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Commissioner Frank Strada (Tennessee Department of Correction) Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada said he will resign days after Christa Pike was hospitalized following a botched execution attempt, according to Gov. Bill Lee.The Tennessee governor's statement on Saturday did not directly reference the situation with Pike, who is currently "critically ill," unconscious and on a ventilator in a hospital following the Sept. 30 failed execution. In the announcement, Strada […]

Gypsy Rose Blanchard's partner Kenan Urker was found dead on his 34th birthday in what officials describe as an apparent drug-related incident, authorities said.Officers discovered Urker dead when they responded to a call from a home in Raceland, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, according to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office.Urker, who was lying on a bed, was cold and his face and arms were blue, according to the sheriff's office. A […]

A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a fellow rider on a J train in Queens, police said.Jyrell Thomas was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation Thursday morning. He was described by police as emotionally disturbed.He was later arrested on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon.Police said Thomas was pacing back and forth inside the train car and appeared […]

The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked the plane's captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel on Wednesday is an Omani national who was previously suspended from flying by Oman Air after being identified as a security risk, according to senior intelligence and law enforcement officials.Multiple sources familiar with the investigation identified the suspected attacker as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami.The officials told ABC News that […]

A Gulfstream G100 Astra SPX aircraft operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, lands at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Belgium, March 21, 2026. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images, FILES) The U.S. Coast Guard was searching the waters off Massachusetts for a missing medical transfer plane with six people on board that went missing on Saturday morning, officials said.The Federal Aviation Administration informed the Coast Guard they lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 around 2 a.m., as […]

At least two people were killed in a shooting at a strip mall near Cal State Northridge on Oct.2, 2026. LAPD responded to a call about a large party at The Artists Lounge when officers heard gunshots on arrival. (KABC) At least two people were killed Friday in a shooting at a Los Angeles strip mall, according to police.The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a 911 call about a […]

In this handout photo released by the Altoona Police Department, Luigi Mangione is seen in a holding cell after being taken into custody, Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pa. (Altoona Police Department via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- For the first time, the public can see the full body camera footage of Luigi Mangione’s arrest and his subsequent strip search at the Altoona Police Department in Pennsylvania.The footage was released […]

(NEW YORK) -- A father and son who worked at a Mississippi smoke shop were charged by federal prosecutors in connection with one of the two Ole Miss student deaths that took place last week.U.S. Attorney Scott F. Leary for the Northern District of Mississippi announced Friday that a criminal complaint was filed against Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, 51, and Islam Yahya Mosleh, 18, on charges with possession with the intent […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Eddie Duran, a former Florida county sheriff's deputy, was found not guilty by a jury on Thursday after facing one count of manslaughter with a firearm in the 2024 shooting death of a U.S. Air Force airman Roger Fortson.The jury acquitted Duran after more than two hours of deliberations on Thursday afternoon. Duran, 38, was facing a maximum sentence of 30 years.Fortson, 23, was in his home in […]