The Eagle

A Bryan woman was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon over the weekend after reportedly hitting her brother-in-law over the head with a glass vase, according to court documents.

Police said in the arrest report that officers determined the man and Shaqueshia Dickson, 28, were arguing when Dickson broke a glass vase over the man’s head causing it to shatter. The man was taken to CHI St. Joseph hospital for his injuries.  Continue reading “Bryan woman charged with aggravated assault in vase attack”

AOL

About 1.7 million chickens have been killed in flooding from Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped at least 60 farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market, according to a major poultry producer.

Sanderson Farms said Tuesday the losses occurred at independent farms that supply its poultry processing plants. The company said its facilities suffered no major damage, but supply disruptions and flooded roadways had caused shutdowns at some plants.   Continue reading “1.7 million chickens drown as NC rivers swollen by Hurricane Florence”

BNN Bloomberg – by David George-Cosh

The Coca-Cola Co. is in “serious talks” with Aurora Cannabis Inc. to develop cannabis-infused beverages, a groundbreaking move that would signal a significant foray into the marijuana sector by one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands, multiple sources familiar with the matter told BNN Bloomberg.

The sources said that Coca-Cola (KO.N 0.72%), the world’s largest beverage company, is interested in developing beverages that are infused with cannabidiol, commonly referred to as CBD, the non-psychoactive chemical found in marijuana plants.   Continue reading “Coca-Cola in talks with Aurora to develop cannabis drinks: Sources”

The Weather Channel

Floodwaters from Tropical Depression Florence has entirely cut off the North Carolina city of Wilmington, prompting officials to call for additional help from state law enforcement and the National Guard.

During a Sunday news conference, Woody White, chairman of the board of commissioners of New Hanover County, said additional rainfall Saturday night made roads into the city impassable.   Continue reading “Florence Floodwaters Cut Off Wilmington, North Carolina; Death toll Rises to 12 in the State”

BBC News

The US Coast Guard has removed a team member from duty after he was accused of making a “white power” sign on air.

The unidentified employee was seen glancing at the camera during an MSNBC interview on Friday night before briefly making the hand gesture.   Continue reading “US Coast Guard employee removed for ‘white power sign’ on air”

Weather Channel

Hurricane Florence will hammer the Carolinas and other parts of the Southeast for several days. While impacts from wind will be destructive, Florence’s rainfall is likely to trigger catastrophic flooding in some areas, and will flirt with all-time state rainfall totals from tropical cyclones.  Continue reading “Catastrophic Threat From Florence: Inland Flooding From Rain That May Threaten State Tropical Cyclone Records”

Billings Gazette – by Matthew Brown

Native American tribes in Montana and South Dakota sued the Trump administration on Monday, claiming that approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline did not adequately analyze potential damage to cultural sites from spills and during construction.

Attorneys for the Fort Belknap and Rosebud Sioux tribes asked a federal court in Great Falls to rescind the line’s permit issued by the U.S. State Department.

Continue reading “Lawsuit claims Trump ignored tribes’ rights in approving Keystone XL pipeline”

The Charlotte Observer

Hurricane Florence is now a Category 4 storm and is “rapidly strengthening” as it heads toward the Carolinas coast, with “exceptionally heavy rain,” the National Hurricane Center said Monday morning.

In an noon update sent out by NOAA, the storm’s winds rose from 105 mph winds to 130 mph in a matter of hours, and it has picked up speed in its westward trajectory, from 9 mph to 13 mph.   Continue reading “Hurricane Florence raised to Category 4 Monday. ‘Exceptionally heavy rain’ expected.”

AOL

Gov. Cuomo’s reelection bid got a boost Saturday from the nation’s largest gun control group.

Everytown for Gun Safety endorsed Cuomo during a campaign event on Long Island.

He was also endorsed by the father of a Parkland student killed in February.   Continue reading “Gov. Cuomo gets endorsement of nation’s largest gun control group”

The Weather Channel

As the likelihood of a Southeast Coast strike of Tropical Storm Florence increases, federal, state and local authorities are making preparations and urging residents to do the same.

The National Hurricane Center said Saturday the risk of direct impacts along the southeast U.S. coast was increasing.   Continue reading “Southeast Coast Prepares for Potential Florence Strike; North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia Declare Emergencies”

AOL

A neighborhood in Texas has been consumed with mystery after a security camera recorded a barefoot woman wearing only a t-shirt and what appears to be wrist shackles frantically ringing the doorbell of a Montgomery County home in the early hours of the morning.

The incident, which occurred after 3 a.m. on Friday, was captured by a doorbell cam recently installed at a home in the Sunrise Ranch subdivision, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. The unidentified woman, seeming somewhat panicked, appears suddenly out the bushes and rings the bell a few times before the seconds-long clip cuts out.   Continue reading “Texas police search for mystery woman recorded ringing doorbell in only a t-shirt and what appears to be restraints”

New York Daily News

A pair of menacing Russian mobsters with a taste for arson and assault were convicted Tuesday of racketeering for their six-year Brooklyn reign of terror.

A Brooklyn Federal Court Jury returned its verdicts after the three-week trial of Leonid Gershman, 35, and Aleksey Tsvetkov, 39. The mobsters, who used their ill-gotten profits to lead a cozy life of leisure, will face life imprisonment at their upcoming sentencing.

Continue reading “Pair of high-living Russian mobsters convicted for 6-year Brooklyn organized crime spree”

KBTX TV

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3D-printed guns said Tuesday that he has begun selling the blueprints through his website to anyone who wants to make one, despite a federal court order barring him from posting the plans online.

Cody Wilson said at a news conference that he started selling the plans Tuesday morning and that he had already received nearly 400 orders. He said he’ll sell the plans for as little as a penny to anyone in the U.S. who wants them.   Continue reading “Texan says he’s selling 3D-printed gun plans, despite ruling”

Fox News

When Doris Stiles-Scown caught a man using his phone to peep underneath the stall her 12-year-old daughter was changing in at Rue 22 in Salt Lake City, Utah, she chased him down into the parking lot.

With help from other shoppers and mall security, Stiles-Scown successfully apprehended the man on Saturday, according to a police report from the Salt Lake City Police Department. The group then surrounded the suspect, making sure he stayed put, while they waited for police to arrive.   Continue reading “Utah mom confronts man peeping under 12-year-old girl’s dressing room: ‘Not today, buddy!’”

Weather Channel

Hurricane Lane is already unleashing torrential rain in parts of Hawaii, and may produce disastrous rainfall flooding and landslides over much of the island chain, in addition to battering surf, coastal flooding and high winds through Saturday.

This threat was summed up succinctly by The Weather Channel hurricane expert, Dr. Rick Knabb, in a tweet Thursday morning. Continue reading “Hurricane Lane a Slow-Moving, Potential Flood Disaster; Over 30 Inches of Rain Possible in Parts of Hawaii Through Saturday”

AOL

MONROE, N.C. (AP) — A teenager who held up a North Carolina lemonade stand for $17 was still at large Monday, and authorities said they hoped to track him through surveillance footage and possible DNA and fingerprint tests.

Neighbors were asked to check their home security cameras for possible clues, said Union County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tony Underwood. He said a camouflage hat and BB pistol found along with a metal cash box was found in some nearby woods and could be checked for fingerprints and DNA. The 9-year-old lemonade vendor said a teenager wearing a similar hat and a black shirt pointed a black handgun at him and took his cash box Saturday afternoon in Monroe, about 30 miles southeast of Charlotte.  Continue reading “Lemonade stand robber on the run; DNA could help track him”

Chron

The man accused of killing a Houston cardiologist last month in the Texas Medical Center killed himself Friday morning  during a confrontation with police, authorities said.

Joseph James Pappas, who was charged a day earlier with the murder of Dr. Mark Hausknecht, shot himself in the head near the 8800 block of Bob White just over two weeks after the killing that shocked the city’s tight-knit medical community.   Continue reading “Suspect in Houston doctor’s slaying kills self during confrontation with HPD”

Heavy – by Jessica McBride

Richard Black, a decorated Aurora, Colorado Vietnam veteran and grandfather known for carefully tending to his home garden and watching out for neighbors, was identified as the homeowner who was fatally shot by police after he shot and killed an intruder who had invaded his own home.

The tragedy occurred on July 30, 2018, a Monday, and took the life of Black, 73, a retired government worker who was just trying to protect his family from an armed intruder who was trying to strangle his grandson, according to Patch. Protecting others appears to be in character for Black, who was also known for helping out his neighbors and who was honored with the Bronze Star for his valor in Vietnam. Richard Black was known to neighbors as “Gary.”   Continue reading “Richard Black: Tribute to Aurora Homeowner Shot by Police”