Emily Long detailed her husband’s battle with terminal brain cancer on TikTok in the months before the murder-suicide, discussing his treatment and her own struggles with depression. Just one week before Emily Long allegedly killed her husband and two of her three children, the New Hampshire mom was accused of stealing money from her place of employment — with her …
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Aug. 29, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT By Erum Salam An election official in North Carolina arrested and accused of placing narcotics in his grandchildren’s ice cream resigned Thursday. Surry County Board of Elections Chair James Edwin Yokeley Jr., a Republican, informed Wilmington police on Aug. 8 that his granddaughters had found suspicious blue pills in their Dairy Queen Blizzards, but …
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The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections was charged after Wilmington police said they found evidence he placed illegal narcotics in his granddaughters’ ice cream. On Aug. 8, James Edwin Yokeley Jr. told an officer that his two juvenile granddaughters found two pills in ice cream purchased from Dairy Queen on Oleander Drive. Investigators discovered video footage that …
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Footage from Will Smith‘s comeback Based on a True Story tour has got perceptive online viewers pointing out curious happenings among the crowd. Compiled of clips from his shows on tour, one shot includes fans holding up a sign that reads “We <3 You Willy” but some images of the faces around it are distorted and blurred. Others online have …
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Trump accused of ‘turning the military on American citizens’ with Chicago national guard plan Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours. We start with news that Donald Trump has been accused of “turning the military on American citizens” after …
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A truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida last week was denied bond Saturday. The crash sparked a clash between US Department of Homeland Security and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over Harjinder Singh, a native of India, obtaining a work permit and driver’s license in the state. The Trump administration says Singh …
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