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Colossal Woolly Mice Grew the Coat, Then the Mammoth Edit List Passed 150 Genes and the Calf Calendar Left 2028
March 4, 2025
Colossal Woolly Mice Grew the Coat, Then the Mammoth Edit List Passed 150 Genes and the Calf Calendar Left 2028
Colossal's woolly mice grew mammoth-like coats. Ben Lamm then moved the calf timeline into the early 2030s after the edit list passed 150 genes.
Aleysha Ortiz Left Hartford With an Honors Diploma She Could Not Read, and Her $3 Million Suit Now Points at a 2028 Jury
March 1, 2025
Aleysha Ortiz Left Hartford With an Honors Diploma She Could Not Read, and Her $3 Million Suit Now Points at a 2028 Jury
Aleysha Ortiz says Hartford handed her an honors diploma she could not read. Her $3 million suit is aimed at bullying and a jury date in 2028, not a bill…
Retta Cruse Died at Perryville on Consecutive Life Terms After Drugging Daughters Aleyah and Royal McIntyre in Phoenix
March 1, 2025
Retta Cruse Died at Perryville on Consecutive Life Terms After Drugging Daughters Aleyah and Royal McIntyre in Phoenix
Retta Cruse died at Perryville while serving consecutive life terms for killing her daughters, Aleyah and Royal McIntyre, after a New Jersey custody order failed to bring them home.
Google Flagged a Hidden Account Before Feds Arrested Manhattan Math Teacher Ross Lanvin on Child Pornography Charges
March 1, 2025
Google Flagged a Hidden Account Before Feds Arrested Manhattan Math Teacher Ross Lanvin on Child Pornography Charges
Ross Lanvin, a math teacher at MS 256 Lafayette Academy, was arrested February 13, 2025, after Google reported a fake-name account to NCMEC. Prosecutors say devices in his apartment held…
Citigroup’s $81 Trillion ‘Near Miss’ Posted Overnight After Two Employees Cleared a $280 Payment
February 28, 2025
Citigroup’s $81 Trillion ‘Near Miss’ Posted Overnight After Two Employees Cleared a $280 Payment
In April 2024 a Citi clerk typed $81 trillion instead of $280 on an internal ledger. A second employee signed off. A third caught it about 90 minutes after it…
Shelby County Schools Fired Cafeteria Worker Avette Dunn for Taking Lunch Donations the District Says Never Bought a Child a Denied Meal
February 28, 2025
Shelby County Schools Fired Cafeteria Worker Avette Dunn for Taking Lunch Donations the District Says Never Bought a Child a Denied Meal
After a six-hour hearing on February 24, 2025, the Shelby County Board of Education fired Avette Dunn for accepting PTO lunch-fund donations and for how she answered questions about them.…
Joseph Czuba Died in an Illinois Prison Months After a Jury Convicted Him of Murdering 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Wadee Alfayoumi
February 28, 2025
Joseph Czuba Died in an Illinois Prison Months After a Jury Convicted Him of Murdering 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Wadee Alfayoumi
A Will County jury convicted Joseph Czuba of murder and hate crimes in the October 2023 stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and the attack on the boy's mother. He received 53…
Cleveland Heights Bus Driver Dorian Pace Got 15 Students Off Burning Bus 21 Thirteen Days After a Passed State Inspection
February 27, 2025
Cleveland Heights Bus Driver Dorian Pace Got 15 Students Off Burning Bus 21 Thirteen Days After a Passed State Inspection
Dorian Pace pulled 15 Monticello Middle School students off Bus 21 on February 27, 2025, after the engine bay caught fire. The coach had passed its state inspection on February…
Galo Herrera Gets 18 Years in a Westchester Prison After Extradition From Mexico on a 2008 Child Rape Case
February 26, 2025
Galo Herrera Gets 18 Years in a Westchester Prison After Extradition From Mexico on a 2008 Child Rape Case
After 17 years as a fugitive in Mexico, Galo Herrera pleaded guilty to first-degree rape in Westchester County and was sentenced on October 31, 2025, to 18 years in prison…
Keene Content Creator Kelli Tedford Gets Six Months in Jail After Pleading Guilty to Urinating on Grocery Stock and a Hotel Room
February 26, 2025
Keene Content Creator Kelli Tedford Gets Six Months in Jail After Pleading Guilty to Urinating on Grocery Stock and a Hotel Room
Kelli Tedford pleaded guilty on December 1, 2025, to six misdemeanor counts after videos showed her contaminating food at Monadnock Food Co-op and vandalizing a Keene Marriott. A judge gave…