Crime

A former television news anchor who worked at stations across the Midwest pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for fatally stabbing her 80-year-old mother on Halloween morning 2025, telling authorities she believed the woman was the devil and that she had to kill her to “save herself.” The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday that […]

A Duval County jury found Mario Fernandez Saldana guilty of first-degree murder and solicitation to commit a capital felony in the roadside killing of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, closing a chapter in one of Jacksonville’s most closely watched criminal cases. The verdict came down Wednesday inside the Duval County Courthouse, more than three years after […]

A Los Angeles County jury needed just two and a half hours to find Kevin Salazar guilty of first-degree murder for shooting Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in the head as the 30-year-old deputy sat in his marked patrol car at a red light in Palmdale, California. The verdict, returned Monday after a week-long trial, also […]

A Georgia sheriff’s office seized roughly 1,800 pounds of suspected black-market marijuana on Tuesday, a shipment that originated in Sacramento, California, and was headed for Atlanta and Orlando, according to a press release from the Butts County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Gary Long used the bust to deliver a pointed message to Georgia lawmakers: legalization in […]

Armed gang members stormed a church in Kenscoff, Haiti, on Sunday night and opened fire on displaced families sheltering inside, killing at least 47 people and wounding more than 22 others in what the local mayor called a “night of terror.” The gang responsible, 5 Segonn, or “5 Seconds”, operates under the broader Viv Ansanm […]

A signed Pablo Picasso etching worth up to $50,000, stolen from a Milwaukee art gallery in 2018, sat collecting dust on the wall of a Bay View apartment for years until a landlord cleaning out the unit after an eviction turned it over to police earlier this month. The print, a 1949 work titled “Torero,” […]

A weeklong manhunt for a Massachusetts woman wanted in connection with the death of her husband, a 31-year veteran of the Worcester Police Department, ended when two hospital employees stumbled upon a body and a handgun in a patch of woods less than a mile from where the suspect was last seen alive. Worcester Police […]

Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya requested an indefinite leave of absence on Saturday, just one day after announcing his return to office following a three-month absence triggered by U.S. federal drug trafficking charges. The 77-year-old governor shared the letter on social media, requesting what he called a “temporary leave of an indefinite nature, for more […]

A Brazilian court found a 37-year-old woman guilty of fraud and false identity after she spent 14 months living with a foster family while pretending to be a child, the culmination of a scheme she allegedly maintained for roughly 15 years. The Court of Justice of Santa Catarina convicted Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira on […]

Two police officers were shot and an armed suspect was killed late Friday night after a routine investigation in Hartford, Connecticut, spiraled into a vehicle pursuit and ended in an exchange of gunfire on a residential street in neighboring Newington. Hartford Police Officer Alex Diaz and Rocky Hill Police Officer Jon Escobar both sustained gunshot […]