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The family of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, who was reported dead while aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship on Saturday, says they will remember her as a happy, bubbly, straight-A student with a bright future ahead. (Kepner family) (BREVARD COUNTY, Fla.) -- Weeks after 18-year-old Anna Kepner mysteriously died on a cruise ship and her stepbrother was named a "suspect" by his parents in a court filing, the stepbrother's mom appeared at a […]

(KERRVILLE, Texas) — Hundreds of 911 calls during the July 4 Texas flood that devastated the Hill Country have been released from hard-hit Kerr County.The Kerrville Police Department released the calls late Thursday following Freedom of Information Act requests from eight media outlets."We want to caution the public that what you will hear on these calls is distressing. Some callers did not survive," Kerrville Police Chief Chris McCall said in a […]

 Luigi Mangione appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 4, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Luigi Mangione returns to court Friday for a fourth day of an evidence suppression hearing in the state case charging him with murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk last […]

(Normand Blouin / EyeEm/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- The coldest air of the season is invading the Midwest and Northeast as the Mid-Atlantic sees its first snow of the season.Record low temperatures were recorded across the Midwest and Northeast on Friday morning, including: 6 degrees in Scranton, Pennsylvania; minus 4 degrees in Plattsburgh, New York, zero degrees in Springfield, Illinois; and 3 degrees in Kalamazoo, Michigan.Wind chills -- what temperature it feels like -- will also be a factor across the Midwest and Northeast. In […]

Andrew Dykes is seen in this booking photo. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office) (TAMPA, Fla) -- Years after the bodies of a woman and her 2-year-old daughter were found on Long Island -- once associated with the Gilgo Beach serial murders -- the woman's suspected killer appeared before a Florida judge on Thursday facing murder charges.Andrew Dykes, 66, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder Wednesday near Tampa on […]

(SONOMA COUNTY, Calif.) -- An animal rights activist who stole four chickens from a Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in California will have to serve jail time.Zoe Rosenberg, 23, was sentenced to 90 days in jail Wednesday, where she will serve 30 days before becoming eligible for alternatives for the last 60 days, per a press release from the Sonoma County District Attorney.Rosenberg was convicted in November of felony conspiracy and three misdemeanors […]

(APPALACHIA, Va.) -- The wife of a Virginia high school football coach who went missing days before being wanted on charges involving child sexual abuse material and solicitation of a minor is pleading with him to "face the allegations by defending yourself in a court of law," as he remains missing for two weeks.Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, was last seen on Nov. 20, according to the Virginia State Police. He […]

(NEW YORK) -- A year to the day after Luigi Mangione allegedly stalked and gunned down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk, the 27-year-old alleged killer was identified in court by one of the police officers who first encountered him in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following the shooting."He's the gentleman right there sitting between the female and the male.  Looks like he's wearing a suit," patrolman Tyler Frye said, pointing with his […]

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The mysterious death of Texas A&M student Brianna Aguilera has been ruled a suicide, police said, noting a suicide note found on her phone and reported previous comments about self-harm.The investigation began at 12:46 a.m. Saturday when officers responded to an Austin apartment complex and found Aguilera on the ground with trauma from an apparent fall from a high floor, Austin Police Detective Robert Marshall said.Cameras showed Aguilera arriving […]