A United Express flight operated by CommuteAir overshot the runway while landing at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Virginia on Sept. 24. The plane, with 50 passengers and three crew members on board, ran off the paved runway onto emergency stopping equipment due to insufficient braking distance. No injuries were reported, and all passengers and crew were safely transported to the terminal, USA Today has reported. … Continue reading United Express plane skids off runway at Virginia airport, police say

Raynae Madison and her family discovered a 2.79-carat brown diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas while visiting for her nephew’s birthday. The family had brought shovels and screens to hunt for stones near the Prospector Trailhead. Park staff confirmed the stone, named the William Diamond, has unique inclusions caused by plastic deformation during its formation, giving it its brown color. The diamond … Continue reading Family unearths nearly 3-carat brown diamond at Arkansas state park

Blaine Milam, 35, was executed Thursday in Texas for murdering his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter, Amora Carson, in December 2008 during a brutal 30-hour “exorcism.” Prosecutors said Milam beat, strangled, bit, and mutilated the child, causing skull fractures, broken bones, and dozens of bite marks. He was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:40 p.m. at the Huntsville Unit, after appearing anxious upon arrival. Milam maintained … Continue reading Texas executes man who killed toddler during 30-hour ‘exorcism’

Three men—Mahmood Abdelsalam Rababah, Ahmad Mawed, and Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah—were charged after a Houston youth baseball coach was shot during a pregame prayer. The incident occurred at Ameripark, known as The Rac, in Katy, Texas, when three individuals fired weapons from a nearby pasture toward the field. Video footage showed 12-year-old players running for cover as bullets flew past them. The 27-year-old coach was struck … Continue reading Houston youth baseball coach shot during pregame prayer with players; 3 suspects in custody

Tabitha Bundrick, 38, was indicted in New York on felony charges for using fentanyl-laced drugs to rob four men, resulting in three deaths. The Manhattan District Attorney confirmed nearly a dozen counts, including murder, robbery, burglary, and assault. Bundrick allegedly supplied the deadly synthetic opioid between April 2023 and February 2024 to incapacitate her victims. Prosecutors say she targeted men, leaving them unconscious to steal … Continue reading Woman indicted after she allegedly used fentanyl-laced drugs to rob 4 men, killing 3

Open carry officially begins in Florida on Thursday, following an appeals court ruling that deemed the state’s ban unconstitutional. The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled on September 10 that prohibiting openly carrying firearms violated the Second Amendment. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier instructed law enforcement not to arrest or prosecute “law-abiding citizens” visibly carrying guns. The decision overturns a 1987 law that made open … Continue reading Open carry begins in Florida, marking major change in state law

A 911 outage affected multiple states for several hours due to fiber cuts in the telecommunications system, officials said. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves reported that the state’s 911 systems were impacted but were restored within about two hours. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency continues to monitor the situation. In Louisiana, Orleans Parish Communication District Executive Director Karl Fasold said the fiber cut in Mississippi caused … Continue reading 911 service restored after multistate outage caused by cut fibers

Geoffrey Todd West, 50, was executed in Alabama by nitrogen gas for the 1997 killing of Margaret Parrish Berry during a gas station robbery. West apologized to Berry’s family and expressed peace after being baptized in the Catholic Church, while Berry’s son, Will, had pleaded for his life to be spared. Berry was shot execution-style in the back of the head, and $250 was stolen … Continue reading Alabama man convicted of killing store clerk in 1997 is executed by nitrogen gas

Federal officials say the Dallas shooter, identified as Joshua Jahn, specifically targeted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Notes found at his residence showed hatred toward ICE and revealed that he had planned the attack in advance. Jahn used a ladder to climb onto a nearby rooftop early Wednesday morning, where he opened fire with a legally purchased 8mm bolt-action rifle. Three detainees inside … Continue reading Suspect in Dallas ICE facility shooting was targeting ICE agents, acted alone, federal officials say