2024

TL/DR - A US soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, has been sentenced to approximately four years in prison in Russia on charges of theft and threats of murder. Black was arrested in Vladivostok after his girlfriend accused him of stealing from her, leading to a sentence that also includes a fine of 10,000 rubles ($115). The US State Department…

TL/DR - After the suicide of their son Miles, Kristen and Jeffrey Roberts started the Miles Jeffrey Roberts Foundation (MJRF) and organized the MJRF Mental Health Champions program at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor. The program, which aims to engage youth athletes and support their mental health, has already conducted 15 mental health…

TL/DR - A man was seriously injured after being shot by a Wake County Sheriff's deputy in North Carolina following a nearly seven-hour standoff. The individual had earlier refused to leave his apartment when a deputy tried to fulfill a court-ordered conviction. The condition of the man is unknown, and the circumstances prompting the deputy to…

TL/DR - Florida plastic surgeon, Benjamin Jacob Brown, was arrested on charges of second-degree felony homicide: manslaughter by culpable negligence, following the death of his wife, Hillary Ellington Brown, who died after surgical procedures he performed on her. Hillary Brown suffered a cardiac arrest during procedures that included muscle…