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Baby dies seconds after hospital birth when medics fail to catch him
A baby boy’s lifespan only lasted seconds after being born and falling headfirst to the floor when medical personnel failed to catch him. According to The Sun, a United Kingdom-based tabloid, the boy, named Valentino, was born Thursday afternoon in northeast Argentina. The 26-year-old mother was reportedly told to push,...
Group of moms show up at hearing to support ‘overwhelmed’ mom who left special needs son at hospitalVideo
It takes a village. A mother who left her 14-year-old special needs son at an Atlanta hospital last week was shocked to find out a group of mothers showed up to court Thursday in support of her during her child cruelty hearing. According to Atlanta’s NBC-affiliate WXIA-TV, Diana Elliott reportedly...
People in Dublin were hanging coats on a bridge to clothe the homeless; city officials took them downVideo
If there’s one lesson to be learned this time of year, it’s “It’s better to give than to receive.” Some Dubliners seemed to get that sentiment and were in-tune with the holiday spirit by hanging unwanted winter coats on a pedestrian bridge with the idea that someone in need will...
Woman killed in Hampton Route 8 crash identified
A woman killed in a two-car crash on Route 8 in Hampton Wednesday afternoon has been identified. Rebecca Lynn Koorsen, 28, of Glenshaw was pronounced dead at the scene around 3:30 p.m. along the 5000 block of William Flynn Highway (Route 8), the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported. Authorities...
Michigan boy invites entire kindergarten class to adoption hearingVideo
Talk about moral support. A Michigan boy invited his all of his classmates to attend his adoption hearing on Thursday. According to Grand Rapids ABC-affiliate WZZM-TV, Michael Orlando Clark Jr. was joined by his entire kindergarten class to celebrate his union with a new family. Probably the cutest story you...
Petition wants to bring back giant rubber duck in honor of Steelers’ Devlin Hodges
Welp, it looks like Pittsburgh has a new cult hero in Devlin “Duck” Hodges. The third-string quarterback, who didn’t even make the final cut for the season but has recently been named a starter, is loved by some yinzers so much that they are calling for the 40-foot inflatable rubber...
Terrelle Pryor says he ‘stared death in the eye’ in hospital after stabbing
Terrelle Pryor declared he “was coded twice” before medical personnel brought him back to life while tending to the injuries he sustained from a Saturday morning stabbing on Pittsburgh’s North Side. TMZ shared a social media post Tuesday afternoon from the free agent NFL receiver that showed a full-body shot...
Miami man shoots, kills robber who pointed AK-47 in his faceVideo
Donovan Stewart said he didn’t like it when a would-be robber shoved an AK-47 rifle in his face. The 60-year-old Miami man said he had to think quickly after someone broke into his van while he was sleeping. His 11-year-old son and girlfriend were also in the van at the...
New Jersey hospital gives patient wrong kidney during transplantVideo
Classic mixup. A hospital in New Jersey gave a kidney to the wrong patient during a transplant last week. Luckily, it appears that the mistake didn’t have tragic results. According to Philadelphia’s ABC-affiliate WPVI-TV, officials at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital said the 51-year-old patient’s kidney transplant was successful...
Tickets to Sunday’s Washington Redskins game against Detroit Lions sink to $4Video
You won’t have to break the bank to attend Sunday’s game when the Washington Redskins host the Detroit Lions. In fact, it would cost you more to grab a foot-long submarine sandwich from Subway than it would to score some of the available seats. According to Fox’s Washington, D.C., affiliate...
Biden: ‘Keep punching’ to curb domestic violence
Former Vice President Joe Biden had an ironic reply Wednesday night when asked how he would address sexual violence and harassment against women in today’s “MeToo” era. Biden started off with a solid statement citing that he wrote the legislation in the original Violence Against Women bill. “No man has...
Alabama parents, students outraged after student uncovers racist chat group among teachers
Students and parents in a small Alabama town want several teachers to be held accountable after a student at their school leaked a “racist” chat group that targeted children with racial slurs, demeaning jokes and implications that students are dumb. The group chat, named “Bad A B’s,” started at a...
Study: Water onboard most U.S. airlines is unsafe, refrain from washing hands
Do you opt drink coffee or hot tea while flying the friendly skies? Well, you might want to reconsider that. According to a recent study highlighted by People.com, many of the U.S.’s top airlines are not providing safe drinking water. The 2019 Airline Water Study, which was conducted by DietDetective.com...
Florida woman fails bar exam twice, starts law firm anyway
A Florida woman who failed the Bar exam twice — and has yet to pass it — was audacious enough to start her own law firm. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Roberta Guedes, 40, could end up facing prison time after federal prosecutors say that she used the name...
Reports: Woman who climbed in lion’s den at Bronx Zoo in police custodyVideo
Video captured her climbing into the lion’s den at the Bronx Zoo dancing and taunting one of the male big cats. Later she said she was a lion. But she was (obviously) lyin’. Six weeks later, Myah Autry is in police custody, according to the New York Daily News. A...
Baker Mayfield on shaving handlebar mustache: ‘I didn’t deserve it’
Apparently the handlebar mustache is for winners only. Baker Mayfield, quarterback for the lowly Cleveland Browns, isn’t one of them. His words, not ours. When asked by reporters Wednesday about the sudden crop of what had become a noticeable Hulk Hogan-esque handlebar mustache, Mayfield made no bones about why he...
University of Alabama clarifies ‘disruptive behavior’ for students ahead of Trump’s visit for LSU game
A spokesman for the University of Alabama’s Student Government Association has clarified what he meant by “disruptive behavior” after receiving flak for a previous email warning students in reserved seating to mind their conduct at this weekend’s game against LSU, which President Donald Trump is expected to attend. “Some have...
Felon arrested who allegedly shot 2 men trying to abduct his son
A Louisiana man was arrested after shooting two men attempting to kidnap his son, killing one. Hakim Dumas of Slidell was reportedly at home in the early morning hours of Oct. 24 when two men attempted to take his sleeping child. Dumas pulled a gun and shot at both men,...
Felon arrested who allegedly shot 2 men trying to abduct his son
A Louisiana man was arrested after shooting two men attempting to kidnap his son, killing one. Hakim Dumas of Slidell was reportedly at home in the early morning hours of Oct. 24 when two men attempted to take his sleeping child. Dumas pulled a gun and shot at both men,...
Report: China has been using pigs as crash test dummies
Researchers in China have apparently been using live pigs as a substitution for crash dummies for testing the potential impact of automobile collisions. According to a report from the Daily Mail, 15 juvenile pigs were buckled into seats for high-speed simulations in testing that resulted in seven immediate deaths. The...
Oh the horror! Folks express outrage as communities move trick-or-treat dates
In the name of safety, some communities in the region have decided to reschedule trick-or-treat times due to the threat of heavy rain throughout the day on Halloween. According to the National Safety Council, children are more than twice as likely to get struck by a car on Halloween than...
Lawsuit: Flight attendant caught pilots livestreaming bathroom in cockpit during flight from Pittsburgh
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant said she witnessed two pilots streaming live voyeur-camera footage from the airplane’s bathroom into the cockpit, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. The attendant, Renee Steinaker, alleged she discovered the sneaky surveillance during a 2017 flight from Pittsburgh to Phoenix, according to Arizona Central. The...
Man getting haircut robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn barbershopVideo
The New York Police Department is looking for the suspect in an apparent robbery of a man who was getting his hair cut at a barbershop in Brooklyn. The incident was caught on surveillance footage which appears to show the suspect pressing a pistol into the victim’s neck while he’s...
Justin Verlander poised to make outstanding play, throws ball off legVideo
It had the makings of being an absolutely sensational play during the World Series from a future Hall of Famer. Only it wasn’t. In fact, it was a dud in every sense of the word. During the fourth inning of Wednesday’s Game 2 between the Washington Nationals and the Houston...
Transgender woman loses lawsuit against estheticians who refused to wax her male genitalia
A human rights tribunal in British Columbia has ruled against a transgender woman who said she was refused wax services at more than a dozen beauty salons. According to the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Jessica Yaniv identifies as female, but has male genitalia. Yaniv contacted the businesses via Facebook messages requesting...
