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Danielle Martin is pushing back after her son’s single-wrapped Halloween candy went viral as supposed proof of economic collapse. Martin, a Midwestern physical therapist and mother of two, posted a TikTok video last week showing what she found while sorting…
Police Scotland confirmed Friday that active inquiries are underway into new information about disgraced former Prince Andrew’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at the royal family’s Balmoral estate. The force said the investigation is at a very early…
Three masked intruders stormed a gated Bridle Path mansion before dawn on Thursday, leaving a prominent Toronto real estate family shattered by gunfire and a hammer attack. MAC Group CEO David Morton, 75, his two daughters Maggie Zohil-Morton and Cristina…
William Carroll Jr., 56, was arrested Wednesday on two counts of second-degree making a terrorist threat after allegedly threatening to rape and murder employees at a Hooters in Mobile, Alabama. The former Mobile City Councilman allegedly directed graphic threats at…
Adam Vitulano scored the game-winning goal that sent Farmingdale High School to the Nassau County boys soccer finals just one day after his father died of liver cancer. The 16-year-old junior striker buried his first career playoff goal in double…
Former Medieval Times performers say the dinner-theater chain fostered a toxic “knights will be knights” culture where sexual harassment, hazing, and animal abuse went unchecked across multiple castles. The allegations span the company’s 10 North American locations, which draw roughly…
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted 6,000 guests at the White House’s annual Halloween celebration on Thursday, capped by a surprise Air Force One flyover that thrilled costumed children on the South Lawn. The presidential aircraft, bearing its…
Raygine Glentasia Evans, 28, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder after a month-long manhunt following a hit-and-run crash that killed a teenage boy. Her bail was set at $3.255 million, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The booking…
A University of Chicago sophomore accused of sexual assault in a newly filed lawsuit had his campus social life interrupted only after the court filing made his name public, according to the school’s student newspaper. Kevin Shim, a computational and…
Anika Atkins, a new San Juan Capistrano resident, has been diagnosed with asthma and hospitalized with atypical pneumonia just two months after moving near an expanding Orange County landfill. Atkins, who uses a wheelchair for her daughter, settled in the…
A Florida firefighter and his wife, both trained first responders, survived a deadly train crash in Spain and immediately began treating critically injured victims. Josue Garcia Otero, his wife Diamary Garcia, and six other family members were aboard one of…
A suspected drunk driver struck four people, including a child, at a Brooklyn Halloween celebration outside an NYPD precinct on Saturday afternoon. The motorist, 56, lost control of his black sedan around 4 p.m. And mounted the curb at the…
The Justice Department is preparing to issue dozens of grand jury subpoenas Thursday as it intensifies its criminal investigation into Alaska’s Senate race. The escalation targets efforts to recruit a “decoy” candidate who shares the name of incumbent Republican Sen.…
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to explore letting people walk around with open alcohol containers in parts of Downtown LA and Hollywood. Councilmembers Ysabel Jurado and Hugo Soto-Martínez introduced the motion in May to study so-called “entertainment…
Violeta Yeager, 37, was shot dead by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide in their Idaho home just two weeks after she publicly celebrated their family’s happiness. Richard Yeager, 39, and his wife were discovered deceased inside their Meridian residence…
Dolly Parton’s estate is demanding police bodycam footage from the hospital where the country legend died. She’s Alive, LLC — the company managing the “Jolene” singer’s affairs — filed a subpoena seeking “a copy of all body-worn camera video footage…