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Constanza Peña has gone silent on social media after her gym selfie ignited a firestorm. The 21-year-old Columbia University student, daughter of ousted Paraguay President Santiago Peña, set her Instagram account to private after a mirror photo of her wearing…
Wilfrido Alberto Maurath Tacuri, 49, was arrested Friday in East Hampton on multiple rape charges, authorities announced. The Ecuadorian national was taken into custody by the East Hampton Town Police Detective Division following an investigation into allegations that he had…
Katherine Ryan has broken her silence on Russell Brand’s rape conviction, calling the verdict “grief alongside relief” while condemning his defense barrister’s “unprofessional fit of childlike tantrum” outside the courthouse. Ryan, 41, addressed the guilty verdict on her podcast This…
Thomas Markle Sr. Has been released on bond and ordered back to the Florida dementia care facility where federal agents arrested him just hours earlier. The 82-year-old father of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, appeared before Federal Magistrate Judge…
Jane Seymour has ruled out leaving Malibu despite repeated wildfire evacuations. The 75-year-old actress, who has lived in the coastal Southern California city for more than three decades, said in an exclusive interview that she has no plans to relocate…
Ellen DeGeneres has spoken out after the cause of death was revealed for her longtime producer Matthew Wright. Wright, 52, died from cardiopulmonary arrest on Oct. 30 in Los Angeles, according to a death certificate obtained by multiple outlets. Hypertension…
Rosana Kissoon, 39, has expanded her lawsuit against Long Island family physician Dr. Keith Hoerning, 51, with new medical malpractice allegations that his attorney calls a baseless shakedown. Kissoon, a stripper who met Hoerning at her workplace in late 2024,…
A Minnesota mother who once warned a judge she was terrified of her husband was found stabbed to death in their North St. Paul home early Saturday, with her husband dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot nearby and their 14-month-old…
Maverick Lyon, 21, has filed a lawsuit against the Albany Police Department after officers shot him five times and tased him while he was escaping a hostage situation at his family’s Oregon home. The St. Anselm’s College athlete spent four…
A Corona, California, driver became an unlikely crime-fighter last week when two police officers commandeered his pickup truck to chase down a fleeing sex offender. View this post on Facebook The motorist, whose identity has not been released, was simply…
Allan Filgueiras broke down Friday as he spoke about his daughter Nathalia’s final moments. The grieving father, whose 20-year-old daughter served as co-pilot on the Learjet that crashed in South Florida last weekend, said he wished desperately that he had…
Federal agents arrested Thomas Markle Sr., 82, at a Florida senior living facility Friday on child sexual abuse material charges after the FBI seized 78 suspected items from two Los Angeles-area storage units he had rented for nearly two decades.…
Carprice Williams, 36, was ordered held without bail after prosecutors charged her with murdering her 10-year-old foster daughter Malayshia Alford. Williams, a Philadelphia teacher, was arraigned Thursday on charges including murder, endangering the welfare of a child, tampering with evidence…
Rain McMillen Walmsley’s cause of death has been ruled an accidental kratom overdose, according to Los Angeles County officials. The 22-year-old passenger died mid-air during a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Los Angeles in August, and the LA County…
Lawrence Matthew Brennen Jr.’s family is demanding answers after the father of four was found dead and wrapped in plastic inside a metal container. Brennen, whose body was discovered Oct. 27 by Santa Barbara police, had been bundled in a…
Russell Brand was reportedly “petrified” during his first night behind bars following his rape conviction. Brand, 51, was denied bail Thursday after a jury at Southwark Crown Court in London found him guilty of one count of rape and three…