Milwaukee, WI

Columbus, OH

Vice President Kamala Harris is making a bid for the White House with running mate Tim Walz after replacing President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket just a few months before Election Day. A new poll suggests that Harris has the only positive approval rating of any candidate, and leads...

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

North Carolina State

Asheville, NC

Warning: This livestream has not been independently fact-checked and may contain misinformation. Watch as Donald Trump spoke at a campaign event in Asheville, North Carolina, on Wednesday (14 August). The former president's appearance in the swing state came as he attempts to turn the page on a difficult stretch of...

Watch: Donald Trump speaks in North Carolina as campaign continues in swing state

Bedminster Township, NJ

Donald Trump summoned reporters to one of his properties for the second time in as many weeks to deliver a campaign message – but they would be hard-pressed to find something new or interesting to write about. He spoke for roughly 40 minutes before taking questions at his Bedminster,...

Flustered Trump still has no answer to Kamala Harris’s campaign

Louisiana State

Biloxi, MS

A former city councilman has been jailed for six years and was forced to hand over his monster truck, along with $1.9 million, after he admitted selling drugs in his vape store. Robert Deming III, a former councilman in Biloxi, Mississippi, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to...

City councilman jailed for six years, forfeiting monster truck and $1.9m, for selling drugs

Florida State

Everglades City, FL

Boaters off the coast of Florida this week spotted a bundle of 56 pounds worth of cocaine with a street value $625,000, according to local police. “We appreciate the help of Good Samaritans in our community who saw something unusual and contacted law enforcement,” Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said in a statement on Facebook.

Boaters in Florida find 56 pounds of barnacle-covered cocaine

Canton, OH

Canton, MI

A man in Canton Township, Michigan, allegedly shot and killed his neighbor because the man's daughter touched his mulch. Nathan Morris, 35, was killed just before noon on Saturday. "On Saturday, while taking a stroll with his family in his neighborhood, his daughter touched the mulch of one of the...

Father shot dead by neighbor in argument over daughter touching ‘mulch’ on property

South Carolina State

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Los Angeles County, CA

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In 1981, pop-music sensation Andy Gibb was at the top of the charts. The younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice, a.k.a. The Bee Gees, commenced a tumultuous romance with actress Victoria Principle, who played Pam Ewing on Dallas, TV's then-Number 1 prime-time series. But after the relationship ended, Andy's life, already challenged by substance abuse, did as well. This is their tragic story.

The Tragic Death of Pop Star Andy Gibb & His Traumatic Romance with 'Dallas' Star Victoria Principle

The Illinois deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in the face after she called to report a suspected prowler has been branded a “ticking time bomb” by her family’s lawyer. Former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson is facing first-degree murder charges over the fatal shooting of 36-year-old...

Deputy who shot Sonya Massey was ‘ticking time bomb,’ family lawyer says

Las Vegas, NV

Video footage, played for a packed courtroom in Las Vegas on Wednesday, revealed a person in a straw hat and bright orange vest, nonchalantly strolling along a suburban street. Prosecutors say that this is the elected county official who was “lying in wait” at the home of veteran Las Vegas...

Footage at murder trial reveals Las Vegas politician ‘lying in wait’ for journalist, prosecutors say

Los Angeles, CA

Beverly Hills, CA

A handgun belonging to Christopher Dorner, a former police officer who went on a fatal 2013 rampage, turned up when investigators searched a Beverly Hills residence in connection to the robbery of a $1m watch. The bizarre coincidence took place after two suspects from South America were accused of stealing...

Gun belonging to infamous LA cop killer is found at scene of $1m robbery

Jacksonville, FL

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A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Modesto, CA

Scott Peterson has broken his silence for the first time since being convicted of murder to reveal his version of what happened during his pregnant wife Laci Peterson’s final hours. In a jailhouse interview from Mule Creek State Prison in California, featured in Peacock’s upcoming documentary series Face to...

Scott Peterson breaks silence in prison interview to reveal his story of pregnant wife Laci’s final hours

Indiana State

New Albany, IN

A mother-of-three was shot and killed while she was having fun filming a TikTok video in a kitchen with a friend. Kaitlynn Lee, 25, died on Saturday August 10 when her ex-boyfriend Joshua Thompson turned up at an apartment in New Albany, Indiana, according to authorities. New Albany police said...

Mom-of-three was having fun filming a TikTok in a kitchen with her friend. Moments later she was shot dead

Idaho State

Moscow, ID

Idaho prosecutors have opposed a request to move the trial of Bryan Kohberger out of the county where he’s accused of having killed four University of Idaho students in 2022. Koberger is charged with murder for the killing of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, who...

Idaho prosecutors urge judge to deny Bryan Kohberger’s request to move trial out of Moscow

Georgia State

Atlanta, GA

Investigators seized a massive shipment of methamphetamine weighing 2,585 pounds that was hidden among boxes of celery at a Georgia farmer’s market, the Drug Enforcement Agency announced. The drugs, worth an estimated $3.2m, constitute the largest bust in the history of the DEA’s Atlanta office. “This is a...

DEA seizes $3.2m in meth from Mexican cartel hidden in celery at Georgia farmer’s market

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Thomson, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A Georgia city mayor has been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation following an investigation and a grand jury indictment. According to GBI officials, the Thomson Police Department requested the agency to investigate an allegation that Thomson City Mayor, 52-year-old Benjamin Cary Cranford, provided alcohol to an inmate on work detail within the city limits on June 4, 2024.

Georgia City Mayor Arrested for Allegedly Giving Alcohol to an Inmate on Work Det

Minnesota State

An 8-year-old girl beat an armed burglar with a baseball bat after he entered her dad’s liquor store - and the entire incident was caught on film. Leo, the store manager referred to only by his first name in reports, was closing his Minnesota liquor store on Saturday night, CBS News reports. Surveillance video then shows a man, who police say is 37-year-old Conchobhar Morrell, walking inside the shop with a realistic-appearing BB gun.

Girl, 8 beats armed thief with baseball bat after he tried to rob dad’s liquor store

Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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RNC live updates: Ex Trump advisor Peter Navarro, just released from prison, to speak at Republican convention

Donald Trump’s new running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, will address the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, his first major speech since his...

RNC live updates: Ex Trump advisor Peter Navarro, just released from prison, to speak at Republican convention

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