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The Russian daredevil couple who scaled the Empire State Building in July are now facing felony charges and possible deportation after prosecutors withdrew a misdemeanor plea offer, according to their attorney. Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, and Angelina Nikolau, 33, appeared in…
Peyton Knight, a Texas-based content creator, has ignited a global firestorm after revealing she straps on a handgun before every solo jog. Knight, who lives in Austin, posted a TikTok video that has since racked up more than 8 million…
Boardman Local School District officials are investigating after video of a male student punching and choking a 10th-grade girl on a school bus spread across social media. The assault happened Friday, Nov. 6, on a bus transporting students to Mahoning…
A Louisiana ex-cop convicted of raping multiple children has been ordered to undergo chemical castration, a punishment prosecutors hailed as stripping the predator of his “manhood.” 18th Judicial District Attorney Tony Clayton, whose office prosecuted Kedreyon K. Williams, 31, vowed…
Brooks Nader spoke out about being trapped on a private jet during the FAA’s rare nationwide ground stop. The “Baywatch” actress, 28, was “literally about to take off” from New York on Friday when the Federal Aviation Administration issued its…
Dr. Jill Biden has broken her silence on the daily reality of caring for her husband through his stage 4 cancer battle. The former first lady, 75, spoke from the couple’s lake house in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 5, opening…
Teodora Villalobos’s family has revealed she regularly fed the hungry for free at her longtime North Hollywood food stand. Villalobos, 57, was one of three street vendors killed Tuesday evening when a minivan jumped the curb near the North Hollywood…
Kyle Brennan, 40, the son of former CIA Director John Brennan, was arrested on child pornography charges after an FBI investigation traced illicit uploads to his Virginia home. Federal prosecutors said the case began when Adobe CyberTipline reports flagged accounts…
A Kansas mother will not face criminal charges after her truck accelerated onto a youth soccer field, killing a six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man. The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s office announced the decision this week regarding the October 17…
Rescue operations were underway Friday after a tanker slammed into a docked river cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The collision involving the Atlantic Asphalt tanker and American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage occurred around 12:30 p.m. Outside…
A source close to Halle Berry claims her ex-husband Olivier Martinez keeps returning to court with a financial motive. Martinez, 60, filed new court documents in Los Angeles on Nov. 9 seeking increased child support from Berry, also 60, according…
Damien Murphy, 32, told a Fresno courtroom he would not apologize for fatally shooting William Carney. Murphy was sentenced Thursday to 32 years in state prison for the October 2023 killing of Carney, then 39, at a gas station in…
Brazilian authorities are investigating the death of a 23-year-old law student and social media creator whose body was discovered inside her family’s upscale Rio de Janeiro residence. Victoria Motta e Motta Zammit, known online as Vivi Motta, was found dead…
Dyna Mitte is speaking out about the crushing weight of her first month without son RJ Mitte. The mother of the late “Breaking Bad” star, 34, posted a raw tribute to Instagram on Thursday, marking one month since his death…
Alex Murdaugh’s defense team asked a judge Friday to throw out the murder indictments against him, claiming the lead investigator lied to the grand jury. The disgraced attorney, 58, appeared at a pretrial hearing before Judge Debra McCaslin as his…
A Mesa police officer survived an explosive attack on his patrol car early Thursday morning after two suspects threw a device with a lit fuse at his vehicle. The officer, who had stopped with his emergency lights activated at 96th…