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(Delphi, IND.) -- Delphi, Indiana, murder suspect Richard Allen allegedly confessed to the crime in multiple jail phone calls to his wife, which were played for the jury on Thursday.In one call, Allen told his wife, Kathy, "I did it. I killed Abby and Libby.""No, you didn't," she said. Allen replied, "Yes, I did.""Why would you say that?" Kathy said. "I know you didn't. There's something wrong."In another call, Allen […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A "zombie star" could possibly rise from the dead on Halloween night, according to space experts.T Coronae Borealis, also known as the "Blaze Star," is expected to explode violently in the near future, illuminating a long-dead binary star system for the first time in 80 years, according to NASA.The Blaze Star has become a white dwarf, which happens when stars have exhausted their nuclear fuels."It’s basically a dead […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Lyle and Erik Menendez may become free men after spending decades behind bars for killing their parents.Here's a look at life in prison for the notorious brothers and three paths to potential freedom:The caseLyle Menendez, then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, admitted to buying shotguns and firing 16 rounds at Jose and Kitty Menendez inside the family's Beverly Hills home in 1989.Prosecutors alleged they killed their wealthy […]

The weather is forecast to be disguised as summer for Halloween in most of the Northeast.As ghosts and goblins prepare to go trick-or-treating on Thursday, temperatures are expected to feel more like Labor Day than All Hallows' Eve as an autumnal U.S. hot spell continues.Potential high temperature records for the last day of October are forecast to be broken in several cities in the Northeast.In New York City, temperatures Thursday […]

(MEMPHIS, Tenn) -- Graceland, the iconic Memphis home of the late Elvis Presley, is one of America's most recognized residences, only second to the White House. That's why the announcement of its public auction in May caused shock and confusion among the legendary musician's fans.Ultimately, this incident highlighted the rising issue of alleged deed fraud.The scandal began last spring when Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC filed a lawsuit and announced a foreclosure […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Last week, during a world-renowned law enforcement conference in Boston, two FBI agents briefed dozens of police chiefs and sheriffs on the wide array of threats to government officials, poll workers, candidates and voters that the FBI has been seeing in the days before next week's presidential election.The closed-door briefing, described to ABC News, lasted nearly an hour, highlighting not only physical threats tied to the election but […]

(NEW YORK) -- A type of baby powder distributed in 35 states and sold online through Amazon is being recalled due to potential contamination with asbestos.The Dynarex Corporation said Monday that its earlier recall of Dynacare Baby Powder, initiated in September, had expanded from 12 states to 35, according to a company announcement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website.The company said the recalled Dynacare Baby Powder products were […]

In this photo released by the Raleigh Police Department, a thank-you present of pineapple-shaped cookies delivered to the Wake County Board of Elections is shown that prompted a hazmat response on Oct. 29, 2024, after election workers raised concerns about a suspicious package mailed from Hawaii. Image via Raleigh Police Department ( Raleigh, N.C. ) -- No good deed goes unpunished for election workers in North Carolina.A thank-you present of […]

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- A 28-year-old Texas woman died in 2021 after her abortion care was delayed for over 40 hours as she was having a miscarriage, according to a new story from ProPublica.Josseli Barnica was told that it would be a "crime" to intervene in her miscarriage because the fetus still had cardiac activity, despite her 17-week pregnancy already resulting in a miscarriage that was "in progress," according to medical […]