Mar. 15, 2025
Lorain County Sheriff’s Office vehicle.Photo:Lorain County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook
Lorain County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook
A third grader is facing a criminal charge after reportedly making bomb threats against two Ohio schools.
The incident was deemed a false alarm and, after no bombs were discovered, things were back to normal at the schools on Friday, Dec. 13, WOIO reported.
Clearview High School in Lorain, Ohio.GoogleMaps
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Police told WOIO that the third grader, whose name and age were not disclosed, admitted to not only the recent threats but also another one she made in September.
Mar. 15, 2025
Breon Allen Jr.Photo:Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
Zharod Sykes, 24, Keith Johnson 21, Dannel Larkins, 20 and Keith Fields, 18, all face charges of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and attempted first-degree murder, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced at apress conferenceon Wednesday, March 12.
The charges are related to the Jan. 24 shooting that claimed the life of 7-year-old Breon Allen Jr. and seriously injured 21-year-old Lafayette Mango. It’s unclear if the suspects have entered pleas or retained attorneys to speak on their behalf.
Mar. 15, 2025
Bolu Kartalkaya Ski Center.Photo:Mehmet Emin Gurbuz/Anadolu via Getty
Mehmet Emin Gurbuz/Anadolu via Getty
Four people have been arrested in connection with a fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey that reportedlykilled at least 76 peopleand injured at least 51 early on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
The owner of the 12-story Grand Kartal Hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya is one of the four arrested,Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunçannounced on X.
Mar. 15, 2025
At least half a dozen wild elephants were killed after a passenger train collided with them in Sri Lanka, according to local officials.
The Sri Lankan Police announced in aFacebook postthat one of its Meenagaya trains — which had run from the eastern coastal city of Batticaloa to the country’s capital Colombo — had derailed after colliding with eight elephants on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
Wounded elephants are pictured beside a derailed train which killed six animals at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025.
Mar. 15, 2025
Firefighters respond to multiple-vehicle collision in Arizona on March 1, 2025.Photo:Arizona Department of Public Safety
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Four people are dead and eight are injured after a12-vehicle collisionin Arizona.
According to theArizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS), state troopers responded to reports of a collision on Interstate 10 near milepost 89 (west of Tonopah), shortly before 1 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 1. The department said that “numerous vehicles caught fire following the collision.