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(MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz.) -- A suspect has now been arrested after two teenagers were found fatally shot in May on an isolated hiking trail in Arizona, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff's office said Thomas Brown, 31, has been arrested on two counts of first-degree murder in the killings on Mount Ord, a popular remote hiking and camping area.The victims had been identified as 18-year-old Pandora Kjolsrud and 17-year-old Evan […]

(GRAND BLANC, Mich.) -- Body camera footage released Friday shows the chaotic moment when local police confronted the man accused of driving his truck into a Michigan chapel before firing on hundreds of worshipers and burning the church to the ground.The video, released at a Friday press conference, shows two officers running toward the suspect in the parking lot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the U.S. ordered a strike on another alleged drug boat that left Venezuela."Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics - headed to America […]

(DES MOINES, Iowa) -- The Des Moines Public Schools board announced Friday it intends to pursue legal action against a consulting firm it hired in 2023 to conduct a search for a new superintendent, claiming the firm failed to "properly vet candidates" after the district's now-former superintendent was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last week.Federal authorities said the superintendent, Ian Roberts, is not in the U.S. legally and has not […]

In this screen grab from a video released by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, 31-year-old Thomas Brown is shown after his arrest. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz.) -- A suspect has been arrested after two teenagers were found fatally shot in May on an isolated hiking trail in Arizona, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff's office said Thomas Brown, 31, has been arrested in connection to the murder […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Firefighters were battling a blaze at a Chevron refinery in Southern California late on Thursday, company and government officials said, after a massive fireball erupted at the facility.It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, which was burning in El Segundo, a city in Los Angeles County."All refinery personnel and contractors have been accounted for and there are no injuries," Allison Cook, a Chevron spokesperson, told […]

(NEW YORK) -- Sean "Diddy" Comb's former assistant -- who testified at trial under the pseudonym "Mia" -- will be allowed to speak during the rap mogul's sentencing on Friday, a judge ruled on Thursday.Judge Arun Subramanian granted prosecutors' request for "Mia" to deliver a victim impact statement, over the objections of Combs' lawyers. Subramanian wrote, "Though the defense argues that Mia has been discredited, it doesn’t explain why she […]

(NEW YORK) -- Books bans in public schools have become a "new normal" in the U.S., escalating since 2021, according to one advocacy group. In a new report, PEN America said the federal government has emerged in 2025 as the newest force fueling campaigns to restrict materials related to race, racism and LGBTQ+ issues.There were 6,870 instances of book bans across 23 states and 87 public school districts in the […]

ICE (DES MOINES, Iowa) -- A now-former school superintendent who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has been charged by federal prosecutors in Iowa with one count of being an "illegal alien in possession of firearms," according to court records.Former Des Moines Public School Superintendent Ian Roberts was charged by complaint on Wednesday, according to the case docket. The complaint remains under seal.He is set for an initial […]