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Oregon woman fired from bank job after giving struggling man $20 to get home for Christmas: report
An Oregon woman claims she was fired from her bank job after helping a struggling customer get home to his family on Christmas Eve by giving him $20 of her own money.Emily James worked as a senior banker at a U.S. Bank call center in Portland when she received a call from a customer last…
Officer hit by Odell Beckham Jr wants to drop charges over butt-slapping incident: report
An arrest warrant issued for Odell Beckham Jr. after he was seen slapping the backside of a security guard in the LSU Tigers locker room earlier this week may be withdrawn after the officer reportedly signed an affidavit Friday night saying he no longer wished to press charges, sources said.The New Orleans Police Department issued…
Snapchat plea for help saves California girl, 14, from being forced into prostitution
A Snapchat message a 14-year-old California girl sent to friends saved her from being forced into prostitution by three men — one of whom was charged with raping her, according to news reports.Police in San Jose, Calif., said the girl sent the message Tuesday morning as she was being driven by the strangers 40 miles to a motel.Citing court documents, KPIX-TV said the girl,…
Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson ejected after slapping butt of Memphis Grizzlies’ Jae Crowder
What’s going on in Ohio?Cleveland Cavaliers’ forward Tristan Thompson took a page right from the playbook of Odell Beckham Jr. Friday night when he slapped the butt of Memphis Grizzlies’ Jae Crowder as he attempted to sub out.With just over two minutes left in the third quarter, Crowder passed Thompson at the foul line on…
Royal Caribbean claims grandfather knew window was open before toddler’s fatal fall
Royal Caribbean is seeking to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Chloe Wiegand, claiming that her grandfather was “well aware” that the 11th-floor window was open before the Indiana toddler’s fatal fall.Chloe, who was just 18-months old at the time of her death, had fallen from the Freedom of the Seas cruise…
California teachers sue following Delta fuel dump over Los Angeles-area schools
Four teachers from a Los Angeles-area school sued Delta Air Lines on Friday, saying they were exposed to jet fuel when a plane with engine trouble dumped its fuel over a densely populated area, including several schools, while making an emergency return to the airport.At a news conference, the teachers described the fuel as drizzling…
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Oregon woman fired from bank job after giving struggling man $20 to get home for Christmas: report
An Oregon woman claims she was fired from her bank job after helping a struggling customer get home to his family on Christmas Eve by giving him $20 of her own money.Emily James worked as a senior banker at a U.S. Bank call center in Portland when she received a call from a customer last…
Snapchat plea for help saves California girl, 14, from being forced into prostitution
A Snapchat message a 14-year-old California girl sent to friends saved her from being forced into prostitution by three men — one of whom was charged with raping her, according to news reports.Police in San Jose, Calif., said the girl sent the message Tuesday morning as she was being driven by the strangers 40 miles to a motel.Citing court documents, KPIX-TV said the girl,…
Royal Caribbean claims grandfather knew window was open before toddler’s fatal fall
Royal Caribbean is seeking to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Chloe Wiegand, claiming that her grandfather was “well aware” that the 11th-floor window was open before the Indiana toddler’s fatal fall.Chloe, who was just 18-months old at the time of her death, had fallen from the Freedom of the Seas cruise…
California teachers sue following Delta fuel dump over Los Angeles-area schools
Four teachers from a Los Angeles-area school sued Delta Air Lines on Friday, saying they were exposed to jet fuel when a plane with engine trouble dumped its fuel over a densely populated area, including several schools, while making an emergency return to the airport.At a news conference, the teachers described the fuel as drizzling…
Missing California couple found dead in Tijuana, son-in-law arrested
A missing California landlord and his wife have been found dead in Mexico where authorities arrested their son-in-law on murder charges.Jesus Ruben Lopez Guillen, 70, and his wife Maria Teresa Lopez, 65, of Garden Grove, Calif., vanished Jan. 10 after crossing the border to collect more than $6,700 in rent from tenants of two houses…
‘Sprawling’ winter storm slams upper Midwest and Plains, canceling hundreds of flights as it heads East
A “sprawling” winter snowstorm that slammed the West Coast earlier this week is producing blizzard conditions through much of the Plains as it travels East this weekend, having already canceled nearly 690 flights at one of the nation’s busiest airports, stranding drivers alongside major highways and even triggering an avalanche at a California ski resort, killing…
