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A Canadian town has walked back a Harry Potter-themed Halloween display after online critics tied the decorations to J.K. Rowling’s controversial gender commentary, drawing fresh mockery from supporters who called the apology an overreaction. Officials in Gibsons, British Columbia, had…
Two young SWAT team members are fighting for their lives after a deadly confrontation with a gunman at an eastern Washington home left three people dead, including the suspect. The shooting erupted Tuesday afternoon in Spokane County, which borders Idaho,…
Jared Isaacman, 41, has publicly defended a young co-pilot killed in a Florida plane crash after internet trolls blamed her for the disaster that claimed nine lives. The NASA administrator tore into online critics Monday for attacking 20-year-old Nathalia Gadelha…
A Pierce County jury has convicted a serial rapist of aggravated first-degree murder for a 2002 cold-case killing, closing a hunt that spanned two countries and more than two decades. Miguel Urbano-Vazquez, whose DNA finally tied him to the crimes…
Christa Pike has broken her silence after surviving a botched execution attempt that left her hospitalized and in constant agony. Pike, 50, issued her first statement since Tennessee officials tried and failed to put her to death on September 30,…
Monte Smith, 17, was arrested Monday for the deadly Spirit Halloween store shooting in Fairfield, California. The Solano County District Attorney’s Office has charged the teen with two counts of murder with a multiple murder special circumstance, three counts of…
A Massachusetts State Trooper has been relieved of duty and suspended after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Boston apartment and passing out in her bed following a night of drinking. Michael E. McGuire, 37, was arrested early Sunday after climbing…
Kaylub Gianmarco refused to wait for police. The Bend, Oregon, father was driving home for lunch on Oct. 15 when he spotted a gunman outside Silver Trail Elementary, where his daughter attends school. Gianmarco grabbed his phone and dialed 911,…
Giana Dettloff’s former high school cheer squad broke its silence Monday with a public tribute to the 19-year-old killed in a Halloween mass shooting. “We are absolutely heartbroken about the tragic death of Giana Dettloff,” the team posted on Instagram…
A Jamaican permanent resident living in New Jersey was arrested for illegally casting ballots across two decades and then lying about it to federal immigration officers, authorities revealed on Election Day. Antonio Mitchell, of Paterson, NJ, was taken into custody…
Captain Jeff Gregory’s Pennsylvania church has released a statement after the 55-year-old pilot was identified among the nine people killed in a Florida Learjet crash. The Limerick Chapel in Pennsylvania sent an email tribute following the identification of Gregory as…
Ismael Pinedalopez, 34, now faces a Dec. 1 arraignment after allegedly stabbing to death a man he found in bed with his wife and young children. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office determined that Nicholas Garcia, 28, died of “acute exsanguination”…
The families of seven passengers killed in a Florida Learjet crash have issued a joint statement identifying their loved ones and describing the devastation left behind. Adam Robinson, 45, his wife Helen Sharp, 40, their children Emma, 4, and Charlie,…
Kim Kardashian is brushing off her bar exam failure with defiant pride. The reality star, 46, fired back at critics Monday night at the New York Season 2 premiere of “All’s Fair,” saying exclusively that she feels no embarrassment about…
Two women have been charged with murder after a 4-year-old Georgia boy was found dead beneath a pile of clothes in an Atlanta closet. Jasmaine Smoak, 32, and Jasmine Jenkins, 30, were both arrested following the discovery of Cobee Cooks’…
Aviation experts are pointing to pilot decisions in severe weather as the focus of the investigation into Sunday’s deadly Learjet crash in Florida. The crash killed all nine people aboard when the $2 million aircraft, traveling from Texas to the…