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 8-year-old boy in Kentucky sadly dies after eating strawberries at a school fundraiser. Madisonville PD responded to the call of an unresponsive child  at around 6:30 am on Friday. The sad saga had begun the night before when the unidentified child ate strawberries from a school fundraiser. Later in the evening, he began to show signs of an allergic reaction and his family took him to E.R after trying benadryl and a bath to no success.  The boy was examined and sent home where he went to bed. When his parents went to check on him the next morning they found him unresponsive. He was later pronounced dead. Police say while investigating the incident the hospital reported having treated several individuals who had eaten strawberries from the same fundraiser prompting Hopkins County Health department to release this statement:  "Updated Central High School to Hopkins County Central High School The Hopkins County Health Department is issuing a caution advising citizens n...

A woman from Tennessee said she ordered clothing from Shein and was horrified when she found a mysterious vial of blood inside her FedEx package on Monday.  Anna Elliott posted a video to her TikTok, where she goes by Anna Marie, explaining the bizarre ordeal. In addition to a vial of human blood, she claimed her package, which was only supposed to contain the dresses she ordered, also had a dented can of Mexican beans inside. “I just received a package from Shein that contained a vial of human blood from a testing company. It had no name, no doctor’s office, no date,” she said in her clip, which has already garnered more than 7 million views since being posted three days ago.  Elliott said she subsequently reached out to the blood testing company to report what she had found. “The lady from the testing company said they are trying to track it down. She said that it was completely mishandled and that they don’t even ship blood to residents. They only ship blood back and forth ...

 Alabama woman who was found dead in only socks was openly and aggressively kidnapped in front of multiple bystanders who did nothing. Experts call this the bystander effect. If you are interested in reading about the bystander effect, please look up the story about Kitty Genovese.  42-year-old Genise Carter's horrific ordeal began at a convenience store in full view of customers and surveillance cameras, and was discarded at the end of a dead end road. Genise first walks into frame at a Birmingham, Alabama gas station around 4 a.m. on a chilly January morning. Surveillance video shows 2 men shadowing her as she enters the establishment. Only moments later those same 2 men are seen forcing Genise out of the gas station and into a vehicle at gunpoint. The vehicle drives away only to return a few minutes later and a heartbreaking ordeal that takes almost 30 minutes to unfold begins. Keep in mind, detectives say there were numerous cars and customers at the establishment during t...

 Missouri man being charged for throwing a puppy from a 3rd story window. 44-year-old Michael Lott was charged in Jefferson County, Missouri on Friday with animal abuse. The charge is a class E Felony. According to police in Arnold, Missouri, the incident took place at Woodsprings Suites in Arnold. Around 10 p.m. on the night of October 7th, Lott was arguing with the owner of the puppy. Witnesses say the puppy was sleeping on the owner's lap when Lott grabbed the puppy and threw it out of the hotel's 3rd story window.  While laying out their request for an arrest warrant prosecutors stated, "The defendant’s actions show no regard or respect for life, (his actions) were cruel and per the police report committed because he was allegedly angry at the victim." The request continues, “So, he took her defenseless puppy and killed him as if it were nothing."  I am relieved he was finally charged.

 Woman Bags Jail Terms for Money Racketeering in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, March 15, 2024 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Bose Lateef before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for an offence bordering on money racketeering.  She was arraigned by the EFCC on a one- count charge bordering on Naira Racketeering under Section 21(4) of the CBN Act. The count reads: “That you, BOSE LATEEF on or about the 16 day of February, 2024 al Eko Club, Surulere, in Lages within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court hawked the sum of N269,000.00 (Two Hundred and Sixty Nine Thousand Naira), in N500 (Five Hundred Naira) denominations, issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary lo 21(4) and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act. 2007."   She pleaded “guilty” to the charge preferred against her.  Follo...

 Kizz Daniel’s wife secures partnership with Mikano Motors Wife of popular musician, Kizz Daniel, Mrs. Anidugbe, aka Ossai Adaeze Marian, has secured a partnership deal with auto powerhouse, Mikano Motors.  She joins an ever-growing all-star list of brand partners, including the likes of Don Jazzy, Jemima Osunde, Mr. Macaroni, Akah Nnanni and many others. In a video on both Mikano Motors and Adaeze’s pages, the couple could be seen admiring her brand new Changan CS55 Plus, and checking out the myriad of high-tech features with some Mikano Motors staff. This was then followed by a quick meeting with the Mikano Motors management team for the official signing of the papers. “Hardly a stranger to the airwaves in Nigeria and beyond, popular musician Kizz Daniel, aka Tobi Anidugbe, needs little or no introduction, especially to his teeming global fanbase.  “A few years back, the baby-faced superstar revealed he’d been blessed with a set of triplets, but the question on everyone...

 Ooni, Olori Tobi Philips welcome twins The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and one of his wives, Queen Tobi Philips, have welcomed a twin. Taking to his Instagram page on Saturday 16th March, 2024, the monarch announced the arrival of the set of twins, a male and a female.  Olori Tobi Phillips is the third wife of the Ooni of Ife. In October 2022, barely a month into her marriage to the Ooni, Olori Tobi, whom the monarch married on the 9th of October, revealed how she prayed their union into existence. Olori Tobi is a native of Okitipupa in Ondo State. The ex-beauty queen was one of the youngest of the Ooni’s six new brides. Confirming the news, Ooni’s official X account said: “To God be the glory great things he has done.  “Hearty congratulations to the entire House of Oduduwa and Olori Tobiloba, who today birthed a Prince and Princess to the Royal throne of Oduduwa.  “Mother and children are doing well to the glory of God Almighty.” Olori Tobi is a fashio...