Charlotte light-rail murder suspect ruled incompetent to stand trial as history of crazed claims trails case
The man accused of killing a young woman on a North Carolina light-rail train has been deemed incompetent to stand trial following a mental evaluation, according to newly released court documents. Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, is charged
Ex-paramedic accused of drip-feeding wife to death—then faking his own kidnapping when heat turned up
A North Carolina man accused of using eye drops to fatally poison his wife in 2018 entered a not guilty plea to new charges after prosecutors say he staged his own kidnapping. Prosecutors said Joshua Hunsucker, a
Lawmakers press for probe of Chinese diaspora groups alleged election interference
Top House lawmakers are pressing Treasury and the IRS to investigate U.S. tax-exempt nonprofits allegedly co-opted by the Chinese Communist Party to interfere in American elections and politics. The nonprofits are called “hometown” organizations, formed by immigrants
Spring break beach trip turns deadly as fiery crash kills 3 teens, leaves 1 fighting for life
Three Georgia high school students were killed and another remains in critical condition after a Jeep carrying teens on spring break veered off a Florida highway and burst into flames, authorities said. The crash happened Monday along
Florida man arrested after allegedly burning his own home, killing man who tried to stop second blaze
A Florida man has been captured after burning down his own home, returning hours later to ignite another blaze and fatally stab a man who tried to stop him, authorities said. William Michael Larsen, 37, was arrested
Accused HOA swindler on the run after blowing residents’ cash on plastic surgery, luxe trips, shopping: cops
A South Florida property manager is accused of siphoning off hundreds of thousands from local HOA accounts, then allegedly blowing the cash on plastic surgery, vacations and shopping sprees before vanishing, according to police. The Martin County
Two Oklahoma elementary school workers charged with assaulting students
Two employees at the same Oklahoma elementary school allegedly assaulted young students in separate incidents weeks apart — one accused of hitting a 10-year-old and another of carrying a 5-year-old in a chokehold, according to court records
Hiker stung more than 100 times by bees near Arizona mountain summit, airlifted in critical condition
A hiker stung more than 100 times by bees near a mountain summit in Arizona was airlifted to safety in critical condition after he was unable to descend the trail on his own, firefighters said. The swarm
Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann pleads guilty in decades-long string of murders
The man charged with killing seven women and scattering their remains throughout Long Island, New York, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, marking the end of a decades-long case that instilled fears of a serial killer lurking within the
Husband of American woman missing in the Bahamas speaks out for first time, says he is ‘heartbroken’
HOPE TOWN, Bahamas —The husband of a missing American woman in the Bahamas has spoken out for the first time since she disappeared off a small boat, writing that he is “heartbroken.” Bahamian officials said Lynette Hooker,