Pre-Viral

A man was arrested for attempting to smuggle a flock of 34 finches past U.S. customs at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sunday, officials said.

A Florida professor who instructed his students to “stomp on Jesus” for a class assignment is running for an elected position.

A Confederate monument located in Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, was vandalized on Monday with red spray paint and the words “They were racists.”

The unnamed boy was bitten while swimming on Father’s Day. He is the third North Carolina shark attack victim this month.

A New Hampshire woman is accused of pushing her dog into a nearby lake and watching it drown, police said.

The FDA has announced that “Pillsbury Best 5-Pound Bread Flour” has been recalled for possible E.coli contamination.

A Florida man is accused of stealing pool floats for sex because he wanted to avoid “raping women,” according to the authorities.

A Texas homeless man received a special makeover from a local hairstylist in time for Father’s Day over the weekend.

A Washington, DC, man is accused of breaking into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s New York campaign office on Saturday evening, police said.

An argument in Washington state between a father and a daughter over installing a baby gate turned fatal, leaving the daughter dead, prosecutors said.

A ten-year-old girl and her mother were found dead inside their New York City apartment Saturday afternoon and a man suffered a bullet wound to his head, police said.

A United Airlines passenger jet skidded off a runway shortly after landing at 1 p.m. at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday, officials said.

Five gang members were convicted in a New York City courtroom Friday for murdering a Bronx teenager nearly a year ago.

About 5,200 people have been quarantined after exposure to mumps and chicken pox in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, according to CNN.

Johnny Peluyera, 16, was murdered in front of his father during a meet-up to sell his Xbox on Wednesday.

Rodney Smith Jr., 29, of Huntsville, Alabama, wrapped up his nationwide yard work tour in Hawaii on Thursday.

One man is dead and three others have been taken to a local hospital in New Jersey after a suspected bout of carbon monoxide poisoning.

A black bear remains on the loose early Wednesday morning in Philadelphia, roaming around the train tracks near a rail line and weaving in and out of the woods.

A Canadian driver was charged with a hefty fine after a police chief caught him tossing a cigarette out the window last Saturday.

A Florida teenager died after he suddenly collapsed during football practice alongside his teammates, police said on Tuesday.

A Texas police officer went above and beyond to serve others last week when he found a young boy by himself in Austin attempting to buy snacks for his younger sibling.

An animal welfare organization rescued nearly 200 dogs from a hoarder in New Jersey on Tuesday, with many animals lacking basic care needs.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law on Monday allowing lemonade stands run by children without a permit for short periods of time.

Longtime political antagonist Rep. Jerry Nadler got a surprise call from President Trump to wish him well during a sudden hospital stay.

A teenage surfer survived a shark attack in North Carolina on Monday afternoon, leaving him with a gruesome shark bite on his foot.

A Philadelphia couple who claimed they became violently ill at a Dominican Republic resort where three Americans died over the weekend said they noticed something was amiss during their stay last year.

Several Democrat New York lawmakers are pushing for increased restrictions on helicopters flying around the city because it is just “too dangerous.”

Ryan Kirkpatrick used his own allowance money to pay his entire third grade class’s outstanding lunch money at West Park Elementary School.

A severe thunderstorm rolled through Dallas Sunday afternoon, bringing a crane down onto the Elan City Lights building.

Twenty-year-old Fabricio Tueros Jimenez was arrested on Monday at a traffic stop with 250 grams of marijuana, 13 Xanax pills, and cocaine on his nose.