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Krista Perez broke down in a patrol car after refusing sobriety tests during her August DUI arrest in Tacoma. The Washington state House candidate, who advanced from last month’s primary in the 29th Legislative District, was filmed sobbing and praying…
A woman’s body was found inside a trash can at a remote Brooklyn beach parking lot Wednesday afternoon. The NYPD, 911 dispatchers and EMS crews converged on Plumb Beach, a sliver of shoreline off the Belt Parkway near Knapp Street…
Juan Antonio Gonzaba, 39, pleaded not guilty Wednesday after allegedly stealing a Tesla and plowing into a crowded San Diego boardwalk during a chaotic Monday police chase. The suspect faces up to 24 years and eight months in state prison…
Groton Police Chief Louis Fusaro is urging the public to stop spreading serial killer theories about a cluster of coastal deaths. Fusaro, who leads the department in the Connecticut seaside town where one of the bodies was found, spoke to…
Three Ventura County firefighters spent their shift coaxing a kitten out of a wooden entertainment center after the tiny adoptee squeezed into a gap she could not escape. Suki, a young cat who had joined her new family only weeks…
Madonna will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards for the first time in 23 years. MTV confirmed the booking this week, putting the 66-year-old pop icon back on the same stage where she delivered one of the most dissected…
Peter Max, the psychedelic pop artist whose kaleidoscopic visions defined the 1960s “flower power” era, died Monday at 88, his son announced Wednesday. Adam Max confirmed the death in a written statement, noting his father had been suffering from advanced…
A traumatized kitchen worker discovered a hearing-impaired man dead inside the ventilation system of a longtime Atlanta soul food restaurant early Monday. Cops rushed to Walter’s Soul Food Cafe on Cleveland Avenue around 9 a.m. After receiving reports of a…
Maura Higgins’ Birkin bag upstaged the ballroom on her “Dancing With the Stars” debut. The “Love Island” alum, 34, took the floor Wednesday during the second night of Season 35’s two-night premiere, and the burgundy Hermès purse — a gift…
Bill Belichick is firing back at what he calls “ridiculous” speculation about his girlfriend’s role in his football program. The North Carolina Tar Heels head coach, 74, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Wednesday that Jordon Hudson,…
Kit Harington has spoken out about joining HBO’s Harry Potter series despite the ongoing controversy surrounding franchise creator J.K. Rowling. The Game of Thrones alum, 38, appeared on NBC’s Today show Wednesday morning to discuss his casting as Gilderoy Lockhart,…
Julia Stiles honored Dolly Parton with a “9 to 5” Quickstep during her “Dancing With the Stars” debut Wednesday night. The “Save the Last Dance” actress, 44, and her professional partner, Ezra Sosa, took the ballroom floor for the second…
President Trump issued an all-caps demand for lower rates just hours after the Federal Reserve raised them. The Fed on Wednesday approved its first rate hike in three years, lifting the benchmark by a quarter point to a range of…
Police have found a child’s body in Decoy Pond during the desperate search for missing three-year-old Noah Woods in Suffolk. Noah, a partially deaf and non-verbal toddler who was undergoing assessment for autism, vanished from a playground in Brantham at…
A new Netflix series has reignited public fascination with one of America’s most infamous unsolved double homicides. Lizzie Borden, 32, stood trial in 1893 for the brutal axe killings of her wealthy father Andrew Borden and stepmother Abby Borden inside…
A police K-9 named Ryder suffered burns to his face after a suspect allegedly set him ablaze during a chaotic confrontation inside a North Park adult bookstore that ended in fatal gunfire, authorities said. The incident began Wednesday morning when…