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Santa Monica has pulled the plug on Ocean Way. The city scrubbed the inaugural beachfront music festival just two weeks before The Killers and Olivia Dean were set to headline, citing devastation from Hurricane Marie that left the shoreline too…
A masked assailant sexually assaulted a 37-year-old delivery worker in Staten Island after striking her with a handgun during her route Wednesday evening, authorities confirmed. The attack occurred around 6 p.m. At the intersection of Dongan Hills Avenue and Jefferson…
Federal health officials have officially declared the largest cyclospora outbreak in United States history to be over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday, September 11, that the multi-state outbreak has run its course, with recalled produce…
Sacramento police were barred by California’s sanctuary laws from notifying ICE about a violent stalker months before he allegedly murdered a waitress, federal prosecutors say. Aarti Thakur, 38, was killed in Sacramento on Tuesday by Rohit Rohit, 22, a DoorDash…
Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, 66, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a decades-long DNA testing scandal that compromised more than 1,000 criminal cases. Woods…
KJ Biermann’s attorney is pushing back against prosecutors’ characterization of the 15-year-old’s prior juvenile record. Jason Sheffield, the lawyer for Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., issued a statement Friday after a Fulton County Superior Court bond hearing revealed previously unreported allegations…
The alleged victim in KJ Biermann’s sexual assault case told a Georgia judge she is terrified the teen will target her if released from custody. The 15-year-old girl, described in court as the girlfriend’s “best friend” of the accused, submitted…
Ayanle Mohamed Siad, 61, the son of late Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre, has been located living in suburban Columbus, Ohio, where he has built a quiet life while some in the local Somali community call for U.S. Authorities to…
Federal agents discovered more than a ton of methamphetamine concealed inside cabbage shipments crossing the US-Mexico border this week. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Houston division released footage Thursday showing agents unpacking heads of cabbage from cardboard boxes, with one clip…
Meg Hamp, a former colleague of Lindsay Clancy, broke down in tears during an Oprah Winfrey podcast as she recalled the accused child-killer’s emotional reactions to childbirth. Hamp, who worked alongside Clancy as a labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts…
Brittany Ritter’s aunt confirmed the worst in a raw Facebook post. “Brittany has been found,” Sherry Straub-Guess wrote on the platform. “It is not the outcome we had hoped for but she is now forever home.” The 37-year-old mother of…
Paul Walker once came close to walking away from the Fast & Furious franchise that made him a global star. The actor, who would have turned 53 on Saturday, September 12, told the Los Angeles Times in 2011 that studio…
Madeline Amy Sweeney’s final phone call from American Airlines Flight 11 has gained renewed attention as the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches. Sweeney, 35, was working as a flight attendant when five hijackers seized control of the…
Diesel prices in California have maxed out digital displays at Bay Area pumps, forcing stations to show $9.999 per gallon. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, confirmed that three stations in the region hit the numerical ceiling…
Ken Summers, 76, says strangers and even friends have told him to “get over” the September 11 attacks that left him with third-degree burns and a lifetime of pain. The Long Island grandfather, who survived the fireball that tore through…
Aaron Rodgers has accused ex-fiancée Shailene Woodley of asking to sleep with another man days after accepting his marriage proposal. Rodgers, 42, made the claim during a recent appearance on the Not Just Football podcast on YouTube, where he reflected…