Akim Powell
Digital Content Producer
Atlanta, GA
Akim Powell is a National Digital Content Producer. He's a Mississippi Gulf Coast native, but he currently resides in Atlanta. He also graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with an emphasis in print.
When he’s not writing stories, he spends his free time watching Lifetimes movies and Real Housewives.
A preschool teacher is dead and multiple others were injured after a multi-car crash outside an elementary school in Texas.
Authorities said 20-year-old Cloe Workman is accused of spitting onto her child’s face and squirting dish soap into the child’s mouth.
A 2-year-old boy in England died after a TV and fireplace fell on top of him while he was dancing to Cocomelon, according to multiple reports.
A pair of porch pirates in New Jersey were caught on video stealing packages from the front of a home and “twerking” for the victim’s Ring doorbell camera.
A homeowners association in Arizona is not spreading a lot of holiday cheer this season.
Two parents in Texas are suing a day care after their 2-year-old daughter allegedly fell into a drain and was trapped inside for nearly an hour before anyone noticed.
A 10-year-old boy in Australia died after becoming trapped inside a car trunk while playing hide and seek, according to multiple reports.
A high school student in Texas was killed by a train while walking to school, according to authorities.
Parents in New York were killed in a fiery Tesla crash leaving behind two of their children just weeks before Christmas.
A woman in Tennessee is accused of selling black market weight loss drugs, according to authorities.
A father in Texas is accused of intentionally setting his home on fire with his three children inside, according to authorities.
Police in Iowa are trying to find out who taped an emaciated bulldog inside a trash bag and abandoned him on the side of the road.
A business owner in Florida was killed trying to stop shoplifters at her beauty supply store.
A couple in Louisiana welcomed quadruplets to the world a few weeks before Christmas.
A home invasion in Philadelphia left a 25-year-old man dead and his mother paralyzed after they were shot multiple times.
A Texas mother of 2 died while she was on a Christmas work trip in Belize, according to the company. Now, her boyfriend is being charged in her death.
Authorities are upset by the public sympathy and attention that Luigi Mangione, the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer, is receiving on social media.
A man in Florida allegedly killed his father and critically injured his mother because he was angry that his dad wanted him to stop playing video games all the time and get a job.
A South Carolina mother is suing Mattel after dolls created for the film “Wicked” mistakenly linked to a porn website on their packaging.
A woman in Missouri is accused of intentionally running over a bank employee who was putting up Christmas lights, according to authorities.
Jay-Z released a statement after being accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy.
Jay-Z, the hip-hop star, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 allegedly along with Sean “Diddy” Combs, according to a lawsuit.
Two parents in Indiana are accused of leaving their 2-year-old in a closet with a space heater overnight until she died with an internal body temperature of over 109 degrees.
A husband in Arkansas is pleading for answers after his wife’s ashes were stolen from their home during a home invasion.
The FBI is warning iPhone and Android users against texting each other after a recent Chinese cyberattack.
A 15-year-old girl in Washington died in a crash while delivering for Doordash so she could buy Christmas presents for her friends and family.
The remains of a Wisconsin woman who has been missing since 2020 have been found.
An Indiana man is being praised as a “good Samaritan” after finding two baby girls strapped in their car seats sitting in a ditch.
According to a recent survey, men are most likely to take a woman on a first date to Chick-fil-A.
A woman in Oregon who disappeared with her two dogs was found dead weeks after she filed for divorce from her husband, according to authorities.
A college cheerleader in Kentucky was killed in a car crash days before Thanksgiving, according to authorities.
President-elect Donald Trump reacted to President Biden issuing a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden.
Two sisters in Arizona are in critical condition after a suspected drunken driver crashed into them while on the way to Utah for Thanksgiving.
A mayor in South Carolina died in a car crash while being “pursued” by law enforcement days after his town’s entire police department resigned.
A 19-year-old in Nashville died after he crashed head-on into his uncle days before Thanksgiving.
“Demure,” a word that gained viral fame on TikTok has been named Dictionary.com‘s 2024 Word of the Year.
A mom in Alabama is demanding answers after she said her one-year-old son was attacked and bitten several times at daycare.
While your fur-babies might be begging for food at the Thanksgiving table, it’s important to know that many of the savory items on the list are deemed toxic and unsafe for dogs to eat.
Two teachers in Ohio were caught on camera bad-mouthing students on a Zoom call, according to school officials.
A woman is accused of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from a restaurant owned by the Jonas Brothers' family in North Carolina.
A 19-year-old in Missouri was found dead after he was forced into his car in front of his home, according to authorities.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was fined more than $14,000 by the NFL for a celebration that was considered a “violent gesture.”
A couple in Connecticut is accused of stealing nearly $1 million of clothes from Lululemon across the country, according to authorities.
Professional golfer Brian Harman revealed that a close family friend has been in a coma for weeks after trying to save his 6-year-old son from drowning.
A teacher in Mississippi is no longer employed after giving students what she thought was beef jerky but was actually beef treats for dogs.
A mother in Texas allegedly left her toddler home alone with 2 dogs so she could meet Hinge date out-of-town, according to authorities.
A woman in Connecticut is accused of leaving her four kids alone for days while she took a trip to New York “to escape the stress,” according to authorities.
A video released shows an Arkansas doctor walking around nude and performing a sexual act in front of his workers.
Authorities in Iowa found 56 pledges blindfolded in the basement of a fraternity house.
Country singer-songwriter Darryl Worley is asking for prayers after his daughter was seriously injured in a car crash over the weekend.
