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Berkeley began clearing a long-standing homeless encampment on Tuesday after a federal judge rejected advocates’ bid to block the sweep. The city posted notices at 8th and Harrison streets ordering residents to remove tents, structures and other property from the…
Toxicology results have been released for a Utah mother and her 11-year-old daughter following their deaths in a Las Vegas hotel murder-suicide. Tawnia McGeehan, 34, and Addilyn Smith were discovered dead from gunshot wounds inside a room at the Rio…
The family of Alexis Kramer has spoken out after the 22-year-old influencer was killed alongside car enthusiast James Wehr, 27, in a fiery McLaren crash in California. Kramer and Wehr died just after midnight on Sunday, September 13, when the…
Matthew Lanske begged for help at a locked convenience store door after being shot three times, only to be filmed by employees as he bled. The 21-year-old had stumbled into an illegal street takeover in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood in the…
A San Jose climber who survived a 500-foot fall down Mount Shasta dragged himself through the night to a remote cabin, where a passing hiker found him and raised the alarm. The man, whose identity has not been released, had…
Russell Ashford, 65, has been arrested in Pennsylvania for violating his parole by leaving Washington, DC with the son he shares with missing PR executive Antoinette Forbes. The retired CIA operative was stopped in a traffic stop after license-plate readers…
Olga Adcock learned her missing son had been found alive while she was mid-plea at a sheriff’s press conference. The St. Augustine mother, whose 16-year-old son Benjamin has autism, had been addressing reporters Monday alongside St. Johns County Sheriff Rob…
Travis Kelce swatted away a fan’s hand after the spectator tried to grab his Kansas City Chiefs glove before Monday’s season opener. Kelce, 36, had just removed his right-hand glove while walking off the field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas…
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Tuesday that his office will not seek the death penalty against Nick Reiner in the murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. Hochman, 61, delivered the decision at a morning press…
The Victor Valley High School football team has been benched for a week after school officials ruled their post-victory antics crossed into unacceptable territory. Superintendent Carl J. Coles and Principal Darius Robinson pulled the plug on all football activities for…
A newlywed groom has died and his pregnant bride is missing after a nighttime boat collision in Venice. Sean Michieli, 25, was killed Saturday when the small fishing boat he and his wife were riding in slammed into a water…
A Pennsylvania man who had previously been adjudicated delinquent in a mass-casualty plot was arrested after FBI agents tracked him to a hotel room stocked with a semiautomatic rifle, loaded magazines and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition, federal prosecutors announced…
Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany spoke out late Monday about the harrowing plane crash that left him with 12 stitches and a story of survival he attributes to divine intervention. Tiffany, 67, appeared on Fox News with a visible gash above…
Dominick Bianchi’s father-in-law has spoken out about the family’s anguish after the 35-year-old newlywed was found dead following a days-long search in upstate New York. Joseph Zyra, father-in-law to Bianchi, told News 10 in a statement on Tuesday that the…
Tina McDermont has slammed Ryanair after the budget airline refused to refund her £350 trip because her teenage son died 11 days before her scheduled flight. McDermont, 45, from Washington, Tyne and Wear, had been due to fly from Newcastle…
Georgia is hours away from carrying out its sole execution of 2026. Stacey Humphreys, 53, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on September 16 for the 2003 double murder of real estate agents Cyndi Williams, 33, and Lori Brown,…