Washington – Active shooters in America killed or injured 313 individuals across the country in 2022, the most casualties recorded in the last five years, according to a report released by the FBI on Wednesday. Federal investigators define “active shooters” as “one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or …
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April, 2023
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25 April
Anthony Avalos’s mother and her boyfriend sentenced to life in torture
Heather Maxine Barron and her boyfriend, Kareem Ernesto Leiva, were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for torturing and murdering Barron’s 10-year-old son Anthony Avalos in 2018. Barron, now 33, and Leiva, now 37, were found guilty on March 7 of one count each of torture and murder in a non-jury …
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25 April
Maybelline faces boycott over partnership with Dylan Mulvaney
Maybelline is facing calls for a boycott after a sponsorship with the transgender social-media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who posted a short video last month of herself applying the brand’s cosmetics and “getting glam.” The pushback comes as another major brand, Anheuser-Busch’s Bud Light, is grappling with a boycott of its …
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20 April
Mike Lindell’s company told to pay $5 million in “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump who has peddled election conspiracies, offered a challenge in 2021: If anyone could poke holes in data he claimed reflected the November 2020 election, he’d give them $5 million — a challenge he called the “Prove Mike Wrong” …
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18 April
Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller plead guilty to murder in Spanish teacher Nohema Graber’s beating death
Two Iowa teenagers charged in the beating death of a high school teacher pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Tuesday. Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale both changed their pleas to guilty and admitted to helping kill 66-year-old Nohema Graber, their Spanish teacher at Fairfield High School. Prosecutors said the teens …
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18 April
McDonald’s rolls out revamped burgers with “pillowy” buns
McDonald’s is making several changes to its burgers as part of the fast-food giant’s plans to improve its menu in an effort to boost sales. Beef-burger sandwiches at the golden arches will now have a “juicier caramelized flavor” from a new grilling technique using white onions and will feature a …
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12 April
Robotic canine rejoins New York Police Department, to be deployed this summer
New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices Tuesday, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police pack 2 1/2 years ago. The new devices, which also include a GPS tracker for stolen cars and a cone-shaped security robot, will be rolled …
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10 April
Louisville shooting at Old National Bank: 5 killed, 8 injured; suspected gunman dead
At least five people were killed in a shooting Monday at an Old National Bank branch in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, and at least eight others were hospitalized, officials said. The suspected gunman was also dead, police said. Police identified the five slain victims as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliot, 63; …
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5 April
Bob Lee, Cash App and MobileCoin executive, stabbed to death in San Francisco
Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco early Tuesday, according to the cryptocurrency platform and police. The San Francisco Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a report of a …
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5 April
4 food groups to focus on for gut health
Our understanding of the importance of gut health is growing, from knowing how to check in on our gut health to eating a healthy diet to support our gut microbiome. But what exactly should be included in that diet? “The answer is very simple on a general level. … It’s …
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