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Two people were pulled from a burning boat off the California coast on Monday afternoon without injuries. The rescue unfolded around 12:36 p.m. Near Butterfly Beach in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, after the Montecito Fire Department received a report of…
An Ohio State University fraternity has been placed on interim suspension after a video surfaced showing two people engulfed in flames at a party while onlookers watched. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter is not currently operating, university officials confirmed, though…
Brittany Powell texted her sister that she “was not good” three days before her husband allegedly shot her in the head. The 48-year-old woman from Quitman, Texas, had reached out to her sibling on Nov. 1 following a fight with…
Bruce Giudici is leading a California supervisor race two months after his death. The 57-year-old candidate has pulled 1,982 votes, or 57 percent, against Clyde Clapp’s 1,496 votes, or 43 percent, in the Calaveras County District 5 Board of Supervisors…
Thomas Markle Sr. Allegedly sliced off his court-ordered ankle monitor in the dead of night, just days after a federal judge granted him compassionate release. The 82-year-old father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was freed from custody last Friday on…
A 41-year-old US Army member is being held at a London police station after British counter-terrorism officers arrested him on suspicion of spying for Russia. The soldier was taken into custody Tuesday near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, as part of a joint…
A Boston federal jury convicted disgraced ex-cop Matthew Farwell on Tuesday for murdering 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and her unborn son. Farwell, 41, was found guilty on two federal charges: killing a witness or victim and causing the death of an…
A 48-year-old man is facing a federal murder charge after a cruise ship was ordered back to port in Galveston, Texas, where he was taken into custody. Jason Leon Watford, 48, was escorted off the MSC Seascape in handcuffs on…
A Utah teenager held captive for more than 500 days escaped after reaching out to another young player through the online video game “Among Us.” Kylie Arellano, now 17, vanished from her Garden City, Utah, home in May 2025 at…
A forensic expert has outlined how cutting-edge DNA techniques could finally generate new leads in the decades-old murder of JonBenét Ramsey. Cassie Leigh, a certified forensic technician and crime analyst, said that SNP testing and investigative genetic genealogy offer pathways…
Dr. Daniel Arnett, 44, was found dead near a Massachusetts cow pasture on Sunday, a day after he disappeared during a morning bike ride. The renowned cardiologist was last seen cycling around 10 a.m. Saturday in Newbury, Massachusetts, according to…
A federal judge has ordered an 82-year-old man to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he can stand trial on child sexual abuse material charges. Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan Markle, 43, was arrested last Friday in…
Police have released new surveillance footage and a detailed timeline in the search for missing DoorDash driver Zachariah Schuck, 32, who vanished after his final delivery in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The father of three has not been seen since the…
Jason Leon Watford, 48, has been charged with murder after allegedly confessing to choking a woman to death aboard a Caribbean cruise ship and then calmly scrolling on his phone while her body lay nearby. Watford and the still-unidentified woman…
Russell Brand is a “dead man walking” at HMP Wandsworth, according to a former inmate who served time at the notorious London prison. The disgraced comedian, 51, was sentenced Monday to 10 years behind bars for one count of rape…
A Massachusetts judge has refused to dismiss murder charges against Lindsay Clancy, leaving the door open for prosecutors to retry the case. Judge William Sullivan, 71, rejected the defense team’s double jeopardy motion in a memorandum filed Monday, ruling…