Robert De Niro was the target of a robbery that occurred at his rented apartment in New York City this week, the actor’s publicist has acknowledged. Following reports of the movie star’s encounter with an intruder who allegedly broke into his townhome on Manhattan’s Upper East Side early on Monday …
Read More »University of Texas basketball coach Chris Beard arrested on assault charge
Chris Beard, the head coach of the University of Texas’ men’s basketball team, was arrested early Monday morning on an assault charge, authorities told CBS News. A spokesperson for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office said that Beard remained in custody at the Travis County Jail after being arrested by the …
Read More »Mississippi man allegedly bites off another man’s nose in an argument over golf game
A Mississippi man has been arrested two days after he fled a scene where he bit off another man’s nose, authorities said. Bay St. Louis Police said that 51-year-old Mark Curtis Wells of Biloxi was arrested on Wednesday. Police said they responded to the attack shortly after 9:30 p.m. at …
Read More »Police are investigating “hundreds” of tips that one of the Idaho stabbings victims had a stalker
Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept said Tuesday that detectives have looked extensively into information that one of the victims had a stalker and have not been able to verify it. Investigators have pursued “hundreds of pieces of information” about the possibility …
Read More »Still no suspects in deaths of 4 University of Idaho students, police say
Police in Moscow, Idaho, said that they have still not identified any suspects or persons of interest in the weekend slayings of four college students killed in an off-campus home. The four students — identified as Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves — were found dead in …
Read More »Former Miss Rhode Island convicted of lying to see romantic partner in ICE detention facility
A South Florida village commissioner and former beauty queen has been sentenced to a year of probation and 50 hours of community service for pretending to be a paralegal to get into a federal immigration detention center to see her romantic partner. Julianna Clare Strout, 36, was sentenced Wednesday in …
Read More »California woman charged with killing man by ramming her car into him after accusing him of trying to run over a cat
A California woman has been charged with killing a man by ramming her car into him after accusing him of trying to run over a cat in the street, authorities said Wednesday. Hannah Star Esser, 20, was charged with murder in the death of Victor Anthony Luis, 43, and detained …
Read More »Virginia Commonwealth University reaches settlement in student’s hazing death
Virginia Commonwealth University will pay nearly $1 million to the family of a young man who died after a 2021 fraternity hazing incident as part of a recent settlement agreement. The agreement with the family of Adam Oakes also requires the Richmond university to make additional changes to its fraternity …
Read More »Police believe 3 children drowned by mother at NYC beach
Three young children have died after being found on a Coney Island beach early Monday morning, according to the New York City Police Department. Authorities said the children’s mother, identified as a 30-year-old woman, was taken into custody for questioning following two 911 calls that ultimately led them to the …
Read More »Alabama apparently botched Joe Nathan James Jr.’s execution, anti
Montgomery, Ala. — Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate’s execution last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy indicating his arm may have been cut to find a vein. Joe Nathan James …
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