Tacoma police announced Thursday that two 17-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a girl killed while inside a vehicle.
The first unidentified teen suspect was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder, police said. He was taken into custody without incident shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday.
A second 17-year-old suspect turned himself in with his attorney around 6:45 p.m. and was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder, police said. It was not immediately clear if the suspects knew their female victim, Iyana Ussery.
The shooting took place in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday as several young people were in a car in that area. Someone shot at the vehicle and the teen girl was struck, She was driven to a location on South Ainsworth Avenue and was pronounced dead.
“Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen a spike in shootings and fatalities and, this morning, a 14-year-old girl was tragically shot and killed,” Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards said. “In the face of these ongoing tragedies, I am beyond devastated. I am furious.”
The mother of nine children and co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Rachel Campos Duffy, shared with viewers on Sunday morning about a recent trip her family took to the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky.
Based on the Genesis flood story in the Bible, the full-size replica of Noah’s Ark may be found at the Ark Encounter site.
The building has three stories and is approximately 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high, according to the park’s website.
Campos Duffy said of the Noah’s Ark story in Genesis as she shared her family’s experiences, “It is one of the most beloved stories in the Old Testament.”
“It’s really quite astounding when you see just how big it is,” she added.
The kids enjoyed meeting such animals as a red kangaroo and a sloth — and the children took a camel ride.
“We had so much fun,” said Campos Duffy afterward.
“It is cool. It’s worth seeing — it makes the Bible come alive for kids,” added co-host Pete Hegseth, who had also taken his family to experience the Ark Encounter recently.
According to the theme park’s website, The Ark Encounter has the most accurate full-size reproduction of Noah’s Ark in the entire globe.
It features three decks of educational exhibits and was constructed in accordance with the Bible’s recommended measurements.
July 7, the 6 year anniversary of the Ark Encounter @ArkEncounter. Millions have come & thousands pour in daily! The leading attraction in Kentucky and along with @CreationMuseum, these are the two leading Christian themed attractions in the world. Happy birthday Ark Encounter. pic.twitter.com/3wm9mhyF2Q
Kevin Hart gave an update on his close friend Will Smith nearly four months after the infamous Oscars slap.
Hart opened up about Smith during the premiere of his new animated movie “DC League of Super-Pets” in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
“Will is apologetic, you know, he’s in a better space, of course, than what he was after,” he said on the red carpet. “People are human, and as humans sometimes we make mistakes. So it’s not about talking about the past, it’s about acknowledging the present and doing your best to move forward.”
Hart said that he hopes his two friends can “move past” the “slap” that happened while Rock was presenting an award.
“I can get only hope that the two of them find a way to find some solace in that and move past it,” he continued. “I just like good energy. I love to see people be the best.”
Hart added: “I still love him, I still love Chris, and, you know, you can’t judge a person by one thing. Ultimately, life goes on and people grow, so give him the opportunity to do so.”
Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, addressed the moment on an episode of “Red Table Talk” in June. At that time, she pushed for Rock and her husband to “reconcile.”
“Now about Oscar night, my deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile,” she said.
“The state of the world today, we need them both. And we all actually need one another more than ever. Until then, Will and I are continuing to do what we have done for the last 28 years, and let’s keep figuring out this thing called life together. Thank you for listening.”
The “Men In Black” star received backlash on March 27 after he slapped Rock onstage at the 94th Academy Awards after the comedian made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s bald head.
After Smith’s attack, he returned to his seat and shouted at Rock to “get my wife’s name out your f—ing mouth.” When Smith took the stage again less than an hour later to accept his Oscar, he tearfully apologized to the Academy but notably made no mention of Rock.
Smith was banned from attending any Academy Award events for the next 10 years following the onstage incident. The punishment came after the actor resigned from the academy.
Before the resignation and punishment, Smith publicly apologized to Rock via Instagram.
A newly released video shows how authorities waited before entering the classroom in Uvalde, Texas, to take out the active shooter.
Salvador Ramos, killed 19 students and two teachers on May 24, when he entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire on students and teachers.
The video shows Ramos entering the building, and then the classroom, while law enforcement officers waited in the hallway for 77 minutes as Ramos continued firing.
They waited with gas masks, tear gas and a sledgehammer.
State and local officials debated on whether to release the video with Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott advocating for its release, while the Uvalde County District Attorney opposed it.
Abbott said he was initially “misled” by authorities about what happened that day.
“I am livid about what happened. I was on this very stage two days ago and I was telling the public information that had been told to me in a room a few yards behind where we’re located right now,” Abbott said at a press conference in Uvalde days after the shooting.
“I wrote down hand notes in detail about what everybody in that room told me in sequential order about what happened. And when I came out here on that stage and told the public what happened, it was a recitation of what people in that room told me,” he added.
According to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) source, the guy accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in Ohio is an illegal immigrant from Guatemala.
Gerson Fuentes was detained by authorities, according to the Columbus Dispatch, after he allegedly admitted to repeatedly raping a youngster. He has been accused of rape, and the site said that he may not have been legally present in the nation.
The source told Fox that Fuentes is a Guatemalan national who is unlawfully present in the country, and that ICE has requested that he be turned over to the organization for removal proceedings.
The alleged rape was first reported in the Indianapolis Star in relation to allegations that the woman had to go across state lines to Indiana in order to obtain an abortion because of Indiana’s regulations. Advocates for abortion access referenced it and used it as an illustration of what would happen if access were restricted.
In a speech last week, President Biden eventually reiterated the narrative while proposing steps to safeguard access to abortion in the aftermath of the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“Ten years old. Raped, six weeks pregnant. Already traumatized. Was forced to travel to another state. Imagine being that little girl,” Biden stated.
However, the story’s single source dependence on an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who claimed to have spoken to an Ohio “child abuse doctor” and its lack of detail led some abortion opponents and fact-checkers to cast doubt on it. The state attorney general expressed concern over the reporting as well, claiming that the girl may have gotten an abortion in Ohio under certain circumstances and that he was unaware of any report being filed in the matter.
The doctor who leaked the story had been charged with a HIPAA breach, and an arrest warrant was anticipated in the case.
Priorities for ICE enforcement have been reduced by the Biden administration to three groups: dangers to public safety, threats to national security, and recent border crossers. An illegal immigrant would almost probably qualify as a threat to public safety if they were accused of rape.
President Biden would not be shaking hands with anyone during this week’s Middle East trip, according to a statement made on Wednesday by White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
Prior to the president’s arrival in Israel, the first stop on the trip, Sullivan spoke with reporters while on board Air Force One on the policy.
“I think just the simplest way for me to put it is that we’re in a phase of the pandemic right now where we’re looking to increase masking, reduce contact, to minimize spread,” Sullivan said.
While Sullivan admitted that “how exactly that plays out in any given interaction is something that we will see,” the general no-contact policy is a shift in protocol given that the president had participated in hand-shaking sessions with people at the White House during the past two days.
Sullivan said that the change “is not abnormal” since precautions are taken on international trips like the one Biden is taking. He did disclose that the president tested negative for COVID-19 prior to Whis flight.
Several Israeli government representatives greeted Biden as he exited Air Force One. The president did not shake hands with them, but he did fist bump almost all of them and put a hand on their shoulders and spoke briefly to each of them.
Immediately after that, the POTUS and Netanyahu shook hands.
Biden has plans to travel to Saudi Arabia from Israel in a few days, and he will be meeting with the crown prince and his father, King Salman.
Disturbing video has surfaced of a toddler cursing and hitting police while adults in the background hurled racist slurs in St. Paul, Minnesota, where crime has surged since George Floyd was killed in 2020.
Police officers were at a home to serve a search warrant in the hunt for a murder suspect when they were assaulted by the young children.
The 30-second clip shows they young boy standing in the street in his underwear, barefoot, screaming: ‘Shut up b***h!’ at a police officer and telling him to ‘shut the f**k up!’
He then turned to the other officer and made fun of his ‘ugly a** shoes’, while other children, some in diapers watched.
An adult male can be heard in the background encouraging the children and calling the black police officer ‘Oreo head’.
The children continued to hit the officers with their fists but the the officers kept their cool and could be seen trying to calm the children.
Journalist Sheila Qualls shared the story, where she wrote that the ‘behavior of these children is eerily similar to the behaviors of rioters who burned and looted Minneapolis two years ago.’
‘They cussed, berated, and struck police officers with their fists. This video is disgraceful. Heartbreaking. It is unsettling to law enforcement officers who encounter this behavior daily. It should be frightening to all of us.
‘It should be embarrassing to leaders who have failed to lead a community toward virtue and morality,’ Qualls wrote.
‘We can do better, and we must. Let’s stop playing politics with our children’s lives. I do not believe this is what civil rights leaders wanted for the future of the black community.
A Florida man was arrested earlier this week after he threatened to “make Texas and Highland Park” look like “child’s play” in a text message.
Ira Dennis Crosser Jr., 55, was arrested at his home in Cape Coral and charged with one count of making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism.
A concerned citizen contacted police Thursday after reading the message.
“Keep an eye out on the news I’m fixing to make Texas and highland park look likes child’s play,” Crosser sent in a text message.
“These are the thing that happened when people get fed up with other people’s s*** and just f***** snap.”
Recently, a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 children and two adults dead after a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School.
In Highland Park, Illinois, a gunman opened fire at a July 4th parade, killing seven people.
Crosser is currently being held at the Lee County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
“The investigation revealed that the reporting party was concerned based on Mr. Crosser’s alleged violent tendencies and access to weapons that he could carry out these threats,” the Cape Coral Police Department said Friday.
Vince McMahon, longtime chairman, and chief executive of WWE — agreed to pay $12 million in “hush money” to 4 different women over a 16-year time period.
Close sources say all of the women were formerly associated with WWE and they all signed agreements with McMahon preventing them from discussing their relationship with the now 76-year-old billionaire.
One of the reported settlements included a $7.5 million payment to a former wrestler … who according to WSJ, claimed McMahon coerced her into giving him oral sex. McMahon declined to re-sign the wrestler to a new deal after she refused further sexual encounters.
In 2018, the wrestler and her lawyer negotiated a $7.5 million settlement with McMahon in exchange for her silence.
There were also two other payouts made to former female employees around 2006 and 2008. Both of those women received around $1 million.
The new report comes on the heels of another story that led to McMahon voluntarily stepping down from his position. In that case, McMahon agreed to pay a former WWE paralegal $3 million after they had an affair following her hiring in 2019.
WWE’s Board of Directors recently hired an outside law firm to investigate the allegations. McMahon has said he’s “committed to doing everything in my power to help the Special Committee complete its work.”
Meanwhile, Vince’s daughter, Stephanie, is back with the company as interim CEO and interim chairwoman after briefly taking a leave of absence “to focus on family.”
McMahon has been seen regularly on WWE programming since the initial report of a payout came to light with appearances on both “Smackdown” and “Raw.”
Ten tourists survived an avalanche in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan Friday.
Harry Shimmin posted the breathtaking footage he’d taken while taking a guided tour through the Tian Shan Mountains.
That’s when an avalanche from a nearby peak broke loose and began rushing down on Harry — who had separated from the group to take pictures.
Soon, he realized that he was about to be buried if he didn’t take cover. Captivated, Shimmin waited until the very last second to do exactly that.
Shimmin explained that he knew he’d be alright all along — as he was right by a ridge that he could duck under when the snow came over him — but admits … it was dangerous.
“Once it was over, the adrenaline rush hit me,” he noted. “I knew the rest of the group was further away from the avalanche so should be okay. When I rejoined them I could see they were all safe, although one had cut her knee quite badly and rode one of the horses to the nearest medical facility. Another had fallen off a horse and sustained some heavy bruising.”
Mother nature is definitely a force to be reckoned with.
