Macon: teen dies after lightning strike on Florida beach

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Macon: teen dies after lightning strike on Florida beach

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By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for MaconNewsAndTalk.Com The Macon teenager who was struck by lightning earlier this month while on vacation in Florida has died. According to Walker Bethune’s CaringBridge page, the Stratford Academy student died peacefully Wednesday afternoon while “listening to one of his favorite Allman Brothers songs, appropriately named, ‘Soulshine.’” Bethune was on vacation and was struck while walking on a Marco Island beach about 3:45 July 17. He was flown to the Ryder Trauma Center at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, University of Miami Health. Bethune had been improving since the incident, according to his family, even to…

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Savannah: hotel evacuated after Wednesday night bomb threat

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By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for SavannahNewsAndTalk.Com A bomb threat resulted in the evacuation of a Savannah hotel Wednesday night. Local police closed the streets surrounding the Hyatt Regency Savannah in response. Police alerted the public after 11 p.m. they were investigating a bomb threat. Shortly before 1:30 a.m., police gave the all-clear. No details have been released on the threat’s origin. In Other NEWS

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Los Angeles: Cheeky Kim Kardashian Magazine Cover Censored by Supermarket

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BY CHRIS GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com At Gelson's in L.A.'s Valley Village, staffers strategically placed cardboard to conceal the illustrated derriere of the reality star. The June cover of Los Angeles features an illustration by artist Justin Metz that re-creates an iconic Coppertone ad, but instead of a toddler in pigtails, it stars a selfie-taking Kim Kardashian with her bikini bottoms being tugged by a manicured poodle. The cover line, “The Kardashians’ Last Laugh,” which teased a cover story by Benjamin Svetkey (formerly senior editor for The Hollywood Reporter and now a freelance writer and editor), was timed to the series finale of E!’s culture-shifting Keeping Up…

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28

2021

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Savannah: rental market surges in price, plummets in inventory

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By Zoe Nicholson, Savannah Morning News, Ga. (TNS) Troy Warren for SavannahNewsAndTalk.Com Jul. 27—Lili Ugarriza was running out of time and luck. She found out a month ago the Ardsley Park house she’d been renting for the past year was going to increase $900 a month in price. She said she tried to extend the lease until December, but her landlord declined. Then, Ugarriza got a text: she had 60 days to move out. Since mid-June, the Colombia native has been in a mad dash to find a place for her and her partner to live. Showings are canceled within 45…

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Indianapolis: FedEx shooter not racially motivated

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for IndianapolisNewsAndTalk.Com INDIANAPOLIS — The former employee who shot and killed eight people at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse in April acted alone and was not racially or ethnically motivated, authorities said Wednesday. Brandon Scott Hole, 19, used the April 15 attack as an act of “suicidal murder” and believed he would “demonstrate his masculinity and capability” while fulfilling a final desire to experience killing people, Indianapolis police and federal authorities said during a news conference. Eight employees, including four members of the city’s Sikh community, were killed in the attack and five others were injured, police said. Police said…

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28

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Huntsville: Police on lookout for stolen Chick-fil-A delivery car

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for HuntsvilleNewsAndTalk.Com HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Police in north Alabama are seeking the public’s help in finding a Chick-fil-A delivery vehicle that was stolen from a restaurant. The white 2020 Kia Soul was stolen from a Chick-fil-A on South Memorial Parkway on Friday, Huntsville police said. The restaurant has two identical Kia Souls. The one that was stolen has a large Chick-fil-A logo on it and Alabama tag 47A5R36, police said. Police posted photos of the vehicle on social media and are asking anyone with information to contact them. Georgia-based Chick-fil-A has more than 2,400 restaurants…

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Phoenix: Why chefs and bartenders from top Phoenix restaurants are going solo with pop-ups

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Andi Berlin | Arizona Republic Troy Warren for PhoenixNewsAndTalk.Com A man in a shark costume is moonwalking in front of a barking dog. It's industry night at the Golden Pineapple in Tempe and the "Beach Boys" pop-up event, organized by Sink or Swim, feels more like a concert than a dinner. The bar is packed when I arrive. People are throwing beach balls. There's an unmanned merch table at the front door filled with stickers, homemade hot sauces, tortillas and $20 T-shirts. There's also a photo of the organizers, two mixologists who've stood behind some of Phoenix's top bars, posing with bartender friends in silly shark hats and Hawaiian leis. I recognize…

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28

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Chandler: ABC15 journalist hospitalized after multi-vehicle crash involving Chandler police shooting

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Perry Vandell | Arizona Republic Troy Warren for ChandlerNewsAndTalk.Com A journalist with ABC15 and his wife were hospitalized after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash caused by a man fleeing Chandler police in an RV on Saturday evening. Police say 32-year-old Arnold Serrano fled from officers who were responding to a trespassing call around 8 p.m. before plowing into five other vehicles at the intersection of Frye and Dobson roads. Andy Ramirez and his wife, Norma, suffered serious injuries, according to a GoFundMe for them. Anita Helt, the station's vice president and general manager, told The Arizona Republic on Tuesday that…

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28

2021

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Atlanta: Why do we need to mask up now?

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By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com CDC now calls for indoor masks even among vaccinated in certain areas The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the delta variant of the coronavirus is fueling infection surges. So, what is the difference between this week and a few weeks ago, when no mask recommendations were in place? The CDC’s new mask policy does not recommend all vaccinated people again begin wearing masks indoors, only those vaccinated living in “an…

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27

2021

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Fort Lauderdale: Death from 1985 shaken baby case leads to murder charge

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for FortLauderdaleNewsAndTalk.Com FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Babysitter Terry McKirchy got a light sentence 36 years ago after pleading no contest to attempted murder for shaking 5-month-old Benjamin Dowling so severely that he suffered permanent brain damage — weekends in jail for three months and three years probation. But now McKirchy is facing a possible life sentence after a Florida medical examiner says Dowling succumbed to those injuries when he died in 2019 at the age of 35 after a life with severe mental and physical disabilities. A Broward County grand jury recently indicted McKirchy, 59,…

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