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(OAKLAND, Calif.) -- Legendary former football coach John Beam died on Friday morning after he was shot on the Laney College campus in Oakland, California, on Thursday, the Oakland Police Department said, as authorities announced a suspect's arrest.Beam, featured in Netflix's "Last Chance U," is a football legend in the Bay Area and had coached the sport for over 40 years before becoming solely the school's athletic director last year.Beam was at […]

(NEW YORK) -- A inmate in Louisiana is on the run after allegedly throwing a chemical substance at an officer and escaping from jail, according to the Berwick Police Department.Cecil Michael Stratton, 46, fled from prison on Wednesday at approximately 10:12 p.m. local time while jailers were "securing inmates during lockdown procedures," police said in a statement on Thursday.During a "brief struggle" between Stratton and authorities, a chemical substance was […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department will seek to move or dismiss a lawsuit filed by former prosecutor Maurene Comey over her "unlawful and unconstitutional" firing from the office where she prosecuted Sean Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell and other high-profile defendants, according to a new court filing.The daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey was considered a star trial lawyer in the Manhattan prosecutor's office but was […]

Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) -- The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that the criminal case against six so-called "fake electors" who were charged for their alleged role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election can proceed in Las Vegas.The decision, released on Thursday, reversed a lower court's dismissal of the case after a judge ruled last year that the case […]

(NEW YORK) -- Looks like Team Rocket has struck again.Almost $10,000 worth of Pokémon and baseball cards were stolen from Tom Brady's card store in New York City last month, the NYPD said Friday.The crime occurred at CardVault at around 11:40 a.m. on Oct. 20 when the male suspect bypassed the store's payment machine, leaving the SoHo store with a collectable card stash worth approximately $9,710, according to police."Once the […]

Authorities respond to a shooting at Laney College in Oakland, California, Nov. 13, 2025. KGO (OAKLAND, Calif.) -- An arrest has been made in Thursday's shooting of legendary former football coach John Beam on the Laney College campus in Oakland, California, according to the Oakland Police Department.Additional details on the arrest were not immediately released.Beam, featured in Netflix's "Last Chance U," is a football legend in the Bay Area and had coached […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Over 22 million people in Southern California are under a flood watch as a West Coast storm could slam burn scar areas, bringing potential mudslides, debris flows and excessive rainfall.Evacuation warnings are now in place through Friday evening for the following burn scar areas: Canyon, Bethany, Eaton, Palisades, Hurst, Kenneth, Sunset, Lidia, Franklin and Bridge, according to Los Angeles County officials."Anyone in these areas should be ready to leave at […]

(NEW YORK) -- A new prosecutor has been selected to take over the Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after District Attorney Fani Willis' disqualification.In a statement on Friday, the director of the agency tasked with finding the replacement said he had chosen someone new: himself.Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, said he chose himself to take over the case after he […]

Mega Millions lottery tickets sit inside a convenience store in Lower Manhattan, (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- The Mega Millions jackpot is now the eighth largest in history ahead of Friday night’s drawing where one lucky person could win an estimated $965 million.The jackpot grew from $900 million to where it currently stands after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night.The jackpot was last won […]