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A former middle school teacher was accused and arrested for having sex with a minor. 26 year-old Stephanie Peterson Ferri, resigned from her post as a science teacher at the New Smyrna Beach Middle School in Florida after being accused…
“My jaw dropped. I felt like I got kicked in the gut,” said Kevin Holt, a US Army veteran turned special education teacher in Texas. Holt may have spent 32 years as a medic and helicopter pilot in the army,…
A UK children’s charity is warning parents of a resurgence of a dangerous social media craze known as the “salt and ice challenge” that can cause serious chemical burns. The “challenge” involves youngsters placing salt and ice on their skin,…
Allie Dowdle is an 18-year-old private school student who was looking forward to heading off to college next year, until her parents took away her funding — because of her African American boyfriend. Allie claims her family are now refusing…
Being an Uber driver can probably be a pretty stressful job — with some pretty stressful passengers — but one driver recently went above and beyond for a customer. Keith Avila was working when he was requested to pick up…
Ashley Sistrunk wasn’t looking forward to spending another Christmas without her husband, Brandon, who is currently deployed in Iraq as a sergeant in the Air Force. So she found a way for him to be there in spirit. Ashley and…
A shocking video has gone viral this week appearing to show two teen girls attacking a 62-year-old man — after he asked them not to sit in his yard. The man, who has not been identified, is seen speaking to…
Front desk associate at Tennessee Planet Fitness, Lezlie Bauler, posted a photo to Reddit this weekend of a man in full firefighter gear climbing stairs at the gym. The man was dressed in full firefighter gear and climbed 110 sets…
Yancy Baer is a disabled war veteran, though you can’t really tell right away by just looking at him. He’s a left leg amputee from the knee down. His service dog, Verbena, helps him with everyday tasks. The San Antonio,…
Michigan City, near Chicago, US, has just installed its first ‘Safe Haven box’, a high-tech box for mothers to abandon unwanted infants safely and anonymously. The box, fitted into a wall at Michigan City fire station, uses sensors and a smart…
Women driving around Lithuania yesterday may have been slightly alarmed when they were pulled over by police officers for no apparent reason at all. But they needn’t have been, because these cops weren’t issuing tickets or warnings — they were handing…
Remember Martin Shkreli, the pharma company CEO who price-jacked a 62-year-old vital medicine used for AIDS by 5,000%? The 32-year-old entrepreneur known as the “world’s most hated man” has been arrested on charges of securities fraud at the Murray Hill Tower Apartments, his residence in New…
Father-of-two Trent Baskerville was returning from a nine month deployment when his wife had the idea to give his daughters the best Christmas surprise ever — their dad. Trent told ClarksvilleNow how excited he was: “It couldn’t be a better feeling. There’s…
History was made this week when two women completed arguably the toughest combat training course in the world, which aims to develop elite fighters and leaders. The US Army’s elite Ranger school won’t confirm the name of the women, saying…