Mar. 16, 2025
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ThreeGirl Scoutsand one adult were killed in western Wisconsin on Saturday as they picked up trash near a highway.
A black Ford F-150 pickup truck crossed a lane and plowed into the ditch in which the group was working, theAssociated Pressreported. Colton Treu, the 21-year-old who was allegedly driving the truck, initially fled but eventually turned himself in.
Two girls and one woman died on the scene, and the third girl died in the hospital, Sgt.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Three Connecticut high school students have filed a federal lawsuit looking to bar transgender athletes from participating in girls’ track and field competitions, alleging that athletes who were identified as male at birth have an unfair advantage.
The families of Selina Soule, a senior at Glastonbury High School, Chelsea Mitchell, a senior at Canton High School and Alanna Smith, a sophomore at Danbury High School,filed the lawsuiton Wednesday with help from the conservative nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom.
Mar. 16, 2025
Denise Martinez and Noel Vigil-Benitez have been identified as two of the three victims in the Texas cistern tragedy.Photo:Bastrop County Sheriffs Office
Bastrop County Sheriffs Office
Two men and one woman who were found dead in an underground cistern on Wednesday following unsuccessful attempts to rescue a trapped dog have been identified as members of a hog hunting party from Florida, according to a Texas sheriff.
The victims were identified as Denise Martinez, 26, Delvys Garcia, 37, and Noel Vigil-Benitez, 45, all from the South Florida area.
Mar. 16, 2025
Irvo Otieno.Photo: FaceBook
A total of 10 individuals have now been charged with second-degree murder in connection to thedeath of Irvo Noel Otieno, who died while in police custody during his intake process on March 6.
Three individuals employed with Central State Hospital at the time of Otieno’s death were arrested Thursday, shared Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill in a press release.
Their names are Darian M. Blackwell, 23, Wavie L.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Three ice fishermen are confirmed to have died after falling through unseasonably thin ice on Lake Champlain in Vermont.
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Tragically the police added in a later update that the 71-year-oldalso diedat the UVMMC in Burlington.