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A helicopter hoist plucked three hikers from an exposed 8,600-foot ridgeline in the Tahoe National Forest after a satellite device triggered a rapid multi-agency rescue. The Sierra County Sheriff’s Office received an SOS alert from Sierra Buttes around 2:30 p.m.…
The Mountain View Whisman School District has approved a $700,000 settlement for two female administrators who accused former superintendent Ayinde Rudolph of sexual harassment and discrimination. Board members voted unanimously in closed session on October 22 to pay $350,000 each…
A manhunt is underway for a convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison late Sunday night. Jacob Morley, 28, is serving a life sentence after a Carter County jury convicted him earlier this year of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary,…
Hundreds of exposed ballots were discovered piled in an open hallway at a Skid Row homeless shelter, prompting a federal investigation. The ballots were found at The Midnight Mission, a downtown Los Angeles facility at 601 South San Pedro Street…
An Italian prosecutor has asked a Rome court to hand a life sentence to Francis Kaufmann, the US citizen standing trial for the double homicide of his partner and their 13-month-old daughter. Prosecutor Antonio Verdi made the request on Monday,…
Steve Hilton posted video of a shirtless man brawling with a security guard on a Los Angeles street, using the scene to blast city conditions. The Republican gubernatorial candidate, 55, filmed the altercation Sunday night while walking through an area…
Oakland’s 911 system crashed for nearly two days after thieves gutted critical AT&T infrastructure, forcing police to ration emergency responses while dispatchers improvised workarounds across the Bay Area. The outage began shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, when police dispatchers watched…
The Department of Justice has filed federal charges against 28 defendants swept up in California’s largest-ever voter fraud enforcement action. Federal agents arrested the suspects last Monday in coordinated raids across the state under a statewide takedown dubbed “Operation Protect…
Shane Burcaw has opened up about his fears over becoming a dad as he and wife Hannah enter the final stretch of their first pregnancy. The interabled couple, who married in September 2020, announced on Instagram on September 8th that…
A West Virginia sheriff has likened a couple’s home to “a real-life ‘House of Horrors’” after three orphaned children described years of torture they endured there. Erica Lynn Sayre, 45, and her husband Clifford Gale Sayre, 46, of Evans, allegedly…
ICE’s New York field director is praising the arrest of a Guyanese fugitive who had been living in Queens after allegedly fleeing a 2015 murder. Kenneth Genalo, who leads Enforcement and Removal Operations for the agency’s New York City Field…
Vincent Battiloro, 18, appeared stone-faced in court Monday as grieving mothers stared him down in shirts bearing their dead daughters’ faces. The New Jersey teen’s first adult court hearing drew raw emotion from the families of Maria Niotis and Isabella…
Serial killer fears are gripping Lansing, Michigan, after five men died along the same river trail in just 10 months. Gino Chouinard, 54, was discovered with facial injuries on the Lansing River Trail on October 14, and died in hospital…
Shellie Flockhart has broken her silence after her own criminal record surfaced in response to her attack ad calling a Democratic rival “dangerous” for children. Flockhart, 55, a Dallas City council member, appeared in a Congressional Leadership Fund spot released…
Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer are officially divorced. The estranged couple settled their divorce in New York Supreme Court, with the case status now listed as disposed, though the exact finalization date remains unclear since divorce cases are sealed in…
Mia Perry Bowick broke down while recalling the moment her brother Matthew Perry first opened up to her about his addiction battles. The younger sister of the late ‘Friends’ star, 54, appears prominently in the new Netflix documentary ‘The One…