Melissa Calusinski, an Illinois daycare worker convicted of killing a 16-month-old in 2009 when she was 22 years old, insists she is innocent. She’s turning to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who has the power to grant clemency and release her, to review her case. “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. Read original article here.
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On a cold, dreary Thursday in Philadelphia, a smattering of people came to the waterfront to see the former Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CV-67) begin its final journey. Nicknamed “Big John,” the Kitty Hawk class sub-variant began a trip from the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility to the International
General Atomics has offered a look at a new air-to-surface missile it is developing. The emergence of the project comes at a time of great and still growing interest, especially within the U.S. military, in new air-launched strike munitions, particularly ones that are cheaper and easier to produce than existing designs. A rendering of the
A Model Y owner credited Tesla’s advanced air filtration system for his safe evacuation during the dangerous Palisades Fire in Los Angeles this week, Teslarati reported. The fire has spread across over 19,000 acres, forcing thousands of Los Angeles residents to flee their homes. During his evacuation on Tuesday, Tesla owner Josef (@JosefInvesting) turned to
An image has appeared showing a Chinese commercial roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) ferry linked to a temporary pier via a barge with jack-up supports. This follows the emergence of satellite imagery showing multiple similar, but different jack-up barges in various stages of construction at a shipyard in southeastern China. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has
Groggily regaining consciousness in a soundproof underground bunker 350 miles away from home, Isabel Eriksson realised her second date with a handsome doctor had turned into a living nightmare. Martin Trenneborg, 38, had seemed like the perfect gentleman turning up to her door in Stockholm, Sweden with flowers and strawberries. But unknown to Isabel the
ISTANBUL (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has marked the launch of Turkey’s “Year of the Family” on Monday with an attack on the LGBTQ+ community and the announcement of measures to boost birth rates. Citing the “historical truth that a strong family paves the way for a strong state,” Erdogan unveiled a series of
The 2000s were mired in controversies for beef producers in the U.S. with about 50 countries, including Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, banning beef imports from the country. This followed the first case of mad cow disease, reported in Washington state in 2003, in a cow imported from Canada. By 2006, the impact of this incident
Until recently, Vladimir Putin insisted, at least publicly, that he didn’t want a cult of his personality. Not anymore. During the last three years of the war he started in Ukraine, he has embraced it. At his annual press conference last month, Putin nodded with a serious face and boasted about improving his skills –
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JJ Redick and his family lost stuff that can’t be replaced in the Los Angeles wildfires. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick was one of many people to lose their homes to the wildfires currently raging around Los Angeles. A day after the NBA postponed the Lakers’ game scheduled
WASHINGTON − A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to block Friday’s sentencing in his New York hush-money criminal case, guaranteeing that Trump will carry the label “convicted felon” when he returns to the White House. In the first test of how receptive the court may be to the incoming president, four of
Seminole County has reached out to Channel 9 with some new info in regard to the announcement of the closing of the Seminole Towne Center. Read: Girl Scouts to retire two flavors after this year 6:30 PM UPDATE: Officials state that the deal for the mall did not fall through, the sale is still planned
A former aide to Bashar Assad discussed the recent collapse of the Syrian government. He pointed to a “trick” by Russia’s Vladimir Putin in an interview with Saudi media. Russia was unwilling to come to Assad’s rescue as rebels advanced. A former aide to Syria’s deposed President Bashar Assad described how he believes Russian President
NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced former congressman George Santos has asked a New York judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than half a million dollars in fines by making more episodes of his recently launched podcast “Pants on Fire.” But prosecutors, in their
Special Boat Service (SBS) soldiers could face murder charges over the death of a suspected terrorist in Libya, it has been claimed. The incident, which occurred as part of secret UK special forces operations in the war-torn North African state, is being investigated by the military police. An SBS source told the Daily Mail that