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Two people were killed Wednesday when a Fort Hood Apache helicopter crashed and sparked a wildfire in Central Texas. Bell County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Cliff Coleman said authorities received the call at approximately 1:34 p.m. The AH-64 Apache attack helicopter…
Alyne Espinal, 46, was found stabbed to death in her Somerville home last Thursday. Her husband, Ignacio Espinal, 55, was arrested Tuesday in West New York, New Jersey, authorities confirmed. Officers responded to a 911 call at approximately 7:30 p.m.…
Steven Schwally, 66, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Wednesday for the deadly Deer Park nail salon crash. The Dix Hills man learned his fate in Suffolk County court after a jury convicted him last month on…
A mother of five killed by her ex-boyfriend in a murder-suicide died trying to protect her children, according to grieving family members. Xavier Harrison, 30, allegedly shot Danielle Rivera, 40, in front of her 16-year-old daughter outside of an abandoned…
A California mother watched in terror as Rialto police officers used a LifeVac suction device to save her unconscious 3-year-old son who had choked on vomit and stopped breathing. The rescue unfolded Aug. 5 around 12:10 p.m. On the 300…
Madera County health officials have debunked viral rumors that a young girl contracted bubonic plague from a flea bite at Bass Lake. The panic began with now-deleted social media posts claiming a child had been infected with the Black Death,…
A former Southern Poverty Law Center finance officer was arrested Wednesday over her involvement in secretly paying informants in white supremacist groups. Heidi Beirich, 58, was apprehended in California, CNN first reported. Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed at an unrelated…
Two workers have sued The Battery, San Francisco’s most exclusive social club, over alleged harassment and labor violations. Rene Panti, a dishwasher since 2021 at the invite-only club, filed suit claiming three years of disability-based abuse. Donald James Goglio, a…
A Canadian fugitive accused of sexually assaulting a child more than three decades ago has been arrested in California. Charles Peter Billone, 64, was taken into custody in Santa Cruz by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations office in San Francisco,…
Three people are dead, including a child, after an incident at a Hopkins daycare facility Wednesday morning at Brown Bear Daycare on the 200 block of Tyler Avenue North. The victims included an adult man and woman, as well as…
John Hinckley Jr., 71, disclosed that former President Ronald Reagan wanted to visit him at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital after the 1981 shooting, but hospital officials blocked the meeting. Hinckley, then 25, opened fire on Reagan outside a Washington, D.C. Hotel…
Judge Mark Lucraft KC sentenced Simon Levy, 40, of Beaufoy Road, Tottenham, to a whole life prison term on Wednesday after he was found guilty of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins in 2025, as well as two counts of…
Former Marine Robert Gilman, 32, has been released after being held in Russia since 2022 and his family says he’s in “dire” condition. Robert Gilman, a U.S. Citizen and former Marine, has been freed from detention in Russia on humanitarian…
Nancy Pelosi said those close to Joe Biden during his reelection campaign should have shared what they knew about his mental acuity, saying Tuesday at Politico’s The California Agenda: Sacramento Summit that “those who did know should have acted upon…
Edgewater Mayor Diezel DePew, 22, is facing a battery complaint after allegedly hitting a woman with a political campaign sign during a confrontation at an early voting site. The altercation occurred at 11:42 p.m. On August 7, the night before…
Maria Narez, 48, was arrested Saturday, August 8, in Mexico following a joint international law enforcement operation after nearly 30 years on the run. Narez jumped a $25,000 bond while facing capital murder charges in Tarrant County for the death…