On Thursday, the Oregon Court of Appeals announced they would uphold a $135,000 fine against a Gresham-based bakery who refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. According to the Portland Tribune, the Court agreed with the Bureau of Labor and Industries’ (BOLI) determination that Sweet Cakes by Melissa violated Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer’s civil …
A 4-year-old Texas boy who suffered extensive head injuries after a treehouse fell on him has died, according to his mother. Courtney Contreras, the mother of Kade Contreras, took to Facebook Wednesday to reveal that her son had passed away. “I’m trying really hard to not question the whys because i will never know that,” …
A Brooklyn man is reportedly fighting for his life after two men knocked him unconscious on a subway platform and left his head in the path of an oncoming train. The victim’s mother told the New York Daily News that her son is was seriously injured when a train struck his head and shattered his …
An 8-year-old Utah boy is recovering after reportedly chasing his dog across a frozen pond and falling through the ice. According to The Washington Post, the boy became trapped about 25 feet from shore on Christmas Day. Another child who witnessed the incident ran and alerted the boy’s parents. Minutes later, Washington County Sheriff’s Sergeant …
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A Michigan mother was reportedly forced to throw her three daughters from a top-floor window to allow them to escape from an apartment fire that left seven children and a firefighter injured. WDIV reported that the blaze broke out Wednesday morning at an apartment building on Detroit’s west side. Though the fire was extinguished shortly after …
A former employee at a Pennsylvania hospital who had an operation at her job accused a co-worker of taking photos of her private parts that were later circulated throughout the workplace. According to the Observer-Reporter, the woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed a 39-page complaint earlier this month. In it, Doe explained that she was undergoing incisional hernia …
A Missouri man vacationing in the Florida Keys with family reportedly died Christmas Day in a freak snorkeling accident. The Springfield News-Leader reported that Owen Holmes, 69, from Ozark, was visiting Florida with family and boarded a boat operated by Starfish Snorkeling in Marathon near Sombrero Key lighthouse. While snorkeling five miles offshore, Holmes experienced some …
A Charleston, West Virginia, man is accused of hitting his pregnant girlfriend with a baseball bat and injecting her with methamphetamine against her will. According to the Charleston Gazette-Mail, the victim –who is 37-weeks pregnant–accused Kyle Wilson Stowers, 21, of striking her multiple times in the head, face, and torso and using a wooden baseball bat …
Rihanna has called for an end to gun violence after her 21-year-old cousin was reportedly shot and killed in Barbados. According to Sky News, Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne was walking near his home in Lakes Close, Eden Lodge, St. Michael, at around 7 p.m. Tuesday when a man approached him and shot him several times. The suspect is …
A missing 7-year-old boy with autism was reportedly found dead on Christmas morning in a backyard pool of a vacant home. KHON reported that Paul “Kevin” Rozier III was reported missing from his Mililani, Hawaii, home at around 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The child’s body was reportedly found at 8 a.m. the following day in a …
A South Carolina man who allegedly sprayed feces at a salad bar will face federal charges on Wednesday. Charleston police said it was a disgruntled former contractor who decided to spray a “brown liquid” in the produce section of a Harris Teeter. The mysterious liquid was later determined to be feces, The Charleston Post and Courier reported. …
