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Alfredo Prieto, convicted of two murders in Fairfax County, one in California and linked by DNA and ballistics to six more, was executed by lethal injection Thursday night at the Greensville Correctional Center. Alfredo Prieto, 49, was sentenced to death in the 1988 killing of two college students near Reston. He was the first Virginia inmate to be executed since ... Read More »

Tragedy was averted at one California high school, today. Authorities say a student plot to conduct a mass shooting at Summerville High School in Tuolumne was foiled after other students got wind of it and went to school officials. According to police, the teens confessed that they planned to shoot up Summerville High School located in Tuolumne, a rural community ... Read More »

More than a year after a British Columbia mother ended her desperate struggle to care for her autistic son – killing him before taking her own life – a coroner’s jury has made 25 recommendations to prevent similar tragedies. Days of testimony and deliberations heard details of suicide attempts made by Angie Robinson, and domestic abuse within the home. The ... Read More »

Brandon Davis was reportedly arrested for DUI on Friday, after crashing his car in Los Angeles and ending up in the hospital. The ex-boyfriend of actress Mischa Barton allegedly wrecked his Mercedes-Benz car while driving through Los Angeles and had to be transported to hospital in an ambulance. Read More »

David Cassidy is facing several serious charges after a hit and run accident in Florida-where he tried to hide his license plate and fled the scene!. On September 9, Cassidy allegedly sideswiped a car while changing lanes on Interstate 595 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. According to England’s Daily Mail, he initially stopped at the scene but it turned out it ... Read More »

Afghanistan — Doctors Without Borders says the death toll from the bombing of a hospital compound in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz has risen to 37, including three children killed. The Afghan military has been fighting to retake Kunduz since Monday, the Associated Press reports, when Taliban fighters overran the city. The U.S. military confirmed the 2:15 a.m. airstrike—the ... Read More »

A fire services spokesman has said that the death toll from a landslide in Guatemala has risen to at least 33 people. At dawn on Saturday, dozens of rescue workers, police, soldiers and volunteers with picks and shovels began clawing away at the debris left behind from the disaster on Thursday night . ‘We are removing debris to enter homes ... Read More »

Some surgeries are being postponed at the Regina General Hospital due to issues with the sterilization equipment. Sandy Euteneier, Executive Director of Surgical Services says the hospital is working to resolve the issue, and should have everything corrected by Monday. Read More »

Officer Mike Flowers retires, never took a sick day in 35 years. Mike Flowers, a captain who oversees the Tuscaloosa Police Department’s east precinct and tactical team, will work his last shift Friday without ever giving in to a queasy stomach, a sniffle or an achy body. He’s never awakened, hit the alarm and gone back to sleep just because ... Read More »

The Vatican says Pope Francis’ meeting with Kim Davis “should not be considered a form of support of her position.” Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk who became a grassroots conservative hero after refusing to issue gay marriage licenses, was one of “several dozen” individuals invited by the Vatican ambassador to meet with Francis at the embassy in Washington last ... Read More »

Telus plans to spend $1 billion on a massive fibre-optic network upgrade that will increase the speed of its Vancouver services to 150 megabits per second for residential and business users, the company announced on Friday. “Bringing fibre optic infrastructure directly to homes and businesses is a generational investment, and the most significant contribution our organization can make to propel ... Read More »