Category: woman

US Deports Woman Who Lied About Role in Rwandan Genocide

CONCORD, N.H. —A woman who served a 10-year sentence in U.S. prison for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to obtain American citizenship, and then lost her bid for a new trial, has been deported to the East African nation and is likely to face prosecution there. Beatrice Munyenyezi, who a U.S….


Tip From Portland Police Informant Leads to Arson Charges Against Alleged Antifa Rioter

A tip from a Portland Police informant led to arson charges against a woman for allegedly setting fire to a Portland Police union building, according to court papers. “The informant observed the defendant pour a flammable liquid on the building from three plastic bottles which the informant described as having labels which were either blacked…


Woman, 23, Who Was Born Premature and With Disabilities Knits Hats to Help Those Like Her

A 23-year-old woman from Arizona has knitted over 100 hats for premature kids, offering them warmth and comfort. The initiative happens to be close to her heart because she was born prematurely. “We have to help them,” Ashley McKendrick, a Gilbert resident, told The Arizona Republic of her project—as she knows first hand that these kids…


Remains Found in Park Believed to Be Missing Chinese Woman

COLUMBIA, Mo.—Missouri authorities say they believe that human remains first spotted by someone out walking in a state park Thursday afternoon are the body of a Chinese woman who has been missing since October 2019. The skeletal remains, some clothing, a driver’s license and some credit cards with Mengqi Ji Elledge’s name on them were…


Guatemala Woman, 23, Among 13 Killed in California Crash

EL CENTRO, Calif.—One of the 13 people killed when the SUV smuggling them into California hit a tractor-trailer was a 23-year-old woman who was fleeing violence in Guatemala for the hope of a better life, family members said. Yesenia Magali Melendrez Cardona had told her father she wanted to follow in his footsteps and go…


USPS Worker Saves Elderly Woman’s Life After Noticing 3 Days’ Worth of Uncollected Mail

Noticing that an elderly woman on her delivery route hadn’t collected her mail for three days, a USPS worker grew increasingly concerned. However, the phone call she made next has been credited with saving the senior citizen’s life. Shonda Lemon, 34, has worked as a USPS mail carrier in Chicago, Illinois, for eight years. She…


Peers to Press UK Government to Replace ‘Person’ With ‘Woman’ in Proposed Maternity Bill

Peers are preparing to press the UK government to replace the word “person” with the word “woman” in a proposed Maternity Bill, The Telegraph reported on Monday. Lord Hunt of Kings Heath is in talks with fellow House of Lords peers and will be urging the government to revise the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances…


Woman With Spinal Cord Injury and One Ovary Celebrates Getting Pregnant for the First Time

A woman had complications at birth causing a spinal cord injury that forever weakened the left side of her body. As she has been wheelchair-bound throughout her life, she thought she may never have a baby of her own. However, falling pregnant at the age of 30 was an unexpected joy, sending Alyssa Higgins, from Rockland County, New…


Lone Woman on Train Approached by Strange Man Gets AirDrop Text ‘U Good?’ From 2 Teens

A UK woman has been sharing words of gratitude on Twitter after two teenage boys, whom she didn’t know at the time, helped her out of a dicey situation that occurred during a public train ride. Mary McLennan, 21, had just boarded a train alone at Manchester Piccadilly station in the north of England when…


420lb Woman Who Wouldn’t Go Out to Eat Without Googling the Chair Size Loses Over 140lb

A young woman who weighed nearly 420 pounds (approx. 191 kg) and wouldn’t eat out at restaurants without researching the size of the chairs now looks unrecognizable after shedding more than 140 pounds (approx. 64 kg). Freya Symons, 29, from Andover, Hampshire, England, decided to ditch her unhealthy lifestyle in April 2019. Given her weight,…