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Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old Bank of America employee and recent law school graduate, was killed in a random stabbing attack in Times Square on Monday afternoon. According to multiple reports, Pamela Cisneros, 49, pulled two knives from a shopping bag and stabbed Piacenti and a 68-year-old man near
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In Utah, Judge Tony Graf Jr. ruled on Tuesday that Tyler Robinson will stand trial for the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and prosecutors can seek the death penalty. The hearing followed a five-day preliminary hearing in July where prosecutors presented what they called 'overwhelming'
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LAS VEGAS — A jury found Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, guilty of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed rapper Tupac Shakur. The verdict marks the first conviction in a case that has remained unsolved for decades. The jury deliberated for less than three hour
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Singer David Anthony Burke , known by his stage name D4vd , lost his high-profile legal team and will now be represented by the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office in a case where he is charged with killing, sexually abusing, and dismembering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. According to
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Cleveland Police have arrested five more individuals in connection with a fatal crash on the A66 that killed seven people, including two police officers. The new arrests bring the total number of detainees to 17. According to authorities, the latest arrestees include a 16-year-old boy and four men a
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At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped , with another 22 injured , when armed men attacked the once peaceful community of Kenscoff near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The United Nations confirmed the casualties, noting that at least five of those killed were children. The
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Federal judge Paul A. Engelmayer rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence, calling her claims 'demonstrably meritless.' In a 67-page decision filed on Tuesday, the judge dismissed Maxwell’s habeas petition, finding that she failed to mak
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German investigators have uncovered a third drone containing suspected military explosives near Leipzig/Halle Airport, believed to be connected to an attempted attack on August 4th. The latest discovery occurred in Kabelsketal, west of the airport, where about 50 grams of hexogen—a highly explosive
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered the military and other security agencies to launch an immediate rescue operation after about 600 women, children, and older people were kidnapped by gunmen in north-central Niger State last week. A video posted online shows what residents say are the abduct
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The U.S. military conducted two airstrikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats within days, killing six people in total. The first strike occurred Sunday in the eastern Pacific Ocean, targeting a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes as reported by multiple outlets
Former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson died on Sunday while serving his 20-year prison sentence for the second-degree murder of Sonya Massey. According to multiple reports, Grayson had been battling Stage 4 colon cancer and was denied a medical release request by the Illinois Prisoner
Hackers linked to Iran temporarily shut down a small UK power plant for four days due to a cyber-attack, according to reports from The Guardian , Daily Mail , and CNBC . The incident involved a small-scale energy generator and posed no risk to the wider energy system. The attack occurred last month,
An 18-year-old man armed with a sword attacked students at Brinellskolan in central Sweden on Friday, killing one 17-year-old girl and injuring three others. According to multiple reports, the attack occurred while classes were in session at the school located in Fagersta, northwest of Stockholm. Th
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Harvard Medical School has agreed to pay a $53 million settlement to resolve class action lawsuits brought by relatives of body donors whose remains were stolen and sold on the black market by its former morgue manager, Cedric Lodge. The settlement, pending court approval, will establish two class a
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A Texas appeals court has reduced Alex Jones' defamation judgment from $50 million to just $5.6 million , following his false claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. The ruling by the Texas Third Court of Appeals does not impact a separate $1.4 billion judgment against Jones in Connec
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Jessica Bowie, 35 , from Albany, New York, was arrested and charged with planning an Islamic State-inspired attack on the state's capitol building. According to the Justice Department, Bowie intended to deploy an explosive device at the capitol with the goal of killing public officials and destroyin
Judge Michael Chitty denied Karmelo Anthony's request for a new trial in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet, upholding the original conviction and 35-year sentence. The denial came after a two-day hearing near Dallas, where Chitty reviewed evidence and arguments wit
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Palm Beach County Clerk Michael Caruso from office after his arrest on felony child sexual abuse charges. According to multiple reports, Caruso was arrested Tuesday morning with substantial assistance from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and l
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Erin Patterson, an Australian woman serving life for poisoning three relatives with deadly mushrooms in 2023, began appealing her conviction on Wednesday. Her lawyers argued that the trial was unfair because the jury, prosecutors, and a key witness were housed in the same hotel during deliberations.
Bolivian authorities arrested Fernando Cerimedo , a senior adviser to several Latin American right-wing leaders, on suspicion of plotting the murder of his girlfriend and political activist Nadia Beller . According to multiple reports, Cerimedo was detained at Santa Cruz de la Sierra airport on Tues
A German court has convicted a Ukrainian man for his role in a plot linked to Russian intelligence to send parcel bombs across Europe. The Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart found that three Ukrainians were involved in sending two packages with GPS trackers and spare auto parts from Germany to Ukrai
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The jury in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse accused of strangling her three children in January 2023, is deliberating for a fourth day to determine if she was criminally responsible. The case has drawn significant attention to maternal mental health issues following ch
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Florida is set to execute William Frances Silvia , a 61-year-old man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding her mother in 2006. The execution, scheduled for Tuesday at Florida State Prison near Starke, will mark the state's 13th this year—more than half of the nation's total e
Riley English, a 26-year-old transgender woman from South Deerfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced to six years and one month in prison for plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the U.S. Capitol. According to multiple reports, English drove to Washington D.C. in January 2025 with homem
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