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Former Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign is pushing back against the outlet report detailing alleged abusive behavior toward staff, including physical contact with an aide and repeated use of slurs in text messages. Peltola, 53, who is challenging…
A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for threatening to kill Jewish Florida Representative Randy Fine and his family. Edwin Guerrero, 26, received nine years and 11 months in federal prison, the U.S. Justice Department…
The family of Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra has launched a public tip line one year after the 33-year-old fashion designer died under mysterious circumstances aboard a yacht docked at the Montauk Yacht Club. Nolan-O’Slatarra’s relatives unveiled MarthaTipline.com in an effort to gather…
A mass shooting in a Southern California suburb left four people hospitalized early Thursday after gunfire erupted near a major intersection. Hawthorne police converged on the area around Crenshaw Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue shortly after 2 a.m., responding to emergency…
A Staten Island woman who reported an illegal garbage dumper to city officials walked away with a $4,000 reward check that covered her bills, stocked her kitchen, and paid for a full beauty makeover. Amy, who requested only her first…
Corie Walsh’s husband sat in court to support her as she pleaded not guilty Thursday. Walsh, 40, appeared in bright red jail garb with her hair tied back for the preliminary hearing in the case that has drawn national attention…
Tomasz Kosowski, 47, was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday after insisting on representing himself at his death penalty trial in Florida. The Ivy League-educated plastic surgeon, known as “Dr. K,” was convicted of killing attorney Steven Cozzi, 41, in…
Edward Paltzik, attorney for the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s trial, publicly defended his client’s refusal to convict by branding the child killer “a demon” who deserves execution. Paltzik, who represents Michael Desronvil, the juror whose steadfast stance produced…
Up to 90,000 San Diego homeowners were hit with bogus trash charges on their property tax bills after city data was mangled in transmission to county officials. The error has thrown City Hall into open warfare, with Councilmember Henry Foster…
Mary Harvey says students at the University of Mississippi are now “scared to leave their dorm rooms” after she was allegedly drugged at a bar and found unconscious in her residence hall hallway, an incident that came just days before…
Donald Trump’s new White House streaming channel drew fewer than 1,000 live viewers during its first morning, sparkering widespread mockery online. The service, titled Trump TV: The Essentials Station, began its 24-hour YouTube livestream on Monday, September 21, offering a…
Far-right activist Danny Tommo has been arrested after a video surfaced appearing to show him slashing a migrant dinghy in the English Channel. Daniel Thomas, 37, who goes by the nickname Danny Tommo, was taken into custody Wednesday evening by…
St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry has sued Mayor Kaohly Her, escalating a misconduct fight that already produced a city probe. Henry, the city’s top cop, filed the 73-page lawsuit against Her on Wednesday in Minnesota state court. The action…
Don Johnson, 81, says he may finally stop working after strangers donated more than $244,000 to help cover his wife’s cancer treatment. The Texas delivery driver had spent three years hauling lost airline luggage up strangers’ stairs for up to…
Joshua Gibbons is going public with his federal lawsuit against Kingsport police after Tennessee’s second-highest criminal court wiped his record clean. Gibbons, a local YouTuber who films officers to hold them accountable, spent nearly four years fighting charges that stemmed…
Jonathan Taylor Thomas has broken his silence after his arrest in California. The “Home Improvement” alum, 45, addressed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, his first public comments since being detained at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station. Thomas was…