Mar. 16, 2025
Egypt Covington.
A Michigan judge this week handed down sentences to two Ohio men behind the killing of a popular musician and singer who was found shot to death and bound with Christmas lights in her home six years ago.
Eugene Moore, 37, was sentenced to 20 to 55 years after also pleading guilty to second-degree murder in addition to a felony firearm offense, the AP reports.
Michigan State Police said Covington, 27, was found dead in her Van Buren Township home on June 23, 2017, just one day after she was last seen at a yoga class,PEOPLE reportedin 2020.
Mar. 16, 2025
William Bull, left, and Christopher Owens.Photo:San Juan Country Sheriffs Office/Facebook
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The roommate and landlord of two men who went missing in late February has been charged with their murder.
Charles Yoo was charged with two counts of aggravated murder Wednesday in connection with the presumed deaths of William Bull, 29, and Christopher Owens, 28. He was also charged with obstruction of justice on March 8 following a search warrant served on his home where he lived with the two missing men.
Mar. 16, 2025
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A freeway shooting during evening rush hour Thursday in Houston, Texas, left two men dead with a “high probability the murders are drug-related,” Houston’s police chief said Friday.
Multiple media reports carried accounts of the incident, as authorities said the manhunt for the suspect continued into Friday afternoon.
Officers at the scene of the shooting.KTRK
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Mar. 16, 2025
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On Tuesday night, two Horry County sheriffs were transporting two mental-health patients to medical facilities in Florence and Darlington when floodwaters overtook the van and carried it off of the road, the department said in a statement. The deputies tried to rescue the women, but they could not open the doors to the vehicle as the waters surged.
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As of Thursday morning, the van could not be retrieved from the area due to flood waters.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Sad news is coming out of a Michigan zoo this week.
Two Mexican gray wolf pups have died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), the Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, Michigan, announced Wednesday. For the mosquito-spread virus to infect “canines is very, very rare,” a staff veterinarian at the zoo said in a statement.
Both pups died the first weekend of the month, and were part of a litter born on June 14 as part of a Species Survival Plan.