Florida firefighter kills new wife in murder-suicide after ominous Facebook post
A troubled Florida firefighter killed his wife in a murder-suicide just weeks after she posted on Facebook that her husband’s grueling work schedule had reached its limits. Lt. Shawn Yarbrough of the St. Johns County Fire Rescue Department opened fire on his wife, Andrea Yarbrough, 34, at their home in St. Augustine, northeast Florida. According […]
Utah father Olin Johnson allegedly killed wife Kerilyn in murder-suicide after chilling Facebook post: police
A Utah man and his wife were found dead Thursday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide, days after the man reflected on being a “horrible person” in his final shocking social media post. Orrin Johnson, 57, is accused of shooting and killing Kerilynn Johnson, 52, then turning the gun on himself inside their $1.34 million home […]
Telegraph editor Robert Winnett won’t be joining Washington Post
Robert Winnett, deputy editor of the British newspaper The Telegraph, will not join The Washington Post as editor-in-chief. “We are pleased that Rob Winnett has decided to stay with us. As we all know, he is a talented guy and their loss is our gain,” The Telegraph’s editor-in-chief Chris Evans said in an email to […]
Post Office accidentally leaks names and addresses of wrongfully convicted operators | Post Office Horizon scandal
The UK Post office has launched an “urgent” investigation and notified the UK’s data watchdog after the names and addresses of hundreds of post office operators were mistakenly published on its website. The state-run agency made public the personal details of 555 people who sued the post office in a case filed in the high […]
A tale of two states: Arizona and Florida diverge on expanding kids' health insurance – The Washington Post
Arizona and Florida, which have among the nation’s highest rates of uninsured children, set goals last year to expand their safety nets to provide health insurance to people under the age of 18. But the two companies’ plans to expand coverage highlight key ideological differences over the government’s role in subsidizing children’s health insurance: how […]
Jeff Bezos sends Washington Post staffers unwelcome message after they complain about their white male leaders
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has no intention of succumbing to the angry mob in his newsroom. At a staff meeting held after Sally Buzbee abruptly resigned as editor-in-chief of The Washington Post earlier this month, CEO and Publisher Will Lewis told disgruntled staff that the paper needed to embrace a new vision and a […]
Pastor Robert Morris Resigns Post Board of Elders Announcement
Pastor Robert Morris Gateway Church’s senior pastor, Robert Morris, has resigned after the presbytery announced it had hired a law firm to investigate allegations that he sexually abused a girl more than 30 years ago, when she was 12. “Today, June 18, the presbytery of Gateway Church accepted the resignation of senior pastor Robert Morris. […]
Bezos backs new Washington Post editor in wake of staff backlash
Jeff Bezos is standing by The Washington Post amid growing internal backlash over the hiring of two people: its new CEO and his choice of editor-in-chief. Bezos, the billionaire tech mogul who has owned The Washington Post since 2013, expressed his support for CEO Will Lewis and his strategy to lead the paper into the […]
Chuck Schumer roasted over meltdown regarding burger blunder causing him to delete cheesy Father’s Day post after being lit up
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) posted a social media post on Father’s Day that was so pandering and cheesy that he was forced to delete it after social media commenters pointed out the flaws in his half-baked idea. Schumer made a rare attempt to be a normal American by posting a photo of herself […]
Employee Fired from News Station Over ‘Straight Pride’ Social Media Post
An employee at an Ohio news station has been fired for making a post that advocated celebrating “straight pride” during LGBTQ Pride Month. Madonna Chism Pinkard, who served as community relations director for WFMJ-TV, has been fired from her position at the news station after sharing “unauthorized posts” last week, the news station announced on […]