October 17, 2023 Chick-fil-A bandits steal hundreds of gallons of cooking oil in repeat heists: report Police in Georgia are on the lookout for fry oil bandits who have hit an area Chick-Fil-A at least four times, lifting at least 700 gallons of the "yellow grease."
October 17, 2023 New Orleans DA was carjacked, his office says Democratic Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and his 78-year-old mother were reportedly carjacked Monday by two suspects on an auto theft spree.
October 17, 2023 West Virginia state troopers fatally shoot armed federal fugitive Anthony Charles Meyers, 35, was fatally shot by West Virginia troopers in the state's southeast, reportedly after pointing a rife at them.
October 17, 2023 Alex Murdaugh gets legal win in push for new trial Alex Murdaugh was granted permission Tuesday to file a motion to overturn the guilty verdict in his murder trial over allegations the court clerk tampered with jurors.
October 17, 2023 Squatters, homeless camps ravage neighborhood, leaving paid cleaners physically ill: report Squatters and homeless people have reportedly taken over land in Brent, Florida, as community leaders slam the apparent increase in issues with vagrants.
October 17, 2023 Wrongfully convicted Black man, who spent 16 years in a FL prison, killed during police traffic stop Leonard Cure, a Black man who was freed after spending 16 years behind bars in Florida on a wrongful conviction, has been fatally shot by a deputy in Georgia.
October 17, 2023 Georgia collects huge surplus for 3rd straight year with a total of nearly $11 billion Brian Kemp, the governor of Georgia, has kept spending well below prior year revenues. The state now has $10.7 billion in surplus cash, which may be used as tax breaks.
October 17, 2023 US wildlife officials declare 21 species extinct, removes them from endangered list One mammal, 10 types of birds, two species of fish and eight species of mussels are now extinct in the United States, wildlife officials announced Monday.
October 17, 2023 Groundskeeper mowed around dead man's body thinking it was Halloween prop, family claims A North Carolina man found dead near an abandoned house was apparently mistaken for a Halloween prop by a groundskeeper mowing the lawn, according to the victim's family.
October 17, 2023 New Guinness World Record spiciest pepper, 'Pepper X,' is 3 times as spicy as 'Carolina Reaper' There's a new king of spicy peppers: Pepper X, grown by the same man who developed the Carolina Reaper, was tested and found to have an average heat of 2.693 million Scovilles.