2/26/1993 At 12:18 p.m., a terrorist bomb explodes in a parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving a massive, multi-story crater and causing the collapse of several steel-reinforced concrete floors in the vicinity of the blast. Although the terrorist bomb failed to critically damage the main structure of the skyscrapers, six people were killed andContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1993- World Trade Center is Bombed”
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True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’
A New Hampshire court unsealed documents Tuesday detailing Harmony Montgomery’s death, noting that she was “dismembered or grossly distorted” in the months that followed by Emily Palmer Content warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions. In the months after the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Adam Montgomery is accused of toting Harmony’s body — in aContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003- Rhode Island nightclub burns
A fire at a rock concert in a West Warwick, Rhode Island, nightclub kills 100 people and seriously injures almost 200 more on February 20, 2003. It was the deadliest such fire in the United States since 165 people were killed at the Beverly Hill Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, in 1977. On the night of FebruaryContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003- Rhode Island nightclub burns”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1952. King George VI dies; Elizabeth becomes queen
On February 6, 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the older of the king’s two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in Kenya at the time of her father’s death; she wasContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1952. King George VI dies; Elizabeth becomes queen”
True Crime Sundays: California Man Arrested in Connection with Suspected Serial Killings of Sex Workers in Mexico
by Michael Lee Simpson Bryant Rivera, 30, was arrested and charged with the murder of Angela Carolina Acosta Flores and is facing extradition to Mexico over two further murder charges. A California man and suspected serial killer of sex workers in Mexico has been captured by authorities in Southern California, police said. According to U.S.Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: California Man Arrested in Connection with Suspected Serial Killings of Sex Workers in Mexico”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1991 – The Persian Gulf War Begins.
At midnight in Iraq, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor. At 4:30 p.m. EST, the first fighter aircraft were launched from Saudi Arabia and off U.S. and British aircraft carriers in theContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1991 – The Persian Gulf War Begins.”
True Crime Sundays: At 14 he slaughtered the woman who raised him and at 21, he walked free. What now?
“We’re all more than the worst thing that we’ve ever done.” by Adam Carlson By all accounts, Donovan Nicholas wasn’t acting like himself when he repeatedly stabbed and then shot the woman he called “Mom” late one afternoon in April 2017. Shaggy-haired and thin, Donovan, a few months shy of his 15th birthday, was dressedContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: At 14 he slaughtered the woman who raised him and at 21, he walked free. What now?”
True Crime Sundays: Kaylee Goncalves’ mom demands change for Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger in court & says his suit makes her ‘sick’.
by Emma Crabtree THE mother of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves has demanded that her daughter’s alleged killer no longer receive pre-trial special treatment. Bryan Kohberger is set to stand trial next year for the deaths of four University of Idaho students who had been brutally stabbed in their off-campus home. He has maintained his innocenceContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Kaylee Goncalves’ mom demands change for Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger in court & says his suit makes her ‘sick’.”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri- Nina Strada
by Judy L. Thomas and Laura Bauer Fentanyl has killed more than 850 in KC area. NINA STRADA, 22. DIED: JUNE 23, 2021 ‘She was that girl who would light up a room with her smile and her giggle’ On the surface, life was good for Nina Strada in mid-2021. The 22-year-old esthetician had justContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri- Nina Strada”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri. Taylor Everitt, 24
by Judy L. Thomas and Laura Bauer Died: October 28, 2020 Fentanyl has killed more than 850 in KC area. fter a critical crash, he suffered from leg pain. And bought a pill Becca Everitt had come home late from work the night before her son died. At the time, Taylor — who she calledContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri. Taylor Everitt, 24”
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