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(BOULDER, CO) -- On the day after Christmas in 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey woke up to discover their 6-year-old daughter, JonBenét, a child beauty queen, was missing from the family's Boulder, Colorado, home.A handwritten ransom note demanding $118,000 — John's exact bonus that year — was found on the stairs by the kitchen. Seven hours later, John discovered his daughter's lifeless body in a small room in the basement.For […]

Cape Coral Police Department (CAPE CORAL, FL) -- A 22-year-old social media influencer on TikTok with nearly 300,000 followers has been arrested after using fake barcodes to steal from Target and filming herself getting ready before the alleged theft, police say.The Cape Coral Police Department in Florida responded to a Target branch located at 1890 NE Pine Island Road in Cape Coral last Wednesday regarding a past retail theft that […]

(ASHEVILLE, NC) -- When Angela McGee fled her home in Asheville, North Carolina, on the night of Sept. 27 to escape the ravages of Hurricane Helene, she never imagined the destruction the powerful storm would bring.McGee and four of her eight children who were with her that night grabbed essential items from their trailer near the Swannanoa River in the western part of the state and, through torrential rain and […]

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Erik and Lyle Menendez’s infamous case was back in front of a judge Monday, with the brothers listening in on the phone during a status hearing regarding their habeas corpus petition, which was filed last year for a review of new evidence not presented at trial.Judge Michael Jesic allowed testimony from two of the brothers' aunts -- their mother's sister, Joan VanderMolen, and their father's sister, […]

Leslie County Detention Center (KENTUCKY) -- A former Kentucky sheriff accused in the fatal shooting of a judge in September was arraigned on new charges Monday.Monday's arraignment hearing was held in the Letcher County Courthouse -- the same courthouse where Shawn "Mickey" Stines is accused of gunning down Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins in his chambers on Sept. 19.An attorney for Stines, 43, pleaded not guilty on his behalf Monday […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Peach and Blossom are the two lucky turkeys from Minnesota who escaped a fowl fate of ending up on someone's Thanksgiving table this year when they were pardoned Monday by President Biden at the White House."This event marks the official start of the holiday season here in Washington," Biden said to what he said was a crowd of 2,500 gathered on the South Lawn. "It's also my last […]

(OCALA, Fla.) -- Susan Lorincz, the Florida woman who was found guilty of first-degree felony manslaughter with a firearm in August, is set to be sentenced on Monday for fatally shooting her neighbor, Ajike "AJ" Owens, through a locked door in an incident that occurred on June 2, 2023, in Ocala.She is facing up to 30 years in prison.Lorincz, who is white, shot Owens, a Black mother of four, in […]

(NEW YORK) -- Snow is headed to the Midwest and the West ahead of Thanksgiving, while rain will target the East Coast on Thanksgiving Day.Here's your weather forecast for the holiday week:MondaySnow is headed to Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Monday, while rain is possible from Chicago to Detroit to Indianapolis.In the West, lots of snow will accumulate in the California mountains. Parts of the southern […]

The Potter's House of Dallas (DALLAS) -- Bishop T.D. Jakes is stable after suffering a medical emergency during a sermon on Sunday, according to the megachurch Potter’s House of Dallas, where he serves as pastor.Video of the incident shows the renowned Christian pastor lowering his microphone and shaking in his seat before people around him rushed to his aid.In a statement, the church said Jakes "experienced a slight health incident […]