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Dolly Parton’s nephew confirmed her death at 80 following a reported hospitalization days earlier. The country music legend was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville on Thursday night, according to reports. She died in the hospital Tuesday morning…
President Trump ordered flags to half-staff after the death of country music legend Dolly Parton. The former president, 79, announced the honor on Truth Social on Tuesday following news that the “Jolene” singer had died at age 80. Parton’s nephew…
A married California couple was arrested by US Marshals in Mexico on homicide charges more than eight months after a teacher suffered a fatal beating in Fresno County. Geoffrey Bernardi, 37, who taught career technical education with the Clovis Unified…
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing new or increased recreation fees at roughly 40 destinations across the Lake Tahoe region, sparking fierce opposition from locals already squeezed by the area’s high cost of living. The proposals, open for public comment…
Alice Stilwell’s family has shared a moving obituary honoring the 67-year-old grandmother and hair stylist after she and her longtime partner were killed by teenagers in a stolen luxury SUV. Stilwell and Robert Barr, Jr., 54, died Saturday morning in…
A reporter covering the Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial lost her Vanity Fair credentials after she was caught grinning and winking at a courtroom camera. Brittany Romano, who was seated in the gallery at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts on Monday,…
Donald Steven Lang, 62, was arrested in Canada over the weekend after a global manhunt. Lang, a dual US-Canadian citizen, was captured on charges of producing images of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to the US Department…
The gunman who shot a service dog on a Brooklyn street was arrested Tuesday morning, police said. Adrian Benitez, 29, was nabbed around 8:15 a.m. And charged with attempted murder, three counts of assault, criminal possession of a weapon, reckless…
A knifeman went on a 30-minute rampage across Oakland Monday night leaving one person dead and four others injured. The stabbing spree began just before 7:30 p.m. As the alleged perpetrator moved between multiple locations across the city, including the…
A Montana sheriff confirmed multiple adults and children were killed after a gunman opened fire at a Billings home and set it ablaze. Yellowstone County interim Sheriff Kent O’Donnell told reporters Monday that “multiple adults and multiple juveniles” died in…
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday aboard a U.S. Military transport plane, according to reports. The C-17 aircraft departed Joint Base Andrews, the Maryland base outside Washington reserved for high-ranking official travel, and made a stop in…
A federal judge savaged Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction in a blistering ruling Tuesday. Manhattan Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer, 64, issued a 67-page decision that methodically dismantled every argument in the jailed socialite’s December motion from…
Alex Pretti’s family learned he had been shot 10 times by federal agents only after recognizing him on television news coverage, his parents revealed in their first joint interview. The 37-year-old intensive care nurse was fatally shot by Immigration and…
A Charlotte man indicted on five felony counts for allegedly threatening mass shootings at five public schools was released from jail three days before students returned to class. Drew Andres Owens, 33, walked out of the Mecklenburg County Jail at…
Jeff Metcalf says he feels sorry for his son’s killer Karmelo Anthony and revealed when he forgave him. Jeff Metcalf, 56, spoke out in an interview broadcast Tuesday, offering a stunning emotional response to the man convicted of murdering his…
Alyshia Rushing, the TikTok parenting influencer known as Mama A, has died in a two-vehicle crash on an Alabama interstate. Rushing, 26, was killed on I-85 in Montgomery at around 2:15 a.m. Saturday, according to WAKA Action 8 News. The…