Category: Public Health and Safety
Heroic yellow Labrador saves man drowning in South Carolina river
Several friends working in Beaufort County, South Carolina, decided to take their lunch break last Wednesday by going boating on the Okatie River. But the boat took a bad turn […]
March for Our Lives: Sir Paul McCartney remembers John Lennon
Sir Paul McCartney, former Beatle and legendary best friend and fellow composer to Beatle bandmate John Lennon, made an appearance at the “March for Our Lives” rally held in in […]
Maryland high school shooting victim declared brain dead, removed from life support
(Updated) Jaelynn Willey, a 16-year-old victim from Tuesday’s shooting at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, was declared brain dead by her family on the evening of March […]
Nursing assistants accused of having sex with runaway psychiatric patients
Two licensed nursing assistants working at the Prairie View Management Facility – a psychiatric facility and substance abuse treatment center in Fayette, Iowa – are accused of having sexual relations […]
Bogus job applicants rip off Florida business for a forklift and more than $1M in goods
In a heist story that sounds like it could been ripped from the latest “TV Movie of the Week” script, the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) provided a release yesterday reporting […]
College student Haley Anderson murdered in Binghamton, suspect sought
Family and friends of a beloved 22-year-old Binghamton University nursing student are devastated after authorities in upstate New York found Haley Anderson of Westbury, Long Island, dead in her off-campus […]
Maryland man arrested for possessing and distributing child porn
A man from Carroll County, Maryland, was arrested and charged in the early morning hours of March 7, after a Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation developed evidence […]
Florida science teacher arrested and charged after having sex with 8th grader
A married, female teacher from New Smyrna Beach Middle School in Florida was arrested, “on charges that she had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student and sent him nude […]
FBI paid Best Buy’s Geek Squad employees as undercover informants
Documents recently released after the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit show that the FBI and Best Buy’s Geek Squad have been working closely […]
Brain surgery mix-up: Hospital staff performs brain surgery on wrong patient
We’ve all heard jokes about someone going to the ER with the flu and then leaving two days later after having a perfectly good kidney or appendix removed due to […]
