Two people were arrested in Colorado after the remains of two young children were found in a container and a suitcase, according to authorities.
An investigation began on Jan. 20 into the whereabouts of Yesenia Dominguez and Jesus Dominguez Jr., who the Pueblo Police Department said in a press release had not been seen since the summer of 2018. Yesenia was believed to be 9 years old and her brother, Jesus, was believed to be 10.
Yesenia’s remains were found inside a metal container in a storage unit on Jan. 22. The container was “filled with hardened concrete and looked suspicious,” according to police, who were responding to a report of suspicious activity in the area.
Her identity was confirmed using DNA on Feb. 15, a week after Jesus’ remains were found in a suitcase in the trunk of a vehicle at a local scrapyard.
The vehicle belonged to Corena Minjarez, who police identified as a person of interest in the case, along with Jesus Dominguez.
Arrest warrants for 1st-degree murder and abuse of a corpse were obtained for Minjarez, 36, and Jesus, 35, per police, and Jesus had an additional charge: theft of government benefits, as well.
Minjarez was arrested on Friday by police, but authorities were “unable to locate” Jesus at the time, the Pueblo Police Department said. She is being held at the Pueblo County Detention Center with a bond of $2 million.
Jesus was arrested, according to a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) from police.
A 55-year-old Miami woman was killed at the morning when the vehicle she was travelling in allegedly struck a log truck on U.S. 27 in Glades County.
According to the report issued by the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at approximately 6:21 a.m. on U.S. 27/Woodward Road.
A 60-year-old Miami man was driving an SUV headed south on U.S. 27 in the outside lane just south of Woodward Road.
A 38-year-old LeHigh Acres man was driving a log truck, also headed south in the outside lane. This vehicle was driving ahead of the SUV at a slow speed.
The driver of the SUV reportedly failed to slow as he approached the log truck and collided with the rear of the trailer.
His passenger was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver sustained serious injuries.
The driver of the log truck, as well as his 70-year-old male passenger were uninjured.
The federal government is donating more than 800 drones to help the war effort in Ukraine, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced today.
The SkyRanger R70 drones are made in Waterloo, Ont., and can carry cargo weighing up to 3.5 kilograms. The drones can be coupled with surveillance cameras to carry out reconnaissance missions, Blair said .
“These drones are going to help Ukraine’s front line troops assess targets and threats quickly with accuracy and effectiveness,” Blair said during a press conference in Toronto.
The cost of the drones — roughly $95 million — comes from the $500-million military aid package announced by the government in June. Blair said the drones are expected to be delivered to Ukraine by the spring.
This coming week will mark two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
Canada’s announcement comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Western allies to provide his country with more military assistance, especially long-range munitions.
Zelenskyy said Monday in a social media post that Russia is taking advantage of delays in military aid.
“The situation on the front line is extremely difficult in several areas, particularly where Russian forces have concentrated the majority of their reserves,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“We are working with partners to resume and continue assistance while also increasing the strength of our own domestic defence industry.”
Blair was asked Monday if Canada could provide more weapons — specifically artillery shells and air-defence systems.
The minister said Ottawa has provided Ukraine with artillery shells from Canada’s own stockpile. He added that the government is looking at ways for Canada to increase domestic production of munitions, though he cautioned that would “take time.”
He also said that the promise of $406 million worth of surface-to-air missile defence systems, known by the acronym NASAMS, has been caught up in the U.S. legislative quagmire over aid to Ukraine.
Democrats in the U.S. Congress have sought to pass legislation that would provide billions in aid to Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel, as well as implement new measures on immigration. But Republicans have blocked the legislation, arguing it does not contain strict enough provisions around the U.S. border.
Blair said Monday that Canada had agreed to buy NASAMS for Ukraine along with the U.S., but that the purchase won’t go through until the military aid is approved by Congress.
“We are pushing as hard as we can to get those systems delivered. The Americans themselves have run into political process challenges that they’re working through, but that doesn’t take away the urgency,” Blair said.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s military chief, said over the weekend that he’s withdrawing troops from Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, where they’ve battled a Russian assault for four months.
Capturing the eastern city is seen as key to Moscow’s aim of securing the Donbas region — a key Kremlin goal since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine started.
Ukraine‘s withdrawal from the city of Avdiivka marks the biggest change on the front lines since May when Russian troops captured the city of Bakhmut, also located in the Donbas.
The number of tourists visiting Armenia increased by more than 48 percent compared to last year
in January-September of the current year, 1 million 839 thousand 4 foreign tourists visited Armenia, compared to 1 million 239 thousand 394 people last year.
‘The rise amounted to 48.4%, according to the National Statistical Committee.
The bulk were from Russia (931 thousand 695 people or 50 7% of the total), Georgia (185 thousand 82 people or 10.1%,) and Iran (116 thousand 62 people or 6.3%)
And the number of tourists who came to Armenia in January-March 2023 was about 450 thousand people.
this is more than 35 percent more compared to the same period of 2019.
“About 160,000 tourists visited Armenia in March of this year, compared to 84,000 people last year. This is the best indicator for the month of March.
Russia, Georgia and Iran continue to be the top three countries in terms of the number of visiting tourist,” the message states.
An Alabama mother has been charged with child abuse after she accidentally ran over her 7-year-old son while making him walk home from school as a punishment, according to the Boaz Police Department.
Police said the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. when Sarai Rachel James, 27, picked up her son from school in Boaz, Alabama.
James was told that her son had been sent to the principal’s office because he had gotten in trouble earlier in the day, police said.
As a form of punishment, James stopped her car, not far from school, and made her son get out to walk or run the rest of the way home, a distance of around eight blocks, police said.
While he walked, James drove beside her son for a few blocks, but as she slowed down, the boy tried to grab the door handle of the car, the Miami Herald reported.
According to Boaz Chief of Police Michael Abercrombie, when James accelerated, her son was pulled under the car and ran over with a rear tire.
Investigators told the Miami Herald that they believe the incident was an accident, though Abercrombie said the boy would never have been in that situation if he hadn’t been punished.
“She may not have realized he was doing that,” Abercrombie said. “God watched over him.”
According to police, the boy is in stable condition and was brought to the University of Alabama hospital where he was being treated for abrasions on his back and the side of his head.
James has since been charged with aggravated child abuse and was released on a $50,000 bond three days after being arrested, Marshall County jail records showed.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Boaz Police Department for more information.
YEREVAN, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has blamed the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh for failing to protect the Armenians there.
“Article 9 of the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement doesn’t contain anything on any corridor through Armenia, it’s impossible to find it,” Pashinyan said at a meeting with Armenian community members in Munich, speaking about the Azeri narrative on the so-called Zangezur corridor and the 2020 ceasefire agreement. “There is nothing about some other country controlling any territory of Armenia.
It is about the regional connections. You are aware that we developed and proposed the Crossroads of Peace project in order to fully present our stance. That’s our vision.”
Speaking about dangers, the Armenian PM said that the narrative used by Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev is a signal on present dangers.
“How should we withstand these dangers? First of all this should be managed in our international relations. What’s one of the reasons behind creating the Crossroads of Peace project? Azerbaijan was trying to create an impression as if we don’t want to provide a road to anyone.
What’s being talked about, as if Russia is supposed to control something in our territory, there’s no such thing in article 9, not to mention all the remaining articles of the trilateral statement which were basically torn and thrown away by Azerbaijan and Russia. Referring to article 9 is no longer relevant because both Russia and Azerbaijan have completely violated their obligations under the remaining articles, no Armenians are left in Nagorno-Karabakh today.
And this is also the responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh, the goal of which was supposed to be the protection of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh,” PM Pashinyan said.
A young fan of Taylor Swift was killed in a car accident while she was on the way to the pop star’s concert in Melbourne, Australia.
Mieka Pokarier, 16, her 10-year-old sister Freya and their mother Kim Litchfield had embarked on a 17-hour road trip from the city of Gold Coast to attend the 34-year-old singer’s Eras Tour show when their SUV collided with a semi-trailer on Thursday according to the Australia’s Herald Sun.
Emergency crews responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash around 6 p.m. near Dubbo, New South Wales.
The teenage girl died at the scene and her younger sister, who suffered brain injuries, a broken leg and a damaged pelvis, was flown to Sydney’s Westmead Hospital where she was placed in an induced coma and remains in critical condition, per the outlet.
The girl’s mother suffered minor injuries and received treatment from paramedics before she was taken to Dubbo Hospital. The driver of the semi-trailer was also transported to Dubbo Hospital and is in stable condition, per The Australian.
Mieka and Freya’s godmother Karleigh Fox told the New York Post that the girls were excited about seeing Swift perform and had tickets to her concerts in Melbourne and Sydney.
Fox created a GoFundMe page for the family which has already received over $25,000 donations.
“Last night one of my dearest friends was driving from the Gold Coast to Melbourne with two of her children (my god children) when they were involved in a front on collision with a semi trailer,” she wrote.
Fox continued, “We are heartbroken to have lost one of her children (aged 16) whilst the 10 year old has been lifted to Westmead Hospital in critical condition, fighting for her life with brain injuries, a damaged pelvis and broken leg.”
“The family have all had to cease work to fly down and I’m trying to get a flight to support the Mum as she’s alone in Dubbo until we can get her to Sydney. Funds will be used to function in this challenging time,” she added.
“We are also seeking accomodation which is hard to find in Sydney at the moment due to the Swifty influx of anyone knows anything.
Thank you for your support. This was supposed to be a road trip of a life time with them going to concerts in both Melbourne and Sydney,” Fox concluded.
In later updates, Fox said that she had traveled from Gold Coast to Sydney to support the family. She wrote that Litchfield had flown from Dubbo to Sydney where she was reunited with Freya at the hospital.
“It was very emotional,” she wrote of the reunion. “We are playing her favourite Taylor Swift album ‘1989 Taylor’s Version’ on repeat in her room and telling her about the merch we are seeing people buying on line.”
Fox explained that Freya would remain in a medically-induced coma for a few more days as she recovers.
“We had some thorough chats with the incredible doctors about the potential prognosis and we are not out of the woods yet with risks of swelling in the brain and infection still evident. This could still be life threatening,” she wrote.
Fox also expressed her gratitude to the hospital staff, the family’s supportive network of friends and donors who had contributed to the GoFundMe.
On the night, Swift performed in front of 96,000 fans at her sold-out concert at Melbourne’s Cricket Ground.
The “Blank Space” hitmaker is set for two additional shows at the venue on Feb. 17 and Feb.18. Next weekend, she is scheduled for four back to back shows from Feb. 23 to Feb. 26 at Sydney’s Accor Stadium.
The fatal crash comes three months after a fan died at Swift’s concert amid record heat in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
Ana Clara Benevides Machado was identified as the fan who died during Swift’s November opening Eras tour concert in the South American country. The 23-year-old fainted at the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium and later died.
Swift shared a handwritten note on social media in which she wrote that she was “devastated” to learn of Benevides’ death.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show. I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young.”
“I’m not going to be able to speak about this from stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it. I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil,” Swift added.
The following day, Swift’s second concert in Rio de Janeiro was postponed due to “extreme temperatures.”
Swift met with Benevides’ family at the Nov. 26 “Eras Tour” stop in São Paulo. The singer-songwriter also performed “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” as a surprise song after Benevides’ death. The song features lyrics such as “Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye/You were bigger than the whole sky/You were more than just a short time.”
In December, Rio’s Forensic Medical Institute listed heat exhaustion as the cause of Benevides’ death.
A Virginia firefighter is dead, and eleven others are injured after a home explosion obliterated a residence on the evening.
In a press conference, Loudon County Fire & Rescue Assistant Chief of Operations James Williams said that one firefighter is dead, nine firefighters, and two civilians are injured after the explosion “totally devastated” a home in northern Virginia.
Authorities said that at the time of the deadly explosion, firefighters were inside the home.
The Sterling Volunteer Fire Company posted on X that crews responded to reports of a gas leak that turned into a “structural fire” at the residence at 7:40 p.m. on Friday evening.
“Soon after arrival, the house did explode,” Williams said.
Williams said that the nine firefighters and two civilians were transported to local hospitals.
He said that some had serious injuries.
Officials did not identify the firefighter killed in the blaze during the press conference but did say that the community was deeply affected by the incident.
“It’s a huge physical and emotional toll on everyone associated with the fire department. Obviously, the people who are trapped, the rescuers that are going in to try to pull them out, the incident commander,” Williams said.
Residents said that they heard an “enormous boom” that “shook” their entire home.
“Enormous boom shook the whole house just now. Ran upstairs, outside with flashlights and all the neighbors were doing the same,” one Sterling resident told FOX 5. “Apparently, a house exploded on a street nearby.”
Photos from the scene showed a large law enforcement presence battling a fire among the home’s rubble amid thick plumes of smoke.
According to FOX 5, the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company reported that they are being assisted by Fairfax Fire and Rescue Department and the Ashburn Fire Department.
The Luray Fire Department took to Facebook in support of their fellow firefighters, writing, “Please keep Loudoun County Firefighters in your thoughts and prayers.
