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More than a dozen Penn State University students have been charged in connection with a cocaine trafficking ring that operated primarily out of two off-campus fraternity houses, according to authorities. The Pennsylvania attorney general's office announced charges against 14 people linked to the ope
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Two students were killed Tuesday during a shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University , a private school in the southern Philippines. A ninth-grade student brought two pistols onto campus, opened fire inside a classroom, and then turned one of the weapons on himself. The suspect was identified as Moh
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Attorneys for Nick Reiner, accused of killing his parents Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer-photographer Michele Reiner, urged a Los Angeles judge to allow him access to his $1.5 million trust fund for defense costs in a hearing on Monday. The 32-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two count
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The U.S. Supreme Court has once again rejected Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E Jean Carroll, according to multiple reports. The court announced the decision in an unsigned order on Monday without providing an explanat
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Thieves stole four Renaissance masterpieces valued at up to $93 million from Sicily's Museo Regionale di Messina during Ferragosto celebrations, according to multiple reports. The haul included three panels from Antonello da Messina's San Gregorio Polyptych , dated 1473, and a double-sided panel dep
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A man fatally stabbed his wife and their 7-year-old daughter inside the Minnesota daycare they operated out of their home before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to CBS News , Hopkins police found three people deceased at Brown Bear Childcare on Wednesday morning, inclu
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Five people were injured in a shooting involving multiple suspects near the Quad Annexes dormitories at Virginia State University early Saturday morning. According to local authorities, one victim initially listed as having life-threatening injuries was later upgraded to critical condition, while th
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An 18-year-old man from San Diego’s La Jolla neighborhood pleaded guilty Thursday to violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act after video footage captured him repeatedly kicking a protected sea lion at La Jolla Cove beach. Tyler Muehl admitted to landing four kicks on the animal, including two to
A woman has been arrested for vandalizing the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C., according to multiple reports. Melissa L. Farris faces two felony charges: “Depredation Against Property of the United States” and “Destruction of Veterans’ Memorials.” The offenses carry penalties of up to 10 ye
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Italian authorities have recovered three valuable artworks by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, and Henri Matisse that were stolen earlier this year from a private museum near Parma. The paintings, collectively worth over $10 million, were discovered during searches ordered by prosecutors as part
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley apologized Thursday for instances where its surveillance technology was misused by law enforcement officers. The company announced several changes to its systems following reports of abuse, including reducing the default data retention period from 30 days to seven da
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Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to charges related to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The hearing marked a significant development in the nearly two-year-old case, as Mangione admitted guilt to interstate stalking resulting in death and cyberstalking through
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In a rare event not seen since January 7, 2010, three inmates were executed across three states on the same day in the United States. Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was put to death by lethal injection at Oklahoma State Penitentiary for fatally shooting his girlfriend in both eyes after she planned to leav
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A federal judge in Miami postponed a hearing to determine whether social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate should remain in custody while fighting extradition to the United Kingdom. The brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, charges they have repeatedly denied. U.S. Magistrate Jud
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 11 people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme that orchestrated over 1,000 sham marriages to help Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through marriages to U.S. citizens, officials said Wednesday. The defendants allegedly arrange
Simon Levy, a 40-year-old serial sex attacker from Tottenham in north London, was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on Wednesday at the Old Bailey. He was convicted of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and Sheryl Wilkins in August 2025, as well as rapi
Luigi Mangione , accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street in December 2024, pleaded guilty Friday to federal stalking charges. The plea comes ahead of his scheduled January federal trial and September state murder trial. The pretrial conference before U.S. Distric
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A federal judge in Brooklyn dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after the Justice Department decided to abandon the fraud and bribery case. The decision came following inquiries into whether anything was promised in exchange for dropping the case, including a $10 billi
Opening statements began Monday in Las Vegas in the trial of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, a former gang leader accused of orchestrating rapper Tupac Shakur's murder nearly three decades ago. The case centers around a drive-by shooting that occurred on September 7, 1996, shortly after Shakur and Death Row
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Daniel Kinahan, a 49-year-old alleged leader of an Irish organized crime gang, was extradited from Dubai to Ireland on Sunday evening and charged with directing criminal organization activities. He arrived in Dublin via an Irish Air Corps plane and was taken to the Special Criminal Court, where he w
A 14-year-old student opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School outside Bangkok on Friday, killing five staff members and two grandparents before taking his own life. The death toll rose to nine after a 12-year-old girl died from her injuries in hospital. The shooting occurred around 10am at the sch
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Counter-terrorism police investigating the murder of Ann Widdecombe , the former Conservative minister and prominent Reform UK figure, have reopened an investigation into an attempted burglary reported in April 2025 at a Greater London address. According to multiple sources, this reopening is part o
Spanish authorities , collaborating with Europol and police forces from France, Portugal, and Poland, have dismantled what they describe as one of the largest criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling, drug trafficking, and weapons trafficking across the Western Mediterranean. The operation,
At least seven people were killed when a student opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Thailand before turning the gun on himself, according to national police officials. The shooting occurred on Friday, August 7, 2026. The incident took place at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai distr
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