Alabama Unemployment Slightly Drops
The rate represents a record low, but it could be adjusted later.
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Pilot tells police what caused NYC helicopter crash
NEW YORK — The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into New York City’s East River on Sunday night has told investigators that a strap from a passenger’s harness inadvertently shut off the helicopter’s engine, sending it plunging into the water. Five passengers were unable to free themselves and were killed in the crash. The New York City Police Department…
Death Penalty Sought In Case Of 8 Mississippi Killings
Godbolt has been jailed without bail since his May 28 arrest.
Alabama Attorney Charged With Human Trafficking – Again
Authorities have not said whether the latest charges relate to the same victims.
Man Arrested For Slaying Of 68-year-old In Alabama
A Shelby County Sheriff’s Office news release says law enforcement found Tracy Ward Austin dead in his home March 5.
2 Men In Alabama Mall Shooting Identified, To Be Charged
The release says police don’t know the cause of the shootout, but that there was an “escalation” before shots were fired.
Can woman who won $560M Powerball stay anonymous? Judge makes ruling
NASHUA, N.H. — A judge has ruled that a New Hampshire woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million can keep her identity private. Judge Charles Temple said in a ruling Monday that disclosing the woman’s name would be an invasion of privacy. He ruled, however, that her hometown can be released publicly. The unidentified woman signed her…
British PM May to address nerve attack on Russian spy
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to address the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury. Speaking at parliament Monday, May is expected to point the blame directly at Moscow, according to one senior lawmaker. Sergei Skripal, the Russian who spied for Britain, and his 33-year old daughter Yulia remained…
Police Charge 12-year-olds With Making School Threats
Price says the child made threats on social media against Prattville High School and Prattville Intermediate School.
How one major ski resort works to keep avalanches under control
Sixteen people have died in avalanches across the Western U.S. so far this year. At North America’s largest ski resort, Whistler-Blackcomb, in British Columbia, the ski patrol uses a variety of tools — including helicopters and explosives — to keep everyone safe. Recent snowstorms there have filled the mountain’s many avalanche-prone areas with unstable snow. So at 6 a.m., at…
Third nor’easter in days could bring more than a foot of snow
BOSTON — Winter-weary New Englanders are preparing for blizzard conditions, a foot or more of snow and high winds as the third major nor’easter in two weeks bears down on the Northeast. The National Weather Service on Monday issued a winter storm warning for much of New England and a winter weather advisory for eastern New York and Pennsylvania and…
Son Allegedly Assaults Mother, Sets Home On Fire
While the suspect was being interviewed, someone stopped to tell deputies about a fire at the victim’s nearby home.
Bride-to-be and her bachelorette party killed in private jet crash
A photo posted to the Instagram account of Mina Basaran shows her (back, center) with friends on a trip to the United Arab Emirates for her bachelorette party. She and her friends are believed to have died when their private jet crashed in Iran on the flight back to Turkey from the UAE, March 11, 2018. Instagram Last Updated Mar…
Doctor dispels food myths and shares what you should eat
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Waitress gets $16K scholarship after act of kindness goes viral
LA MARQUE, Texas — A server at a Houston-area diner has received an unexpected $16,000 college scholarship after details of her act of kindness — cutting an ailing customer’s food — spread online. On Thursday, Texas Southern University (TSU) in Houston awarded the scholarship to 18-year-old Evoni “Nini” Williams. Williams works at a Waffle House in La Marque and has…
Why Trump meeting with Kim Jong Un is “a really big deal”
CIA director Mike Pompeo says the U.S. will not make concessions to North Korea before President Trump holds talks with the reclusive country’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Administration officials say the North needs to meet certain conditions, including freezing nuclear and missile tests, allowing U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises to continue, and ensuring that denuclearization is on the table. CBS News…
Gruesome find at home of Disney worker missing since 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. — Authorities have uncovered human remains under concrete in the backyard of a Disney worker who disappeared in 2015. Though Michael Shaver has been missing for three years, he was only recently reported missing, Crimesider previously reported. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, a friend of Michael Shaver, 35, recently contacted them and said he and Shaver’s…
Starkville To See Spring Break Road Work
The work will take place now through Friday, March 16.
Sunday Wreck Kills One
The victim died when he ran off River Road and flipped.
Why Florida researchers are bashing in the brains of iguanas
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Researchers are taking a controversial approach as they try to rid Florida of invasive iguanas overtaking residents’ yards by bashing in their brains. A team from the University of Florida (UF) is using a captive bolt gun that sends a bolt into the brain, similar to what’s used in the livestock industry. They’re also smashing the…
Saudi royals tackling corruption, or just cashing in on foes?
British Prime Minister Theresa May (not pictured) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hold a meeting with other members of the British government and Saudi ministers and delegates inside number 10 Downing Street on March 7, 2018 in London, England. Getty RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s king has established special anti-corruption units of prosecutors to pursue embezzlement cases…
Veterans’ home gunman’s choice of hostages not random, survivor says
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — It was supposed to be a festive gathering, but then, a former patient walked in with a gun and the horror began. One moment, Pathway Home residential counselor Haley Rekdahl was laughing with co-workers and veterans at a going away party inside the program’s offices at the veterans home in Yountville, California. The next moment is still…
Arrest made in decades-old cold-case killing of 15-year-old girl
Tracy Gilpin is seen in an undated photo provided by the Massachusetts State Police. BOSTON — A North Carolina man has been arrested in the 1986 killing of the Massachusetts State Police commander’s teenage sister. Authorities say 61-year-old Michael Arthur Hand of Troutman, North Carolina, was arrested Friday and faces a murder charge in the death of 15-year-old high school…
How Whistler’s ski patrol keeps avalanches at bay
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