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Terrick El Guindy broke his silence on the death of his 6-year-old son Preston, who was accidentally struck by the bodybuilding judge’s Tesla Cybertruck outside their Southern California home. El Guindy, 48, of Temecula, hit the boy just before 9…
Felyz Rodriguez and Davin Lopez are speaking out after a road-rage confrontation in northwest Miami-Dade left them bruised, pepper-sprayed and questioning whether they were targeted because Rodriguez is transgender. The couple, who had briefly stepped off the sidewalk and into…
The Austin Police Department released body camera footage Tuesday showing officers arresting a Venezuelan man moments after ICE agents shot him during an attempted weekend arrest. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was wounded Sunday when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers…
Donny Nozell, Dolly Parton’s longtime manager, has filed for a temporary restraining order against the late singer’s nephew Bryan Seaver following his dismissal as head of security. Nozell, 64, who guided Parton’s career for more than two decades, claims in…
A new research paper challenges the prevailing narrative that transgender Americans face a uniquely deadly wave of hate-driven violence. The study, published earlier this year by Manhattan Institute researchers Vincent Lundgren and Colin Wright, examined more than 300 murder cases…
A former Canadian soldier died Monday night after opening fire outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur services, leaving a police officer in critical condition. Sean Ward, 29, pulled up in his truck and began shooting at two officers stationed…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have issued fresh warnings to parents at their children’s new UK school about photographing students, drawing complaints of “complete overkill” from some families. The Duke, 40, and Duchess of Sussex, 43, enrolled Prince Archie, 7,…
Amber King has spoken out about the terrifying moment a massive pit bull turned on her in San Francisco, revealing she had agreed to watch the animal for a stranger just before it broke free and mauled her. King, who…
The Justice Department has accused the University of California, San Francisco’s elite medical school of deliberately discriminating against white and Asian applicants in admissions. Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, sent a blistering nine-page…
The NYPD has released a photo of the masked gunman who allegedly shot and killed a 14-year-old boy in Queens. Malaki Adams, 14, was gunned down around 3:40 p.m. Monday in Edgemere while riding his scooter, according to authorities. The…
Female students at Cal State San Marcos say they are living in terror after four rapes were reported on campus within the first three weeks of the fall term. A student at the university, located in northern San Diego County,…
A 17-year-old boy and his mother were shot in the leg during a targeted attack inside a Bronx laundromat Monday evening, and the gunman remained at large the following day. The pair were inside Astor Laundromat on Astor Avenue near…
Two University of Mississippi students have been found dead in separate incidents in Oxford, Mississippi, prompting a drug-related investigation and a campus-wide grief response. The deaths, discovered at distinct locations, have drawn scrutiny from Lafayette County Metro Narcotics after packaged…
Nolan Wells’ parents rejected a Mississippi grand jury’s conclusion that their son’s death was an accidental drowning. Christine Wonsley, the 18-year-old’s mother, broke down in tears Tuesday at a press conference in Stonecrest, Georgia, where she appeared alongside her husband…
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has ruled that veteran news helicopter pilot George Marciniw, 70, died from blunt force trauma in last Tuesday’s fatal crash near a Chatsworth warehouse. Marciniw was at the controls of the aircraft when it…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s communications team used Signal to coordinate with nearly 200 social media influencers despite an explicit January ban on the encrypted app for government work, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post. The directive, issued Jan.…