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Ernesto Alejandro Perez-Garcia, a five-time illegal entrant arrested by ICE in California, told reporters his drinking was the “mistake” that finally led to his detention. Perez-Garcia, a Mexican national, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement early…
McKenna West is denying claims that she is pursuing child support from the biological parents of the baby she carried and refused to abort. West, the surrogate who made national headlines after declining a termination request from Nausheen Gilkar and…
Arizona authorities have arrested one suspect in a deadly home invasion that killed a Tucson police recruit and left his fiancée hospitalized. Santiago Jorge Rogers, 39, was taken into custody at a hotel on South Palo Verda Road in Tucson…
Jo Gardiner’s family announced she died Sunday following a cancer battle, a year after her son Sam’s fatal car crash. The ‘Race Across the World’ star, 61, passed away on August 24, her relatives confirmed in a statement that described…
Sally-Anne Bowen, 65, has denied sexually abusing two teenage boys at a Catholic school nearly 40 years ago, telling jurors the allegations are “the workings of a fantasy.” The former chemistry teacher took the stand at Harrow Crown Court on…
A teen was fatally shot and three others wounded when a Bronx car meet-up spiraled into gunfire early Sunday, police said. Werling Mendez, 18, died from a bullet to the head around 5:40 a.m. On East 233rd Street near Boston…
Masked burglars ransacked two Southern California businesses during separate street takeovers Sunday night, with one pharmacy hit after a crowd of roughly 100 people gathered in the area. The first break-in happened around 11 p.m. At Lorena Pharmacy on the…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to cut off electricity supply to the United States as President Donald Trump escalates his trade war against Canada. Ford, 60, made the warning to the outlet on Tuesday following Trump’s announcement that he…
Emiliane Tamara Nunes Carvalho has spoken out about surviving five days chained to a bed after her ex-husband allegedly kidnapped her. Carvalho, 24, a nursing technician, was found gagged and bound in Águas Lindas de Goiás, Brazil, on Friday, Aug.…
New York authorities have used genetic genealogy for the first time to identify a 9/11 victim, nearly 25 years after the attacks. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the NYPD Detective Bureau confirmed the breakthrough identification last week.…
A well-known drag racer and Discovery star has been killed in a crash at an Ohio track. Chris “Block” Gordon, 40, died on Saturday at KD Motorsports Park in South Webster, Scioto County, event organizers confirmed in a Facebook post.…
Hayden Panettiere’s estranged mother is publicly challenging her daughter’s boyfriend’s account of the actress’s final hours. Lesley Vogel, 70, said on Saturday that Brian Hickerson’s timeline of Panettiere’s last day is “full of holes.” The “Nashville” alum, 36, was found…
Kam Glasgow watched lightning kill his wife and 2-year-old daughter in a Florida sidewalk tragedy. Kenya Glasgow, 31, and her twin daughter Kennedi were struck by a bolt of lightning around 2:30 p.m. Sunday on a sidewalk in Margate, Florida,…
Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington confronted a prosecution psychiatrist for smiling during cross-examination at her murder trial. The 75-year-old veteran lawyer was questioning Dr. Avram Mack by video link at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts on August 24 when…
Donald Trump’s green-flag wave at an IndyCar race has drawn a body language expert’s scrutiny. Casino.ca body language analyst Inbaal Honigman examined footage of Trump, 78, starting the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C., on Sunday and concluded his…
Dr. Avram Mack admitted under cross-examination that Lindsay Clancy “was in a serious psychiatric state and she was suffering” before she strangled her three children. The prosecution psychiatrist, testifying for the state in Clancy’s Massachusetts trial, gave that concession on…