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Cessna Golden Eagle (Francois Joseph Berger / 500px/Getty) (WIMBERLEY, Texas) -- Five people were killed in a plane crash in Texas on Thursday night, investigators said.Hayes County Judge Ruben Becerra said first responders received a call around 11:00 p.m. local time of a plane down in the area of Wimberley, which is roughly 30 miles southwest of Austin.Fire and EMS crews found the downed Cessna 421C, along with the bodies […]

TikTok logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland. On April, 20th, 2026. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- An alleged TikTok antagonist is accused of stabbing a 17-year-old to death outside his New York City apartment building, authorities said.Andrew Tollinche, 22, has been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the killing outside his […]

Kentucky State Police released this image of the suspect in a bank robbery in Berea, Kentucky, on April 30, 2026. (Kentucky State Police) (BEREA, Ky.) -- A person of interest is in custody Friday morning after a masked man shot and killed two employees during a bank robbery in central Kentucky Thursday afternoon, according to Kentucky State Police.Police said Friday that the person of interest is "believed to be involved," […]

In this photo illustration, a PolyMarket logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages on the background. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- One week after a special forces soldier was indicted on charges of using classified information to wager on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the prediction market Polymarket announced it is increasing its internal monitoring of trades. Master Sgt. Gannon […]

Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, speaks during the 76th FIFA Congress on April 30, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Rich Lam - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Iran will be participating in the 2026 World Cup and will play in the United States, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in remarks Thursday."Of course Iran will play in the United States of America," he said. "And the reason for that […]

(KERR COUNTY, Texas) -- Camp Mystic announced that it will not be reopening for the summer amid ongoing investigations into deadly flooding that killed 25 girls and two teen counselors last year.The camp said it informed the Texas Department of State Health Services on Thursday that it is withdrawing its application for a summer 2026 camp license."No administrative process or summer season should move forward while families continue to grieve, while investigations […]

(DILLEY, Texas) -- Olivia Mabiala Andre made her youngest brother, Manuel, a promise."We're going to go to the United States and we're going to get you a bike," the 19-year-old said she told him.The promise of the bike for her brother and stability for her entire family of five, Andre said, kept them focused on their plan to travel from their home country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting, conceded to remain detained pending further legal proceedings in his case, his attorney said at his detention hearing on Thursday.Allen, dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, appeared calm and did not speak during the hearing.Allen, 31, faces three felony counts of attempted assassination of the President of the United States, transportation of a firearm and ammunition over state lines […]

(NEW ORLEANS) -- A Louisiana sheriff has been indicted on over two dozen felony counts following a brazen jailbreak last year that saw 10 inmates escape from a New Orleans detention center, officials announced Wednesday.A special grand jury indicted Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson on 30 felony counts, according to the Louisiana Attorney General's office.Bianka Brown, the chief financial officer for the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, was also indicted on 20 felony […]