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Valentin Onofre Martinez’s fiancée is fighting to correct the record about the 31-year-old father as she raises their three young children alone. Mia, who shared her story with ABC 7, found herself standing behind police tape on the night of…
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved to a new federal prison in Pennsylvania following a hospital trip for a head injury sustained behind bars in New Jersey. The 56-year-old music mogul was transferred from FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey…
Elizabeth Smart is urging women to put personal safety ahead of politeness. The kidnapping survivor, 38, delivered the warning across multiple interviews tied to the launch of her new podcast, “The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart,” where she sits down…
Laken Snelling was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for killing her newborn son. The 22-year-old former University of Kentucky cheerleader learned her fate in Fayette Circuit Court months after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter and three related charges.…
Jon Gosselin has issued a public warning defending his son Collin against renewed mental-health allegations from ex-wife Kate Gosselin. The former “Jon and Kate Plus 8” star, 49, said in a statement Thursday that he “couldn’t be more proud” of…
A hero driver who tried to stop the Oregon school shooter has revealed the bullet-riddled damage to his Toyota Tacoma after the teen gunman fired multiple rounds at him. The unidentified driver was the first person to call 911 around…
A California Highway Patrol cruiser became the latest casualty of a sleeping Tesla driver who treated freeway speeds like a nap pod. The two officers inside the patrol vehicle, a 22-year-old Sacramento man behind the Tesla’s wheel, and the broader…
Christopher “Dodge” Smith, 40, is being held without bond after Pinellas County deputies say he shot his girlfriend in the face and ran her over with his SUV while his young child rode in the back seat. The attack unfolded…
Manjit Singh Bedi, a fugitive accused of stealing more than $600,000 in federal food stamp benefits, has been returned to the United States after his arrest in India. Bedi, one of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters, was taken into custody…
Katie Zacharia has admitted she never passed the bar exam after presenting herself as a lawyer for months. The admission came during an interview host Sean Hannity, where the new White House press secretary, 37, confirmed she holds a law…
A 16-year-old gunman used his mother’s pump-action shotgun to kill three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school after firing at a pickup truck in the parking lot, authorities said. The Bend resident, who has not been publicly…
Federal agents seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s cellphone, passport, notebooks and personal computers during a raid on her Washington, DC, home Monday as the Trump administration builds a case that could strip the Minnesota Democrat of her citizenship and deport her.…
Greater Manchester Police have named the 26-year-old woman stabbed to death in Manchester as Alisha Samuels. Samuels, 26, was discovered with serious stab wounds on a residential street in Newton Heath around 2am on Thursday, October 15, after officers responded…
Donald Trump has openly promoted a Salvadoran mega-prison as the reason US crime is dropping, even as legal scholars note he lacks authority to send American citizens there. The former president, 78, posted a video to Truth Social recently showing…
Hassan Kariem’s niece called her father in a panic from Six Flags Over Georgia, telling him her uncle had passed out on the Goliath roller coaster before his restraint failed and he fell to his death. The 13-year-old girl, who…
Las Vegas police have identified a man whose bullet-riddled remains were found stuffed in a barrel at Lake Mead in 2022, ending more than four decades of mystery. Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse on Thursday named the victim as Edward…