Luigi Mangione death penalty decision: Federal prosecutors cannot seek death penalty, judge rules
A judge has barred federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the murder of CEO Brian Thompson. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge against Mangione, finding that it was technically flawed. Garnett…
Towns scarred by Warren Jeffs’ polygamous ’cult’ undergo dramatic transformation
Prairie dresses, walled compounds and distrust of outsiders that were once hallmarks of two towns on the Arizona-Utah border are mostly gone. These days, Colorado City, Arizona, and neighboring Hildale, Utah, look much like any other town in the remote…
Man accused of killing his four children brought Grindr dates home as kids lay dead in car’s trunk
A North Carolina father accused of killing four of his children brought Grindr dates home as their bodies lay stuffed in the trunk of a car, according to search warrants. Wellington Delano Dickens III, a 38-year-old resident of a rural…
New York Chabad attack: Fresh details emerge about Dan Sohail, who rammed car into Jewish group’s headquarters
A man who repeatedly rammed his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters had recently been trying to connect with the Hasidic Jewish community, police say. He was also caught on video enthusiastically dancing with congregants during a recent visit…
Suspect, 55, stabbed his sister and their elderly parents to death but police are still stumped on motive
A man who answered the door of his family’s Pennsylvania home wearing a robe and holding two knives is accused of stabbing his sister and their elderly parents to death. Kevin Castiglia, 55, allegedly hacked up his elderly parents, Fred,…
Man posed as FBI agent in attempt to break Luigi Mangione from jail, police say
A man falsely claiming to be an FBI agent told officers at a New York City federal jail on Wednesday that he had court orders to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said. Mark Anderson, 36, from Mankato, Minnesota, was arrested and…
Two men accused of killing a tarpon after breaking into a Florida aquarium to go fishing
Police arrested a second suspect this week over a break-in at a Florida Keys aquarium that led to the death of a large tarpon. Security camera footage from May 25 last year showed two men entering Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters…
Woman admits she impersonated dead 11-year-old on Zoom call with social services as mom accused of murder
A 22-year-old woman admitted that she posed as Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia during a Zoom call with social services months after the 11-year-old had already died – a charade the child’s mother allegedly orchestrated to hide her death, according to testimony…
DOJ charges Ilhan Omar’s attacker with assault and reveals new details on substance he tried to spray
The Department of Justice has filed federal criminal charges against the man who lunged at Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis. Anthony Kazmierczak was swiftly detained and booked by Minnesota authorities with third-degree assault after…
Houston mom and daughter wake up to find ‘intoxicated’ man falling from ceiling into their apartment
A mom and daughter say they awoke to a loud bang and found an apparently intoxicated man crashing through the ceiling into their apartment in Houston this week. Desiree Malone and her daughter woke to a frightening crashing noise Tuesday…