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Nithya Raman told NBC4 she spent the mayoral debate in a “fugue state” and could barely recall what happened. The challenger, 44, dropped the psychiatric claim into a post-debate interview with reporter Robert Kovacik at Universal City on Tuesday night,…
Jessica McClure, the woman known worldwide as “Baby Jessica” after her 1987 well rescue, was arrested in April on an assault charge following a domestic disturbance at her Texas home. McClure, 39, was taken into custody in Midland and later…
Donald Wells, 61, was arrested again on a domestic assault charge in Tennessee, jail records show. Wells was booked into the Hawkins County Jail at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to facility records. He was scheduled for arraignment at 9 a.m.…
A Michigan State University criminology professor is urging students and residents to avoid the Lansing River Trail entirely as police probe whether five attacks on men over the past year are the work of a serial killer. Karen Holt, who…
Katie Zacharia has broken her silence after her first White House press briefing sparked widespread confusion about her legal credentials. Zacharia, who was named President Donald Trump’s new press secretary last week, faced immediate scrutiny when she offered a baffling…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have struck a deal to ban horse-drawn carriages across New York City’s five boroughs starting in June 2028. The City Council is set to vote on the legislation on Oct. 22,…
Captain Sandy Yawn says Nathan Gallagher is getting help and has stopped drinking after his domestic violence arrest. The “Below Deck Mediterranean” star, 28, was convicted in absentia on Sept. 1 of assault causing actual bodily harm, choking and common…
Luciano Frattolin, 46, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Wednesday for murdering his 9-year-old daughter Melina in upstate New York. The Canadian father was convicted in August by a jury of second-degree murder for drowning the girl…
Santa Barbara parents packed a school board meeting to demand answers after a blackface TikTok posted by four students roiled the district. The video surfaced last month at San Marcos High School, where four blonde teenage girls darkened their faces…
Firefighters contained a small brush fire in Brentwood early Wednesday before Santa Ana winds could whip it into a larger threat. The Los Angeles Fire Department said the blaze ignited around 2:50 a.m. Near the intersection of Vandergrift Avenue and…
Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, ranted to medics about her shattered family dreams after allegedly stabbing her husband and toddler son to death at a Poconos resort, according to police documents. The Towanda, Pennsylvania mother refused to speak with officers during…
Jaime West has broken her silence after a televised Indiana forum sent her slurring, wide-eyed performance viral across social media. West, a Democratic candidate for Fayette County council, posted to Facebook on Saturday after millions had viewed clips of her…
Collin Gosselin says his mother Kate Gosselin visited him just once during his years in a behavioral institution, and that she used the brief encounter to blame him for destroying their family. The 22-year-old former reality star makes the allegation…
A Wyoming graduate student was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport while attempting to board a flight to China after allegedly poisoning a colleague’s tea. Aili Wang, 32, a microbiology doctoral candidate at the University of Wyoming, was taken into…
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s staff successfully altered her official birthdate in Minnesota records months after she entered Congress, a change that now sits at the center of a federal criminal investigation into her immigration history. The Minnesota Legislative Reference Library had…
Minnehaha County Deputy Katherine Frank died Monday after three days in critical condition from gunshot wounds suffered during a Sioux Falls home confrontation. Frank, 26, passed away surrounded by family and loved ones, the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office announced. She…