DeKalb County, GA: Family Honors Local Teacher Who Died Saving 10-Year-Old Girl From Myrtle Beach Rip Current

DeKalb County, GA: Family Honors Local Teacher Who Died Saving 10-Year-Old Girl From Myrtle Beach Rip Current

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A North Carolina family says they owe their lives to a DeKalb County school teacher who drowned while pulling their 10-year-old girl out of a dangerous rip current at Myrtle Beach. Ernest McCallum was packing up to leave the beach on Aug. 7 when something caught his eye — his niece, … Read more

Southwest Philadelphia: Off-Duty Officer Dies After Shooting Outside 73rd Street Lounge

Southwest Philadelphia: Off-Duty Officer Dies After Shooting Outside 73rd Street Lounge

An off-duty Philadelphia police officer is dead after he and another man were shot outside a lounge in Southwest Philadelphia early Sunday morning. Investigators say the gunfire broke out near 73rd Street and Elmwood Avenue just before 4 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. The officer, 29-year-old Alhassane Barry, was hit multiple times along with … Read more