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Judge William Sullivan sent jurors home on Wednesday, citing “unforeseen circumstances” he refused to explain. The abrupt halt came on day 16 of the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, 36, at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as the proceedings…
The Franklin County Coroner’s Office has determined that former Wisconsin football player Jack Pugh died of acute bronchopneumonia. Pugh, 24, passed away on March 30 in Ohio, the coroner ruled this week. The ex-Badgers tight end’s death stemmed from an…
Fourteen people have been charged in an alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State University after one suspect’s Venmo account blew the operation wide open. Agostino Abbatiello, 24, of Westbury, New York, and Thomas Robinson, 23, of Pittsburgh, are accused…
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed inside a Brooklyn business Wednesday evening. Ahmir Jordan, 17, took a bullet to the head around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday inside an East New York business on New Lots Avenue, police…
Police found a third body in Minneapolis in three days near the Stone Arch Bridge on Monday afternoon. The University of Minnesota Police Department located the remains near 6th Street and Main Street Southeast around 1 p.m., according to FOX9.…
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released a statement mourning the two Milligan University cyclists killed in Wednesday morning’s crash. Milligan University sophomores Haylan Engdahl, 20, of Winthrop Harbor, Ill., and Brayden Rogers, 20, of Huntsville, Ala., were part of an…
A Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly posting videos threatening to kill US Attorney Jeanine Pirro. Daniel Kretsinger, of Hauppauge, New York, posted two menacing videos to X on June 30, according to a criminal complaint filed in…
Sandra Bullock has broken her silence on the “traumatic” death of her longtime partner Bryan Randall after keeping his ALS battle private for years. View this post on Instagram The Oscar-winning actress, 62, opened up about the experience during an…
A California father watched a “ball of fire” erupt four houses from his home after his teenage daughter and her best friend were killed in a horrific crash involving two speeding cars. Maddalyn Dailey, 17, and Isabell Hill, 16, died…
Meghan Markle’s past remarks about UK school privacy are resurfacing as reports claim she and Prince Harry plan to move their children back to Britain. View this post on Instagram Markle, 45, voiced her concerns about paparazzi swarming her and…
Gavin Newsom sidestepped a direct stance on reinstating SAT requirements for University of California admissions when pressed at a Wednesday press conference. The governor, 57, was speaking in Hayward at Schafer Park Elementary School when a reporter asked about an…
A new study finds just 13 percent of Gen Z believes most people can be trusted, the lowest interpersonal trust level of any American generation on record. Political scientist Ryan Burge, 42, at Washington University compiled the data using the…
John Overdeck’s girlfriend called police to his New Jersey mansion at least eight times during his escalating $6.2 billion divorce battle, according to resurfaced reports. The calls to the 6,000-square-foot Short Hills estate — which the Two Sigma co-founder, 56,…
Tyler Leibelt, 19, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges in the July stabbing death of Rachell Summers at Capitola Mall. Leibelt, a Santa Cruz resident and former Cabrillo College student, entered the plea in Santa Cruz County Superior Court to…
A 28-year-old homeless man was arrested after allegedly attacking three contractors with a 5-foot metal pipe inside a shuttered Berkeley church. Donald Malone, 28, was busted following the Saturday morning confrontation at Trinity United Methodist Church near the intersection of…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are preparing to relocate their family back to the United Kingdom. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, 41 and 44, have reportedly enrolled Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, in UK schools for the…