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Carlos Mauricio Gómez’s manager confirmed the Twitch star’s death and immediately condemned the online abuse directed at him. Byron Reyes verified on Monday that Gómez, the 30-year-old streamer known to 1.7 million followers as Komanche, had been found dead the…
The Alexander brothers face possible life sentences at their sentencing hearing Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. Oren, 39, Alon, 39, and Tal, 40, were convicted of sex-trafficking charges after a monthlong trial that exposed a yearslong pattern of drugging and…
One person was killed and at least three others were wounded when gunfire erupted at a New Jersey vigil Monday night. The shooting broke out around 8:30 p.m. In Elizabeth, where mourners had assembled to honor a man slain roughly…
A judge scolded Zarrius Hildabrand for caring about “anyone other than himself” as he handed the former soldier a 59-year prison term for murdering his wife and hiding her body in a storm drain. Hildabrand, 24, learned his fate Friday…
Martasia, the mother of a 3-year-old Florida soccer player, says her son Nevada was left “thinking he did something wrong” after police were called to his youth league game last Saturday. The Winter Park Police Department confirmed that two officers…
Dayanna Familia pleaded not guilty Monday to charges tied to her four-year-old daughter’s fentanyl death. Familia, 35, was arraigned in Dorchester after Boston police arrested her Saturday for the Aug. 17 death of Liyanna, the little girl who turned blue…
Kenneth Rickenbacker was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Monday with his head wrapped in bandages from burns allegedly suffered during the attack. Rickenbacker, 44, faces attempted murder, arson, assault, and child endangerment charges after prosecutors say he doused his…
Ronald White, 21, is behind bars after LSU police say he raped a freshman student at gunpoint inside a campus dormitory study room. The New Orleans man was booked on felony rape and firearm charges following the Friday night attack…
Two Cal Poly students have filed a sweeping lawsuit against an alleged drunk driver, fellow students and a campus fraternity after prosecutors say they were run down in a hit-and-run collision and left bleeding on a San Luis Obispo street.…
Wetherspoons has denied imposing a blanket ban on poppies after a viral video showed a customer being turned away from a Hampshire pub for wearing the Remembrance symbol. The pub chain issued a statement on Monday after footage from The…
Meghan Markle is “deeply distressed” by child pornography allegations against her estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr., and has cut off all contact with him to protect her own children. The Duchess of Sussex, 45, addressed the investigation in a statement…
Halle Berry’s daughter Nahla Aubry testified virtually Monday as the actress’s custody war with ex-husband Olivier Martinez stretched into a second week. Nahla, 18, appeared behind closed doors at Los Angeles Superior Court after filing a declaration of support for…
Dante Milne, 25, posted a $10,000 bond and was released from custody ahead of a scheduled court appearance on Tuesday. The Las Vegas man was arrested Saturday night after a United Airlines flight attendant spotted him typing threatening messages about…
Wendy Faustin is appealing a federal ruling that upheld Colorado’s clinic buffer zone restrictions. Faustin, a pro-life sidewalk counselor, said that the state’s so-called “bubble law” criminalizes the quiet, compassionate conversations she tries to have with women entering abortion clinics.…
Marie McCullough, an elderly woman who lives near the 161 Street station, called the situation “really outrageous” on Monday. McCullough, who recently recovered from a torn meniscus, relies on the elevators for transporting her groceries. She told The Post she…
Jonathan D. Miller was taken into custody Monday after live-posting through an armed standoff with police in Cary, North Carolina. The Libertarian candidate for North Carolina’s 16th Senate District, Miller, spent hours updating social media as officers pursued him through…