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A birthday trip between two best friends of nearly 50 years ended with one of them dead on a slab of concrete outside a South Carolina beach bar.

Quick Take Joyce Tomlinson, 62, of Minnesota died after a fall down stairs outside Coot’s Bar & Grill on Edisto Island on October 3, 2025. Bartender Mary Lopez Hunt, 68, faces voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault c...

Popular Walgreens-branded eye drops were recalled because the maker could not prove they were sterile, not because of known injuries or confirmed contamination.

At a Glance The recalls were voluntary and tied to a lack of sterility assurance, per federal reporting. Walgreens listed the recall on its public recall page for customers to check. Federal officials classified ...

On his 34th birthday, Ken Urker was found dead in a Raceland, Louisiana home as deputies answered an evening call.

Story Snapshot Deputies found Ken Urker dead at a Raceland address after a 6:15 p.m. call. The initial call was logged as a reported overdose, according to a sheriff’s captain. Gypsy Rose Blanchard said she believes an overdose caus...

Emory & Henry University just cut its tuition price in half, slashing the sticker cost starting Fall 2026.

Quick Take Emory & Henry University in Virginia cut published undergraduate tuition 50%, down to $19,990 a year. Other schools, including Arizona’s Prescott College and Montana’s Carroll College, are cutting prices too. Private coll...

Prosecutors say a wealthy Arcadia couple built a “house of horrors” around at least 14 surrogate-born children, and the arrest arrived only after a baby with a head injury forced the truth into daylight.

Story Snapshot Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang with conspiracy and child abuse. Detectives arrested the pair at their Arcadia mansion...