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Military Police officer André da Costa was arrested and then provisionally released after fatally shooting Camila da Silva, 32, as she approached officers with a knife in São Paulo. Da Silva, a mother of two, died Thursday on a street…
The family of a man killed on a Six Flags roller coaster has shared his final words as the Georgia park reopened just days after the fatal fall. Hassan Kariem, 42, died on October 12 after being ejected from the…
Michelle has shared the text messages she exchanged with her fifth-grade son while he hid from a gunman inside his Oregon elementary school. The boy, a student at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, was calling from a classroom on…
Mia Lara, 21, confronted a man she believed had assaulted her friend at a University of Chicago fraternity party, video shows. Lara, who is not a UChicago student, said that she and four friends arrived at the Alpha Epsilon Pi…
Saylor Graham, 7, is fighting for her life after being shot in an Oregon elementary school massacre that left four others dead. The little girl, known in Bend for her pink glasses and radiant personality, remains in serious but stable…
Grok has weighed in on how America might look today if Donald Trump had never launched his 2016 presidential campaign. The Twitter bot, developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, laid out an alternate political timeline last week after a user asked…
Katie Zacharia has spoken out after leaving her post as White House press secretary. Zacharia, 42, addressed her departure in a post on X alongside a photo of herself with President Donald Trump. She had been in the role for…
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved to a Pennsylvania prison with a documented history of alleged abuse and violence among inmates. The 56-year-old music mogul is now housed at FCI Allenwood Low, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Friday, following…
Shauntai May Nickerson has broken her silence after her 16-year-old son carried out a deadly school shooting in Oregon. Nickerson, the mother of Griffin J. John II, spoke after her son killed three children and one teacher at Silver Rail…
Judge Debra McCaslin put both the prosecution and defense on notice Friday that she will not tolerate theatrics as she prepares Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder retrial for court. “I will not allow these proceedings to become a circus,” McCaslin warned during…
Amber Guyger walked out of prison Friday after serving seven years of her 10-year murder sentence. Guyger, 38, was released on parole from the Christina Melton Crain Unit in Gatesville, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The…
Six Flags Over Georgia is facing fresh scrutiny after a resurfaced TikTok video showed a rider nearly being thrown from the same rollercoaster where a man died days earlier. The undated clip, posted by the account @jims_legacy, captures a young…
Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” as White House press secretary after just five days on the job. The departure follows a direct suggestion from Donald Trump, 79, that she should reconsider whether the role suited her. Speaking to reporters, Trump…
Katie Zacharia has stepped down as White House press secretary after just four days, shattering the record for the shortest tenure in the role. The 41-year-old conservative commentator and former Department of Homeland Security staffer told President Trump she wanted…
A second batch of mail-in ballots has been stolen in California, intensifying scrutiny of postal security less than a month before the midterms. The San Mateo County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder’s Office announced Thursday that election forms were swiped from a U.S.…
Megan Lambert’s family broke their silence Friday to honor the 25-year-old teacher gunned down inside a Bend, Oregon elementary school. The volleyball coach was one of four victims killed Thursday when 16-year-old Griffin John opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary…