A woman in Los Angeles was surprised when she and her daughter ordered a Waymo driverless taxi in the Westlake District and found a man hiding in the backseat.
The video, which has gone viral online with millions of views, shows the woman immediately questioning the man who claims that “the people” put him in the trunk.
Skeptical viewers questioned why the vehicles’ many cameras did not flag the man hiding inside the vehicle.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York will allegedly raise more than $300 million to compensate over 1,300 people who said they suffered sexual abuse as children at the hands of priests and church staff, according to a letter published this week.
The letter, which was published on Monday, Dec. 8, was penned by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York. In it, he said that the archdiocese has made a “series of very difficult financial decisions” to raise funds for the settlement.
Some of these decisions included the sale of various properties, layoffs, and a 10% reduction in their operating budget. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is the second-largest diocese in the U.S. behind the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
At least 14 suspected and confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease allegedly stemming from the same Orlando gym have been reported to the Florida Department of Health, according to local media.
While the Florida Department of Health has not released the name of the gym at the center of the outbreak, local media has identified the location as Crunch Fitness in Ocoee.
Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith told reporters that the gym’s spa was closed due to violations found following a regulatory inspection. The inspection included testing disinfectant levels, temperature and water pH levels, according to local media.
A man in a wheelchair died Thursday morning in Florida City after being hit by a tanker truck, according to reporting from Local 10 News.
The name of the man has not been released, but authorities told reporters that the pedestrian was an elderly man.
The incident happened around 4:37 a.m. when the driver of the tanker truck was headed down North Krome Avenue. The driver allegedly told police that he did not see the man.
A man who was allegedly employed by a local church as a driver is now facing charges after police say he sent sexually explicit messages to a 13-year-old girl he drove to and from church classes.
Elvin Daniel Ortiz Cruz, 23, was charged with promoting sexual performance by a child, electronic transmission harmful to a minor, and soliciting and luring a child to engage in sex, according to reporting from Channel 7 News. Ortiz Cruz was allegedly working as a van driver for the Ministerio Internacional Jesús El Salvador on Northwest 23rd Street. Ortiz Cruz reportedly began transporting the child to and from church classes in 2024 and police believe there may be more victims.
After discovering the messages on her daughter’s phone the girl’s mother reported them to police who began investigating. As a part of the investigation, detectives from the Miami Police Department and the Special Victims and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) units launched an undercover operation and pretended to be the victim, exchanging messages with Ortiz Cruz, according to local media.
A dog that attacked a 7-year-old boy playing with friends in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood has since been euthanized, according to local media.
The incident happened on Tuesday, Nov. 18, around 3:45 p.m. near 1812 Northwest 15th Court. After he was bitten, the boy ran to a neighbor’s home for help where a Good Samaritan cleaned his wound and attempted to stanch the bleeding with gauze while another neighbor called 911.
The boy suffered a minor leg injury in the attack and was taken to Broward Medical Center.
A man has died after a wall at a Coconut Grove home under construction collapsed Monday morning.
The man, police told reporters with WSVN News, was pinned beneath the wall when it collapsed near the 2900 block of Southwest 22nd Avenue.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and no other injuries were reported.
At least two people were rescued Monday, Nov. 3, after their boat caught fire off Hollywood Beach, according to reporters from The Miami Herald.
The 35-foot boat caught fire about four miles from the shore and at least two people were rescued by another boater, fire officials told the newspaper. They were both transferred to U.S. Coast Guard crews.
No injuries were reported in this incident and, as of Tuesday morning, no preliminary cause was released.
At least two people died and two more were injured after two crashes on I-95 on Sunday, Nov. 2, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.
The first crash occurred when a blue Honda was driving south in the Turnpike’s northbound lanes near Bird Road and collided head-on with a silver Toyota, officials with Florida Highway Patrol told reporters. Both drivers died at the scene.
The second crash occurred Sunday morning while the disabled vehicles from the initial collision were blocking the roadway. A trooper working the crash was outside of the agency’s vehicle at the time of the crash but was uninjured, according to The Miami Herald.
Leesfield & Partners recently filed a lawsuit following the gruesome and permanent injury of 11-year-old Catherine Viteri, a camper at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club’s summer camp.
The case is being handled by Partner Justin B. Shapiro and Trial Attorney Eric Shane.
On July 10, 2025, Catherine and children were separated into two groups for swimming and sailing activities that were monitored by three camp counselors. At around 2 p.m., Catherine was taking part in the swimming activity when a 21-year-old counselor was transporting a group of campers to the area, unaware of how many children were on board or already in the water. As a result of the inattentiveness of these counselors, Catherine was run over by the 13-foot Ribocraft motorboat and hit with the propeller. The propeller sliced through her right leg, causing a laceration so severe that it cut to the bone and nearly caused an amputation.
