How did Jackson’s water system get so complex that it led to disaster in Mississippi? Is fentanyl really showing up in Halloween candy? And the “world’s dirtiest man” has died.
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But first: All Micheal McGuire knew was that he had to drive 30 minutes Saturday evening to get from his job at a coal mine to the annual Kentucky basketball Blue-White scrimmage with his son. He didn’t expect his picture to go viral days later.
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Man found guilty of killing 6 with SUV at Christmas parade
Darrell Brooks Jr. was found guilty on dozens of criminal charges Wednesday after a jury found him responsible for plowing an SUV through a 2021 Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, wrapping up a trial in which he defended himself with bizarre legal theories and erratic outbursts. Six people died and at least another 61 others were injured when Brooks drove through the parade on Nov. 21, 2021. A jury found him guilty of all 76 charges brought against him in the attack, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide, which carry mandatory life prison terms.
👉 ‘Brooks left behind carnage and chaos’: Waukesha Christmas parade trial opening statements.
Jackson water crisis was a century in the making
Jackson, Mississippi’s, water system continues to teeter on the brink of failure after this summer’s crisis…
