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Columbus, OH

The Independent

 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

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

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

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

Trump is set to have glass panels cover him from three sides, but it remains unclear when the practice will begin

Secret Service ready to protect Trump at outdoor rallies by surrounding podium with bulletproof glass

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?

Chicago, IL

Chicago's police superintendent is touting extensive officer training as a critical part of the city’s preparations for the Democratic National Convention next week

Chicago police chief highlights officer training as critical to Democratic convention security

Colorado State

The boy was reportedly splashing water on his friend when he accidentally splashed the man’s wife, leading to the confrontation

Private equity CEO filmed body-slamming teen at In-and-Out in Colorado

 Teenage gang members rapped and waved weapons around in a video made after the attempted murder of a 20-year-old man in Hackney, London, on 7 August.Elisandro Pinto Alves, Hanzell Greenaway, and Jaheim Thomas, all 18, and 19-year-old Marvin Edokpolo - have now been sentenced to a total of over 77 years for the attack.They ambushed their victim in a lift, which was also occupied by a woman in her 60s, at an Overground station.Thomas proceeded to shoot into the lift while the victim used the woman as a shield.The victim sustained life-threatening injuries from the attack and received life saving treatment from paramedics at the scene and enroute to hospital; the woman was physically unharmed.       Read More               Statue honouring Black nurse Mary Seacole vandalised in ‘racially motivated’ attack‘His best work’: New Banksy artwork revealed in London as mystery murals continueEvery Banksy artwork that has popped up in the last week - and there’s eight of them      

Teenage gang members dance and rap about brutal gun and knife attack at London station

 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

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

Terri McAdams ‘was an amazing girl, beautiful and full of life,’ her sister said

A student was raped and murdered in her fiancé’s apartment on Valentine’s Day. Forty years later, genealogists finally crack the case

The duke and duchess were greeted by vice-president Francia Marquez in the capital Bogota on Thursday.

Harry and Meghan begin four-day tour of Colombia

The songwriter and novelist died from complications caused by Alzheimer’s disease

Greg Kihn, ‘Jeopardy’ and ‘Breakup Song’ power pop singer dies of alzheimers, at age 75

Richmond, VA

 Two new female snow leopard cubs have made their debut at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia.Sasha and Kira were born to parents Elsa and Nitro on 28 April after a 3-month gestation period.They spent their first few months inside a private den bonding with their mother and growing stronger, and are now old enough to explore their outside habitat.When snow leopard cubs are first born, their eyes are closed and they depend completely on their mother for care and protection. Snow leopard fathers are not involved in the rearing of cubs.In the wild, the youngsters won't venture from their den until they are 2 to 4 months old.      Read More               Surfers ride powerful 13ft waves amid weather warningBirth of critically endangered cotton top Tamarin monkey captured on videoTourists swim in water of historic Venice cemetery      

New snow leopard cubs play with mother at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia

 A police officer cries as he recalls how he thought he would die from his injuries following a savage attack on duty.PC Ashley Aspinall suffered a horrific brain injury when he was attacked by Ian Scott, 50, as he tried to apprehend him outside a bar in Blackpool on 7 April, last year.PC Aspinall, of Lancashire Police, lay injured on the ground as Scott continued his assault.The police officer feared he would never see his daughter again as he lay critically injured.Scott appeared at Preston Crown Court on 30 April, and was given a 24-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to wounding of an emergency worker.

Police officer cries recalling savage attack outside seaside bar

Molten candy is 350 degrees Fahrenheit, more than 100 degrees hotter than boiling water

Viral recipe for Jolly Rancher ‘candy grapes’ are sending kids to the ER with burns

South Carolina State

The family of a South Carolina woman struck and killed by a rotting 70-year-old utility pole will get $30 million in a wrongful death settlement

Family of woman killed by falling utility pole to receive $30M settlement

Detroit, MI

Michigan State

A Detroit judge who ordered a teenager into jail clothes and handcuffs while she was on a field trip to his courtroom will be off the bench while undergoing “necessary training."

Detroit judge who ordered teen into jail clothes, handcuffs during field trip is sidelined

The Met Office said it will be a ‘dry and pleasant’ weekend in most parts of the country.

Temperatures forecast to settle after week that saw hottest day of 2024

The long-term decline in the popularity of performing arts subjects shows no sign of reversing.

A-level trends: Which subjects are on the up or falling out of favour?

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