Caribbean Fever's Blog – December 2019 Archive (126)

• Travis Fieldgrove, 40, pleaded no contest on Wednesday to attempted incest for having sex with his 21-year-old daughter Samantha Kershner in Nebraska 
• Prosecutors had reduced the charge from incest in return for Fieldgrove's plea
• Police said the father and daughter both admitted to having a romantic and sexual relationship - even though…

• Police divers were called to Club La Costa World near Fuengirola this afternoon
• It is believed nine-year-old girl got into difficulty in the resort swimming pool 
• Her father, 52, and her older brother, 16 then jumped in and all three…

• Rudolph Jericho Smith, of Federick, will serve nine of those years behind bars 
• The rest of his sentence was suspended, Frederick County officials said Friday
• Smith entered an Alford plea to three counts of second degree assault and…

• The influencer, from Philadelphia, says his assets were taken in a raid last month 
• His mansion in Woolwich Township, New Jersey and other homes were…

Several schools in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region have been temporarily shuttered after the deaths of at least 20 boys in top-secret circumcision ceremonies.

The government’s religious and cultural commission also is calling for the arrests of those responsible,…

At least two people began shooting at a house party in Chicago in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to police, who say that 13 people were…

• Bipartisan legislation was supported by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
• It was attached to a package of must-pass spending bills signed by Trump Friday 
• It gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration six…

The United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has told the Human Rights Council that Venezuela’s poorest citizens are facing ongoing misery, as they live with hyperinflation.

Today, their minimum wage “only covers 3.5 percent of the basic food basket”, she added, amid “failures in public service” including life-saving healthcare for children.…

• The brother of NFL backup quarterback C.J. Beathard was fatally stabbed, along with another man outside a Nashville bar around 3am on Saturday 
• Clayton Beathard, 22, was stabbed along…

• The concept is that serving in the Army instils greater confidence than ‘likes’ 
• This message will be underlined with a mock-up of Kim Kardashian's bottom
• The ‘Belonging 2020: Army Confidence’ campaign will be unveiled next…

A pileup involving more than 60 cars on a major interstate in Virginia on Sunday morning injured dozens of people, some critically, according to state police.

The accident happened just before 8 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 64 in York County and for a time shut down traffic in both directions, Virginia State Police Sgt. Michelle Anaya said in a…

Meek Mill attends the 4th Annual TIDAL X: At Barclays Center of Brooklyn on October 23, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for TIDAL)

Rapper Meek Mill is speaking out against predatory practices in the music and rap industry, saying in a tweet sent overnight Thursday that he wants to work against unfair contracts.

“What about major companies taking kids from the ghetto…

• The incident took place in Woodbridge, New Jersey, Friday at about 11.50pm
• The Nissan Altima was said to have slammed into the rear end of a tractor trailer
• Driver Brianna Martinez, 23, was taken to the hospital where she later…

President Paula Mae Weekes is set to deliver an early Christmas gift for people in Trinidad and Tobago who’ve been waiting to legally smoke marijuana at home, and those in jail for possession of small quantities of the herb.

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley disclosed yesterday that on Monday, December 23, just two days before Christmas, the President will proclaim the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act,…