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A group of Philadelphian train passengers held down an alleged gunman after a Thursday shooting incident until police arrived, video shows. A 19-year-old was shot in his left arm on a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) train just before 8 a.m. The incident spilled onto the 52nd Street Station platform in West Philadelphia, with a few people detaining the suspected shooter before police arrived. Cellphone footage captured by witness Mark Krull shows Market-Frankford Line passengers holding the suspect down until police arrived on the scene. PHILADELPHIA TEEN TOLD MOM ‘I LOVE YOU’ BEFORE BEING KILLED ON WAY TO SCHOOL "Keep the kids down, keep the kids down," one man is heard saying in the video. "It looked like they were beating somebody up. You hear a muffled gun shot and we all ran out of the train and hid behind one of those blue storage things SEPTA has," Krull told FOX 29 Philadelphia. "I was a bit shaken up. I ride the train ...

An Iowa man serving life in prison for the stabbing death of an 18-year-old woman in 1979 has lost an appeal to overturn his conviction. The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday rejected 69-year-old Jerry Burns' argument that law enforcement officers violated his right to privacy while investigating the death of Michelle Martinko in Cedar Rapids. DNA EVIDENCE LEADS POLICE TO CHARGE IOWA MAN WITH 1979 MURDER OF 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN Burns argued police should have been required to get a search warrant before obtaining a discarded drinking straw and testing it for DNA. The DNA sample matched DNA on Martinko's dress, leading to Burns' arrest and conviction. Several civil liberties groups filed briefs supporting Burns’ appeal. In a 5-2 decision, the court found that Burns did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when he threw a drinking straw into the trash after eating at a Manchester restaurant in 2018, the Des Moines Register reported. PENNSYLVANIA POLICE ON 1989 COLD CA...

The nine service members who died in a crash involving two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters ranged in age from 23 to 36 and were from seven states, the military said Friday, as it released the identities of the soldiers and an investigative team continued its probe of the accident. A military news release said the service members came from Florida, Texas, Missouri, California, North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey. "This is a time of great sadness for the 101st Airborne Division. The loss of these Soldiers will reverberate through our formations for years to come," said Maj. Gen. JP McGee, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell. 9 ARMY SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH Two HH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed near Fort Campbell on Wednesday night in southwest Kentucky during a training exercise, killing all nine soldiers aboard the two aircrafts. The crash occurred in Trigg County, Kentucky, about 3...

An inmate at a federal detention center in southern Michigan has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the slaying of a fellow prisoner convicted of leading a child pornography ring. Alex Castro's plea came Thursday in federal court in Detroit, the U.S. Attorney's office said. Castro, 42, is accused of repeatedly stabbing Christian Maire on Jan. 2, 2019, at the Milan Correctional Institution. He faces up to life in prison when sentenced July 28. Castro, of Fontana, California, already is serving a 42-year sentence for a 2017 federal drug conviction. Two other inmates, Jason Dale Kechego and Adam Taylor Wright, are accused of kicking and stomping Maire in the head before he was thrown down a flight of stairs. Maire was stabbed 28 times. HOMEOWNERS CHOKED UP AFTER DELIVERY DRIVER FIXES, SALUTES AMERICAN FLAG The detention center is on the grounds of a federal prison in Milan, about 50 miles southwest of Detroit. Men are housed at the center while awaiting trial, sente...

Inmates at a jail in Georgia were able to enjoy a steak dinner in their cell after allegedly paying someone to bring the food to them. Investigators with the Fulton County Sheriff's Office released a video showing smiling inmates chatting about their meal from a restaurant, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. The inmates were also seen drinking orange Fanta. An officer likely brought the food into the Fulton County Jail after receiving payments from the inmates, the sheriff's office said. ARMED GEORGIA HOMEOWNER CATCHES INTRUDER IN THE ACT, SHOOTS HIM DEAD AS NEIGHBORS COOK BREAKFAST Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said the cash order for food represents a break in protocol. "The delivery of outside food to inmates at the Fulton County Jail is strictly prohibited," he told Fox 5 Atlanta. "Any employee who violates protocol and or allows a breach in security is disciplined according to department policy." GEORGIA DEPUTIES SHOOT, WOUND MOTORCYCLIST AFTER CHASE ...

A Philadelphia political consultant pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges for forging signatures to get Democratic nominee clients onto 2019 primary ballots in the city, according to the Attorney General’s office. Rasheen Crews, 46, will be sentenced June 29. BALLOT PROBLEMS IN PENNSYLVANIA'S LUZERNE COUNTY EXAMINED Crews served as a political consultant during the May 2019 primary, where he worked with several Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and Philadelphia Municipal Court candidates. Hired to collect the signatures needed to complete the paperwork needed to be included on the Democratic ballot that year, Crews was paid per signature collected, according to the affidavit. Rather than collecting the signatures legally , Crews either forged, or hired others to forge, signatures by renting out hotel rooms where workers would copy down names and addresses onto petition paperwork, the complaint states. MICHIGAN OFFICIAL PLEADS NO CONTEST IN 2020 BALLOT SABOTAGE CASE ...

U.S. authorities on Thursday said they arrested a Washington state man who made more than 20 "swatting" calls around the country and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses to his fake reports of bombs, shootings or other threats. Ashton Connor Garcia, 20, of Bremerton, used voice-over-internet technology to conceal his identity as he placed the calls last year — and he treated them as entertainment, broadcasting them on the social media platform Discord, federal prosecutors said. He faces 10 felony counts filed in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Washington, that could bring up to a decade in prison. Court records did not immediately indicate if Garcia had an attorney who might speak on his behalf. RING DOORBELL ‘SWATTING’ AND LIVESTREAM SCHEME LEADS TO CHARGES FOR PAIR FROM WISCONSIN, NORTH CAROLINA "Every time Mr. Garcia is alleged to have made one of his false reports to law enforcement, he triggered a potentially deadly event — sending heavily armed police ...

A Philadelphia woman is recovering in a hospital after she was shot during a confrontation over an eviction notice on Wednesday. The woman was identified as Angel Davis by her husband Gabriel Plummer. She was being served an eviction notice by a landlord-tenant officer when a confrontation began between them. Plummer said he was sleeping when the commotion began. After waking up, he claims he saw the landlord-tenant officer shouting and raising his weapon. Davis, 35, was shot in the head once and transported to a local hospital in critical condition. The officer remained at the scene and gave his weapon to authorities. PHILADELPHIA TEEN TOLD MOM ‘I LOVE YOU’ BEFORE BEING KILLED ON WAY TO SCHOOL The Philadelphia Police Department told Fox News Digital that they are actively investigating the shooting. "Allegedly there was a knife involved. That’s why he discharged his firearm," Lieutenant Jason Hendershot said to FOX 29 Philadelphia. "There is some video in the ap...

Two U.S. Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed during training Wednesday night in Kentucky , killing nine soldiers. Here are questions and answers about Black Hawks: ARMY BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS CRASH, KILLING 9 SERVICE MEMBERS: OFFICIAL What is the Black Hawk? The Black Hawk is a twin-engine, four-bladed, medium-lift, utility helicopter developed for the U.S. Army since the 1970s by Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, Connecticut . It typically has a crew of two pilots and two crew chiefs. Its basic Army designation is H-60; export versions are designated S-70. What is It Used for? The Black Hawk is built in multiple configurations for a wide range of missions including cargo lift, combat assault, special operations, search-and-rescue, medical evacuation, aerial firefighting and VIP transport, according to Lockheed Martin, parent of Sikorsky. In addition to the crew, it can seat 12 fully equipped troops. Seats can be replaced with stretchers to carry wounded. Armed ve...

Nashville police released 911 calls from Monday's shooting at The Covenant School, which left six people dead. The Nashville Police Department said that Audrey Hale entered the private Christian school on Monday by shooting through a locked glass door around 10:13 a.m. on Monday morning. Hale was armed with two rifles and a handgun. Hale, a 28-year-old transgender individual who was a former student at The Covenant School, was shot and killed after she began firing at officers who were responding to the shooting. In audio from separate 911 calls, people can be heard crying as the active shooting incident took place. NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SHOOTING TIMELINE: AUDREY HALE'S 14 MINUTES OF MAYHEM "We think we hear gunshots ," one caller says to the 911 operator.  "Please hurry," another caller says, with the 911 operator saying that officers are coming to rescue them. In one call, the 911 operator asks how many shots have been heard. The caller says, ...

An inmate in Florida is facing new charges for allegedly planning the murder of her family after she was put in prison for threatening to kill her co-workers, officials said. Osceola County Sheriff Marco Lopez said Tureygua Inaru, 29, allegedly told two fellow inmates at the Osceola County Department of Corrections in Kissimmee, Florida, that her family was "very wealthy" and that she would pay them $50,000 per death of her family members, WESH reported. "Once she got to the jail, she befriends her cellmates and starts talking about wanting her parents, her grandparents killed, that she would pay them up to $50,000 saying they were very wealthy, and she gave the address," Lopez said, per WESH. Instead of acting on the promised sum, Inaru’s fellow inmates turned her over to corrections officers. DOJ CHARGES TWO MORE PEOPLE FOR ATTACKS AGAINST FLORIDA PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTER Inaru, who was initially locked up for aggravated stalking and threatening to kill he...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Jonathan Hatami, the Los Angeles deputy district attorney known for convicting child killers in high-profile cases, including those of Gabriel Fernandez and Anthony Avalos , announced on Wednesday a campaign challenge against his boss, George Gascon. Gascon, a controversial progressive Democrat who has been accused of soft-on-crime policies that protect criminals and not the public, has faced sharp criticism from his own office and is involved in several lawsuits against his own deputies, including more than a dozen for allegations of unlawful retaliation. "Because of George, L.A. is the hate crime capital of America," Hatami said at a rally in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier, where he initially pledged to stand up to Gascon two years ago. " Fentanyl deaths are skyrocketing and killing our children, crime on public transportation has dramatically increased, and gun violence in our streets has affected so many of the most vulnerable in our ...

A Philadelphia dog was shot several times on Monday and left for dead before a Good Samaritan found her. The shooting took place in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia. An officer from the city's Animal Care & Control Team arrived at the scene believing the dog was hit by a car. Once the canine was taken to a local hospital, caregivers realized that she was shot multiple times. Officials believe that the dog was shot in the street and crawled to a nearby residence, ending up on a front porch.  PHILADELPHIA RESIDENTS ADVISED TO DRINK BOTTLED WATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWING CHEMICAL SPILL, OFFICIALS SAY The dog is now named Alexia and is receiving life-saving care under the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).  "After being shot in the street last night, Alexia literally dragged herself up the steps of a Good Samaritan's home," the Pennsylvania SPCA said in a Facebook post. "She was desperately seeking help....

WASHINGTON – While most people look to artificial intelligence, or AI, for quick answers to complex problems, a growing number of school districts are turning to the technology to keep their students and staff safe. A school district in Charles County, Maryland, roughly an hour from Washington D.C., is in the process of installing software and hardware which would allow their current security cameras to detect a potential active shooter. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 'GODFATHER' ON AI POSSIBLY WIPING OUT HUMANITY: ‘IT'S NOT INCONCEIVABLE’ "This artificial intelligence has the ability to be able to identify a weapon, to assess what’s going on and how that person is acting ," said Jason Stoddard, Director of School safety and Security for Charles County Public Schools. The district, through a state grant, is in the process of installing AI gun detection technology at all of its campuses. The cameras, which were installed years prior, will now communicate with a third...

Old Forge, Pennsylvania, investigators discovered human remains on Tuesday and are hopeful they are those of a restaurant owner who went missing in 2017. Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell’s office announced the discovery of human remains on Facebook on Tuesday, addressing concerns from the public about a significant law enforcement presence in the Connell’s Patch section of Old Forge. In the post, the DA’s office said the activity was related to the active investigation into the disappearance of Robert Baron Sr. in 2017. PHILADELPHIA TEEN TOLD MOM ‘I LOVE YOU’ BEFORE BEING KILLED ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL According to the DA’s Facebook posts, Baron’s family became concerned when he did not show up to work at the family’s Old Forge business, Ghigiarelli’s Pizza on Jan. 26, 2017. The family told investigators Baron had a consistent routine, so when he did not show up for work, it was unusual, and they reported him missing to the Old Forge Police Department. Officers who ...

A shark bit a 67-year-old man in the leg over the weekend as he was kite surging off the beaches of Key West, Florida, officials say.  Police were called to Garrison Bight Marina shortly before 2 p.m. City fire-rescue paramedics were applying a tourniquet to the leg of the victim, identified as Kevin Carlton Scott, a resident of Key West.  The man’s wife, 63-year-old Laurie Scott, told first responders her husband was kiteboarding around six miles offshore in Blue Fish Channel when the shark attacked him. She said she was in their boat and could hear his screams.  Laurie Scott said she got her husband into the boat, called 911, and headed back to shore.  NORTH CAROLINA'S OUTER BANKS GREETED BY 13-FOOT GREAT WHITE SHARK NAMED ‘BRETON’ A police incident obtained by The Miami Herald report says Scott had "lacerations to his right calf consistent with [a] shark bite."  Kevin Scott was transferred to Lower Keys Medical Center before a helicopter took him to ...

A Massachusetts man was indicted Tuesday on murder charges for driving an SUV through an Apple Store's plate glass storefront window in November, killing one person and seriously injuring 22 others. Bradley Rein, 53, was indicted by a Plymouth County grand jury on one count of second-degree murder and one count of motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation for the killing of Kevin Bradley, 65, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said in a statement released on Tuesday. The grand jury also voted to indict Rein on one count of reckless operation of a motor vehicle, 18 counts of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for injuring 22 other people in the November crash. On Nov. 21, Hingham Police received 911 calls about a car crashing into a storefront window at an Apple Store, where multiple people suffered injuries. MAN WHO CRASHED INTO MASSACHUSETTS APPLE STORE, KILLING 1, OUT ON BAIL Firs...

A Brandon, Florida, man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly possessing hundreds of videos and images of child pornography on his cell phone and computer devices. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said detectives received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on March 16 involving someone on Pine Forest Drive in Brandon. According to the tip, someone at the residence was uploading child pornography to the internet. FLORIDA ICE CREAM MAN FOUND GUILTY IN DOUBLE REVENGE HOMICIDE OF TWO BROTHERS Detectives went to the residence and spoke with John Priester, 21, who allegedly agreed to let them search his phone and two other electronic devices. During the investigation, detectives found hundreds of pornographic images and videos involving juveniles, police said. On Sunday, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Priester, and the next day he was arrested. ELDERLY FLORIDA MAN HAD MORE THAN A TON OF CHILD PORN IMAGES IN HIS BEDROOM: POLICE Pries...

A student pilot was trying to land a small plane at a central Florida airport when it collided with another small plane, sending both aircraft crashing into a lake and killing four people, a preliminary report released Tuesday said. A Piper J-3 Cub seaplane and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee fixed-wing plane were both conducting instructional flights when they collided March 7 over Lake Hartridge near Winter Haven Regional Airport, a National Transportation Safety Board report said. Winter Haven is about 40 miles southwest of Orlando . According to recorded radio transmissions, the student pilot in the PA-28 was performing landing maneuvers to a runway at the nearby airport. Four seconds after the PA-28 pilot's final transmission, the plane collided nearly straight on with the J-3 at about 575 feet above sea level, officials said. FOUR DEAD IN MIDAIR PLANE COLLISION, INCLUDING COLLEGE STUDENT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN FLORIDA The J-3 had been returning to its base for a water landing on a...

Texas authorities in El Paso discovered a stash house with 23 migrants and an underworld shrine worshiped by drug traffickers inside, officials said Tuesday.  Special agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety found the home Monday while working on Operation Lone Star, a border initiative started by Texas to curb human smuggling. The home was being managed by a U.S. citizen originally from Mexico , the agency said.  AMERICAN COMPANY OUTRAGED AFTER MEXICAN MILITARY, POLICE SEIZED CARIBBEAN FACILITY: ‘THIS IS INSANE’ He was arrested and charged with operating a stash house.  Inside the home were 23 migrants from Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala. They were handed over to the U.S. Border Patrol.   Also inside the home was an elaborate Santa Muerte shrine, which shows a female skeletal figure wearing a long robe with a scythe in one hand and the world in another. The shine is worshiped by Mexican drug cartel members who pray to it for their protection. Th...

A transgender student group at the University of South Florida (USF) hosted a "gender-affirming clothes swap" aimed at creating a safe space for LGBTQ+ student could buy and receive used clothing items.  "We'll be hosting a gender-affirming clothing swap!" USF Trans+ Student Union wrote in an Instagram post. "If you have good-condition clothes you don't wear anymore, feel free to bring it to the meeting! Now's the time to sift through those drawers of clothes back at home."  "Masks required, u know the drill," they added. The event was held on University property and according to the student newspaper, the Oracle , over 45 students participated in the exchange . LGBT GROUP WARNS ‘DRAGPHOBIA’ IS ON THE RISE, CONSERVATIVES BLAST POST ON TWITTER   The event, unlike typically gendered retail stores, provided room for students to "explore gender expression," a student explained to the Oracle. "When you are shopping a...

The murder trial for an Army sergeant who shot and killed a protester during demonstrations in the summer of 2020 began on Monday in Austin, Texas .  The shooting occurred during Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted across the Texas state capital and the rest of the United States nearly three years ago.  Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was stationed at Fort Hood at the time, was driving for Uber to make extra money in downtown Austin on the night of July 25, 2020, when he encountered a large crowd of protesters . They were illegally blocking city streets that night according to police, as protesters in Austin and elsewhere had done during the weeks of rioting. Among the protesters was 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who was carrying an AK-47. Perry's defense team says that the demonstrators encircled and starting pounding on his vehicle and that Foster raised the firearm at Perry, prompting him to open fire with a handgun he legally carried for self-defense.  "When Garre...

A Long Island, New York, judge sentenced a man to 25 years to life on Monday after a jury found him guilty of murdering a man during a home invasion in November 2018. Ade N’Gaii, 39, was convicted by a jury for his part in the murder of Kristopher Appel, 30, of Patchogue, during a home invasion . During the trial, the prosecution presented evidence that placed N’Gaii at the crime scene on Nov. 2, 2018, and that he and his accomplices conspired to commit a violent home invasion at Appel’s home to steal money and marijuana. NEW YORK WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KILLING MAN WHOSE WILL SHE FORGED IN FAILED PLOT TO TAKE HIS HOME According to a press release from District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney’s office, N’Gaii and his accomplices drove from the Bronx to Patchogue – located nearly halfway between New York City and Montauk Point on Long Island – on Oct. 27, 2018, while armed with a handgun to carry out a home invasion. The attempt was unsuccessful, because N’Gaii and his accomplices were un...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is partnering with the City of Austin to provide law enforcement services after failed policing policies in the state's capital have resulted in fewer officers and increased crime. Austin leaders announced the partnership in a press release on Monday, saying they expect safety and police times to improve, traffic fatalities to decrease and crime to drop. Texas DPS has agreed to provide state troopers and agents to focus on traffic issues and violent crime . The added law enforcement officers will also provide backup during emergency situations. DEFUNDED AUSTIN PD TAKES SO LONG TO RESPOND TO DUI CRASH, DRIVER SOBERS UP AND WALKS FREE: FAMILY "During my run for mayor, I promised we would make city government work better in providing basic services," Mayor Kirk Watson said. "This is an example of that. It’s a common-sense, practical response to a serious need and arose out of a positive working relationship between the Capital...

The remains of a U.S. airman whose plane was shot down over Germany during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday. U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Edgar L. Mills, 25, of Tampa, Florida, was shot down July 18, 1944, during a bombing raid on enemy aircraft and air defense installations around Memmingen, Germany, the agency said in a news release. The pilot of the B-17G ordered the crew to bail out. Six crew members parachuted to safety, while five others, including Mills, were believed to have remained on board, the news release said. Mills' body was not recovered at the time, and Germany never reported him as a prisoner of war , the agency said. In 1946, the American Graves Registration Command was tasked with recovering missing Americans in Europe. Investigators searched the crash site in Germany and discovered two other sets of remains. LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH II ASKED GERMANY FOR 2 EXPENSIVE HORSES WHEN SHE VISITED THE COU...

A Racine man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for the 1986 killing of a young woman whose body was found in a swamp at a Green Bay nature area. Lou A. Griffin, 67, pleaded no contest Jan. 27 in Brown County Circuit Court to a charge of homicide by reckless conduct, and a judge found him guilty. Griffin originally was charged in October 2020 with first-degree intentional homicide in Lisa Holstead’s killing . Her body was found in August 1986. DNA LEADS TO ARREST IN WISCONSIN WOMAN'S 34-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE MURDER Holstead’s slaying had been Brown County’s oldest unsolved murder case. Investigators said that at the time of her killing Griffin lived within a few miles of where her body was found. Griffin was identified as a suspect in Holstead’s slaying after Green Bay police sent DNA evidence found on her body to a company that performs forensic genetic genealogy testing. That testing provided information on the suspect’s heritage and possible relatives. RACINE MAN C...

A van crashed into a house in northern Maine, and both the motorist and an occupant of the home died, police said. Both people were pronounced dead at the scene Saturday evening after first responders were told that a vehicle spun out of control on a curve and crashed into the home. MAINE DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE PUSH FORWARD WITH 2-PART 'BASELINE BUDGET' State police, who joined the investigation , declined to provide the victims' identities. The incident remains under investigation. Both bodies were transported to the state medical examiner’s office where autopsies will be conducted, state police said. source https://www.foxnews.com/us/van-crashes-northern-maine-living-room-killing-2-people

Central Texas residents who spoke with Fox News criticized Elon Musk's reported plans to build a utopia-like town that would provide housing for his Austin-area employees, with two saying it reminded them of ill-fated mining communities.  "That sounds scary, like old mining towns," Roxanne, who moved to Bastrop County four years ago, told Fox News. WATCH MORE FOX NEWS DIGITAL ORIGINALS HERE  Tasha, also of Bastrop County, agreed. "We're turning the clocks back and doing like coal miner town situation," the mother told Fox News. Musk reportedly plans to construct his own town in Bastrop County near two of his companies facilities, SpaceX and the Boring Company, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month, citing land records and people familiar with the plan. Musk has reportedly described his vision for the future town, called Snailbrook, as a type of Texas utopia in which his staff could live and work, according to the Journal.  Michelle, wh...

Tennessee law enforcement seized 34 animals from a breeding mill where the animals were living in inhumane conditions. Animal Rescue Corps said it assisted law enforcement in rescuing around 25 dogs, seven cats and two chinchillas from the backyard breeding operation in Macon County on Thursday.  The dogs were found in cages and in filthy conditions. Many of the large dogs were living in small cages where they were unable to stand or turn around. NORTH DAKOTA POLICE OFFICER TRUDGES THROUGH WAIST-DEEP SNOW TO RESCUE INJURED OWL Many of the dogs were discovered with various medical conditions, including puncture wounds, mammary tumors, overgrown nails, pressure wounds, skin inflammation, ear and eye infections and internal parasites. The animals were subjected to unsanitary housing, neglect, and inadequate veterinary care. Many were too afraid to leave their cages, according to Animal Rescue Corps. "The animals have been used and bred for profit with no regard for their needs...

More bodies have been found as emergency crews continue to survey the site of the R.M. chocolate factory in Berks County, Pennsylvania, bringing the number of fatalities from Friday evening’s explosion to seven. West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag released a statement Sunday that said two more bodies were located and that all victims have been discovered. Authorities are withholding their names at this time, she said. "Tonight we were able to announce that all seven presumptive missing have been found — please understand that this is still a devastating loss," she wrote. "But we are truly grateful to bring closure to the families involved in the upcoming days." Earlier in the day, a fifth body was pulled from the rubble, after authorities initially confirmed four people were dead, and another three were still missing. PENNSYLVANIA CHOCOLATE FACTORY EXPLOSION LEAVES FIVE DEAD, TWO MISSING: REPORT An explosion on Friday leveled R.M. Palmer building 2 and damaged bu...

A Florida plastic surgeon was arrested over the weekend for allegedly murdering an attorney who represented the suspect's former employer in a lawsuit, the Largo Police Department announced.  Dr. Tomasz Roman Kosowski, 44, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Steven Cozzi, who disappeared from his law office on Tuesday.  Police were called to the scene and found that he had left behind his wallet, car keys, and cell phone, but was never seen physically exiting the building. A "strong chemical odor" was detected in the men's bathroom, where investigators found a significant amount of blood after a forensic analysis.  Detectives keyed in on Kosowski as their suspect while looking for a suspicious person who was seen at the office at the same time as Cozzi's disappearance. Cozzi's body has not yet been found, but a search of Kosowski's residence turned up additional evidence that led to his arrest on Saturday in Tarpon Spr...

Satellite images show a train of sargassum seaweed stretching from the west coast of Africa to Florida , stretching as far as 5,000 miles. With a width of nearly twice that of the U.S., the seaweed is expected to move toward Florida and the Caribbean, ultimately piling up along some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, Sargassum is a large brown seaweed that "floats in island-like masses," yet never attaches to the bed of the sea. GIANT BLOB OF SEAWEED TWICE THE WIDTH OF US TAKING AIM AT FLORIDA, SCIENTISTS SAY Images on the University of South Florida College of Marine Science Optical Oceanography Laboratory website shows the massive size of the bloom. The Sargassum Watch System, or SaWS, uses satellite data and models to track sargassum in "near-real time. While sargassum offers a great habitat for marine animals because of its source of food, shade and shelter, it also can be used...