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A 14-year-old New York prodigy has been blocked from graduating high school early because state law considers him too young. Michael Sweeney, who turns 15 in December, has spent the last two years enrolled full-time at a local community college,…
Andy Burnham has urged British households to keep tins of food and bottled water on hand as part of a fresh push on emergency preparedness. The Greater Manchester mayor, 55, told BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday that a clear…
A Kentucky woman remained jailed Friday after a grand jury indicted her on charges of sodomy and incest allegedly involving a child under 12. Lauren Winans, 31, of Bardstown, was arrested Thursday following the indictment returned Wednesday in Nelson County,…
Broward County Judge Allison Gilman is facing backlash after grilling a domestic violence suspect on his steak technique during a bond hearing. Gilman, who was elected to the bench in 2020, presided over Christopher Johnson’s appearance Monday on a domestic…
An autistic man, 33, died Friday evening after a confrontation with a staffer outside a Harlem disability center. The incident unfolded at Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC) on East 129th Street shortly before 5:45 p.m., sources said. The…
Eliseo Martinez says his family is trying to pull together after a suspected getaway driver killed his 16-year-old brother. The Los Angeles Police Department named Raygine Glentasia Evans, the alleged driver, during a Thursday press conference. Evans, 33, has been…
A former Farmingdale State College professor has pleaded not guilty to charges that he raped and choked a female student inside his car on campus. Antoine Munfakh, 44, of Freeport, was arraigned on first-degree sexual abuse, third-degree rape and criminal…
A British mother drowned while racing to rescue her two young sons from a sudden current during a family snorkeling trip in the Bahamas. The 36-year-old woman, who has not been publicly identified, was visiting the island of Bimini on…
General Sir Roly Walker has warned Britons that they will need to “take the fight to the enemy” if the nation is drawn into war. The Army Chief of the General Staff delivered his message to 700 soldiers at Catterick…
A former Gosselin family nanny has come forward to corroborate Collin Gosselin’s abuse allegations against his mother, Kate Gosselin. Ashley H., 42, who worked as a house cleaner and fill-in nanny for the family in her 20s, said in an…
A 3-year-old Florida boy accidentally shot himself fatally in the face with his father’s handgun while the family sat in a Burger King drive-thru, according to Polk County authorities. The child, who was days away from turning 4, died Thursday…
Samantha Baez-Vargas is speaking out after a crowbar-wielding attacker shattered her car and left her with bite marks and bruises during a predawn road-rage confrontation in South Los Angeles. Baez-Vargas, of South LA, told Fox 11 the encounter began around…
An AI analysis has revisited Al Gore’s 2006 climate documentary on its twentieth anniversary and found its broad warnings hold up even as several specific deadlines fell short. Claude, the Anthropic AI assistant, said the pattern is fairly clear: the…
The family of slain 15-year-old Mina Kurdian revealed she had recently ended a relationship with the 20-year-old man now accused of killing her in her Arcadia home. Mina, 15, was showering when Paul Anthony Cruz Jr., 20, allegedly broke into…
Kate Gosselin has spoken out publicly for the first time since her estranged son Collin published scathing allegations about their family. The 51-year-old former TLC star posted a birthday tribute to her boyfriend Steve Neild on TikTok last week, and…
Kaylub Giamanco has broken his silence about the moment he confronted a teenage gunman at his daughters’ Oregon elementary school. Giamanco, 36, a carpenter and father of two girls who attend Silver Rail Elementary School, was driving home for lunch…