Columbus, OH

Dallas, TX

In 1988, Benjamin Spencer was sentenced to life in prison for a murder and robbery that he has always insisted he did not commit. In 2021, he finally walked out of prison. BARBARA HAGERTY: Ben Spencer was lucky. He was the luckiest of the unlucky. CHANG: Journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty...

Consider This from NPR

Manassas, VA

The search for Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a nurse and dedicated mother to a young daughter, has gone on for several weeks – but no one has been able to locate the beloved Nepalese community member.

Husband of Virginia woman presumed dead appears in court after police say they found more evidence. Here’s what we know

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July 2024 Content Review Memo

A French court has indicted tech billionaire Pavel Durov on charges that he allowed a wide range of crimes to flourish on the messaging platform Telegram. This is a case of interest to anybody who uses social media and of special interest if you happen to be one of the billionaires who own social media platforms. Durov is co-founder of this service. It's an app you download on your phone. You can send private encrypted messages or talk on public channels. He's not accused of committing crimes himself but of running the platform where crimes took place, and then of failing to cooperate with authorities. The charges followed Durov's surprise arrest, and they add to the debate about free speech and the internet.

Morning news brief

Tampa, FL

Brandon, FL

Law & Crime

A Florida man is behind bars for allegedly breaking into his mother’s home through the dog door to steal from her and stabbing her to death while two kids — including his own daughter — were in the house. John “Jake” Aylor, 37, is facing charges of...

Son breaks into mother’s house through dog door, stabs her to death because he was upset there was nothing to steal: Cops

San Diego, CA

Robert Brians pleaded to multiple felonies for kidnapping his daughters and driving off of a cliff in California in an attempted double-murder-suicide.
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'The girls are going to Heaven and I’m going to Hell to wait for you': Dad kidnapped twins, intentionally drove pickup off cliff into ocean

New York Post

An accused Kenyan serial killer dubbed “a vampire” and suspected of murdering 42 women has escaped from custody with 12 other detainees, officials said Tuesday. 

Mohamed Amin, the head of the nation’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations, said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha of Kenya and other suspects from Eritrea had been allowed to escape from Nairobi’s Gigiri police station with the help of eight officers, including the station commanders.  

Officials claim the inmates cut through a wire mesh in their cells and scaled a perimeter wall, with top brass only learning of the escape when officers went to the cells to serve the...

Accused serial killer dubbed ‘vampire’ and suspected of killing 42 women escapes custody

Florida State

A package containing 16 bricks of suspected cocaine was discovered by guests on a beach in the Florida Keys, according to authorities. In a Facebook post, the Monroe County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office said the package was discovered Sunday by guests of the Islands of Islamorada resort, a resort nearly 80 miles outside Miami. The package, wrapped in blue tape with a photo of a beach buggy on the front, was turned over to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for further inspection.

Bricks of cocaine washed up on a Florida beach. Here's why it keeps happening

Oakland, CA

RadarOnline

A California man allegedly slaughtered five family members, including two little boys, and police say an elderly victim used his dying breaths to name his son-in-law as the killer, RadarOnline.com can reveal.On July 9, according to police reports obtained by KRON, 70-year-old Miguel Carcamo Ramirez accused 56-year-old Shane Killian of shooting him and four family members — including Killian's two sons, aged 6 and 1 — at their beachfront residence in Oakland, Front Page Detectives reported.Ramirez, despite bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds, managed to escape, flee to a neighbor’s home and name his own alleged killer. The neighbor then called...

Dying 70-Year-Old Victim Uses Last Breaths to Name Son-in-Law as Killer of Wife, Sons and In-Laws: Police

Tennessee State

Montgomery County, TN

"The failure to schedule Ms. Moulton for a routine pre-natal medical evaluation by a licensed physician was especially egregious," the lawsuit alleges.
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Mom 'forced' to deliver her baby boy alone in a jail toilet while in 'solitary' during pretrial detention, lawsuit says

Distractify

Anyone familiar with Suge Knight and his involvement in the East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry in the mid-1990s knows that Knight is not someone to mess with. As the founder and former CEO of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records, Knight ruled over the West Coast rap scene. The East Coast was handled by the controversial Sean "Puffy" Combs, who founded Bad Boy Records in 1993. Their artists were caught in the middle.Before he became a music mogul, Knight played football in college and then very briefly for the NFL. His rap sheet is prolific and includes multiple stints in prison,...

Suge Knight Has Been Incarcerated in a California Prison Since 2018 — What Did He Do?

New Jersey State

Philadelphia, PA

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 17, 2021. It has since been updated. There is no doubt that the prison system in the United States is archaic and unjust. For evidence of that, we must look no further than America's juvenile "lifers," that is, children under the age of 18 who are sentenced to life in prison without parole. Oftentimes, these individuals do not see the world outside until they are senior citizens. Joe Ligon was a juvenile lifer. He was sentenced to prison when he was 15 years old and last saw daylight when Dwight Eisenhower had wrapped up his first month as President. Ligon was finally released from Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Phoenix in 2021 after a tough trial fought by Bradley Bridge, Ligon’s attorney since 2006. The longest-serving juvenile lifer in the country, he was 83 years old at the time of his release, ABC News reports.

Meet Joe Ligon, the oldest juvenile 'lifer.' He was released after 68 years in prison.

Wade Wilson, who was found guilty in June for the murders of two women on the same night in October 2019, has been sentenced by a judge. Wilson murdered Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Florida. His bone-chilling reason for committing these murders was just "for the sake of killing."

'Deadpool Killer' Wade Wilson Sentenced To Death For 'Cruel' Murders Of Two Women 'For The Sake Of Killing'

Wallach, who died in 2014, learned to ride horses as a young man. He later made a career playing villains in Westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Originally broadcast in 1990. DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:. This is FRESH AIR. Eli Wallach already had played villains in Westerns before...

Celebrating movie icons: Eli Wallach

Lafayette County, MS

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Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. Deputies from the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of possible animal cruelty on County Road 418 on August 4, according to Dark Horse Press. Upon arrival, officers encountered a distressing scene: several malnourished dogs and multiple deceased dogs still attached to their collars and chains.

Man Arrested for Animal Cruelty After Disturbing Discover

An Ohio mother is behind bars after being seen allegedly screaming at and hitting her child in a disturbing video that went viral on social media. Haley Marie Ryan, 21, was accused of one count of endangering children after being filmed during the extreme bout of abuse, authorities said. She was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after the police received "several" complaints and "notifications" about the video in question.

Ohio mom jailed after being filmed 'screaming and hitting baby in his crib' in disturbing viral video

Massachusetts State

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Camilo Díaz

(MA) Meet Yoda, a tiny 9-pound senior Shih Tzu who is ready to steal your heart. This little pup is an older boy who has lived his life loved by a caring owner. Sadly, his owner recently passed away, and their family was not able to take care of Yoda. Luckily, Great Dog Rescue New England was able to take him in and place him safely with a foster. He still has a lot of life left in him, and he hopes to spend the majority of it snoozing in YOUR bed.

This Tiny Shih Tzu Who Lost His Owner Is Now Looking For New Family

Santa Fe, TX

For days the families of those killed in the Santa Fe High School shooting had sat in a Texas courtroom and heard how the shooter’s parents had ignored the warning signs that their son needed psychiatric intervention and didn’t secure the guns he then used to massacre 10 people.

Their kids were slaughtered during art class. They waited six years for justice and it didn’t come

Baldwyn, MS

A Baldwyn man has been charged with kidnapping and assault involving his spouse according to a press release from the Prentiss County Sheriff's Department. On July 27th, 2024 Deputy Ethan Hester took a report from a victim that came to the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department.

Local man charged with kidnapping and assault

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Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

NewsBreak

Should police be able to interrogate kids alone? A growing number of states say no

JULIE KAVNER: (As Marge Simpson) You have the right to remain silent. DEAN NORRIS: (As Hank Schrader) Anything you say can and will be used against...

Should police be able to interrogate kids alone? A growing number of states say no

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