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Tennessee Teacher Survives Brutal Beating & Shooting at Hands of Retired Special Forces Veteran Husband

Colleen Thomas — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:36:33 +0000

Teacher Tasha Berry and her husband, Craig Berry, a retired special forces veteran, lived together in Tennessee and seemed to have a happy marriage. On May 1, 2026, their perfect couple image was shattered when Craig Berry allegedly beat and shot his wife, then fled. Tasha Berry miraculously survived the brutal attack, and the Stewart […]

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5-Year-Old Spent More than 24 Hours Next to Parents’ Dead Bodies After They Were Killed in Unreported Crash in Colorado

Colleen Thomas — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:46:44 +0000

Devante Griffin and Klariza Tarango were a happy young couple raising two young daughters in New Mexico. On May 2, 2026, the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District in Bayfield, Colorado, responded to a rollover vehicle accident on the side of Highway 160. When they arrived, they found Griffin’s pickup truck badly damaged and upside […]

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Police Find 2 Nonverbal Toddlers Wandering the Streets of Baltimore at 3 a.m. Without an Adult in Sight

Colleen Thomas — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:06:00 +0000

Seeing young children wandering alone outdoors can be scary and often means something isn’t quite right. Toddlers don’t frequently take off on their own, particularly not in the middle of the night, but a pair of Maryland children apparently did just that on May 6, 2026. Baltimore police found a boy and a girl, both […]

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The Department of Education Is Called Out as a ‘Joke’ After Its Social Media Post About Teachers

Chrissy Bobic — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:40:00 +0000

Things are already rough enough for educators in the United States without the Department of Education weighing in on teachers’ devotion to Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again message. Because that’s exactly what the department did when it posted a cartoon image on X (formerly Twitter), seemingly in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, […]

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Pennsylvania Grandma Looking for Cat Outside Restaurant Fell to Her Death When Sinkhole Opened Above Abandoned Mine

Colleen Thomas — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:43:51 +0000

Elizabeth Pollard was looking for her cat in Unity Township, Pennsylvania, in December 2024 when she disappeared. Pollard had taken her 5-year-old granddaughter with her and parked outside Monday’s Union Restaurant on Marguerite Road. When Pollard got out of the car, she fell into a sinkhole above an abandoned mine. It took crews days to […]

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4 Texas Middle Schoolers Go Home Sick After Eating Homemade Cookies Made & Sold by School Staff Member

Sa'iyda Shabazz — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:09:53 +0000

A school in Texas is doing damage control after kids became sick from eating cookies made by a staff member. The incident took place at Owen Goodnight Middle School in San Marcos, and the school wasted no time making sure everyone had been alerted to what had happened. The employee, who has not been identified, […]

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Colorado Mom Drunk & High on Cocaine Fatally Hit Motorcyclist & Told Police a ‘Mexican Lady’ Did It

Colleen Thomas — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:13:44 +0000

Aaron Barone was riding his motorcycle in Grand Junction, Colorado, on June 14, 2025, when a driver struck him. The 41-year-old received catastrophic injuries, and emergency crews rushed him to a hospital for treatment. When police arrived at the accident scene near North Seventh Street and Bunting Avenue, 30-year-old Kalynn Settle reportedly told them she […]

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NYPD Find 25-Year-Old Man With Autism Trapped Inside Filthy Home Next to Dad’s Decomposing Body

Colleen Thomas — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:57:34 +0000

Many parents of children with special needs devote their lives to caring for them. It can be a rewarding and extremely daunting task. Some parents fear what will happen to their children once they die. In a perfect world, they have plans made, just in case, and their children will never have to worry. But […]

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Family Says Police Ignored Report of Missing Milwaukee Mom & Found Her Naked Body in Alley 4 Months Later

Colleen Thomas — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:52:04 +0000

When Serena Trotter’s family couldn’t reach the 26-year-old mother, they became concerned. As the days, then weeks, then months passed, the situation seemed more dire. Her grandfather, Tom Trotter, claims he went to the Milwaukee Police Department to report her missing. In January 2026, he told them he’d last seen his granddaughter in October 2025 […]

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New Mexico DA Slams Soft Juvenile System After Cyclist Was Allegedly Killed by 11-Year-Old with Criminal Past

Colleen Thomas — Thu, 07 May 2026 19:46:07 +0000

Scott Dwight Habermehl was an avid cyclist who often rode to work at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. On May 29, 2024, Habermehl took off for work as usual, but he never made it to his office. Instead, four juveniles allegedly ran over Habermehl intentionally to make a video for social media. Their vehicle […]

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