Posts by Sophie Clearwater
The Hidden Value of Back-to-School Shopping
It’s easy to dismiss our collective consumer ritual as another marketing season. Yes, it was invented by department stores selling school uniforms in the 1800s, and then turbocharged with seasonal catalogs and sales by retailers like Montgomery Ward and Sears in the century that followed. And it is a sort of pre-Halloween ritual in which…
Read MoreHaitian college student in Ohio dies by apparent suicide after losing TPS status, family says
A Haitian-born college student in Ohio died in what his family believes to be a suicide after he lost his temporary protected status protections amid the Trump administration’s termination of Haiti’s TPS designation. Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died on Monday as he walked into oncoming traffic after parking his vehicle on the right shoulder of Interstate 70,…
Read MoreSuspect in Charlie Kirk’s Murder Could Face Death Penalty
Almost a year after the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus, the case against the suspect accused of fatally shooting him is headed for trial. On Tuesday, Tyler Robinson, 23, pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and six other charges related to the shooting of Kirk at Utah Valley University…
Read MoreMan jumps to his death inside University of Florida football stadium — days before team’s season opener
A man jumped to his death at the University of Florida’s football stadium Monday morning, days before the school’s season home-opening game. Police responded to reports of a man standing on a ledge at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville just before 9:50 a.m., according to the Gainesville Sun. The 51-year-old man, who has not…
Read MoreEx-Indiana deputy charged with felony for allegedly using Flock cameras to stalk girlfriend
A former Indiana sheriff’s deputy was charged with abusing access to Flock camera technology to stalk his girlfriend for over the period of a year by allegedly conducting more than 2,000 searches for her license plate. Skylar Thompson, 31, faces one count of official misconduct as a Level 6 felony and a misdemeanor count of fraud. The Jackson…
Read MoreDo or Do Not Check in With Harrison Ford and the Star Wars Cast, There Is No Try
The Sweet Way Billie Lourd Is Honoring Late Mom Carrie Fisher for ‘Star Wars’ Day You say you love checking in with the cast of Star Wars? We know. Not always onboard with the sentiment, however, was Harrison Ford, who admittedly tried to put a lot of mileage between himself and Han Solo after Star…
Read MoreUSS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand following its Middle East deployment
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after its grueling deployment in the Middle East. Associated Press journalists watched the Lincoln, which is carrying about 5,000 service members, as it made its way into the Laem Chabang port in Chonburi province shortly after the destroyer USS Frank…
Read More131 alcohol containers found aboard boat operated by drunk driver arrested in fatal Jersey Shore crash: report
Over 130 cans and bottles of alcohol were found onboard a motorboat that a boozed-up driver crashed in a New Jersey bay last month, killing one passenger and injuring three others, new documents revealed. Kevin Wells, 40, was arrested and charged with reckless vessel homicide and two counts of assault by vessel while intoxicated or…
Read MoreEdouard weakens into a tropical depression after landfall but still dumping rain into Texas
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression Tuesday night while unleashing heavy rains and strong winds on parts of Texas, knocking out power to thousands, toppling trees and flooding roads. The storm downgraded hours after making landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph…
Read MoreArizona bum left elderly mother to die in deplorable conditions, while sexting, pocketing her Social Security checks: docs
A neglectful Arizona son left his elderly mother to waste away in her bed to the point that maggots infested her bed sores, while the jobless bum spent his days sexting and pocketing her Social Security checks until her death, according to court papers released Monday. Allen Page is facing murder charges after he called…
Read MoreFamily searches for Austin man among missing after Nepal floods
Venkat Balasubramanyam was on a Hindu pilgrimage just as a glacier collapsed near the Nepal-China border. Source link
Read MoreBears GM not sure if $40 million star Kyler Gordon will play at all this season in injury mystery
The Bears have “hope” that one of the key pieces to their defensive backs corps will play again. But there are apparently no guarantees. Kyler Gordon missed spring practices and all of training camp with a calf injury, and general manager Ryan Poles spoke Tuesday about the defensive back’s status, saying he’s not sure if…
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