Chicago, IL

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Santa Monica, CA

Brigid Pfeifer

The world has lost a ground breaking acting legend. On March 29th, 2024, Louis Gossett Jr. passed away in Santa Monica, California. He was 87 years old. Gossett Jr. was born in 1936 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. After obtaining a sports injury at age 17, he was encouraged to participate in a school play. Not long afterwards, he was encouraged to try out for a Broadway play. The rest, as they say, was history.

Academy Award Winning Actor Dies at Age 87

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Houston, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

A Texas teacher and her husband are now in custody, accused of taking thousands of dollars from home renovation clients and gambling away money they took for work they never finished.

Texas teacher and husband arrested, accused of gambling away $1.53 million in home renovation scam

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Palm Coast, FL

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A woman was arrested last week after allegedly participating in a shoplifting game at a Walmart in Palm Coast, Florida. According to an FCSO News Release, on Monday, March 25, deputies responded to a report of a possible shoplifter at Walmart. Witnesses reported seeing 30-year-old Amber McCann leaving the store without showing her receipt for items in her cart, which raised suspicion.

Woman arrested for shoplifting and drug trafficking

San Francisco, CA

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The teenage child of former Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield has been located safely after having run away from home, officials announced Sunday. Mint Butterfield, 16, was found in San Francisco at 11:30 p.m. local time Saturday, the Marin County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Sunday. Mint was last seen...

Former Slack CEO's teenager has been safely located after running away, officials say

Colorado State

Silver Plume, CO

DENVER — A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted of a misdemeanor on Friday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who had called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community. Andrew Buen was also charged with second-degree murder...

Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted of misdemeanor in shooting death of man who called for help

A wide receiver for the NFL's Houston Texans was injured in an overnight shooting in Florida, the team said in a statement. Tank Dell, 24, who suffered a "minor wound," was treated at a hospital and released, the Texans said Sunday. The team said the violence took place in Sanford, about 40 miles south of Dell's hometown, Daytona Beach.

Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell wounded in Florida shooting

Connecticut State

East Hartford, CT

Two Connecticut barbers who dropped everything to save a little girl from running into traffic say they are simply dads with lucky timing. Surveillance video posted to the Instagram account of Look Sharp Barbershop owner Osvaldo Lugo and his employee Rafael Santana shows the pair racing out of the East Hartford establishment after a young girl who ran down the road by herself.

Video captures 2 Connecticut barbers rushing out door to stop child from wandering into traffic

Oklahoma State

Broken Arrow, OK

“We always called her Joi,” Charlotte Autry, Marilyn Joi Base’s childhood best friend, told Dateline. “She was, absolutely, a joy.”. Charlotte thinks fondly of the childhood she spent alongside Joi in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, just outside of Tulsa. She talked about the blissful, slow-paced lifestyle they led as young girls — running around the farmland behind their properties, playing with horses, and singing in church. “[Joi’s family] had a ditch in their backyard, and they had a swing on a rope — and we would swing over that ditch,” she said. “It was a blast.”

Oklahoma woman seeks answers 37 years after the abduction and murder of her best friend, Marilyn Joi Base

Everett, WA

In Everett, Washington, a mother has been apprehended on suspicion of murder following the discovery of her young son's lifeless body on the side of the freeway last week. According to the Everett Police Department, the family of 4-year-old Ariel Garcia reported him missing on Wednesday, March 27, citing "suspicious circumstances." Prompted by concerns for the boy's safety, law enforcement, in collaboration with the FBI and other agencies, launched an extensive search effort.

Mother arrested after 4-year-old son found dead alongside road

Webster County, GA

Preston, GA

A 36-year-old man faces multiple charges following a tragic incident over the weekend where his young daughters were found deceased inside a burning car. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported that on Saturday, March 30, authorities including the Webster County Sheriff's Office, Webster County Fire Department, EMS, and Georgia State Patrol responded to a residence in Preston concerning a car engulfed in flames. Upon extinguishing the fire, responders discovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and a 1-year-old girl inside the vehicle.

Man accused of locking daughters in car and setting it on fire, killing them

Anaheim, CA

Irvine, CA

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Last week, three people were arrested after they used fraudulent Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards to purchase 64 containers of baby formula, according to the Irvine Police Department .

Three women were arrested on burglary and I.D. theft charges after using fraudulent EBT cards in Irvine

Los Angeles, CA

Marla Adams, known for her role as Dina Abbott Mergeron on daytime soap “The Young and the Restless” has died. She was 85. Adams died on Thursday, April 25, in Los Angeles, TODAY.com has confirmed. A cause of death has not been announced. “On behalf of the entire...

Marla Adams, 'The Young and the Restless' star who played Dina Abbott Mergeron, dies at 85

Santa Ana, CA

Alexis Ascencion, a 25-year-old Santa Ana resident, was sentenced on Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the gang-related fatal shooting of a man outside an apartment complex in Santa Ana that happened six years ago.

Santa Ana gangbanger gets life in prison without parole for killing an innocent man

Patrol Officers arrested Joseph Michael Sanders , a 34-year-old transient with a criminal record, on 4/18/2024 at approximately 6:30 p.m., on charges of kicking a small dog, as seen on a widely publicized video, according to the Anaheim Police Department .

Transient ex-con who repeatedly kicked a small dog arrested by the Anaheim Police

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Chicago mass shooting leaves 8-year-old girl dead, 10 others injured

Chicago police believe gang-related violence led to the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old girl that also left 10 others injured Saturday night in the city’s South...

Chicago mass shooting leaves 8-year-old girl dead, 10 others injured

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