Day: April 12, 2023

Texas police searching for missing toddler rip up concrete slab in fugitive mom’s backyard

6:17 pm April 12, 2023

Police are literally leaving no stone unturned in their search for 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez. On Monday, law enforcement removed an “unpermitted” and “suspicious” concrete patio behind the boy’s home in Everman, Texas, which is nothing more than a dirty shed where he lived with his mother, stepdad and six siblings. Cadaver dogs picked up scents […]

Alcoholic dog suffered ‘withdrawal’ after owner died, shelter claims: ‘A first for us’

6:12 pm April 12, 2023

A dog apparently suffering from alcohol withdrawal was mended back to health in what an animal welfare trust in the United Kingdom called “a first for us.” Coco, a two-year-old Labrador mix, was brought to Woodside Animal Rescue Trust in Plympton, England, earlier this year along with another dog after their owner died, the trust […]

Schumer, Warnock want DOJ investigation into Tennessee lawmakers’ expulsion

6:12 pm April 12, 2023

Top Democratic Party leaders are pushing for a federal investigation into the expulsion of two state lawmakers from the Tennessee legislature. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock are requesting the Department of Justice to investigate the expulsions of Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson. MEMPHIS PANEL TO VOTE […]

China records world’s 1st human death caused by H3N8 bird flu

6:10 pm April 12, 2023

A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people. The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have been infected […]

California doctor accused in Drano poison plot wanted to kill ants, not estranged husband: report

6:07 pm April 12, 2023

The California dermatologist accused of poisoning her estranged husband with drain-clearing chemicals mixed up the cocktail to kill ants, not her spouse, according to her lawyer. A grand jury indicted Dr. Yue “Emily” Yu, 45, of Irvine, last week on three counts of felony poisoning and another of domestic battery. Dr. Jack Chen, Yu’s 53-year-old […]