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Police have identified the motorist gunned down during Tuesday evening’s rush-hour chaos on the George Washington Bridge as a 46-year-old utility worker from Rockland County. Koran Irvine, a Valley Cottage resident and Con Edison employee, was fatally shot around 7:15…
Nick Reiner rocked in his chair throughout his latest court hearing as supporters looked on from the gallery. The 33-year-old, son of slain actor-director Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, appeared more antsy and alert than usual during the Wednesday proceeding…
An Illinois woman has been charged with murder after police say she deliberately crashed her car into a semi-truck in a planned murder-suicide that killed one of her two passengers. Jamie Rhode, of Griggsville, was arrested Tuesday and charged with…
Timothy Hudson’s murder trial has been pushed to January while his lawyers weigh a plea deal in the cruise ship killing of his stepsister Anna Kepner. Hudson, 16, appeared in Miami federal court through his attorneys, who filed an Oct.…
A toxic chemical release from an exploded storage tank kept nearly 1,000 Toledo residents under evacuation orders Wednesday as officials warned the damaged container could still detonate again. The blast erupted Tuesday night at an MC Tank Transport facility in…
Donald Trump waved and saluted an empty helipad at the White House on Monday, prompting online mockery after a camera zoom-out revealed nobody was there. The 78-year-old president was captured on video walking toward the newly renovated Marine One landing…
A California school district has broken its silence after federal investigators uncovered an alleged school shooting plot involving two teenage girls. Corona-Norco Unified School District confirmed that both suspects attend high schools under its jurisdiction — one currently enrolled at…
The Blue Heron restaurant has closed indefinitely after owner Tom O’Bryan died in a fiery single-car crash on a Sonoma County highway. O’Bryan, 64, was behind the wheel of a Mercedes on westbound State Route 116 at Redwood Drive, west…
A father in Zhangping, China, has publicly thanked neighbors and property staff who kept his three-year-old daughter from falling to her death after she slipped through a 12th-floor window grille. The child was left home alone around 7:48 a.m. Last…
Pakistani authorities have arrested a 33-year-old man accused of orchestrating a counterfeit postage scheme that U.S. Prosecutors say inflicted more than $126 million in losses on the American Postal Service. Faheem Akram, 33, was taken into custody Tuesday following a…
Phil Haines has revealed his wife, Australian MP Helen Haines, 65, lost both legs following an alleged targeted car attack outside her office. The independent federal politician was struck by a vehicle in Wangaratta, northwest of Melbourne, on Monday.…
Bryan Schmidt left behind multiple suicide notes before carrying out a mass murder-suicide that claimed five lives in a quiet Illinois village, police confirmed. The 44-year-old veterinarian, who managed his family’s now-shuttered Northern Illinois Cat Clinic in Libertyville, shot dead…
Rory Kennedy has broken her silence on the death of her niece Kyle Kennedy. Kyle, 42, died in her Westwood, Massachusetts, home on Sept. 21, according to her obituary. She was the daughter of Michael LeMoyne Kennedy — who died…
A newlywed bodybuilder died after collapsing on stage at a major UK competition final the day before his 34th birthday. Mateusz Chmura, 33, of Wakefield, England, was performing his routine at Sunday’s PCA British Finals in Telford when he fell…
Bow Mar, Colorado, unanimously approved a plan Monday to install gates at two of the town’s entrances and close a third, igniting a fierce backlash from neighboring Denver and Littleton officials who warn the move could trigger retaliatory measures. The…
A 76-year-old Georgia woman surrendered to authorities minutes after allegedly gunning down her ex-husband and his girlfriend inside their trailer home. Grace Edge, 76, was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with two counts of malice murder, two counts of murder,…