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Spencer and Monique Tepe are seen in this undated photo. (Courtesy Rob Misleh) (COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- The Columbus, Ohio, police chief is speaking out for the first time since the mysterious murders of dentist Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique Tepe.The couple was found shot to death in their home on Dec. 30, Columbus police said. Their two young children were found safe inside."This case is definitely disturbing," Chief Elaine Bryant told Columbus […]

(NEW YORK) -- Luigi Mangione returns on Friday to Manhattan federal court, where prosecutors have said they would seek the death penalty if he's convicted of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk in 2024. The appearance follows a three-week hearing in state court during which Mangione tried to convince the judge to exclude some of the critical evidence police said they found in his backpack, including […]

(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- Two people were injured in a shooting involving a federal agent in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, according to authorities.The incident came a short time after an ICE officer allegedly shot and killed a woman in her car in Minneapolis, Minnesota, sparking outrage and backlash against the presence of federal agents there. Similarly, the mayor of Portland called for immigration enforcement operations to halt while the investigation is […]

(CALIFORNIA) -- A year ago, the deadly wildfires in Southern California left behind a trail of destruction and forced desperate families to flee for their lives.Charred vehicles filled the streets in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where the flames reduced houses to ash-covered shells.The embers are gone and the dust has settled a year later, but most of those houses are still vacant lots and families remain stuck in limbo."World […]

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court on August 13, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A judge in New York has set a tentative date of March 3 for Harvey Weinstein's re-trial on a charge of raping Jessica Mann.A defense lawyer said Thursday that Weinstein would consider pleading guilty to the charge -- third-degree rape -- however, Weinstein made a […]

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) --  Editor's note: Some of the testimony described below may be distressing to some readers.Robb Elementary School’s former afterschool coordinator, Emilia "Amy" Marin-Franco, held back tears and visibly shook in her seat when she testified on Thursday in the trial of former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales.Gonzales, who was one of nearly 400 law enforcement officers to respond to the Robb Elementary School mass shooting, is charged with child endangerment […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother and Minneapolis resident, has been identified by officials as the woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday.Videos of the incident where Good is seen in her maroon Honda SUV as ICE agents confronted her have gone viral and sparked outcry from people around the country who say that Good was unnecessarily killed.According to Department of Homeland […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James stands silently during a press conference at the office of the Attorney General, on Dec. 15, 2025, in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE) (NEW YORK) -- Subpoenas issued to New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of a civil rights investigation into her fraud case against Donald Trump are invalid because the U.S. attorney in Albany who issued them lacked lawful […]

(NEW YORK) -- The United States experienced nearly two dozen billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, causing at least 276 fatalities and costing a total of $115 billion in damages. For the first time, however, the comprehensive analysis detailing the annual impact of these disasters wasn't released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Discontinued by the Trump administration in 2025, the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset and accompanying website are […]