Edward Seward walked into a Grand Bay Waffle House nearly 20 years ago, sat down and ate breakfast. That was the day he changed the life of the waitress serving him. As Seward was paying up, he gave a lottery ticket as a tip, something he often did as one of the regulars. Tonda Dickerson, … Read more
Sir Roger Bannister passed away peacefully on 3 March, aged 88, his family has announced. Sir Roger Bannister had a special connection to the hospitals of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. It was during his time at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School (from 1951 to 1955) that he became the first person in history to … Read more
The term “900 number” probably conjures up images of phone sex operators or, even worse, teen heartthrobs tricking young girls into running up their parents’ phone bills. But during the 1980s and 1990s, the heyday of 900 numbers, callers could do all sorts of things simply by dialing 1-900 and having a charge added to … Read more
A pro-Israel watchdog is taking credit for the dismissal of an Apple employee who took to Instagram to condemn “Zionists” for being “murderers and thieves.” Natasha Dach has been removed from Apple’s employee directory after her social media post was unearthed by StopAntisemitism, a representative of the group told The Post. A screenshot of Dach’s social media posts … Read more
A 35-year-old woman was sentenced Friday to nearly 15 years to life in prison for torturing her 10-year-old stepdaughter and abusing three other children in her family in Anaheim with the judge declaring that he hopes she never gets out of prison. Mayra Corina Chavez was convicted Oct. 11 of one count of torture and … Read more
The mother of a Toronto toddler who died after eating breakfast cereal laced with sodium nitrite said there are “so many questions” left unanswered following a hearing in a downtown courtroom that saw the man responsible sentenced to life in prison. “I’m so sad and also happy for what the Judge decided for today,” Maurine … Read more
Police officers arrested a colleague who was passed out drunk in a car with a gun on his lap on Tuesday morning in Miami-Dade County. A police officer with the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department found Joevanih Sauvagere, an officer with the Miami Police Department, passed out behind the wheel of an Infiniti, according to an … Read more
A Putnam teacher who worked at a childcare center claims she was fired solely because she was pregnant. Danielle Scala accused Little Feet Childcare Center and co-owner Scott Roveto of violating state and federal anti-discrimination laws, in a complaint filed Oct. 20 in U.S. District Court, White Plains. She alleges that on the day before … Read more
A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves have expressed in opinion polls. Yet economists caution that such vigorous spending isn’t likely to continue in … Read more
An Acworth man who once had a leadership role at a popular Cobb County church has been arrested. Even more concerning, Cobb Police have charged him with four counts of child molestation for his alleged encounters with a 15-year-old boy who attended the church. Cobb County police arrested Marcus Turner on Oct. 6. A spokesperson for Worship with Wonders Church confirmed … Read more