A federal corruption trial that has exposed extraordinary abuses by a rogue Baltimore police unit took a surprising turn on Monday, when an officer testified that he’d stolen money with a detective who was later shot to death a day before he was to testify against his colleagues. The November […]
Daily Archives: February 6, 2018
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When Larissa Boyce walked into the Eaton County, Michigan courtroom on Monday, she already knew that former tormentor Larry Nassar would spend the rest of his life behind bars. The onetime USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor had been previously sentenced to 60 years for child porn, and 40 […]
If Sunday’s Super Bowl made you want to forget about football and head for the movies, you’re not alone. The big game rolled out some major movie trailers for upcoming blockbuster hits of all genres, from horror to sci-fi to action flicks. Here’s a roundup of some of the cinematic […]
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said Feb. 5 that everything is going well for the inaugural launch of the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket, scheduled for Feb. 6. In a teleconference with reporters, Musk said there were no technical or other issues for the launch, scheduled […]
The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 1,175 points, as the market bet on more interest rate hikes, the same day that a new Federal Reserve chairman was sworn in. The Dow recovered after briefly dropping 1,500 points, the largest intraday drop in the index’s history, to break below the […]
It looks like it’s from “Blade Runner” but it has the ability to take down drones with a pull of the trigger. DroneShield Drones have become ubiquitous in our lives over the last few years. Our governments use them for warfare; companies like UPS, Google and Amazon want to use […]
3 Real-Life Fire Safety Lessons From Jack Pearson’s Death on This Is Us More Spoilers ahead for This Is Us. NBC’s This Is Us, America’s highly-watched primetime tearjerker, finally revealed how a house fire killed one of its main characters, Jack Pearson, in a post-Super Bowl episode Sunday. This Is […]
Amtrak engineer Michael Kempf confessed recently to his brother that he had become increasingly worried about his own safety amid a string of deadly US train crashes. Mr. Kempf, an Amtrak engineer from Savannah, Ga., was among two railroad employees killed as Train 91 from New York to Miami rolled […]