Woman confessed to have shot and killed her two daughters

the mother (left)who admitted to have shot and killed her two daughters

 An East Texas mother is facing capital murder charges after confessng to killing her 5- and 7-year-old daughters overnight.  

Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said 29-year-old Sarah Nicole Henderson is being held in the county jail. Her bond has not yet been set.

There were calls to family's home Wednesday night near the town of Payne Springs. The first call went to EMS about a suicidal woman. A deputy went to the home around 11:30 p.m. to investigate but did not find any cause for alarm. Three hours later around 2:30 a.m., the sheriff says Sarah’s husband, Jake Henderson, called 911 saying she had shot and killed the two children inside their rural Henderson County home. Report said

Hit and run driver killed a Nigerian mother in USA

late mrs. charity orji who was killed by a hit and run driver

 Authorities are still searching for the driver who killed 54-year-old Charity Orji near Forest Lane near Plano Road in Texas, USA. According to reports from nypost.com, The mother of six had reportedly been walking home with her family including her 18-year-old daughter after attending a wedding, before the driver 'came out from nowhere', hitting her and another 63-year-old man. Orji was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries.

Great-Grandmother Goes Skydiving for Her 94th Birthday

 

Great-Grandmother Goes Skydiving for Her 94th Birthday: 'I Would Do It Again' All three of them did tandem jumps with instructors 

Eila Campbell, of Williamsport, took the 10,000-foot plunge on Sunday.

“It was great, I loved it," Campbell told APTN. "I would do it again. Everyone thinks I’m a little nuts anyway."

Woman who went to school for cosmetology has give 1,300 haircuts to the homeless in different states

 

Woman  who went to school for cosmetology, said she decided to make a  Facebook post in 2016 to see if others would help if she decided to give haircuts to the homeless herself. 

“When I woke up and checked the post, many people had volunteered to help and given ideas about how I could make it come together,” Ruehmer told InsideEdition.com. “I felt like God was calling me to do it so I said I’ll do this if you show me how.”

Ruehmer decided to host her first event to give out free haircuts in Aiken, South Carolina in February 2016. She had several volunteers and hairstylists participate, she said. 

Trial of woman charged with fatally beating her 3-year-old son begins

 

A 28 year old woman faces multiple counts of first-degree murder and cruelty to children in the 2014 fatal beating. At the time, Lyles, her three children and her boyfriend lived in a Southeast Washington apartment.

Lyles has continued to assert that she did not hurt his 3 year old son Xavier and that he was injured while in the care of her boyfriend. 

In a court filing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Cynthia Wright wrote that on June 23, a day before Xavier was killed, neighbors saw the boy playing with his two cousins and sister. At around 5 p.m., prosecutors say Xavier went into the apartment to take a nap. A few hours later, neighbors told prosecutors they heard Xavier inside playing. 

Childhood friends die on same day, half a mile apart

 Lisa Manning was at the gym when she got the call from her husband. "He said, 'Oh my God, oh my God, call 911.' I didn't ask any questions. I knew."

Less than an hour later, at 6:53 a.m., another phone call was placed to 911.

Half a mile down the road, 18-year-old Joseph Abraham was found slumped on the floor by his parents, Dave and Kathi Abraham. He had no pulse.

"As soon as I saw him, I knew and I just ran and I just started holding him and I could tell he was cold," said Kathi Abraham.

"Dave was on the phone to 911 and I said, 'It's too late. We can't fix this,'" she added, as tears welled in her eyes.

Childhood friends

 

Dustin Manning and Joseph Abraham were childhood friends. They played on the same Little League team. For two years, Joseph's father coached them.

But in middle school, both began to dabble in drugs.

The Abrahams believe their son had his first dose of opioids when he had his wisdom teeth removed. He was prescribed the drugs again when he broke his ankle -- and later, his hand -- playing sports.

"When you're given a prescription from a doctor, we often just trust that," Kathi Abraham said.

She believes Joseph turned to drugs after dealing with two major tragedies at a young age.

"He lost two of his really good friends in eighth grade -- one to cancer and one to a drowning. He really had a hard time. He struggled with that," she said.

At the age of 12, Dustin told his parents he felt like he was suffering depression. He soon started drinking beer and taking drugs.

"He told us the drugs are what gave him 'the out' and made him feel good," Lisa Manning said.

Both parents sought help from treatment centers, not once, but time and time again. Lisa Manning even began working at one of the centers to keep an eye on her son and better understand addiction.

But Dave Abraham says the treatments weren't enough to fight his son's battle.

"Once they take (opioids), there's a switch in their brain that gets flipped on -- and to get that switched flipped back could take up to five years, and most treatments are 35 days and they're back out," he said.

According to both sets of parents, Dustin and Joe hadn't been in touch in recent years, yet it appears they may have bought the drug that killed them from the same dealer. According to police records, some of the pill wrappings were almost identical.

There were fears in the community that other kids may have bought the same drugs.

Walking through her son's bedroom, Lisa Manning pointed at a US flag on the wall. "This flag was a symbolic thing for him. He always wanted to go in the service. He always wanted to be a Marine. He would have made a great Marine," she said, breathing a deep sigh.

"Joe was a sensitive young man, he was funny, he had a big heart", Kathi Abraham recalled. "He loved to fish, he loved to be outside and hike. He could have done anything he wanted. He was very smart, in advanced classes."

Dave Abraham added: "He could watch a video on YouTube and go and play it on the piano. ... Most dads teach their kids how to fish. Joe taught me how to fish."

Hopes for their children's futures were dashed in an instant.

"This happened within 18 houses of each other to two young men on the same morning. The community was in total shock," said Kathi Abraham.

President Trump has declared opioid addiction a public health emergency, which officials say will allow the federal government to waive some regulations and give states more flexibility in how they use federal funds. It does not provide any additional funding to deal with the crisis.

Like many critics, the Manning and Abraham families say it doesn't go far enough.

"This is a just a step, a small step," said Greg Manning.

"The problem with treatment right now is there is a very low percentage of success. The longer they stay in treatment, that success rate goes up," said Dave Abraham.

They also want tougher punishment for dealers.

"These drugs are killing people and there's a lot of drug dealers around," Kathi Abraham said.

"To me it's poison or murder -- anyone who sells fentanyl should have a life sentence," her husband added.

South African soldier attempts suicide after shooting his girlfriend dead

 

A South African soldier based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo attempted to commit suicide after shooting his colleague girlfriend dead on Friday evening‚ October 27, said the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

 The girlfriend identified as Private Nomathemba Ngeleka, also a member of the SANDF based in the eastern DRC‚ died on arrival at a hospital in Goma. 

“The man is in a critical condition in hospital in Goma. The motive behind the shooting is not yet known‚” said SANDF spokesman Brigadier-General Mafi Mgobozi.

Amal Clooney and Cindy Crawford Embrace Disco Fever with their Halloween Costumes

 

On Friday, at the Casamigos Halloween Party in West Hollywood, Amal Clooney and Cindy Crawford — whose husbands George Clooney and Rande Gerber co-founded the tequila company in 2013 — dressed up like disco divas.

Amal, 39, wore a turquoise glittery strapless corset with coordinating flared sequin pants, which she accessorized with a teased out hair, round glasses and large gold hoop earrings. Meanwhile Crawford, 51, took a more subdued approach, wearing a two-tone pleated dress, corkscrew curls, and a white stole.

Nigeria: NAPTIP visit shrines in Nigeria where human trafficking victims are taken for oath-taking

 

NAPTIP, Benin Zonal Command have enlisted the support of chief priests in Ayelala shrines, Edo State Nigeria, in order to combat the crime.

"It is no secret that one of the control mechanisms employed by traffickers over their victims is the use of voodoo and oath-taking, usually at Ayelala shrines in Edo State. This voodoo is meant to instill fear into them and keep them loyal at all costs," the command said on NAPTIP official Facebook page.

Selena Gomez's family said they will not accept Selena Gomez back for hanging with Justin Bieber

 

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber who broke up years ago are now in regular contact, and her family members are far from happy about it.

A member of Selena's family disclosed to TMZ that many of them have never forgiven Justin for what they claim was extremely bad conduct during their long on-again-off-again relationship.

American Woman Marries African Prince She Met in D.C. Bar

 

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When Ariana Austin, 33, met lawyer Joel Makonnen, 35, at the Pearl nightclub in Washington, D.C., she had no idea that a fairy tale was about to unfold.

“I said: ‘You guys look like an ad for Bombay Sapphire’,” Makonnen told The New York Times about his opening line to Austin when they met on the dance floor at the club in December 2005.

“Not even five minutes later I said: ‘You’re going to be my girlfriend.’ ”

Hitting it off immediately, the couple started dating and as things started getting more serious, Makonnen hit her with the truth: He was, in fact, Prince Joel Makonnen, grandson of the last Emperor of Ethiopia and a direct descendent of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. (The 1988 comedy Coming to America starred Eddie Murphy as an African prince who poses as a commoner and falls in love with an American woman.)