Illinois State

Rockford, IL

Chicago, IL

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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

Arizona State

Ridgeland, MS

NBC News

A Mississippi man wanted in connection with a triple shooting that left his mother and two sisters dead was fatally shot during a gunfight with state troopers in Arizona, authorities said Monday. Authorities in Ridgeland, north of Jackson, discovered the women’s bodies at a home on Mother’s Day, Police Chief...

Mississippi man whose mom and sisters were found dead on Mother's Day is killed in Arizona gunfight

Georgia State

Quitman, GA

A Georgia mother was fatally mauled by dogs who attacked her and her children Thursday, just days before Mother's Day. Brooks County deputies responded to a home on the 2000 block of Webster Road in Quitman, south Georgia, at around 4:45 p.m. ET for a report of multiple minors being attacked by a dog, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Georgia mother fatally mauled by dogs who attacked her and her children days before Mother's Day

Texas State

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

Lebanon, CT

Two horses that were trapped in the mud for several hours in Lebanon, Connecticut, were freed by dozens of people Saturday. Firefighters first got a call about the animals in a swampy area behind a farm about 2. p.m., the Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department wrote on Facebook. Fire officials said...

40 people work to free two horses stuck in mud for hours in Connecticut

Alabama State

Stockton, AL

At least 11 people, including a teenager, were killed in a spate of weekend shootings from Florida to Massachusetts. Three people were killed and 15 others were injured in gunfire at a party attended by an estimated 1,000 people in Stockton, Alabama, on Saturday night, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Capt. Andre Reid said in a statement.

At least 11 dead in Mother’s Day weekend shootings across the country

New Mexico State

Coconino County, AZ

Santa Fe, NM

A body found Friday in the Colorado River is believed to be that of a New Mexico man who went into the waterway on a homemade raft with his dog last month, officials said. The Coconino County medical examiner will confirm the identity and whether the body is that of Thomas L. Robison, 58, of Santa Fe, the National Park Service said in a statement Monday.

Body found in search of man who went into Colorado River on homemade raft

Las Vegas, NV

Henderson, NV

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

Chesterfield, MO

A Missouri man pleaded guilty Monday after he crashed a U-Haul truck into metal barriers near the White House last year in connection with what he said was a bid to overthrow the government. Sai Varshith Kandula, of Chesterfield, Missouri, pleaded guilty to willful injury or depredation of property of...

Man who crashed U-Haul truck into barriers near White House pleads guilty

Baltimore, MD

Dali, the container ship that felled the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, was freed Monday by precision explosive charges that dismantled the span of the Baltimore roadway that came down on it. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced at a news conference that a channel 50 feet deep and 700...

Baltimore bridge span removed; ship freed with precision blast

Buffalo, NY

An Australian punk rock singer jumped into a western New York crowd and badly injured a fan he landed on, sending her to the hospital paralyzed, she and loved ones said Monday. Since the incident at the Trophy Eyes concert at Mohawk Place in Buffalo on April 30, Bird Piché,24,...

'His body and my neck': Woman recalls punk singer's stage dive that sent her to hospital paralyzed

Phoenix, AZ

Orange, CA

NewSantaAna

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 33-year-old Phoenix man has been convicted of murdering four men in a failed attempt to take over the drug business that left three of the men shot to death, their bodies set on fire inside of a burning car left abandoned in a residential neighborhood in Orange in the middle of the day in 2015. The body of a fourth man was found inside of a car in Fontana six days after he was shot to death; his killers recorded his dying moments on a cell phone, according to the OCDA .

Phoenix man convicted of killing and burning four cartel drug dealers in Orange and in Fontana

Idaho State

Ketchum, ID

An Idaho emergency room doctor who connected adventure-seeking to acts of altruism died on Friday in an avalanche that he apparently triggered while skiing. The Sawtooth Avalanche Center reported that a skier was killed on Friday while backcountry skiing on Donaldson Peak in Idaho’s Lost River Range. The Custer County coroner identified the skier as emergency department physician Dr. Terrence “Terry” O’Connor, according to Idaho Mountain Express.

Idaho doctor with love of adventure dies in avalanche he apparently triggered while skiing

Red Lake, MN

Karla Marie Speaks

A.I. was used to draft an outline for this article. In a tragic incident, a 35-year-old woman named Jennifer Stately has been federally charged for a horrific incident that occurred in the small town of Red Lake, Minnesota on March 15, 2024.

Woman Charged with Abduction, Murdering her 2 Children and Setting Home on Fire

Loves Park, IL

Machesney Park, IL

Winnebago, IL

Cherry Valley, IL

Roscoe, IL

Rockton, IL

Shirland, IL

Pecatonica, IL

Caledonia, IL

Stillman Valley, IL

Seward, IL

Davis Junction, IL

Byron, IL

Belvidere, IL

Durand, IL

Monroe Center, IL

South Beloit, IL

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Family attacked in Illinois stabbing spree praises son and dog for saving their lives

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A mother who was injured in an Illinois stabbing spree Wednesday said that if it wasn’t for her son, who was also attacked,...

Family attacked in Illinois stabbing spree praises son and dog for saving their lives

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