddenly delayed one month before start

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

The Coffee County Drug Unit, along with deputies from the department, apprehended two individuals last week in separate incidents, one allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine and the other the subject of a prior narcotics investigation who attempted to evade law enforcement.

Coffee Drug Unit Arrests Two in Separate Incidents; Meth Possession and Fleeing Suspect Apprehended

Maine State

ABC News

Dangerously high temperatures are hitting 14 states across the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday as an unrelenting heat wave continues.

Heat wave maps: Where the dangerous temperatures are heading

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Charles

Prisons are meant to be places of rehabilitation and punishment, but some facilities in the United States have garnered reputations that make them more feared than others. Here, we delve into some of the most notorious and terrifying prisons across the country, highlighting their histories, infamous inmates, and the brutal conditions that define them.

Inside the Walls: The Scariest Prisons in America

After a brief reprieve Tuesday, the heat is turning back up as we head into the Fourth and beyond. Winds stay onshore for one more day Wednesday, which will keep temperatures “only” in the upper 80s to low 90s. Mid-70s dewpoints, though, will make it feel like the upper 90s during the height of the afternoon. Ridging building in aloft will keep a lid on any shower and thunderstorm development.

Rest of the week: Heat’s turning back up

New Mexico State

Hundreds are forced from their homes and one person is killed as blazes tear across a mountain range.

Villagers 'scared to death' by New Mexico wildfires

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Luke Nelson was serving a 10-year sentence at HMP Parc in Bridgend when his cell was searched.

Extra jail time for inmate who hid drugs in cell

Colorado State

California State

Apple Valley News Now

(CNN) — A brutal heat dome is ramping up and sending temperatures to dangerous levels in California and the West in what is the region’s first significant heat wave of the year.

A punishing heat dome will only worsen. Here’s when temperatures could peak

Indy100

The natural world is constantly surprising us, and now new research has suggested that ’fountains of diamonds’ could be sent shooting up to the surface of the Earth as part of a major geological event.Supercontinents breaking up could send them spewing up from deep within the Earth’s core, according to research undertaken by Thomas Gernon, who is a professor of Earth and climate science at the University of Southampton.Diamonds are formed around 150 kilometres below our feet and sent firing upwards by kimberlite eruptions which can travel up to 133 kilometres per hour and create enormous explosions on the surface,...

Major explosion causes 'fountains of diamonds' to erupt from Earth's crust

Avondale, AZ

Litchfield Park, AZ

Buckeye, AZ

Tolleson, AZ

Glendale, AZ

Waddell, AZ

Surprise, AZ

Youngtown, AZ

El Mirage, AZ

12 News

NewsBreak

As Arizona's prison system rolls out a heat relief plan, family members are still worried about cells without air conditioning

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — As Arizona is seeing day after day of triple-digit temps – families are getting more concerned about their loved ones at Perryville women’s...

As Arizona's prison system rolls out a heat relief plan, family members are still worried about cells without air conditioning

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