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Judge Judy Sheindlin, 83, is defending her vision of America with blunt force, telling critics of the country to leave it. Watch on TikTok The television juror issued the ultimatum during an interview pegged to a CBS primetime special marking…
George Zamot, 49, was honored Wednesday for chasing down the Manhattan screwdriver attacker who wounded two men in July. The longtime UPS driver received recognition at the UJA-Federation of New York’s Rally to Stop Anti-Semitism in Midtown Manhattan, where he…
Pablo Gomez, 34, has been identified as the excavation worker killed when a trench collapsed on a Central Valley job site last Friday. The Hickman incident pinned Gomez underground for hours and set off an extensive rescue operation that ultimately…
Ree Drummond has stayed silent after her foster son was arrested on assault and drug charges in Alabama. Jamar Goff, 23, was booked into Jefferson County Jail on Sept. 15 following an incident at the University of Alabama at Birmingham,…
Judith Sheindlin has mapped out the physical tells she uses to catch liars from the bench. The 83-year-old legal personality, known to viewers as Judge Judy, detailed three specific bodily giveaways in a new interview with W Magazine published this…
Bryan Seaver, Dolly Parton’s nephew and former head of security, is defending his conduct after being sued over alleged threats against staff at the late singer’s Nashville properties. Seaver, who was fired shortly before Parton’s death, said in a statement…
A 31-year-old man leaped from a fourth-floor window to escape a raging Bronx apartment fire that left one person dead and 10 others injured Wednesday morning. The two-alarm blaze erupted around 7:45 a.m. Inside the six-story building on Montgomery Avenue…
A Virginia husband was arrested in Pennsylvania hours after allegedly shooting his wife dead in their Loudoun County home. Roger Bradford, 60, of Aldie, now faces first-degree murder and firearms charges in the killing of Lisa Bradford, 54, the Loudoun…
Hurricane Polo briefly exploded into a Category 5 storm Tuesday before weakening to Category 4 strength Wednesday morning, packing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph as forecasters scrambled to pin down where the unpredictable system will go next. The powerhouse…
Hayden Panettiere’s parents are locked in a dispute over the earrings their daughter was wearing when she died. Lesley Vogel and Skip Panettiere cannot agree on where the jewelry should be sent, according to a Greenville County coroner’s report obtained…
Mathew Francis Betkouski has been publicly identified as the probable “Tylenol Murderer” by Idaho investigators. The Ada County Sheriff’s Office in Boise, Idaho announced Tuesday that Betkouski, previously known only as the “Unknown Wanderer,” is now believed to be the…
A North Carolina meat company is pulling nearly 168,000 pounds of raw beef, pork and goat from stores and restaurants nationwide after federal inspectors discovered the products were never properly examined. Star Meat Delivery Inc., based in the state, shipped…
The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States was critically injured in a West Bank vehicle ramming attack just hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Yechiel Leiter, the envoy in Washington, confirmed on…
Gabrielle Henry has filed a lawsuit against the Miss Universe Organization and its parent companies over the traumatic brain injury she suffered during the 2025 pageant in Thailand. Henry, who represented Jamaica in the competition, brought the suit on September…
Prince Harry was cut off mid-speech by a technical failure at a New York forum. The Duke of Sussex, 42, had returned to the United States just weeks after relocating his family to Britain for what aides called an “extended…
Ryan George, 19, died after slipping and falling near Illilouette Falls in Yosemite National Park while hiking with friends over the weekend. The Santa Rosa Junior College wrestler had been competing in Sacramento just 48 hours before the fatal accident.…