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A Kentucky couple is behind bars after a one-year-old boy was left to choke to death on his own dirty diaper inside a garage filled with urine and trash cans, authorities said. Deavan Williams, 22, is facing wanton murder and…
Shake Shack has responded after a TikTok clip triggered backlash from people alleging the chain “charges more” when customers choose not to leave a tip. The controversy began when BD Powell visited the Shake Shack at Salt Lake City Airport…
A penthouse at 432 Park Avenue, one of Manhattan’s most exclusive addresses, has just sold for $22 million—marking another significant loss in what has become a troubling pattern for the embattled tower on Billionaires’ Row. The 94th floor half-floor unit,…
Donald Trump is said to have carried out a carefully planned plane switch after leaving a NATO summit in Turkey last month, stepping off the recently refurbished, Qatari-gifted 747-8 he arrived on and taking an older aircraft instead, saying he…
Donald Trump is still pointing to claims from “a highly credible witness” against David Hearn even though all charges against the former Olympian have been dropped. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has been undergoing a $14 million refurbishment ahead of…
Key facts from coverage: – Three juveniles (12, 13, 16) arrested for shooting death of Eric Lancaster, 53 – Shot occurred July 18 at 800 block of Crane Street, East Bakersfield – Father Vernon “Wes” Lancaster survived with gunshot wound…
Police chased two men through Burwood on Monday afternoon before a 43-year-old was subdued with a Taser and arrested after allegedly carrying two knives. Police officer subduing a suspect on a pedestrian crossing Officers were called to a shopping complex…
Shukur Aikebaer’s eldest daughter described him as the greatest father ever, fighting through tears as her family reels from his kidnapping and execution. Shukur Aikebaer, victim of the Chino Hills kidnapping and execution. “He was the greatest father ever,” the…
A former cook filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against In-N-Out after the burger chain fired her for seeking a work schedule that allowed her to attend church on Sundays. View this post on Instagram Arianna Rodriguez, a former In-N-Out cook…
A California woman has launched a social media hunt for a man she says secretly filmed her inside a Nordstrom dressing room before managing to slip away from the mall. Watch on TikTok Sophia Schades said she was changing at…
A British teenager who had her whole life ahead of her has tragically passed away following an accident while on a family holiday in the Dominican Republic. Abbie Lainton, 16, from Swindon, was celebrating the summer holidays with her family…
Justin Sislo, 35, killed his parents Donna and Steve Sislo before taking his own life in their Town of Madison, Madison County home. Deputies were called to a home on McCormick Road in the town of Madison on the morning…
– 5-year-old boy – Fell from 4th floor window (some outlets say 5th floor, but the primary source says 4th) – Building on Buchanan Place near Davidson Avenue in University Heights, Bronx – Sunday around 5:30 p.m. – Wearing only…
Misti Livingston, a former superintendent and principal of the Oak Run School District in rural Shasta County, has filed a lawsuit alleging she was wrongfully terminated after the Shasta County Office of Education mismanaged the district’s finances and put the…
Todd Sabatini, 36, left his McHenry home with Theo at around noon on Saturday, 8 August, triggering a multi-state search that ended when the pair were found safe on Sunday night on a Milwaukee city bus. Todd Sabatini at home…
John Nunez, 17, was fatally shot in the head just after 5:10 a.m. Monday inside a home at 1346 Prospect Avenue in Morrisania. Police responded to the shooting at the residence on Prospect Avenue and pronounced Nunez dead at the…