Daily Human Tragedy & Primary Source Digest
Generated on: October 22, 2026 - 12:44
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...
The Suffolk DA’s Office has found that an off-duty Boston Police officer used lawful force when he unholstered his personal handgun to shoot and kill an assailant at a Back Bay Chick-fil-A. District Attorney Kevin Hayden declared in a report released Wednesday that he won’t criminally charge Jose Valenzuela, the off-duty officer who fatally shot 32...
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been shot and killed at his home, authorities said. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was found Monday night at his house in the upscale Boston suburb of Brookline. He was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on Tuesday, the Norfolk District Attorney's office said. The ...
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...
Prosecutors will retry a man accused of setting a fire inside a vacant South Stricker Street rowhome in 2022 that killed three Baltimore firefighters. James Barnett, 58, of West Baltimore, is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with involuntary manslaughter, arson and reckless endangerment. He’s set to appear back in court on Nov. 6, when both sides...
Baltimore State's Attorney plans to retry James Barnett in 2022 rowhome fire that killed 3 firefighters The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office has announced plans to retry the man accused of setting a vacant Stricker Street rowhome on fire back in 2022. Meanwhile, family members of the three firefighters — Lt. Kelsey Sadler, Lt. Paul Butrim a...
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore judge declared a mistrial in the Stricker Street fire trial after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict following five days of deliberations. James Barnett, 58, was on trial for the 2022 fire that killed three Baltimore City firefighters and seriously injured a fourth. On Oct. 20, WBAL reported the jury sent the ju...
Man arrested after fight turns deadly in Baltimore's Carrollton Ridge neighborhood BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A 38-year-old man was arrested following a deadly fight in Baltimore's Carrollton Ridge neighborhood, according to police. Eric Clayton Cooke, a Baltimore resident, was charged with the aggravated assault of 34-year-old Breon Turner. Police respond...
Gianni Robinson was driving northbound on I-880 in Oakland on Nov. 29, 2025, when, according to police records, she crashed into another vehicle that had stopped ahead of her. Killed in the collision was 31-year-old Anmol-Kiran Kaur Bassi, who had halted in a lane on the highway to help a motorist who had crashed his car, according to a CHP report....
When Christina Onopa didn’t hear from her son on Saturday morning, she began to panic. Onopa said her 17-year-old boy, Rolando Jose Dusuau, always returned her calls. On Friday evening, he left their Potrero Hill home to meet someone Onopa figured was a friend. Minutes dragged into hours — and her calls and texts went unanswered. By the next mornin...
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...
Two people died in separate fatal crashes in northeast Baltimore Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. According to police, the first crash was around 10 p.m., in the 6200 block of Harford Road. Officers learned that an unidentified man on a dirt bike was hit by a truck while trying to make a left turn onto Louise Road. He was taken to the ho...
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...
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...
Crime & Safety Details Emerge In Oakland County Crash That Killed Detroit Marathon Runner The crash happened a day before the 25-year-old woman was scheduled to run in the Detroit Free Press Marathon last weekend, officials said. WALLED LAKE, MI — Grace Nolan, who was scheduled to run in the Detroit Free Press Marathon last weekend, was killed in a...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Following Baltimore’s historic decline in homicides that began in 2023, killings this year — as well as nonfatal shootings — are around 2025’s pace. In the map, charts and table below, view information on Baltimore homicides since 2007 as reported by the Baltimore Police Department....
Driver found dead after car fire on East Northern Parkway in Baltimore BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A driver was found dead early Thursday after a vehicle caught fire in Northeast Baltimore, police said. Officers responded to a report of a vehicle fire at about 2:50 a.m. on Oct. 22, in the 2000 block of East Northern Parkway. When officers arrived, they foun...
Local News Police ID 2 men killed in Southwest Baltimore triple shooting One of the victims was initially listed in stable condition by police but later diedShare this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X By Christopher ScarglatoPUBLISHED: October 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM EDT Getting your Trinity Audio pla...
29 years after daughter was killed, Oakland father hopes new podcast studio lifts students' voices An Oakland non-profit that provides mentorship for youth of color debuted a podcast studio at McClymonds High School named after Lo’Eshe Lacy, a 16-year-old whose life was cut short by gun violence in 1997. Maddie White reports....
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...
Oakland high school dedicates podcast studio in honor of student killed in 1997 By CBS Bay Area Nearly three decades after losing his daughter to gun violence, Donald Lacy returned to the Oakland high school where she once studied for a dedication honoring her life and giving a new generation of students a platform to share their stories. “The ATU ...
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San Francisco health officials are warning about the city's first reported deadly overdose involving a powerful new opioid. It comes as police announce the seizure of hundreds of kratom-related products from city smoke shops. A product that looks like an ordinary supplement is now the focus of a deadly overdose warning. San Francisco health officia...
Man dead after fatal crash on I-93 north in Windham Thursday morning A man is dead after a fatal crash on Interstate 93 north in Windham on Thursday, Windham Fire officials say. On Thursday, around 5:50 a.m., Derry fire officials received a call concerning a passenger vehicle fire on I-93 northbound by Mile Marker 6.6. Officials received updated in...
Cause of death for 2 young children allegedly killed by acupuncturist mom Janette MacAusland revealed See more of our coverage in your search results. The two kids allegedly strangled by a Massachusetts mother in her $1.5 million home died from intoxication caused by a cocktail of drugs as well as asphyxia, coroners revealed this week. Ella and Kai...
‘Looksmaxxing’ streamer Clavicular set to be arraigned on rape charge See more of our coverage in your search results. ORLEANS, Mass. — The “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular, is set to be arraigned Thursday in Massachusetts on charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Cape Cod home. ...
After a Black media empire fell, a photographer explored the extraordinary building it left behind Just four years after the Civil Rights era, Chicago welcomed its first downtown high rise designed by a Black architect for a Black-owned company. For four decades, the Johnson Publishing Company occupied an 11-story tower at 820 S. Michigan Avenue th...
Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular brings barking dog to court for rape charge hearing See more of our coverage in your search results. Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular brought a dog on a leash to his court appearance on a rape charge in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Thursday. The internet personality, 20, wearing an ill-fitting black suit and glas...
NEW YORK -- A dispute over smoking marijuana on a subway train appears to have led to the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man at a New York City station, according to investigators. Police say they have identified the suspected gunman and are actively searching for him. However, officials have not publicly released his name. The shooting happened S...
Russell Brand accuser said alleged rape 'really hurt', court hears - Published - Warning - this report contains graphic content The friend of a woman claiming to have been raped by Russell Brand told a jury the complainant had told her after the alleged attack that it had "really, really hurt". The witness who spoke via video link at his trial said...
A 'sexually obsessed' killer smirked and flicked his hair as he was today found guilty of murdering his 19-year-old stepdaughter at her university accommodation. Nathan Owens, 34, strangled Carla Georgescu after driving more than 100 miles through the night to her student halls in Preston, Lancashire, in February. He then returned home to Carla's m...
State Police release name of asphalt roller operator who died in Wayne County crash LYONS, N.Y. — New York State Police have released the name of the asphalt roller operator who died in a crash on Tuesday afternoon in Wayne County. Police say Charles McIntyre, 67, died when a woman driving a Subaru hit his asphalt roller from behind on Warncke Road...
South African swimmer Janine Lochrenberg was killed in a shark attack off the coast of Orient Beach in KuGompo City on Tuesday, October 20 around 8 a.m.. Lochrenberg was swimming with a local open-water club when witnesses say she was bitten on her thigh and her upper arm while wearing a magnetic shark repellent band on her ankle during the practic...
‘He didn’t deserve this,’ Family remembers 4-year-old killed in Louisa County dog attack LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Three days after 4-year-old Garcia Welch was killed in a dog attack in Louisa County, his family is sharing memories of the little boy they lost as they continue to grieve. Garcia’s aunt, Cynthia Russ, spoke with 29News about her nep...
Illinois State Police have released the name of the driver involved in a fatal crash last month in Wayne County that claimed the life of a local Amish schoolteacher. Authorities identified the driver as 20-year-old Loree Teague of Flora, who was operating an SUV on Wayne County Highway 16 when her vehicle struck the rear of an Amish horse-drawn bug...
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...
Pedestrian killed early Thursday in Ankeny crash on SW Oralabor Road Advertisement Pedestrian killed early Thursday in Ankeny crash on SW Oralabor Road ANKENY, Iowa — A pedestrian has died after being hit by a vehicle early Thursday morning in Ankeny. Police say it happened around 5:50 a.m. on SW Oralabor Road near the intersection of SW Snyder Bou...
AG says Mississippi police were justified in shooting that killed 1-year-old Footage of the shooting has not been released. The Mississippi Attorney General's Office said in a statement on Monday that the Senatobia Police Department was justified in its use of force during a police-involved shooting last June that led to the death of a 1-year-old. ...
Deadly crash involving motorcycle blocks I-5 southbound near Woodland, Wash. WOODLAND, Wash. — Emergency responders closed Interstate 5 southbound early Thursday morning after a crash involving a motorcycle rider just south of Woodland, the Washington State Patrol said. The crash was reported at about 3:20 a.m. at Milepost 19. Initial reports state...
A major multi-car car crash has left several people critically hurt and has shut down all southbound lanes on 295 near Exit 17 in East Greenwich Township, Gloucester County. SkyForce10 was over the scene to find several cars involved, including a car in the trees. A medical evacuation helicopter was also spotted arriving at the scene. Stream Philad...
Drivers commuting into New York City Thursday morning should avoid the George Washington Bridge. Heavy traffic remains after all of the bridge’s upper-level lanes to New York were closed due to police activity during the rush hour commute, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. FDNY received a call about a motorcyclist who had ...
CAMARILLO, Calif. (KABC) -- A man was arrested on murder charges after a fatal incident in a Costco parking lot in Camarillo, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. The Ventura County Sheriff's Communications Center received a call at about 8:37 p.m. on Tuesday reporting that a man had been struck by a vehicle in the Costco parking lot, ...
An NYPD recruit from Brooklyn was killed when he crashed his motorcycle on the Van Wyck Expressway in Briarwood on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Police from the 107th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision on the entrance rap of the Van Wyck Expressway from the Jackie Robinson Parkway around 6 a.m. and found the victim on the roadway. ...
Moment man rescued from sinking car by Australian TV reporter A man in a sinking car has been saved by a TV journalist after driving into deep flood water. Will Murray was at the scene reporting for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Morayfield, Queensland, when he saw a vehicle drive past him into the water. Murray, and a bystander, rushed...
French weekend protests to be limited to union demos only, says Macron - Published Only authorised union protests will be allowed in French towns and cities on Saturday, President Emmanuel Macron has said, after demonstrations across the country turned violent last weekend. Speaking as some cities including Lyon and Nice imposed complete bans, Macr...
Dame Judi Dench: 'I can't do a play, a film or read anymore' - Published Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench says her eye condition has left her unable to perform on stage or read, more than a decade after she was diagnosed. Dench was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2012, a condition that affects her vision and has made i...
Ilhan Omar says 'bizarre' pre-dawn raid on her home is forcing her to move out - Published Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar has said she can no longer live in her Washington DC home after it was searched by federal agents last week, fearing her address has been exposed after the raid. "With the death threats that I deal with, it's not, it's no l...
Woman stalked, stabbed Jewish man with ‘syringe’ in terrifying NYC attack: sources See more of our coverage in your search results. A Jewish man was stalked and then stabbed by a woman who stalked him on a busy Midtown street during the Wednesday evening rush, police sources said. The victim, 26 – wearing traditional Jewish garb – was walking on Fi...
At least four injured as massive turbulence rocks United flight from Hawaii to LAX: ‘Just suddenly dropped’ See more of our coverage in your search results. Four United Airlines flight attendants suffered injuries after a horror flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles ran into severe turbulence during descent — dropping more than 3,500 feet in a minute a...
Britain to be battered by TWO storms in 24 hours: Met Office issues warnings for Storm Austen and Storm Boelo with 80mph gales and heavy rain hitting from tonight - Austen: Midnight tonight - 9pm tomorrow // Boelo: Saturday 6pm - Sunday 9pm Britain will be battered by two named storms in just 24 hours as the country faces damaging winds and travel ...
This is the moment beloved comedian Paul Whitehouse is attacked by a thug in broad daylight as he steps up to use a cashpoint in a busy central London street. Disturbing footage obtained by the Daily Mail shows how the 68-year-old entertainer was violently set upon by a stranger in Islington last Friday. The Fast Show and Gone Fishing star had been...
When Darcus Beese first heard Amy Winehouse sing she wasa teenager and he knew he had found something special. Now, 20 years since the release of her iconic Back to Black album, Darcus recalls hearing her demo, as an A&R man and talent scout for Island Records. He says: “The real blues and the real jazz. You kind of hear the spirit of Dinah Washing...
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...
A 65-year-old swimmer in South Africa has died following a shark attack, despite wearing a magnetic shark repellent band around her ankle. Videos by Wide Open Country Janine Lochrenberg was swimming with her local open-water club at approximately 8 a.m. on Tuesday when a shark attacked her off Orient Beach in KuGumo City. Witnesses reported that th...
13-year-old Georgia girl seriously injured in dog attack Above video: Your Wednesday headlines A 13-year-old girl was seriously injured and rushed by helicopter to a hospital after a Rottweiler attacked her in Georgia. It happened in Griffin, located in Spalding County. County officials said a young man who intervened to defend the girl was also in...
13-year-old girl airlifted after Spalding County dog attack; person who intervened also injured ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Officials said a 13-year-old girl was airlifted to the hospital after a “serious dog attack” in Spalding County on Wednesday. Neighbors said the girl was waiting for her school bus to arrive at the time of the attack. ...
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...
Oregon teacher describes harrowing moment she played dead after being injured in school shooting: 'Only thing I could do' An Oregon elementary school teacher who nearly lost her life in a horrific mass shooting has revealed how she pretended to be dead in an effort to avoid a fatal shot from the teenage gunman. Becky Drury, 54, suffered devastating...
'Royal British Legion saved my life after 12 years in the RAF - and it gave my daughter her dad back' As The Royal British Legion kicks off its Poppy Appeal for 2026, a hero dad reveals how the charity saved his family after spending 12 years in the RAF An RAF veteran says the Royal British Legion saved his life and gave his little girl her dad bac...