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The Independent

Kellyanne Conway formerly served as campaign manager and senior advisor to Donald Trump

Former Republican staffer calls out ex-Fox host for ‘open threat’ to Kellyanne Conway: ‘Disturbing’

 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

Kaitlynn Lee, 25, was killed by her ex-boyfriend Joshua Thompson who shot her in the head through a window, police said

Mom-of-three was having fun filming a TikTok in a kitchen with her friend. Moments later she was shot dead

Fort Worth, TX

 A Texas mother will likely spend the rest of her life behind bars for poisoning her young daughter with Benadryl and other drugs to fake a seizure disorder.Jesika Jones, 32, was sentenced on Friday to 60 years in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to one count of injury to a child with serious bodily or mental injury and abandoning or endangering a child with reckless criminal negligence.Jones was first arrested in June 2022, when she took her then four-year-old daughter to the Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth and said she had been having...

Mom who poisoned her 4-year-old with Benadryl to fake seizure disorder will likely spend the rest of her life behind bars

Editor's note: This article was originally published on January 5, 2023. It has since been updated. Very rarely are women's achievements and efforts celebrated or rewarded. They often participate in the community and do several charitable efforts that often go unrecognized. However, in a pleasant surprise, a woman was honored for all her volunteer work, and she didn't have a clue until they read out her name. A video posted by Good News Correspondent on Twitter shows a woman thinking that her husband was being honored at the event. She can be seen ready with a camera to capture this proud moment. However, as she was waiting for her husband's name to be announced, she heard her name called out from the stage.

Woman thought her husband was being honored. Then they read out her name and she burst into tears

Wisconsin State

A Wisconsin jury has convicted a man in the shootings of three men whose bodies were found outside a quarry

Wisconsin man convicted in killings of 3 men near a quarry

One mom said her two sons became ill after ingesting products from former councilman’s store

City councilman jailed for six years, forfeiting monster truck and $1.9m, for selling drugs

The US Sun

A GIRL has been found dead with her throat slashed at a home on the Gold Coast in Australia. Emergency services rushed to the scene but the 10-year-old couldn’t be saved. A parent is said to have made the shock discovery. She was found just after 6pm at a home in Emerald Lakes, Carrara. A […]

Horrified parent finds daughter, 10, dead with ‘throat slashed’ at home in Australia sparking massive police probe

The teenager became the first person to be charged with riot following the recent national disorder

‘Surprise’ decision to charge boy, 15, with riot ‘may have wider repercussions’

A total of 80 adults have been sentenced so far after unrest broke out across the country following the Southport stabbings at the end of July.

Who are the people sentenced so far following recent disorder?

 Four family members were killed and another was left in critical condition after a street racer smashed into their car as they returned home from a Texas theme park.Jessie Rosales, his wife Lorena, and children Anthony, 17, Stephanie,13, and Angel, 6, were traveling back from the Six Flags resort and dinner at a Panda Express on Saturday when the crash happened.A red Dodge Charger collided with the family’s Chevy Traverse, causing the SUV to roll twice and burst into flames. Video of the incident shared on social media showed the fiery wreckage of the car by a gas station...

Four family members killed returning from Six Flags after street racer slams into their SUV

Upworthy

With as much controversy as there is surrounding tip culture these days, this wholesome story reminds us that at the end of the day—many, if not most humans will gladly show generosity when it is genuinely asked of them. Paul Slobodzian and his fiancé Aly wanted to create an unforgettable wedding to celebrate their love in the most special way possible. To make it happen, both took on a side hustle driving for Uber Eats every day for over a year. During one delivery, Slobodzian thought he’d try slipping a heartfelt, handwritten note sharing his wish into the bag of the order. That note, which went into Erica Hernandez’s Chipotle order, read:

Uber Eats driver saving for wedding leaves heartfelt note in a bag and it pays off big time

Missouri State

Ferguson, MO

A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who was critically injured during a protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death is showing “small but significant signs of progress” from a severe brain injury

Injured Ferguson officer shows 'small but significant' signs of progress in Missouri

A cardiologist in Denver has been found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting nearly a dozen women. On Tuesday, Stephen Matthews, 36, was found guilty on 35 felony counts of assault and sexual assault, according to the Denver Post. Matthews attacked 11 people. “Stephen Matthews took advantage of nearly a dozen women in the most egregious way imaginable, and for that he will now pay a significant price,” Denver District Attorney Beth McCann said in a statement Tuesday. “I hope today’s verdict provides a measure of comfort to all the victims.”The cardiologist was arrested in March 2023 after a woman...

Cardiologist found guilty of 35 counts of date rape and assault after attacking a dozen women

Wide Open Country

Yes, it's that time again! Time for complete, total chaos! Today's story hails from the Daily Express US, where a baby girl is miraculously born with an air rifle pellet lodged into her stomach! "How did we get here?" Well, strap in because you're about to go on a journey.

Baby Is Born With An Air Rifle Pellet Lodged In Its Stomach After Dad Shoots Pregnant Mom

 Remarkable new scientific research at Stonehenge has revealed an extraordinary new mystery. Mineralogical tests on the massive six-tonne stone at the heart of the monument show that this central rock, known as the altar stone, was brought to Stonehenge from the far north of Scotland.The altar stone is arguably the most ritually important stone in Stonehenge, because it is the rock that marks the intersection of the prehistoric temple’s two most important celestial alignments – the winter solstice sunrise to summer solstice sunset alignment, and the summer solstice sunrise to winter solstice sunset alignment. It’s already known that some...

Mystery of Stonehenge deepens after ‘jaw-dropping’ discovery

While watching The Rental might make you never want to rent an Airbnb ever again (or maybe never even leave your house), chances are you’re still going to use the service as it’s so convenient. While you might have heard some terrible tales of truly gross and dangerous properties or getting charged way too much money, there seems to be no end to what could go wrong.

‘Gut feelings are there for a reason’: Woman is left freaking out after she discovers possible camera in the bathroom of her Airbnb

West Virginia State

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Herbie J Pilato

Actor Bob Denver, who passed away in 2005, will forever be remembered for his leading role on the classic 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island. Denver also played another famous TV character: the beatnik-type Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

TV's 'Gilligan Island' Stars Dawn Wells and Bob Denver and Their Controversy Behind the Scenes

Las Vegas, NV

Robert Telles, 47, faces life in prison if convicted of murder in the Labor Day 2022 slaying of Jeff German

Footage at murder trial reveals Las Vegas politician ‘lying in wait’ for journalist, prosecutors say

Mens Journal

Jane Hogbin recalled the heroic final act performed by her husband, David, moments before he was reportedly eaten by a crocodile.

Fact check: Net migration and ‘paint in cereal’ claims

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