‘STOP THIS INJUSTICE’
Maha Hasan Alshawi, who says she now weighs just 77 pounds, announced this week that she’s even stopped drinking water.
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THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Prosecutors allege the gun rights group’s leadership used millions of dollars in charitable funds on their lavish lifestyles.
POOR ME
The lawsuit comes as prosecutors asked a judge to revoke former officer Garrett Rolfe’s bail over his recent Florida vacation.
HARROWING
Several shocking videos captured the horror of Tuesday night’s explosion that ripped through Beirut without warning.
‘Are they seizing stuff again?’
Less than an hour after the phone call, Mormon author Chad Daybell was arrested when the two children’s remains were found in shallow graves.
‘SAFE AND HAPPY’
“I did exactly what I thought the Lord was instructing me to do,” Lori Vallow told her friend, Melanie Gibb, in a recorded phone call about her missing 7-year-old son.
GUT PUNCH
At a Monday hearing, Detective Ray Hermosillo recalled finding 7-year-old J.J. Vallow, whose body was clad in red pajamas and “tightly wrapped” in black plastic.
CHA-CHING
Among the 126 items up for auction are Fyre Festival “tokens,” wristbands, and $200 sweatpants from the disastrous festival.
2020 HELLSCAPE
Testing sites have been closed and evacuation centers could become super spreaders. Just what Florida needs.
THREE ARRESTED
The 17-year-old is facing 30 felony charges for a Bitcoin scam that hacked the Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Elon Musk and more.
