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Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Murders Brother
A fifteen-year-old girl in White Springs, Florida shot her sixteen-year-old brother to death. She suffered years of abuse, including being locked in a room for weeks at a time with only a blanket and a bucket to relieve herself in, according to police reports and interviews. On Monday, the fifteen-year-old girl was locked in her […]
Twelve Killed in Charlie Hebdo Massacre
January 15, 2015 by thetigertimes
On 6 January 2015, the French Satirical Magazine, Charlie Hebdo, was attacked. At about 11:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m. EST), two armed men arrived at the Charlie Hebdo office. They made their way to the newspaper’s office and opened fire, killing eleven. At the time, the staff were in a meeting and all together. The gunmen […]
Miss Honduras Missing
December 3, 2014 by thetigertimes7
On 16 November 2014, two teenage girls went missing from Tegucigalpa. Maria Jose Alverado was one of the teenage girls. She had won Miss Honduras 2014. Maria’s sister, Sofia, was also reported missing on the same date. Neither of the girls have been seen or heard from since 13 November after attending Plutaraco Ruiz, Sofia’s […]
Frein Finally Found
November 24, 2014 by thetigertimes7
Eric Frein, the man who shot and killed Corporal Byron K. Dickinson II and seriously wounded Trooper Alex T. Douglass in an armed ambush in the Blooming Grove Barracks has finally been caught. Eric Frein was on the run for forty-eight days hiding in the Pocono Mountains. The thirty-one-year-old was a survival expert who was armed and dangerous. […]
Controversy Surrounds California Cops Executing Dog
November 3, 2014 by thetigertimes6
What would you do if you saw your best friend murdered in cold-blood right in front of you? A fifty-two-year-old man by the name of Leon Cordell Rosby experienced this firsthand. On 30 June 2013, Rosby was out walking his dog near 137th Street and Jefferson Avenue in Hawthorne, CA, and witnessed a S.W.A.T. team […]
Why Do School Shootings Happen?
June 20, 2014 by thetigertimes6
Why do people commit mass shootings? We might never know for sure, but there are some psychological signs that students and faculty can pick up on. Studies say that a lot of school shootings are motivated by either envy or revenge. This is why they are taken place at a school or a work environment, because […]
Seven Dead after Shooting Rampage in California
June 11, 2014 by thetigertimes6
A gunman in Santa Barbara, California, went on a rampage on Friday, 23 May, killing seven people and eventually himself near the University of California. Six of the victims were students at the University. Police found a disturbing video rant that was posted on YouTube right before he stabbed three people to death, which stated […]
Murrysville School Recovers from Student Violence
May 8, 2014 by thetigertimes6
On Wednesday, 9 April, a total of 24 people were left injured in a school in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, located fifteen miles east of Pittsburgh. Alex Hribal, a 16-year-old boy, began stabbing students and security guards at Franklin Regional Senior High School. Twenty-one students and one security guard were stabbed as Hribal used two 8-10 inch long knives […]
U.S. Marshals Protecting Witnesses Nationwide
May 6, 2014 by thetigertimes6
According to usmarshals.gov, the U.S. Marshals Service does a number of things. The U.S. Marshals Service helps provide safety, security, and medical expenses for any government witnesses, or their immediate family, who are in danger due to their testimony against organized crime members, drug traffickers, terrorists and any other major criminals. This program, which originally […]
A Year Since Sandy Hook
May 5, 2014 by thetigertimes6
It is impossible to forget the devastating news at Sandy Hook Elementary school on 14 December 2012. Adam Lanza killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, just moments before going to the school in Newtown, Connecticut, where he shot twenty students, aged six to seven, and six adults. Lanza was armed with a Bushmaster AR-15, a Glock, and […]
Baby Charged With Murder in Pakistan
May 1, 2014 by thetigertimes6
Shocking news has emerged from Pakistan: a 9-month-old baby has been charged with murder. This is no joke: a baby charged with murder. On 1 February, police went to the little boy’s home to get an unpaid gas bill from the parents. A little scuffle started between the family and the police. The father, a […]
Missing Girl Case Re-opened
November 20, 2013 by thetigertimes6
In May of 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann went missing from Praia da Luz in the Algarve, Portugal. This case was just reopened recently by Portuguese police. “It is horrible. I’m glad they re-opened it,” assistant teacher Kyle Yasembousky said. On Thursday, 3 May 2007, at 8:30pm, Kate and Gerry McCann, Madeleine’s parents, left their apartment […]
Tragedy Strikes Nevada
November 13, 2013 by thetigertimes
Monday, 21 October 21, 2013, was a scary day for Spark Nevada Middle School. A thirteen-year-old student opened up with a 9mm pistol on students and teachers. He most likely took the gun from his parents. His motives are currently unknown and being investigated by the police. “I don’t think he was being bullied at […]
Gun Control Resurfaces in Washington
October 31, 2013 by thetigertimes6
With the recent shooting at the Naval Yard in the District of Columbia, which resulted in the death of twelve people, America turned again to what our current president, Barrack Obama, had proposed: a ban on many assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, and background checks required for weapons. Also, ammunition prices would be double, and there […]
Boston Bomber Suspects In Government Custody
June 20, 2013 by thetigertimes
On Monday, 15 April, the peace of Boston was shattered when a bomb tore through countless runners, spectators, and civilians. Though at first law enforcement didn’t have many leads, it did not take them long to get on the case. Soon surveillance videos revealed the two lead suspects to be brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. As soon as they […]
Boston Marathon Bombings Break Hearts Nationwide
April 26, 2013 by thetigertimes
Every year, thousands of dedicated runners take the trip to Massachusetts to run the Boston Marathon on Patriot’s day. In fact, it’s the oldest annual city marathon in the world. Many spectators moved about frantically to find a spot to watch loved ones and friends cross the finish line, but none of them were prepared […]
Sandy Hook Tragedy Troubles a Nation
January 28, 2013 by thetigertimes
On the morning of Friday, 14 December, classes were underway like any other day. At approximately 9:35 a.m., just five minutes past the routine locking of the doors, dispatchers at the local police station began getting numerous calls of an armed gunman on the premises of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. “Sandy Hook […]
Real-Life Crimes Signal Dawn of Zombie Apocalypse
June 14, 2012 by thetigertimes
Stock up on rations, ammunition, and guns; find a safe house too: The zombies are coming! On 29 May, A Florida man was fatally shot after he was found eating another living man’s face in the middle of the day while he was nude. Police shot the man, ordering him off the other man. The […]
New Information Surfaces in Sandusky Case
May 18, 2012 by thetigertimes1
For the last six months, more and more information has come out about the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. According to a document with new details on the case filed in early March, Sandusky is said to have sexually abused boys who were between the ages of eight and seventeen, including a member of his […]
Trayvon Martin Murder Stirs Controversy
May 2, 2012 by thetigertimes4
The shooting of Trayvon Martin in February caused controversy and discussion over the last few months. Martin, a seventeen-year-old African American boy, was killed by George Zimmerman, a man who was a member of his community’s neighborhood watch program. Zimmerman defended his crime by accusing Martin of attacking him before he was shot, which is […]
Chardon High School Shooting Affects More than Victims
March 23, 2012 by thetigertimes4
On Monday, 27 February, at about 7:30 a.m., bullets sprayed inside the cafeteria of Chardon High School on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio. When the gunfire ended, one student was dead and several others were severely injured. Two students injured in the shooting died on Wednesday in the hospital. The shooter, T.J. Lane, a 17-year-old […]
Norwegian Shooter Breivik Pleads Insanity
January 5, 2012 by thetigertimes1
The twenty-second of July, 2011, is a date that will live on in infamy forever as the date Anders Behring Breivik bombed the government buildings in Oslo, Norway, and proceeded to go to the island of Utaya and began to indiscriminately shoot members of a camp run by Norway’s Worker’s Youth League, killing 76 people, most of […]
Bath Salts to be Banned in Berks
June 7, 2011 by thetigertimes1
Prosecutors and the Berks County District Attorney have recently been trying to ban designer drugs here in Berks County. Some of these designer drugs would include synthetic marijuana and bath salts that can be sold over the counter to someone of the legal age of 18. Designer drugs have been around for several years, but, in […]
Four Assaulted at Kutztown University
May 16, 2011 by thetigertimes
Berks County police along with Kutztown University officials are investigating two alleged rapes as well as two alleged attempts of sexual assault that occurred between March 26th and April 10th on the campus of Kutztown University. The first rape supposedly occurred March 26th between 9:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. This incident was not reported until […]
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January 21, 2015 by thetigertimes6
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