New York City, NY

Seattle, WA

New York Post

Shocking new video captured the moment a Delta plane caught on fire, prompting a total evacuation, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last week. 

The newly released clip obtained by KOMO News shows a fireball exploding and black smoke rising from the nose of the Airbus jet, below the cockpit, shortly after it landed on the night of April 6. 

Delta Flight 604 from Cancun, Mexico, arrived safely at the Washington airport around 9:35 p.m., but after plugging the aircraft into the terminal’s electrical network, things went awry. 



The plug-in shorted out and sent sparks flying — sparking a fire directly below...

Wild video captures moment fireball explodes on Delta jet as passengers evacuate on emergency slides

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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

Utah State

Alpine, UT

A Utah school district reversed its decision Wednesday to exclude a student who succumbed to cancer from her high school graduation ceremony — relenting after a firestorm of anger from the community.

Samantha “Mantha” Corey’s siblings will now be allowed to walk across the stage in place of their sister, who died from rhabdomyosarcoma just three months before she was set to finish her senior year at American Fork High School.

“This is a milestone that we were hoping with her medical team that she could make it to — after she started relapsing, we were really hoping she could make it...

Utah school district walks back decision to exclude student who died of cancer from graduation after severe backlash: ‘She was so close’

Las Vegas, NV

Henderson, NV

The Quick Historian

In a distressing incident that has shaken the community, Nevada parents Misty and Jeffery Scanlan have been arrested on charges of child abuse/neglect after their 11-year-old child was found confined in a "large metal enclosure." The arrest came to light when officers were summoned to investigate a truancy issue.

Parents arrested after 11-year-old found in metal enclosure

Alabama State

Stockton, CA

Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured as gunfire broke out at a wild Alabama May Day party attended by at least 1,000 people, officials said. 

The bloodshed at the party in a field in Stockton late Saturday likely came from a gun battle, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said late Sunday.

“According to witnesses, the event was peaceful until an argument took place, which led to at least one subject shooting multiple rounds into the large crowd, Reid said. 

Troubled judge facing 8 felony gun charges indicted again after alleged drive-by shooting at brother-in-law’s house



“We do believe...

3 dead, 15 wounded in gun battle at Alabama May Day party attended by 1,000 people: officials

Jackson, GA

Mcdonough, GA

A delivery driver is attracting attention online after she claimed in a TikTok video that a food order she picked up was requested to be delivered to a prison for a death row inmate.

Chrishalea Farley, 39, a part-time Instacart driver from McDonough, Georgia, told Fox News Digital that she received a request for a large wing platter and potato wedges from a local Publix to be picked up and delivered to a location nearby.

Without thinking much about it, Farley said, she took the order and headed to the recipient’s address. 

She then realized she was driving to Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State...

Instacart driver says she attempted food delivery to prison for ‘death row inmate feast’

New Jersey State

Middlesex County, NJ

Woodbridge Township, NJ

Morristown Minute

Middlesex County Woman conspired to fraudulently obtain over $400,000 in pandemic relief funds. Yanira Abreu, 42, of Keasbey, New Jersey, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for her role in a scheme to illegally obtain more than $400,000 in COVID-19 unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Abreu had previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch, who imposed the sentence on May 9, 2024, in Trenton federal court.

Woman Gets Two Years for Stealing COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits

Nixon, TX

Karla Marie Speaks

In a shocking turn of events, a 10-year-old boy from South Texas has confessed to fatally shooting a 32-year-old man in his sleep two years ago. The tragic incident has left the victim's family in disbelief and the community grappling with the emotional and legal complexities of the case.

10-Year-Old Texas Boy Confesses to Fatally Shooting Man in His Sleep Two Years Ago

Bridgewater, MA

Supreme Court Asked To Consider Whether Parents Can Record IEP Meetings. Appeals Court Decision Challenges Public Recording Rights in Private Settings. In a significant legal decision emanating from Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled against Scott and Roxanne Pitta, parents who sought to record a Google Meet IEP (Individualized Education Plan) meeting for their child with the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District. The court's January 4, 2024, decision marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate over First Amendment rights in settings that are not unequivocally public.

Parents Denied Right to Record IEP Meeting in First Amendment Case

Chicago, IL

Clarisa Figueroa, a 51-year-old woman from Chicago, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to the horrific murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and the subsequent removal of her unborn child from her womb. The ghastly crime, which shocked the nation, unfolded in April 2019 and has left a lasting scar on the community.

Woman sentenced for cutting baby from teen's woman, killing both

Newark, NJ

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Malachi Jefferson, a 25-year-old Newark resident, has confessed to participating in a fraudulent scheme involving the theft of checks and subsequent bank fraud, as stated by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Jefferson's plea was entered on April 22, 2024, in the presence of U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals at the Newark federal court.

Newark Man Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft & Bank Fraud

Brooklyn, NY

Jersey City, NJ

Hoboken, NJ

NewsBreak

Missing emergency slide that fell off Delta flight found — washed up in front of house of lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing

The emergency slide that fell off a Delta flight departing from JFK Airport on Friday was found two days later — washed up in front of...

Missing emergency slide that fell off Delta flight found — washed up in front of house of lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing

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