A 9-year-old girl was mauled to death by dogs on Monday while playing in a Detroit neighborhood, police said. The girl, who has been identified as Emma Hernandez, was in an alley when the three pit bulls attacked her, according to a Detroit Police spokeswoman. Witnesses tried to save the girl and police said that…… MORE
Immigration officials doubled down Tuesday on their assertion that a mother arrested in the Mississippi raids earlier this month is not breastfeeding. The family and attorney of Maria Domingo-Garcia dispute ICE’s contention and maintain she is still suffering from the pain of being separated from her breastfeeding daughter. Domingo-Garcia was breastfeeding her daughter to put…… MORE
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, tweeted that a “big rock” is going to hit Earth, and that we “currently have no defense.” But NASA, seems to disagree. Musk’s tweet was a response to another by comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan, who shared an article reporting that NASA has begun preparations for the 1,100-foot-wide…… MORE
When the cast of a Canadian production of “Billy Elliot: The Musical” took their final bow after a recent show, the audience didn’t make a single sound — not even a woof. A polite crowd of about a dozen future service dogs attended an August performance at Ontario’s Stratford Festival as part of their training.…… MORE
The good news: A weekend of Phish concerts will go on as scheduled at a soccer stadium outside Denver. The bad: There will be no overnight camping. Thank the plague for that. Yes, that plague, the Black Death, the one that killed an estimated 60% of the medieval European population and, centuries later, millions more.…… MORE
The officer accused of killing Eric Garner more than five years ago was fired on Monday, but members of the Garner family said that change still must come. “Yes, he’s fired, but the fight is not over,” said Garner’s daughter, Emerald Snipes Garner. Snipes Garner thanked NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill for firing officer Daniel Pantaleo…… MORE
One of the original New York Mets has died. Former pitcher and lifetime Mets figure Al Jackson died Monday in Port St. Lucie, Florida, at the age of 83. The lefty pitcher saw the Flushing franchise at their first — and at their worst. Jackson took the mound for the Mets’ inaugural season in 1962.…… MORE
Police on Tuesday released a sketch and video of a suspect who apparently sought out a retired California State University Fullerton administrator and stabbed him to death on campus. Surveillance video released by police showed the suspect running near the crime scene and leaving a parking lot in a black 4-door sedan with black wheels…… MORE
Phoenix police officers must now document every instance in which they point a gun at a person — a decision that the city long considered but now has been made after recent public outcry about aggressive police tactics in Arizona’s capital. From now on, Phoenix officers must fill out a form when an officer points…… MORE
A North Carolina father walked into the Union County Sheriff’s Office Sunday and told the dispatcher that he had killed someone, the sheriff’s office said. The victim was his daughter. Joshua Lee Burgess, 32, told the dispatcher he was there to turn himself in after killing someone in his Monroe home, about 20 miles southeast…… MORE
