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(NEW YORK) -- Before temperatures get warmer in the East next week, brutal cold is expected this weekend -- the coldest of the season, so far, for parts of the Northeast. Some of the coldest areas will also see accumulating snow to usher in the arctic blast.On Friday morning, a quick snow shower will move through Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, blanketing the states in a dusting to 2 inches of snow.Friday […]

(NEW YORK) -- The urgent search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, has entered its fifth day, as her children continue to plead for her safe return.Nancy Guthrie is believed to have been abducted in her sleep from her Arizona home early Sunday, authorities said. No suspect or person of interest has been identified in the case, and authorities do not know where she is […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- Multiple people who spent time inside a Las Vegas residence that houses a possible illegal biological lab fell ill, the property's former cleaning employee told police, according to newly released court documents.The former cleaning employee, who went by the pseudonym "Kelly," tipped off authorities to the alleged operation early last month, according to an arrest report for the residence's property manager filed with the Las Vegas Justice […]

(ST. PAUL, Minn.) -- An exasperated and frustrated Department of Homeland Security attorney declared in a stunning moment in court that her job “sucks,” the existing legal process "sucks," and that she sometimes wishes that the judge would hold her in contempt so she "can have a full 24 hours of sleep."Julie Le, who according to public records is a Department of Homeland Security attorney that had been detailed to […]

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister speaks at a press conference on Feb. 4, 2026. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office) (WIMAUMA, Fla.) -- A 14-year-old is in custody after allegedly discussing plans to carry out a shooting at a church in Wimauma, Florida, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced Wednesday.The teen suspect allegedly "engaged in an online chat room that's designed or designated for violent extremists," Chronister said.The sheriff said that the […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Investigators are working to determine whether four murders of homeless people in Los Angeles that occurred between October and January are connected, officials said.The killings occurred in the same general location, the 1300 block of East 120th Street in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau.Among the killings was that of former NFL player Kevin Johnson, whom investigators […]

(NEW YORK) -- Microsoft founder Bill Gates is speaking out publicly for the first time since the latest release by the Department of Justice of nearly three million pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, saying he was "foolish" to spend time with the late convicted sex predator.In an interview with 9News Australia, Gates denied any wrongdoing involving Epstein, including unfounded allegations made against the tech billionaire in draft emails […]

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office released this image of a man in connection with a homicide, Feb. 2, 2026, in rural Momence near the Illinois/Indiana border. (Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office) (KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill.) -- A man has been arrested in the death of a bar owner who was fatally shot Monday morning near the Illinois-Indiana state border.Julius E. Burkes Jr., 47, was arrested Tuesday in Indiana as he was exiting […]

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon on Wednesday sentenced Ryan Routh to spend the rest of his life in prison for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump on his Florida golf course in September 2024.Prosecutors argued that Routh, 60, should get a life sentence after a jury last year convicted him on five counts for allegedly plotting “painstakingly to kill President Trump, and [taking] significant steps toward making that happen.” “Routh’s crimes undeniably […]