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Almost a year after an off-duty cop was captured on video kneeling on the neck of a 12-year-old girl at a Wisconsin middle school, her family filed a lawsuit alleging the officer violated her constitutional rights. The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against officer Shawn Guetschow, the city of …

A woman who had been declared dead and placed in a funeral home, came back to life over the weekend. The bizarre case unfolded when the 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Water’s Edge Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Jefferson,  New …

A teacher has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old student whom he called his “girlfriend” in a classroom multiple times, police say. David Augustine Hodge Jr., 30, from Florida, USA, was charged on Wednesday, February 1 with four counts of engaging in sexual acts with a child …

An Ohio family is relieved that nothing in their home was seriously damaged or worse, burnt to a crisp, when their security cameras captured one of their iPhones bursting into flames while everyone was fast asleep. Jennifer Leisgang and her family hope that their story will keep other families from …

Two men who were sentenced to life in prison for a murder they did not commit have been reed after more than two decades in Floyd County. Lee Clark and Josh Storey spent their first full day of freedom just looking around at everything that has changed over the past …

Pinellas County deputies have arrested a Chicago police officer on vacation in St. Pete Beach after they said he urinated in an ice machine at a bar. The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Monday at Jimmy B’s Bar in the Beachcomber Hotel, located at 6200 Gulf Blvd. An employee at …

New York City is looking for a top-notch exterminator to help rid the city of its 18 million rats. It was estimated in 2014 that for every person in New York there were two rats, meaning the vermin population now stands at approximately 18m. The government of NYC is looking to hire …

A 33-year-old man was arrested on a murder charge in the shooting of rapper Takeoff. Patrick Xavier Clark was taken into custody peacefully Thursday night, Dec. 1, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. Clark’s arrest came one day after another man was charged in connection with the Nov. 1 shooting, …

A man in Florida confessed to fatally stabbing his mother on Tuesday, Nov. 29, because “she never pushed me to be a man,” authorities said. Matthew Sisley, 21, is accused of killing his mother at her home in Kissimmee, Florida, and lacerating his sister’s hands when she tried to intervene in …

Oklahoma City Police have released a dramatic video showing a suspect firing a weapon at three officers after they lifted the mattress he was hiding underneath. The incident that resulted in the death of Timothy Johnson, whom police say was wanted on an out-of-state felony warrant, happened on Nov. 15 …