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Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018, was released on parole Friday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. According to The Guardian , Guyger's release came two weeks after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles approv
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In a significant legal development, a New Mexico judge has dismissed child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield. Judge Joseph Montano granted a defense motion to toss out the indictment, citing prosecutorial misconduct and errors that undermined the grand jury process. The ruling came af
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Las Vegas authorities have identified the remains of a man found stuffed in a rusted barrel on the shore of Lake Mead as Edward Lelburian Jackson. The body was discovered by boaters near Hemenway Harbor on May 1, 2022, after water levels dropped due to prolonged drought conditions. According to Clar
Moises Freire, a 19-year-old from the Bronx, and Brian Peralta Cabrera, an 18-year-old from Queens, face federal charges after prosecutors allege that fentanyl disguised as cocaine led to the death of one college student and nearly killed another at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology (F
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Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is facing a federal lawsuit filed by two women who allege he sexually exploited them in violation of anti-trafficking laws, according to multiple reports. The lawsuit, filed in Orlando, Florida, comes nearly two years after the House Ethics Committee reported that Gaetz h
A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on Thursday afternoon resulted in four fatalities, including three children aged 5, 8, and 11, and one teacher. The shooter was identified as John Griffin Jr. III, a 16-year-old resident of Bend who used a shotgun purchased by his mother to
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President Donald Trump has canceled plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who was convicted for killing 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009. In a social media post on Thursday, Trump stated that while broadcasting such an execution "might have been a strong deterrent," many wel
Michael Desronvil, the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy's trial for strangling her three children, has spoken publicly about his decision. In an interview with Fox News' Kayleigh McEnany, he cited what he described as Clancy's 'methodical' actions during the killings as a key factor in his vote
Police in Palatine, Illinois, arrested a 19-year-old man for an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora. According to multiple reports, Alexandros Paporakis was charged with one count of making a terrorist threat and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon. The investigati
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare is considering felony charges against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who allegedly ran over Miguel Parra Hernandez in Houston, breaking his leg. According to multiple reports, surveillance footage shows the officer's unmarked SUV v
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A Ukrainian former military officer stood silently in court as his trial began in Hamburg for the alleged sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Sergiy Kuznietsov, 50, is accused of leading a team that planted explosives on the pipelines designed to carry Russian gas to Europe. According to mult
An OpenAI employee suspected of planting a recording device in the company’s conference room was arrested on criminal charges. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national and engineer at OpenAI since July 2025, was charged with using an electronic device to intercept oral communications. The F
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Florida executed James Robertson , 63, on Tuesday after he killed his cellmate in 2008 specifically to receive a death sentence. Robertson was pronounced dead at 12:32 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. Robertson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and waive
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DNA evidence has linked former Chicago detective Thomas F. McInerney Jr. to the 1960 murder of Gloria Kowalewicz , an 8-year-old girl who was abducted on her way to church, according to multiple reports. The case remained unsolved for over six decades until advanced forensic technology and genetic p
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The sentencing took place at Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, where Judge Carli Kierny presided over the case.
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Two retired San Francisco police officers and their adult daughter were found dead Sunday in an apparent murder-suicide at their home in Marin County, California. Authorities believe Kevin Mannix, a former sergeant with the SFPD, shot his wife Ann Elizabeth Corriea Mannix, also a retired deputy chie
French investigators have recovered two stolen Renoir paintings using DNA evidence and vehicle-tracking technology, according to multiple reports. The works, Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano and Young Woman at the Well , were taken from the small Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on September 8. Th
Emergency assistance for Christa Pike , who survived a botched lethal injection in Tennessee, was delayed due to confusion among first responders and prison officials. According to 911 dispatch recordings released Monday, precious minutes elapsed as officials tried to verify the legitimacy of an eme
British comedian and actor Russell Brand , 51, is standing trial at London's Southwark Crown Court on multiple counts of rape and sexual assault involving six women between 1999 and 2009. According to prosecutors, Brand exploited his fame as a means to satisfy what they describe as an insatiable des
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Alvaro Pulido Vargas, a 62-year-old Colombian businessman wanted for years in the US for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials, has been taken into custody. According to The Guardian , Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into
A Mexican judge has convicted three men of murdering two Australian surfers and their American friend in a case that drew international attention. Judge Raúl Hernández found Jesús Gerardo García, alias "El Kekas," Irineo Francisco "N" and Ángel Jesús "N" guilty of the April 2024 killings of Australi
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A passenger at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, breached security Tuesday night, stole an airport tug vehicle, and crashed it into another vehicle. The 26-year-old man, identified as Skyler Barr from Everett, Washington, was booked on a Delta Airlines flight to Seattle but instead ma
'Pretty Little Liars' actor Keegan Allen was robbed at gunpoint outside Laurel Supply in West Hollywood on Thursday night, according to multiple reports. Allen shared a video of the aftermath on Instagram, showing blood streaming down his face as he recounted the attack. The Los Angeles County Sheri
Vice President JD Vance expressed skepticism on Friday about whether the Pentagon will proceed with its plan to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December. Speaking to reporters, Vance stated that if the execution is ultimately livestreamed, he would not watch it. Th
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