Mary Jane is seriously holding up the line. US poison control centers experienced a significant increase in marijuana-related calls between 2017 and 2019, according to a new research letter published Monday in the journal JAMA. “Our findings document that US poison centers are increasingly receiving calls about adverse events associated with…
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A 25-year-old Kansas woman is facing a possible life sentence after jurors found her guilty of first-degree felony murder in the 2019 methadone ingestion death of her 2-year-old son. According to The Wichita Eagle, the Associated Press, and KWCH, it took the jury two hours to convict Kimberly Compass — nearly two years…
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A father, his wife and two children were found dead inside their Kentucky home Sunday morning just hours after the dad vented on Facebook that his spouse betrayed him. Kyle Milliken was among those found dead after a shooting at his family’s Mayfield home overnight Sunday, WPSD-TV reported. Milliken’s wife, Ashley, and their two…
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A woman in Colorado who was arrested five years ago while she was naked inside her private room at a sober living facility, was bound to a chair at a jail for several hours and was shocked twice with a Taser, was paid $2.4 million in a settlement Sunday. In May 2014, three deputies with…
Click To Read More A North Carolina man has been accused of plunging a knife into his wife as their three children ran next door for help. It happened early Sunday at a home in Battleboro, authorities said. Tiara Dzikowksi, 34, was stabbed multiple times, according to reports. She died at the scene, the Nash County Sheriff’s Office…
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A Florida woman was in critical condition Thursday in a Miami hospital, being treated for second- and third-degree burns, three days after a man allegedly poured gasoline on her and use a cigarette lighter to set her on fire, according to a report. Authorities said the suspect, identified as Luis Angel Quinonez, 53, of Lantana,…
Click To Read More Houston Police are compiling video evidence from cameras positioned near the scene where local woman Alexis Sharkey’s body was discovered naked along the side of the road, according to a local affiliate report. The 26-year-old was discovered Saturday morning on the side of Red Haw Lane in west Houston, just one day after she…
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Utah authorities released body camera and surveillance footage Monday showing an 18-year-old man armed with a large knife and pointing what appeared to be a handgun at police moments before he was shot and injured by an officer last week. The weapon was later determined to be an airsoft gun. The Ogden Police Department responded…
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Hate crimes in the United States last year rose to the highest levels in more than a decade, according to a new FBI report. The report, released Monday, showed that there were 51 hate crime murders in 2019, which includes 22 people who were killed in a shooting that targeted Mexicans at a Walmart in the…
Click To Read More A Houston police officer was shot and killed Monday afternoon after entering the parking lot of a hotel, according to reports. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo identified the fallen officer as Sgt. Sean Rios, 47, a 25-year veteran of the department. Acevedo said he leaves behind four children who are between the ages of…
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