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Alicia Leslie, 47, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of a Connecticut woman following an illegal silicone butt injection procedure. Leslie, of Mount Vernon, was arraigned last Friday before Judge Pamela Goldsmith, who granted her supervised…
Jon Gosselin is threatening to sue his ex-wife Kate or push for criminal charges against her over their son Collin’s allegations of childhood abuse. The 59-year-old reality TV alum made the explosive remarks Wednesday in an interview with Entertainment Tonight,…
A Tesla driver told California Highway Patrol investigators his car was in Full Self-Driving mode when it struck and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian on Interstate 80. The driver, a 26-year-old San Francisco man, remained at the Vallejo crash scene after…
A 17-year-old suspect surrendered to police Thursday and was charged with murdering a beloved security guard at a crowded Midtown subway station. Darrel Rodriguez, 26, died Saturday after being shot in the chest on the platform at Seventh Avenue and…
Dramatic bodycam footage captured the final moments of a fatal confrontation between Los Angeles police and a blade-wielding man in Boyle Heights. Zimran Canas, 44, a Los Angeles resident, was shot dead on September 7 after charging officers with an…
A Virginia aunt is mourning her 4-year-old nephew after he was fatally mauled by an American bully dog while his older brother watched helplessly. Garcia Welch, who had just started preschool at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, was attacked Sunday while…
Milner, Georgia’s entire full-time police force and city manager have quit after the police chief accused Mayor Craig Timmons of planting a secret GPS tracker on his personal truck. Tausha Grose, 48, the city manager, delivered the news herself at…
Four people were swept away by surging floodwaters in a Los Angeles drainage channel Thursday morning, triggering a helicopter rescue and frantic search for additional victims. The Los Angeles Fire Department scrambled to the Pacoima Wash near 15012 W. Parthenia…
Michaelle Alejandra Rubio Leiva’s sister raised the alarm after watching her plunge nearly 1,000 feet from a Dolomites mountainside. The 36-year-old communications manager, originally from Guatemala and most recently based in Florida, had stepped off a marked trail near Forcella…
Dr. Julia Pederson had warned her mother she felt “drugged” and could barely walk just one month before her estranged husband allegedly strangled her and burned down their home. Pederson, 41, a pediatrician in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, sent the alarming message…
Gael Cameron has broken her silence about surviving domestic violence in a raw Instagram post nearly a year after her ex’s arrest. The “Below Deck Mediterranean” star, 30, visited the Sweethearts art installation in Sydney on Wednesday and documented the…
Court filings by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office reveal the federal search warrant executed at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home may still be active. Pirro’s team wrote Wednesday that “good cause exists to extend these deadlines until after the subject…
Frustrated Los Angeles voters are weighing a mayoral choice many describe as picking the lesser of two disappointments, with some backing incumbent Karen Bass solely to block her Democratic Socialist challenger. The California Post spoke to voters across Los Angeles…
Kisha Skipper broke her silence after a violent bathroom confrontation landed her in handcuffs. Skipper, the Democratic challenger for a Westchester County legislative seat, posted a photo from a hospital emergency room early Thursday showing her arm in a sling.…
A Jewish man in traditional garb was stabbed with a suspected syringe by a woman who stalked him through Midtown Manhattan during Wednesday evening rush hour, police sources said. The victim, 26, was walking on Fifth Avenue near West 47th…
President Donald Trump has renewed his push to send $5,000 to every adult American, tying the massive payout to Republican victories in the upcoming midterm elections. Trump, 79, laid out the terms in an October 3 post on Truth Social,…