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(NEW YORK) --  A former NYPD detective pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of misconduct and receipt of unlawful gratuities after he sent inappropriate messages to two women and had sex with a woman shortly after she was arrested.Matthew Lambert resigned from the NYPD in December 2025.  He was sentenced to two years' probation and is no longer eligible to be a police officer elsewhere in New York state.“The defendant’s disturbing […]

(NEW YORK) -- More than 40 million people from Kansas City to Chicago are in the path of severe weather on Wednesday, a day after a tornado tore through a Michigan town, damaging numerous homes.Destructive winds in excess of 70 mph, tennis ball-sized hail, and strong tornadoes are all possible across the Midwest on Wednesday afternoon and into Thursday.Some areas of the Midwest are at risk of multiple rounds of […]

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) -- A search is underway for a girl who was swept away in the ocean in Southern California, officials said.The incident unfolded at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday near Treasure Island Beach in Laguna Beach, city officials said. The girl was with her mother and a sibling near the shoreline when they were swept into the ocean by powerful water conditions, officials said.Bystanders ran into the water […]

(ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) -- Federal authorities are executing a search warrant at a Southern California facility where fears of a catastrophic explosion over a failing chemical tank led to tens of thousands of people being ordered to evacuate last month, according to federal officials.First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the FBI and Environmental Protection Agency are on site Wednesday executing a federal search warrant signed by a judge as […]

Clouds pass over the skyline on August 26, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (CHICAGO) -- Chicago police are investigating a disturbing incident in a downtown park where a large cross was set on fire in the middle of the day on Tuesday.Videos and images of the burning cross in Grant Park, which police say was discovered around 2:30 p.m., went viral, shocking onlookers. The burning cross has historically been a […]

In this booking photo released by the Toledo Police Department, Ka Nye Taylor is shown. (Toledo Police Department) (TOLEDO, Ohio) -- A manhunt is underway after investigators have identified one of the two suspects believed to have opened fire at an Ohio festival last weekend. Investigators are now asking the public for help identifying a second suspect, as both remain at large. Twelve people were shot at the Old West End Festival […]

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Two suspects are being sought in a horrific homicide in which police allege a mother of four was beaten with bricks and stomped to death during a robbery in North Philadelphia.The victim, identified as 45-year-old Keisha Furlow, lived near an alley where she was found brutally beaten early Sunday morning, according to the Philadelphia Police Department."Investigators also recovered two bloodied bricks on the ground in close proximity to the victim, […]

Nighttime shot of unfurled police tape next to flashing lights from a police car. (halbergman/Getty Images) (LIVONIA, Mich.) -- A man allegedly gunned down his parents, his brother and his brother's girlfriend in a domestic mass shooting at the family's home in Michigan, according to authorities.The shooting was reported in Livonia, about 20 miles outside of Detroit, at about 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Livonia police said.When officers arrived, the 25-year-old suspect […]

An undated photo of Billy Schmidt, 22, who was killed June 6, 2026. (Bill Schmidt) (PHILADELPHIA) -- A vigil and protest will be held in honor of a Penn State University student who was fatally shot about one block from his Philadelphia home.William "Billy" Schmidt, 22, was shot in the chest at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Philadelphia police.Authorities have not announced any arrests or any motive.Billy Schmidt had been watching […]