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A Texas mother is facing attempted murder charges after her husband called 911 to report she had stabbed him and their two young children during an early morning attack at their home. Holly Leeann Flores, 37, was taken into custody…
A CIA officer who stashed millions of dollars in gold bars at his Virginia home pleaded guilty Tuesday to running a colossal fraud scheme against the federal government. David Rush, 49, entered his plea in federal court after admitting he…
An Ohio judge dismissed all criminal charges Tuesday against the grandfather at the center of a child-endangerment case involving 16 children found in squalor. Gary Siders Sr., 73, walked free from Vinton County court after a psychologist ruled him mentally…
President Trump has approved the first U.S. Military death sentence by firing squad in more than 80 years. The Pentagon announced the decision on Sunday, targeting former Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, 56, who has sat on military death row…
A Wisconsin father of four has died after collapsing within sight of the finish line during his first half marathon. John Meise, 36, was running the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon half marathon on Sunday morning when he fell to the ground…
A New Jersey insurance executive shot his wife and daughter to death before killing himself inside their $1.7 million mansion, authorities confirmed. David Grodnick, 61, his wife Lora Grodnick, 62, and their daughter Sloane Grodnick, 24, were discovered with fatal…
University of Oregon officials issued a campus-wide alert on Sept. 30 after five sexual assaults were reported during the first week of classes, putting the elite West Coast public university on high alert as students settle into the new academic…
President Donald Trump has approved the first military execution by firing squad in more than 80 years. The order targets Nidal Malik Hasan, 54, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood,…
Wladimir Klitschko has filed court papers demanding a police investigation into jewelry he claims was pawned from Hayden Panettiere’s estate after her death. The former heavyweight champion, 50, submitted the request in Los Angeles as part of his broader push…
Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang were arrested Tuesday morning at their Arcadia mansion in a multi-agency raid. Officers descended on the couple’s castle-like California home early Tuesday and detained both Xuan and Zhang on multiple charges, according to the source…
A 5-month-old girl clings to life at Jacobi Hospital after she and her 23-year-old mother plunged 15 stories from a Bronx apartment building early Tuesday, police and sources said. The mother died at the hospital following the 3:38 a.m. Incident…
A Kentucky mother of three was found murdered in her home with her unborn baby cut from her womb, and a convicted felon with multiple outstanding warrants is now in custody. April Barlow Celio, 41, was discovered slain inside her…
Christa Pike remains unconscious in a Tennessee hospital six days after a botched lethal injection, as legal experts map out what happens if the condemned woman ever wakes up. Pike, 50, was scheduled to become the first woman executed in…
A TikTok creator has reignited debate over how late women should ride the New York City subway alone, drawing thousands of responses that expose deep divides about safety, street smarts, and what it means to be a “real New Yorker.”…
Police have identified two suspects in the broad-daylight slashing of an off-duty NYPD detective in the Bronx, with one of the men now the subject of an active ICE manhunt. D’Angelo Caraballo, 25, and Sneider Mejia, 24, are being sought…
Ken Urker sent a cryptic message about his mental health just two weeks before he was found dead in his Louisiana home. The 34-year-old told a mutual friend he was “surviving” during what the source described as a routine check-in…