A New York transit worker suspected of having COVID-19 died Sunday afternoon, but harried city workers were unable to take her body for nearly 24 hours, the New York Post reported. Caridad Santiago, 43, called out sick from her job as a cleaner in the Bronx Stations Department on Monday and was unable to get …
A young couple canceled their dream wedding in Australia over coronavirus fears — and now, they say, the venue won’t refund the $8,000 they paid because of a no-cancellation policy.
The parents of two children found dead in West Virginia on Saturday were themselves found dead the following day, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported. In a Facebook post, the West Virginia State Police said only that Keven Anderson, 40, and Helen Rattamasribounreuang, 30, had been located, but the Daily Telegraph said they were told by …
Deputies arrested a Maryland man Friday night after he refused to disperse a crowd of 60 people who had gathered at his home for a bonfire — the second time in a week police had been called to his Hughesville house for violating Gov Larry Hogan’s order prohibiting gatherings larger than 10 people. During deputies’ …
Lonnie Franklin Jr, convicted of killing nine women and a teenage girl over a 22 year period and linked to several more deaths, died Saturday in his cell in San Quentin Prison. Franklin, 67, was dubbed the “Grim Sleeper” for a 14-year break in his murderous activities between 1988 and 2002, ABC 30 reported. He …
Police at a California beach town handed out a $1,000 citation to a surfer who violated closure orders Saturday in light of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the country. Manhattan Beach Police Sgt. Mike Sistoni told the Los Angeles Times the unnamed surfer ignored warnings from police and lifeguards and waded into the surf, board in …
An 86-year-old woman died Saturday at a Brooklyn hospital after another patient shoved her to the ground because “she was too close” during the coronavirus pandemic. The woman, who was not named, fell backward and hit her head, the New York Post reported. She died three hours after the incident, while hospital staff were waiting …
New York police on Saturday released a photograph of a man they’d like to question in connection with a fire at a subway station on Friday that killed a train operator and injured several others, NBC New York reported. Garrett Goble, 36, was found unconscious on the train roadbed when emergency crews responded. He was …
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, so do scams and myths about the virus and its disease, COVID-19. Here’s some clarity on the matter.
A 4-year-old Alabama girl who disappeared on Wednesday while walking with her dog asked her mother to record a video as she told some of the story of her 48 hours lost in the woods before rescuers found her. Evelyn “Vadie” Sides is still hospitalized, Amanda Sides wrote in the Facebook post that included the …
A 22-year-old man tried to make off with a woman’s three children on Wednesday at a bus stop in Doña Ana, New Mexico, but the attempted kidnapping was foiled by a 16-year-old high school wrestling champion who pinned the man down inside a gas station and held him there until police arrived. Canaan Bower, who …
A Florida man “lost it” and killed his girlfriend and her new lover when he found them having sex after he bonded out of jail, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Kenyatta Bellamy, 50, had been in the Osceola County jail for a year for failing to appear in court on a DUI manslaughter charge. …
