NEW WAVERLY, Texas (KPRC/NBC News) — A Texas man is recovering after he was impaled by a fence post in a Tuesday morning crash. Montgomery County Hospital District officials said they received a call at around 4 a.m. from a man who said he hit a deer, ran off the road and hit a fence. North Montgomery County and New…
GALIVANTS FERRY, S.C. (WMBF/NBC News) — Good Samaritans sprang into action Sunday after witnessing a crash that sent a family’s SUV into South Carolina’s Little Pee Dee River. Thomas Fee was on Highway 501 near Galivants Ferry when he noticed a vehicle was fishtailing because of the wet roads. Fee said before he knew it, he saw a massive splash…
BURIEN, Wash. (NBC News) Students at Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington staged a sit-in, and then a walkout, Tuesday over a controversy surrounding two former teachers who supporters say were fired for being gay. The two teachers, Paul Danforth and Michelle Beattie, “voluntarily resigned” from Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien last week, according to a statement from…
HIGHLANDS, Texas (NBC News) — A single mom in Texas chased off an intruder Friday morning, while her three daughters were home alone. It happened in Highlands, which is east of Houston. Tracie Keene said after she left for work, her 18-year-old daughter made a frantic phone call, saying a man was standing outside their window. Keene immediately raced home,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/NBC News) — Police in Louisville, Kentucky, have released video of the moments after an armed man entered a Raising Cane’s and allegedly demanded cash from the register, only to be confronted by two off-duty officers. The officers, a married couple, were out for date night at the time. “That’s where that repetitiveness and that training kicks in,”…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WTLV/NBC News) — Preserved human remains dating back to the 1960s were found in a Gainesville, Florida, home Monday. Police say they responded when a home inspector doing an estimate on repairs found at least six jars of human remains. The remains, preserved in jars, contained tongues and thyroid tissue. Police say they were gathered by University of…
(CNN) A Washington State woman is expected in court Tuesday on charges she drugged a woman in an attempt to steal her newborn child, and now we’re hearing from other mothers who encountered the suspect. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said the 38-year-old suspect posed as a photographer and used community Facebook groups to advertise free photoshoots for newborns in…
(NBC News) — Suffice it to say your FICO credit score is one of the most important numbers in your financial life. “This is used in about 90% of lending decisions,” said Ted Rossman with creditcards.com. “It’s going to determine whether or not you get that loan or line of credit in the first place. And, if you do, the…
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (NBC News) — Cries of anguish came from the family grieving the loss of Amarah ‘Jerica’ Banks and her daughters, Zaniya Ivery, 5, and Camaria Banks, 4, at a vigil held Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Banks was last seen February 8th. Her sister Tameka Smith said she dropped Banks off at her apartment after they had held a…
(NBC News) — A first-of-its-kind report finds that less than one in 10 pregnant women have good heart health. The new study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, looked at 1,000 expectant moms. Researchers found just five percent had high cardiovascular health, 60 percent were considered moderate and 35 percent were considered poor. Doctors say that’s not…
