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Generated on: October 21, 2026 - 12:34
State Police: Asphalt roller operator dies after crash in Wayne County LYONS, N.Y. — State Police say an asphalt roller operator has died after a crash in Wayne County Tuesday. It happened on Warncke Road in the Town of Lyons at around 3:33 p.m. State Police say a 22-year-old woman from Lyons was driving on Warncke when she hit the rear of a Caterp...
A judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial after a jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in the case of a man accused of setting a fire in a vacant rowhome on South Stricker Street in 2022 that killed three Baltimore firefighters. Baltimore Circuit Judge Alan Lazerow asked jurors if they had been able to reach a unanimous verdict on any of the count...
Driver in 2022 crash that killed 2 Vermont teens found guilty of new parole violations NEWPORT, Vt. (WCAX) - A woman who admitted to causing a 2022 crash that killed two Vermont teens pleaded guilty to violating her parole Monday. Katelyn Deslandes pleaded guilty to her fifth and sixth parole violations related to prohibited substances. Deslandes t...
Baltimore judge declares mistrial in Stricker Street fire trial A Baltimore judge declared a mistrial in the Stricker Street fire trial after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict after five days of deliberations. James Barnett, 58, was on trial for the 2022 fire that killed three Baltimore City firefighters and seriously injured a fourt...
BOSTON (WHDH) - Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden ruled that an off-duty Boston police officer was justified in a 2025 fatal shooting at the Chick-Fil-A on Boylston Street. Officers responded to a reported shooting at the Chick-Fil-A around 5:30 p.m. on March 1, 2025, and found a man suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. The off-dut...
Sign up for the Today newsletter Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning. Add Boston.com as your preferred source on Google to see more of our stories. An 80-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle in Maynard on Friday. Around 6:30 p.m., Maynard police and fire responded to a report o...
What to know: - Kenneth Hollins Morgan, 41, of Detroit, was arraigned Oct. 19 in connection with a fatal shooting in Sterling Heights. - Officials allege Morgan shot and killed Randy K. Abro, 41, of Utica, at a warehouse and business plaza at 6243 Millett Ave. - Officers responded to a 911 call reporting possible gunshots and found Abro suffering f...
NewsCrime and Public Safety Police ID 2 people killed in mass shooting at West Baltimore gas station No person has been charged for the shooting as of WednesdayShare this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Police Commissioner Richard Worley talks to members of the press following a mass shooting in ...
Family remembers motorcyclist killed by 12-year-old driving stolen car in Baltimore Friends and loved ones packed Morning Star Baptist Church in Woodlawn Tuesday morning to pay tribute to Barry Wright Sr., a 69-year-old motorcyclist struck and killed by a 12-year-old boy driving a stolen car in West Baltimore late last month. Wright's funeral comes...
A construction company and three project supervisors were charged in the death of an employee who was crushed when a trench collapsed in San Francisco in 2023, the district attorney's office said Monday. Alameda County resident Javier Romero, 25, was killed after he became trapped under 8 feet of dirt when a trench collapsed in the area of Oak and ...
Off-duty Boston officer justified in 2025 fatal shooting, DA says An off-duty Boston police officer used justifiable force when he fatally shot a man at a city fast food restaurant in 2025, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. Lenmark Jaramillo, 32, was shot on March 1 after he allegedly ran into Chick-fil-A at 569 Boylston St., chasing two...
A Cambridge woman with an alleged history of impaired driving was charged this week with drunkenly killing another motorist after speeding away from another crash and barreling the wrong way down a heavily residential block, according to investigators. Sosa Samura, 41, faces a slew of charges connected to a fatal car crash in Cambridge’s Port neigh...
New videos and photos have been released after an investigation into a deadly plane crash in Beverly last summer. They were included in the NTSB’s final report into the June 2025 crash. Two people died in the crash. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported an engine problem and crashed trying to get back to the airport. Joseph Puciloski of Malden ...
A state panel has approved a measure to name a northern portion of Interstate 91 in honor of David Maland, a U.S. Border Patrol agent who authorities say was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop on that roadway more than a year ago. The Vermont Transportation Board issued a written order last month naming a roughly 11-mile stretch of I-9...
A 68-year-old Charleston man was killed Friday night, October 16, when his vehicle left Route 58 in Brownington, traveled down an embankment and struck a tree. Vermont State Police identified the victim as Thomas Campbell, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said Campbell was driving a 2008 Honda CR-V eastbound on Route 58 near Hunt Hill R...
PPD honors Detective Angela Nieto with funeral procession to Pensacola Memorial Gardens PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Pensacola Police Department Detective Angela Nieto was escorted to her final resting place on Monday afternoon. Nieto was killed on Wednesday in an off-duty motorcycle accident. On Friday, a procession took her body from the District One medic...
A man was killed and three other people were injured in a series of crashes involving multiple vehicles on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway early Sunday morning. U.S. Park Police said officers responded to the southbound lanes of the parkway south of Route 198 in Anne Arundel County around 4:17 a.m. Police said the first crash happened when a south...
Local News Police identify victim in fatal Southwest Baltimore assault Breon Turner, 34, died in a hospital after the attack, police sayShare this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Baltimore Police car on the street during an investigation into a shooting in the 2000 block of N. Bentalou St. (Lloyd...
West Baltimore shooting near gas stations leaves 24-year-old dead, 2 men injured *UPDATE*(10/20) A second victim has died after the triple shooting near Baltimore City-Baltimore County line early Monday evening. Baltimore police confirmed the 30-year-old man died at the hospital and the location of the homicide has been updated to the 5200 block of...
OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot Wednesday morning in the San Antonio district of East Oakland, authorities said. Police were trying to identify the man, who appeared to be in his 50s. The shooting, which prompted a gunshot detection alert system activation, happened about 1:28 a.m. Wednesday in the 2000 block of International Boulevard. Officers f...
San Francisco Prosecutors Charge Construction Employees Over Deadly 2023 Trench Collapse San Francisco prosecutors announced on Monday that they have filed felony involuntary manslaughter charges against a construction company and three of its employees in connection with a trench collapse that killed a worker in 2023. The San Francisco Public Util...
Evander Holyfield to join Trump in South Carolina as GOP looks to deliver midterm knock out See more of our coverage in your search results. WASHINGTON — Boxing legend Evander Holyfield will fly to South Carolina with President Trump on Wednesday afternoon as Republicans try to deliver a knock-out punch in the midterm election, The Post has learned...
Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, dead at 42 See more of our coverage in your search results. Michael Kennedy’s daughter Kyle Kennedy died Sept. 21 at 42. The granddaughter of Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy passed away in her Westwood, Massachusetts, home last month, according to her obituary. Kyle’s death comes s...
4-year-old boy killed in Louisa County dog attack HAWES SPENCER The Daily Progress Oct 21, 2026 3 hrs ago 0 × Garden Glow at Maymont; Barbie at VMHC; Danger Pie opens in Blanchard’s Coffee Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 4-year-old boy is dead after he was mauled by a dog whi...
Blaze on 35th anniversary of deadly Oakland/Berkeley hills fire shows fire response changes A fire broke out on the border of Berkeley and Oakland sending a plume of smoke up from the hills, a frightening sight for many residents on this 35th anniversary of the deadly fire in 1991. Fire officials say the smooth response Tuesday shows the many chang...
Mississippi AG says use of force was 'justified' in fatal shooting of toddler Mississippi's Attorney General says the use of force was justified when a toddler was killed during a police shooting after a shoplifting....
A gunman was still wanted by police Wednesday morning, hours after killing another driver in what police suspect was a case of road rage on the George Washington Bridge. Law enforcement sources said a 46-year-old off-duty Con Edison worker was gunned down Tuesday night when the gunman fired a shot through a window of the man’s car, striking him in ...
An East Texas deputy was killed and a police officer was injured during a shootout on Tuesday, authorities said. According to a news release from the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were assisting officers with the Canton Police Department in serving a warrant. The suspect had outstanding warrants for aggravated assault and aggravated a...
Sixty years ago Jeff Edwards OBE began his day much like any other in the small coal mining village of Aberfan, South Wales, on October 21, 1966. He visited a tuck shop with his best friend, Robert, to pick up his favourites – pink shrimps, flying saucers and sherbet – before heading to school for the last day before half term. But little did those...
A 65-year-old woman was killed on Tuesday in a shark attack while swimming off South Africa’s southeastern coast, police said. Officers were called to Orient Beach in KuGompo City, formerly East London, at around 7 a.m. local time, where they found the woman’s body, Eastern Cape Police spokesperson Col. Siphokazi Mawisa told The Associated Press. “...
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An infant was killed by the family dog at a home in Livermore Falls, Maine, police said. The 7-week-old died last Thursday, Oct. 15., after the family's Belgian Malinois attacked the infant, NBC10 Boston affiliate News Center Maine reported, citing Livermore Falls police. Stream NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Maine State Police...
HARNETT COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Family members and church leaders are mourning the loss of Apostle Justin Heath, a longtime pastor, former Wayne County sheriff's deputy, husband, father and grandfather who was killed in a crash Saturday night while driving church members home from a revival service. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patr...
Goldsboro police are investigating a shooting that killed a man late Monday night. Police responded to the 3000 block of Central Heights Road after receiving a call about "numerous" gunshots around 10 p.m. Monday. Callers told Wayne County dispatchers a man had been shot. Other WRAL Top Stories When they arrived, police found 23-year-old Daniel Per...
NEW YORK (WPVI) -- A 46-year-old man was shot and killed on the George Washington Bridge in New York, in what investigators believe may have been a road-rage attack, authorities said. Surveillance video of the incident is being reviewed as police search for the shooter. According to investigators, the victim was driving a Volkswagen Golf on a ramp ...
An ongoing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has quickly become the largest and deadliest in the United States in more than 30 years. Historical data suggests that 1 to 3 people will die out of every 1,000 unvaccinated people who contract measles. But Pennsylvania has reported five measles-associated deaths — with a sixth under review — out of about...
Van Zandt County deputy killed, Canton officer injured in shootout CANTON, Texas - A suspect shot and killed a Van Zandt County Sheriff’s deputy and injured a Canton police officer Tuesday night. The suspect is also dead. What we know: Van Zandt County deputies assisted the Canton Police Department with a warrant service around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct...
Teenage boy guilty of trying to murder girl, 15, in school - Published A teenage boy who had a hatred of women and an "obsessive interest" in killers has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a girl at his school. The boy dressed in black and wore a face mask before stabbing the 15-year-old victim in the back at Thorpe St Andrew School, near...
Woman told Russell Brand he 'treated her like an animal', court hears - Published - Warning - this report contains graphic content One of the women who claims Russell Brand raped her later told him he had "treated her like an animal", a court has heard. The comedian's trial at Southwark Crown Court in London has been hearing recorded police intervi...
Australian MP loses both legs after alleged car attack, husband says - Published Helen Haines, the Australian MP who was hit by a car in what authorities say was a deliberate attack, has lost both her legs, her husband has confirmed. Phil Haines said the "horrendous incident" caused his wife significant injuries but "her heart and her mind are in g...
‘Cornell 7’ accuser Jane Doe says university president’s response made her feel ‘unsupported’ See more of our coverage in your search results. A woman who accused several Cornell students of raping her at a fraternity party says the university’s president questioned why she waited to report the alleged assault, leaving her feeling “unsupported and ...
Riverside County teen girls busted in school shooting plot in California See more of our coverage in your search results. Two teenage girls conspired to carry out a school shooting in Riverside County, Corona police revealed late Tuesday. The FBI discovered social media threats from a 15-year-old Corona High School student on Oct. 6 and notified lo...
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff praises Putin as ‘humanitarian’ as Ukraine peace talks hang in the balance See more of our coverage in your search results. US special envoy Steve Witkoff complimented Russian dictator Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” during their meeting in St. Petersburg — as President Trump desperately tries to get Russia back to the ...
Cat clinic vet left ‘multiple’ notes before killing parents, son, girlfriend in shocking murder-suicide See more of our coverage in your search results. The shocking mass murder-suicide in a notoriously safe Illinois village was committed by a veterinarian who gunned down his elderly parents, son and girlfriend before shooting himself dead, accordi...
Female carer, 47, found dead in her car had been stabbed several times before crashing as she tried to drive to hospital A female carer had been stabbed several times before getting into her car alone, in a desperate bid to drive to hospital, and crashing. The 47-year-old woman was severely injured and bleeding after being attacked at work when she...
Badenoch warns of 'red warning light' on economy as UK debt mountain tops £3TRILLION for first time ever ahead of Budget - and inflation surges to 3.5% with interest rate pain looming Kemi Badenoch has said a 'red warning light' is flashing on the economy today after a barrage of bleak economic news – just a week before the Budget. The Tory leader ...
Dad spared execution after decades on Death Row as governor questions murder evidence Toforest Johnson's daughter cried tears of joy after his death sentence was reduced to life without parole. She vows to keep fighting for his freedom, as his original prosecutor backs a new trial A man convicted of murdering a deputy despite no physical evidence t...
NEWS Winter Garden alligator attack victim died from leg injury, drowning, medical examiner says The Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office released the cause of death for a 71-year-old man killed in an alligator attack in Winter Garden. According to the report, Steven Hamilton died from blunt force injury to his left leg and drowning following Fr...
Tributes to councillor who died weeks after wedding Tributes have been paid to a Sefton councillor who died suddenly, a month after getting married. Councillor Helen Duerden, 55, who represented Netherton North, suffered an aneurysm and died on Thursday, council leader Marion Atkinson said. Duerden, who was elected in 2024, was described as "the ki...
Jailed former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson being investigated over alleged rape inside Westminster - Published Jailed former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Jeffrey Donaldson is being investigated by London police about an alleged rape of a woman inside the Houses of Parliament, the BBC can reveal. The disgraced former MP has been accused of...