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The death toll from an overloaded ferry disaster on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba has climbed to at least 44, officials said Wednesday. The vessel, operated by Zimbabwe’s Rural Infrastructure Development Agency, capsized on Tuesday afternoon near Long Island with far more…
Travis Kelce has spoken publicly for the first time about his wedding to Taylor Swift. “It was a fun offseason, man,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 36, said Wednesday at a press conference. “I appreciate everyone who came out…
Three people are dead, including a child, after an incident at a Hopkins daycare facility Wednesday morning at Brown Bear Daycare on the 200 block of Tyler Avenue North. The victims included an adult man and woman, as well as…
John Hinckley Jr., 71, disclosed that former President Ronald Reagan wanted to visit him at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital after the 1981 shooting, but hospital officials blocked the meeting. Hinckley, then 25, opened fire on Reagan outside a Washington, D.C. Hotel…
Judge Mark Lucraft KC sentenced Simon Levy, 40, of Beaufoy Road, Tottenham, to a whole life prison term on Wednesday after he was found guilty of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins in 2025, as well as two counts of…
Paris Jackson appeared on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast on August 12, discussing her unconventional first meeting with her mother Debbie Rowe at age 15. The 28-year-old spoke with host Alex Cooper about her journey with sobriety, the relationships that…
Cardi B, 33, hosted a private party at Aura 57 NYC in Midtown last Friday night to celebrate a major career milestone. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper was joined by close pal Teyana Taylor, Meek Mill, and Lil Baby, and the…
A 4-year-old was killed when a tree fell on a home in Geneva Township, Indiana, around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies found the 4-year-old boy trapped in a back bedroom where the tree had fallen, and he was pronounced dead at…
Chicago P.D. Star Tracy Spiridakos, 38, recalled that when she was 17, she won a modeling contest and traveled to a modeling agency meeting with one of her brothers. At the agency, they took Polaroid pictures of her and circled…
Former Marine Robert Gilman, 32, has been released after being held in Russia since 2022 and his family says he’s in “dire” condition. Robert Gilman, a U.S. Citizen and former Marine, has been freed from detention in Russia on humanitarian…
A former Christ Hospital employee was convicted and sentenced Monday morning for pandering child pornography, with Judge Wende Cross sentencing 32-year-old Benjamin Naylor to seven to nine-and-a-half years in prison. Naylor pleaded guilty to eight counts of pandering sexually oriented…
A body language expert says Luigi Mangione’s recent courtroom smile reveals signs of composure and engagement with his legal team. Luigi Mangione, 28, attended a pre-trial appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court on August 11, in New York City, where he…
Nancy Pelosi said those close to Joe Biden during his reelection campaign should have shared what they knew about his mental acuity, saying Tuesday at Politico’s The California Agenda: Sacramento Summit that “those who did know should have acted upon…
Edgewater Mayor Diezel DePew, 22, is facing a battery complaint after allegedly hitting a woman with a political campaign sign during a confrontation at an early voting site. The altercation occurred at 11:42 p.m. On August 7, the night before…
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law new abortion regulations on Monday, Aug. 10. Democratic Gov. Maura Healey was met with applause and smiles as she signed away Massachusetts’ gestational limits on abortion, making the deep-blue state the 10th to…
Netflix’s three-part documentary Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes premiered on August 12, shining fresh light on how convicted cult leader Charles Manson used Dale Carnegie training to transform from “a low-level pimp” to the “frighteningly effective sociopath”…