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A New Jersey school athletic director charged with peering into a young girl’s bedroom window has been placed on administrative leave. Winfield A. “Tripp” Becker, 48, who serves as athletic director for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District in Mercer…
The death of a Connecticut father who plunged from a Madison Square Garden balcony has been officially ruled an accident. Paul Kueker, 51, of Niantic, Connecticut, died from “multiple blunt impact injuries” after the June 20 fall during a Goose…
The Department of Homeland Security blasted a “depraved freak” illegal immigrant it said ICE deported after he sexually abused his own daughter in Virginia. Marcelo Vasquez Reyna, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty in March in Albemarle County Circuit Criminal Division…
An American tourist died after being struck by lightning while hiking in a restricted zone on Italy’s Mount Etna. The victim, a 29-year-old man from Kansas, was traversing Europe’s tallest active volcano on Sunday evening when an intense thunderstorm swept…
Victoria Anne Cranmer appeared in a New Jersey courtroom wearing pink handcuffs as prosecutors revealed she could receive a drastically reduced prison sentence through a plea deal. Cranmer, 25, of Little Egg Harbor, stood before a judge in Toms River…
Dana Foley’s loved ones are raising funds for her young son after she was killed in a suspected murder-suicide on Staten Island. Dana Foley, 39, was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the torso shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday…
Paula Musgrove broke down on the witness stand Monday as she recounted the harrowing warning her daughter Lindsay Clancy gave just weeks before killing her three children. Musgrove, 36-year-old Clancy’s mother, testified in the fourth week of the murder trial…
A 19-year-old Australian tourist was stabbed inside a notorious Manhattan McDonald’s that locals call “Murder McDonald’s.” The attack happened around 2 a.m. Monday at the 24-hour McDonald’s at 490 Eighth Avenue, near West 35th Street and Penn Station. The teen,…
An 8-year-old girl has been identified as the victim of a fiery two-vehicle crash in Perris that left five others injured. The Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau identified the girl killed as Camila Leon, 8, of Perris, according to authorities on…
ICE arrested a Brazilian fugitive convicted of aggravated murder in Massachusetts just two days before Gov. Maura Healey signed new limits on the agency’s operations. Maycon Souto Dos Reis, 54, was convicted of aggravated murder in Brazil on Sept. 14,…
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued a rare joint condemnation late Sunday of a Florida Republican congressional candidate’s antisemitic attack ad against an incumbent Jewish lawmaker. Johnson, 52, released a statement shortly before Jeffries, 54, followed…
A Texas man is being held without bond after allegedly murdering his estranged wife while their young children were in the apartment. Jake Bigoni, 37, was arrested Wednesday in Plano, Texas, after officers conducting a welfare check discovered Eliana Bigoni,…
Clayton Johnson has revealed the final text Hayden Panettiere sent him before her shocking death. View this post on Instagram Nashville-based musician Johnson, who had been friends with the “Heroes” star, took to Instagram on Monday to share details of…
New York families now need nearly $300,000 annually to live comfortably, according to an August report that ranks the Empire State among the nation’s costliest. The study by SmartAsset, a financial technology company, found that a family of four in…
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez for inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer after the California Democrat admitted to cheating on his wife. Gomez, 51, copped to the affair on June 2 in a statement, confessing…
Brittany Thorson flashed an unhinged grin as deputies with guns drawn surrounded the Camaro she was riding in after it smashed into a California home. The wild scene unfolded around 7:22 p.m. On Aug. 12 in the 11700 block of…