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San Francisco has narrowed its search for a new street name to two choices honoring farmworkers rather than any single leader. The city unveiled “Sí Se Puede” and “Las Campesinas” on Thursday as the finalists to replace Cesar Chavez Street,…
Davide Giri’s killer was sentenced to 25-years-to-life Friday as the slain Columbia doctoral student’s family crossed an ocean to face him in court. Renato Giri, the victim’s father, spoke through an interpreter in Manhattan Supreme Court with relatives who had…
Yoatzi Castro has spoken out after identifying the man she says groped her during a Disneyland livestream. The Mexican influencer, who was broadcasting in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle in Anaheim when the alleged assault occurred, told police that Christopher…
Female students at Cal State San Marcos are carrying pepper spray and traveling in packs after four rapes struck the campus within three weeks. The attacks were reported on Sept. 5, 6, 13 and 18 across The Quad, University Village…
Elijah Hemingway, the man accused of murdering a Pittsburgh doctor, had been arrested just two months earlier and released on non-monetary bail. Hemingway, 32, was taken into custody in July on burglary and theft charges connected to a February break-in,…
A Queens supermarket owner was convicted Friday in Brooklyn Federal Court for a months-long campaign of kidnapping and sexual torture against rivals who mocked his self-proclaimed title. Abu Chowdhury, 36, was found guilty of three kidnapping counts and three conspiracy-to-kidnap…
A missing Virginia toddler was found alive Friday after an overnight search that drew federal and state agencies into dense woodland east of Charlottesville. Bridget Maeve Zeigler, 2, walked away from her home on Hidden Valley Road in Cumberland County…
Alpha Epsilon Pi’s off-campus house was raided by police Wednesday night in Madison, Wisconsin. Officers discovered 30 teenage pledges, mostly undressed and covered in condiments, crammed into a sweltering basement that Madison Police described as filthy. The fraternity, which has…
California cities have claimed five of the bottom slots on a new national ranking of the toughest metro areas for single mothers raising children alone. The study from Single Mothers Grants, a resource site focused on financial assistance programs, placed…
Two men have been arrested in Oxford, Mississippi, after a police raid uncovered more than 500 units of kratom at a smoke shop near the Ole Miss campus. Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, 51, and Islam Mohamed, 18, both of Oxford, were…
A forensic pathologist is raising alarms that Mississippi’s official autopsy of Nolan Wells skipped a critical check that could have strengthened the drowning finding in the teen’s disputed death. Dr. Priya Banerjee, a board-certified forensic pathologist with no connection to…
Jenny Slatten’s health is deteriorating rapidly as her ALS battle intensifies. The 68-year-old “90 Day Fiancé” alum is “getting weaker by the day,” according to a devastating update posted Wednesday by her friend Penny on a GoFundMe campaign established for…
An Alabama jury will hear the first US trial against TikTok starting Monday over claims the platform fueled a teen mental health crisis. The case, filed last year by state Attorney General Steve Marshall, 60, targets both TikTok and its…
Julious Johnican, 25, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for orchestrating classroom fights between young students at an Indianapolis Montessori school. The former elementary school teacher pleaded guilty on Aug. 4 to neglect of a dependent, a level…
State fire officials have ruled the deadly blaze that killed NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three young children accidental, tracing it to overheating electrical equipment in a home office. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s State Fire Marshal released…
Alleigha Botner took the stand in a Miami County, Ohio courtroom to read aloud the messages she exchanged with Caleb Flynn, the former “American Idol” contestant now on trial for murdering his wife. Botner, 24, testified that her relationship with…