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A statue of Charlie Kirk was vandalized with red paint just days after its unveiling outside Turning Point USA headquarters. The eight-foot memorial was installed in Phoenix on Friday, September 10, to mark one year since Kirk, 31, was fatally…
Elizabeth Holmes’ X account has posted a cryptic selfie from prison that has already been viewed more than 7 million times. The account, which is run by her long-time partner Billy Evans while Holmes serves an 11-year sentence at Bryan…
Kaul Navam, 24, and Malaika Chitre, 24, may have been too intoxicated to register the danger as they sat on subway tracks before a fatal collision, sources said. The pair died at Manhattan’s Spring Street station around 3:15 a.m. Sunday…
The Lizzie Borden house now earns more than $1 million annually from tourists drawn to America’s most notorious unsolved axe murders. Fall River, Massachusetts, has become a pilgrimage site for true-crime fans and ghost hunters since the 1892 killings at…
Nick Radoi broke the news Sunday that his girlfriend, influencer Madalina Apostol, had died. Radoi, a millionaire businessman, described the death of Apostol, 40, as “a great pain” and “a tragedy that is hard to put into words.” The mother…
Joanna Wietrzyk has broken her silence after winning a HYROX race in China while suffering an apparent bowel accident, as the fitness competition’s co-founder admits the organization “made a mistake” by letting her keep competing. Wietrzyk, an Australian HYROX champion,…
Gavin Haakenson says he is “glad” he blacked out during a brown bear attack in Alaska. Haakenson, a moose hunter, was walking back to his truck with his hunting partner Ethan Yeager near Soldotna on Sept. 2 when the animal…
A Brooklyn bodega owner is offering $500 for the return of his kitten after a pair of thieves snatched the three-month-old cat from outside his Park Slope store last Thursday. Imad Innab, who runs the 8th St. Mini Mart, had…
Charles Dion McDowell, the Florida man whose unusually wide neck turned his 2018 mugshot into a global meme, has been arrested again on felony charges in Georgia. McDowell, 35, was taken into custody in Cherokee County on charges including stalking,…
A California surrogate says she was kept in the dark about the identity of the man whose baby she is carrying until she learned he is a reclusive Chinese billionaire who has allegedly fathered hundreds of children through U.S. Surrogacy…
A beloved California dog surfing competition was thrown off course Sunday when rough conditions forced judges to abruptly scrap the final round over fears the waves had become too dangerous for the pups. Nearly 100 dogs splashed into the surf…
A California neighborhood was locked down Sunday after mysterious bottles and cans marked with “biohazard” warnings and “top secret” labels triggered a full bomb squad response. The containers turned up near Castellanos Drive and Vandegrift Boulevard in Oceanside’s North Valley…
A Florida father is facing felony child-abuse charges after allegedly dumping his infant and toddler into gator-infested swamp water while drunkenly fleeing a crash scene with police in pursuit. Isaac Kinsey, 27, crashed through a road-closure sign into a construction…
A helicopter crew pulled an injured rock climber from a 700-foot California cliff face after a fall left them stranded on the notorious formation known as “Power Dome.” The rescue unfolded around 12:45 p.m. Friday at Courtright Reservoir, a remote…
A Southern California paragliding instructor says she felt thankful to be on solid ground after a massive dust devil erupted beside her moments after she landed in a desert drop zone. Jessica Laird, a paragliding instructor, captured terrifying footage on…
Japanese adult film actress Hana Kuraki has died at age 25 in an apparent suicide. Kuraki, 25, was found dead Saturday at an apartment in Tokyo’s Kabukicho red-light district, according to Sakito, a local bar owner who spoke out on…