Author: WNKY Staff

Caught on cam: woman pees on potatoes

(WPXI) A woman has turned herself in to police after a bizarre incident at the Walmart in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Grace Brown, 20, is accused of urinating on potatoes inside the store. Brown turned herself in after pictures taken by security cameras were released. She’s facing multiple charges including open lewdness, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. However, she…

New lungs for Makayla

(WCSH) A little girl from Maine is recovering after receiving a new set of lungs last month. Makayla Crosby has Cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that damages the lungs and digestive system. The little girl spent almost half her life in foster care before she was adopted by her foster mom in January. A few weeks later, her lung function…

Sexual assault allegations dominate Hyten confirmation hearing

(NBC News) Allegations of sexual assault allegations dominated a hearing Tuesday for President Trump’s choice to become vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s second most powerful military officer. Air Force General John Hyten denied the allegations as his accuser sat facing him inside the hearing room. “I want to state to you and to the American…

Capital One reports massive data breech

(NBC News) Capital One is working to notify more than 100-million credit card applicants in the United States and Canada whose personal information may have been exposed in a massive data breech. 33-year-old Paige A. Thompson, a former software engineer, is in federal custody, charged with computer fraud and abuse after authorities say she accessed the data through a server…

Caught on cam: puppy tossed in dumpster

(KFOR/NBC News) Security cameras captured a troubling act of animal cruelty outside of an Oklahoma City apartment complex. “I saw a female lady that had taken a dog by the neck, walked it across the parking lot, carrying it and chucked it into the dumpster,” said C.R. Head. Head is the property manger at the Red Rose Apartments in northwest…

Access denied: lawmaker in wheelchair protests new rules

(WTMJ) A Wisconsin lawmaker who is in a wheelchair said he cannot do his job because Republican leadership will not let him teleconference into meetings. Representative Jimmy Anderson, a Democrat from Fitchburg, was the lone survivor to a drunk driving crash in 2010 that left him paralyzed from the chest down. He said the rules the Wisconsin Assembly put into…

Hackers hinder Georgia State Patrol

(WXIA) Georgia state officials say the state is recovering more rapidly than expected from a ransomware attack on the Georgia State Patrol computer system. The hack cost the Georgia State Patrol much of its ability to quickly communicate with troopers in the field and put a cyberscare into much of the rest of state government, but its reach isn’t as…

Messages of hate litter West Virginia community

(WTOV) Residents of Moundsville, West Virginia are both upset and scared after hate-filled messages were littered throughout the streets. Sealed inside clear, plastic bags with birdseed, the messages turned up on several streets in Moundsville. One of the hardest hit was 10th Street, where at least three bags were recovered by police. “I was pretty shocked,” said Steve Clemens. “I…