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Sen. Chris Murphy was hospitalized after suffering a stroke at his son’s hockey game, his office confirmed Sunday. The Connecticut Democrat, 53, felt numbness in his arm during the Saturday game and was rushed to a local hospital, according to…
Savannah Guthrie has issued another emotional public plea for information about her missing mother. The “Today” show anchor, 54, took to Instagram on Sunday to share a childhood drawing her daughter had made, depicting an umbrella on a rainy day…
Legendary filmmaker Michael Mann was rushed to the hospital Saturday after a firearm discharged into his leg during a training session at a Los Angeles shooting range. The 83-year-old director behind crime classics including “Heat” and “Miami Vice” was attempting…
Jamie Lyn Rinaldi has broken her silence after the death of her boyfriend, fitness influencer Liam Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, 29, died at approximately 2 a.m. On Friday, Oct. 30, following a motorcycle accident, Rinaldi announced in an Instagram post on Saturday,…
Donald Trump threw himself a Halloween bash at Mar-a-Lago and told guests he barely bothered with a costume. The president, 79, hosted the exclusive October 31 party at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate, where membership reportedly runs into six figures.…
The United States Embassy in Moscow issued a rare public alert warning of a credible threat of a mass casualty event at a major tourist destination on Saturday. The security alert, posted Saturday, identified the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve at Dolskaya…
Katie Suarez has been declared brain dead after a random stabbing attack on a Brooklyn waterfront path. Suarez, 28, was jogging near Bay 17th Street and Shore Parkway in Bath Beach just after 8 p.m. Friday when she was stabbed…
A Wisconsin mother whose 11-month-old son died after choking on a balloon animal piece at a Halloween party is calling for balloons to be pulled from store shelves entirely. Kisha Avita-Wilson, who is seven months pregnant, said Chicago that her…
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has issued a fresh statement on the nearly nine-month-old Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case, revealing new efforts to advance DNA analysis. Sheriff Chris Nanos disclosed on X Friday night that investigators traveled to Florida earlier this…
Nine unclaimed homeless New Yorkers who froze to death on city streets last winter will receive a funeral service and permanent resting place at a landmark Manhattan church, after community organizers and a funeral director stepped in to prevent their…
Mahmoud, 8, has become the first NYPD K9 ever brought back from retirement. The Belgian Malinois rejoined the force in August under a new handler, Detective Jeremy Lucca, after spending roughly two months in retirement alongside Detective Kirk Boone, his…
A former Garden Grove police sergeant pleaded not guilty to felony charges after prosecutors accused him of sexually assaulting two female colleagues across more than a decade. Charles “Chuck” William Starnes III, 52, was arrested Oct. 29 by the U.S.…
Elijah Parker, 19, admitted to police that he tried to kill his mother and led officers on a near-100-mph chase through northwest Georgia, according to authorities. The teenager allegedly attacked Laura Ann Moore, his mother, on Oct. 22 inside her…
Paris Hilton has publicly backed 34 former students suing a shuttered New York boarding school over alleged child abuse and trafficking. The reality star and advocate, 45, issued a statement supporting survivors of the Family Foundation School ahead of a…
Christa Pike’s legal team has filed an emergency motion demanding a federal judge intervene after Tennessee prison officials returned her to isolation following a botched execution attempt. Pike, 50, was discharged from hospital on October 9 and taken to the…
Donald Trump unloaded on the outlet journalist who asked about his health, calling the reporter “disgusting” and mocking his weight in front of the White House press corps. Jacob Bogage, a reporter for the outlet, pressed the president on Monday…