A woman accused of setting her husband on fire in 2021 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been separately charged with murder in the death of a popular meat shop owner who was caught in a house fire last spring. Charges of first-degree murder and arson were filed Friday in Marquette …
Read More »Minneapolis suburb elects first Somali-American mayor in US history
A suburban Minnesota city became what is believed to be the first in the U.S. to elect a Somali American mayor when 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed was chosen to lead St. Louis Park. “This is a milestone. This is not the destination,” Mohamed told supporters after the results came in Tuesday. …
Read More »World Series: What has happened to my lifelong devotion to baseball?
There was a time as a kid when I ran home from grade school to watch my Yankees close out another World Series with a win over some unfortunate challenger like the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 when I was nine. The next year, the Yankees were not in the World …
Read More »Chicago anti-ICE protesters block vehicles, get hit with tear gas and pepper balls
Federal law enforcement agents deployed pepper balls and tear gas Friday during a standoff with anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) protesters outside of Chicago. The tense confrontation comes two days after a shooter opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas. The gunman in that incident killed one detainee …
Read More »Hobbyist finds 4,270-year-old human skull on Indiana riverbank, stumping authorities
A hobbyist’s keen eye led authorities to a human skull on the bank of an Indiana river — a find that turned out to be over 4,000 years old. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office announced the discovery in an Oct. 9 press release. The skull, which was reported to authorities …
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