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The FBI returned to the Moscow, Idaho home on Tuesday where four college students were allegedly killed by Bryan Kohberger in November 2022. University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin were killed at the Moscow, Idaho home on Nov. 13, 2022, when Kohberger allegedly entered the home at around 4 a.m. Kohberger’s trial was initially scheduled for October, but the murder suspect waived his right to a speedy trial during an August court hearing, significantly delaying a trial. The University of Idaho said in a Tuesday statement that the prosecution and investigators asked the college for access to the King Road house where the murders took place, since Kohberger’s trial is "delayed indefinitely." JUDGE DENIES IDAHO STUDENT MURDER SUSPECT BRYAN KOHBERGER'S INDICTMENT DISMISSAL REQUEST With a revised timeline for a trial, the FBI was at the house on Tuesday to get more evidence, the university said.  "With the new ext...

A woman has sued a Tennessee police department after her son was shot and killed when he tried to drive away from a traffic stop with an officer leaning into the car. Linda Allen, whose son Eric Allen, 39, died in the November 2022 interaction with Mt. Juliet Police, filed the lawsuit Monday against the chief of police, two officers and the city. Body camera footage shows that when the officer asked Allen to step out of the car, he moved from the passenger side into the driver's seat and began to drive off while the officer was leaning inside the car. As the car drove away, the passenger door closed with the officer inside, shouting at Allen repeatedly to stop the car. He then fired his stun gun and said he would shoot Allen, before firing his handgun three times at him. NASHVILLE POLICE FATALLY SHOOT MAN HOLDING HOUSEMATE HOSTAGE WITH KNIFE The lawsuit said the officer who shot Allen used "unnecessary, unreasonable, and excessive force" in violation of Allen’s const...

Three separate police shootings in Mississippi in 2022 were justified, the state Attorney General's Office said Tuesday. In one episode, a woman was hit by a stray police bullet while lying in bed. In another, a woman was shot and killed inside a Walmart after taking an employee hostage. The third involved a George County Sheriff’s Office deputy in east Mississippi, but authorities have revealed little else about that case. "In all three incidents, the Attorney General’s Office found the use of force was justified," the office said in a statement Tuesday. FORMER MI EMPLOYEE FILES WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT SEEKING $382 MILLION AFTER FUNDS MISUSED The reviews by the Attorney General's Office followed probes by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which examines all shootings by or of law enforcement officers. The Attorney General's Office did not offer any details about its conclusions or reasoning. In the stray bullet shooting, Latasha Smith of Jackson was i...

A teenager has been arrested in connection to ambush-style assaults of unsuspecting victims, that were filmed and posted on social media in a Texas park, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Officials announced that 19-year-old Alford Lewis was booked into jail on Monday, October 30, for charges relating to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and assault causing bodily injury after he was seen posting the attacks on social media to gain followers and likes.  TIKTOK CHALLENGE LEADS TO DISRUPTION OF GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME, OFFICIALS SAY Lewis was captured on video walking on a trail at Wortham Park in Houston attacking at least two random people in the park, according to officials.  The Harris County Sheriff’s Office launched a search for the teen's identity shortly after the disturbing video was posted on social media and shared on the neighborhood watch app Nextdoor. TIKTOK USER'S 'UNETHICAL' PLANE 'LIFE HACK' TO PUNISH RECL...

Police in Washington State are asking for public's help to identify the people involved after a man was caught on video forcing a woman into a car in Vancouver on Sunday, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Officers did not say when the event took place, but they responded to a neighborhood in the area of South Leiser Road and Highway 14 after neighbors reported the "physical disturbance." IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN, WASHINGTON DRIVER CAUGHT IN HOV LANE WITH CREEPY CLOWN DUMMY AND ASSESSED SCARY TICKET Once officers arrived on the scene, they began asking the community to help them identify the man and woman in the video. Officers say the car believed to be involved in the crime appears to be a white Ford Mustang with dealer plates displaying the word "Power" or something similar. 'I WANT MY HOUSE BACK': WASHINGTON HOMEOWNER LIVES IN VAN WHILE DEADBEAT TENANT LISTS HOUSE ON AIRBNB "We are attempting to identify the male and the female a...

A heavily armed man who appeared to be planning to shoot up a mountain top amusement park at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Colorado , killed himself before carrying out his plan, according to authorities. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said park officials found the 20-year-old man dead inside the park on Saturday morning before opening to the public. Authorities said the man apparently broke into the park while it was closed, adding he was armed with an AR-style rifle, a handgun and explosives. VIDEO SHOWS TEXAS CARNIVAL WORKER CLINGING TO AMUSEMENT RIDE IN MIDAIR TO PROTECT CHILD AFTER MISHAP The man was also wearing tactical clothing and body armor. Sheriff Lou Vallario said a message was found written on the wall of the women’s bathroom where the man was found, which read, "I am not a killer, I just want to get into the caves." The sheriff could not verify whether the man who was found dead wrote the message. TEEN BOY KILLED, WOMAN INJURED ON FRENCH AMUS...

A Washington State couple is suing the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Half Moon Bay, California after the woman allegedly woke up in the middle of the night, took a sip from a bottle of water and discovered it was contaminated with semen, according to reports. FOX 2 in San Francisco, California reported that the couple, only identified as Jane and John Doe, arrived at the oceanfront luxurious Half Moon Bay resort for the weekend of Nov. 18, 2022, so they could spend time with their daughter who was a student at a nearby university, for the holiday. The couple also wanted to celebrate "Jane’s" birthday, but plans were quickly derailed after sipping the contaminated water. Now the couple is suing the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, Marriott International, Inc. and unnamed defendants for damages. SOROS-BACKED DA TARGETS HOTELS HIRING HOMELESS MIGRANTS TO FILL JOB AMID STRIKING UNION WORKERS The Does chose not to identify themselves in the lawsuit for fear they could be harassed, ...

Three family members of a Florida man who was found murdered in July 2021 were arrested last week in connection to the homicide investigation, authorities said. The Dixie County Sheriff’s Office said David Rainey’s wife, Cindy Rainey, reported him missing on the morning of July 25, 2021. The couple and their family, both from Flagler County on the opposite side of the state, were vacationing in the Town of Suwanee when the 54-year-old man was reported missing. FLORIDA SHOOTING LEAVES AT LEAST 2 DEAD, 18 INJURED DURING HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS Investigators with the Dixie County Sheriff’s Office opened a missing person’s investigation, and later that evening, located David Rainey, who was dead in a canal behind the residence the family had rented. Rainey had multiple stab wounds to his chest, authorities said, and was placed in the water after he had been killed. Ultimately, his death was ruled a homicide . Over two years later, three of Rainey’s family members were arrested in co...

A Georgia couple got a scary surprise recently after they discovered a 4-foot ball python living in their front yard.  "Definitely was not expecting a python, I was like that definitely doesn’t belong there," homeowner Ellen Snyder said of unwanted guest at their suburban Atlanta home.  While the snake isn’t venomous, Snyder and her husband Igor Malenky are concerned about its welfare since its native to West Africa and may not be able to handle colder temperatures.  "Initially it was a little bit of fear," Malenky told FOX 5 of discovering the snake slithering down his front porch steps. "I find a great big snake right outside my front door."  FLORIDA CONSERVATORY DOCUMENTS LONGEST BURMESE PYTHON CAPTURED - 19 FEET   NORTH CAROLINA DRIVERS FIND UNUSUAL STOWAWAY - A BALL PYTHON WHO ‘HITCHED A RIDE’ WITH THE DRIVER   Their neighbor, Anna Turkett, who is a snake lover, said the python "is not dangerous to people, it’s not dangerous to pets....

These mugshots were taken for arrests made throughout the U.S. the week of Oct. 22-28, 2023. source https://www.foxnews.com/us/mugshots-week-oct-22-28-2023

Thousands of Pro-Palestine protestors forced city officials to close the Brooklyn Bridge down on Saturday after they gathered in New York City amid Israel's war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza. "Protest Activity: All lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge are closed in both directions," the New York City Emergency Management Department wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Consider alternate routes." The Brooklyn demonstration marked three weeks since Hamas fighters launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, as 1,400 Israelis were murdered Oct. 7. Hamas's health ministry estimates that around 7,300 Palestinians have been killed since the war began. Protestors were seen holding signs that read, "By any means necessary" and "NYC stands with Gaza" while waving Palestinian flags.  BIDEN, OTHER WESTERN LEADERS REAFFIRM ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, CALL FOR FOR CIVILIAN PROTECTION "Israel (U.S...

Safety concerns are being raised about a medical center in California after a nurse was recently pinned between an MRI machine and a bed during a freak accident, an investigation by KTVU uncovered. The nurse, Ainah Cervantes, suffered "crushing injuries" that required surgery after the MRI machine’s magnetic force suddenly pulled a hospital bed toward it.  Cervantes was tending to a patient on a bed at the time of the mishap at a medical center in Redwood City operated California-based Kaiser Permanente . The patient fell from the bed and was uninjured, but Cervantes became sandwiched between the front of the tube-shaped machine and the bed.  LA FREEWAY CHASE ENDS IN BRAZEN DAYLIGHT ROBBERY BY MASKED BANDITS: VIDEO "I was getting pushed by the bed," Cervantes told investigators in a report conducted by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). "Basically, I was running backwards. If I didn’t run, the bed would smash me undernea...

Robert Card, the suspect in Wednesday's massacre that killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine , has been found dead, law enforcement sources tell Fox News. Law enforcement sources said that Card was found dead by the dumpster near a recycling plant in Lisbon, Maine with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities said that the suspect previously worked at the recycling plant, but did provide details. Card was the subject of a 2-day-long manhunt that followed the mass shootings at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar and Grille. ELITE BORDER UNIT JOINS MANHUNT FOR MAINE MASS SHOOTING SUSPECT ROBERT CARD Specific details were not immediately available. A press conference is scheduled for 10 p.m. Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich, CB Cotton and the Associated Press contributed to this report. source https://www.foxnews.com/us/maine-mass-shooting-suspect-robert-card-found-dead-apparent-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound

Plainclothes police officers who were training nearby when a gunman opened fire inside a Maine bowling alley on Wednesday night were the first to respond to the calls for help. On Friday evening, Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said that four plainclothes officers were the first to respond to the shooting rampage at Sparetime Recreation bowling in Lewiston, Maine "about a minute-and-a-half" after hearing calls for help. Sauschuck said that plainclothes officers responded to the bowling alley before on-duty officers arrived at the location, following the first desperate 911 call at 6:56 p.m. Wednesday. "That initial 911 call occurred at 6:56 p.m. and by the CAD system, or the computer aided dispatch system, Sauschuck said. "The first officer, the first Lewiston officer , arrived based on that system at 7 p.m., so 4 minutes later." ELITE BORDER UNIT JOINS MANHUNT FOR MAINE MASS SHOOTING SUSPECT ROBERT CARD "The reality there, however, i...

Authorities on Friday were seen in scuba gear diving gear in Maine's Androscoggin River during the search for Robert Card, who's the primary suspect in Wednesday's Lewiston mass shooting. source https://www.foxnews.com/us/authorities-seen-scuba-gear-maine-river-manhunt-robert-card

The ages of the victims from the Maine mass shooting ranged from just 14 years old to 76, the state Medical Examiner's office confirmed Friday. Authorities say that Robert Card, 40, opened fire inside a Lewiston bowling alley and a nearby restaurant, killing 18 people. According to Maine State Police, seven people died at Sparetime Recreation bowling alley — six males and one female. Eight more people died at the nearby Schemengees Bar and Grille, all of them male. Three additional victims died at area hospitals. ELITE BORDER UNIT JOINS MANHUNT FOR MAINE MASS SHOOTING SUSPECT ROBERT CARD Ronald Morin, 55, was a happy and upbeat guy, his family member Cecile Francoeur Martin told the Bangor Daily News . "He was just always smiling, happy," Martin told the local station. "Just one of those people that if you are having a bad day, he was going to make your day better just by his presence." Robert Violette, 76, was a devoted volunteer bowling coach.  Robert ...

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three young children with exercise bands earlier this year, pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of murder in connection with their deaths. On Thursday, the 33-year-old was arraigned at Tewksbury Hospital on three counts of murder and strangulation after she was indicted in September in the deaths of her 5-year-old daughter, Cora, her 3-year-old son, Dawson, and her 8-month-old baby, Callan, before attempting suicide at her Duxbury home. Kevin Reddington, Clancy's attorney, argued that she was suffering with mental health issues and "was a troubled soul." LINDSAY CLANCY, MASSACHUSETTS MOTHER WHO STRANGLED HER 3 CHILDREN, RESEARCHED ‘WAYS TO KILL,' COURT DOCS SAY However, prosecutors pointed to recently unsealed 299 pages of records and argued that that Clancy's all...

A manhunt is underway in Maine as police search for Robert Card in the first 24 hours since the mass shooting last night rocked the town of Lewiston. source https://www.foxnews.com/us/photos-the-hunt-for-a-killer-in-maine

A Michigan man was found inside his car tied up and injured on Wednesday after he was kidnapped in the parking lot of a Lifetime Fitness. The Shelby Township Police Department said in a Facebook post that a 24-year-old male was kidnapped by four "armed, masked males" in the parking lot of the Lifetime Fitness. Police learned about the incident at 7:15 p.m. on Monday night and immediately began a large investigation to locate the victim. After requesting assistance from the Sterling Heights Police Department, officers found the suspect's car at the victim's home with one person inside. The car fled the area and police engaged in a short pursuit before the suspect crashed, according to officials. The suspect allegedly tried to flee the area by foot but was arrested by a police officer. FLORIDA DUO ALLEGEDLY STABBED MAN REPEATEDLY, THREW HIM OVER BRIDGE, STOLE CAR AND SET IT ON FIRE: AUTHORITIES Officials said the victim was found "bound and tortured" in...

A Jewish family's home in Los Angeles was broken into by a man repeatedly yelling, "Free Palestine," police said. The Los Angeles Police Department said that they received a call from the homeowners at around 5:30 a.m. saying that someone had broken into their home and that they were hiding in a room with their four children. A short while later, the frightened homeowners called police for a second time, saying that the male suspect was threatening to kill them because they were Jewish . The family had mezuzahs, which are pieces of parchment inscribed with Hebrew verse from the Torah, on their doors, police said. ANTISEMITISM ‘STILL EXISTS’ AND IS ‘GETTING WORSE’ IN THE US: NAZI GERMANY SURVIVOR ERWIN GANZ When the LAPD arrived at the family's home, they arrested a male suspect, who was dressed in just his undergarments at the time of his arrest. "Free Palestine, free Palestine, free Palestine," the suspect was heard repeatedly saying as was being ta...

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. New court documents have been unsealed in the murder case against a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children in their home with exercise ropes in January.  Lindsay Clancy was indicted on three counts of murder and strangulation charges last month after prosecutors say she used exercise bands to strangle her 5-year-old daughter, Cora, her 3-year-old son, Dawson, and her 8-month-old baby, Callan, before attempting suicide at her Duxbury home. Newly unsealed documents provide a glimpse into the events leading up to the 32-year-old's decision to allegedly murder her children. The Plymouth District Court unsealed 299 pages of records that reveal 11 search warrants that were issued in January and kept confidential.  LINDSAY CLANCY'S HUSBAND EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT WIFE'S MENTAL HEALTH DAYS BEFORE CHILDREN WERE KILLED: DOCS The wa...

A murder warrant has been issued for the Massachusetts man who's accused of killing his wife on Sunday. Breanne "Breezy" Pennington, 30, was found dead inside the couple's Gardner, Massachusetts home on Sunday. The Massachusetts Department of Children and Family Services took four children into custody who were inside the home at the time of Breanne's death. Aaron Pennington, Breanne's husband, hasn't been located, but investigators on Monday night found his white 2013 BMW Model 320 abandoned "in a wooded area at Camp Collier," which is a Boy Scout camp in Gardner. Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr. announced on Wednesday that a murder warrant was issued for Aaron Pennington in the death of his wife, Breanne Pennington. MANHUNT FOR MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY MAN WANTED IN MURDER OF WIFE, MOM OF 4, LEADS TO HIS ABANDONED BMW Authorities say that Aaron left around 9 a.m. on Sunday in his BMW. "After a perimeter was establis...

A special grand jury has indicted a West Virginia man on a murder charge in the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl more than two decades ago, authorities said. Larry Webb is accused of killing Natasha "Alex" Carter, Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Ben Hatfield said Tuesday. Carter and her mother, Susan Carter, have not been seen since Aug. 8, 2000. WOMAN IDENTIFIED IN GEORGIA COLD CASE OF HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN SUITCASE 35 YEARS AGO At the time they went missing, Susan Carter was in a contentious custody battle with Natasha’s father and had told him he would never see his daughter again, according to an FBI flyer from back then that said the pair might have left the state. Carter and her daughter were apparently living in Webb’s house when they disappeared, news outlets reported. The FBI announced a renewed push for answers in the case in 2021. Police executed search warrants at Webb's home in 2022 and 2023 and authorities said they recovered additional evidenc...

An Alliance, Ohio, man who was federally charged with trying to firebomb a church with Molotov cocktails in protest of the church’s plans to host drag shows, pleaded guilty Monday to violating the Church Arson Prevention Act, and using fire and explosives to commit a felony. The Department of Justice said 20-year-old Aimenn D. Penny made Molotov cocktails before driving to the Community Church of Chesterland in Chesterland, Ohio, on March 25. The church was planning to host two drag shows in support of the LGBTQI+ community the following weekend, which angered Penny. OHIO MAN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO FIREBOMB CHURCH HOSTING DRAG EVENT When Penny arrived at the church, he threw two Molotov cocktails at the building with hopes of burning it to the ground, the DOJ said, attributing the information to court documents. He was arrested and charged with violating the Church Arson Prevention Act, using fire to commit a federal felony , malicious use of explosive materials and possessing a...

A private plane departed without permission in Texas on Tuesday, colliding with another private aircraft as both were moving on an airfield at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston . The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed to Fox News Digital that the incident happened at 4 p.m. local time Tuesday.  Officials said that a twin-engine Hawker aircraft departed without permission from Runway 22 at the airport, when it collided with a twin-engine Cessna C510 that was landing on Runway 13 Right.  AIRPLANE DRAMA, INCLUDING 'FIERCE ARGUMENT' BETWEEN COUPLE, RESULTS IN DIVERTED FLIGHT, POLICE PRESENCE The Cessna C510 taxied to the ramp area following the collision, the FAA said. No injuries were reported on either aircraft, the FAA said. The FAA said it is still investigating how many passengers were on board the planes , but a twin-engine Hawker can fly nine passengers, while a twin-engine Cessna C510 can hold up to six passengers. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIO CAPT...

The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of firefighters. Atlanta Fire Rescue Chief Roderick Smith told a City Council committee of the closures on Monday. Smith told the committee that the department had 17 fire trucks out of service on Monday, including eight of 31 fire engines and nine of 15 ladder trucks. Many of the trucks are being repaired, but those repairs can take months. FAMILY OF MONTAY STINSON SAYS FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF HAS ‘BLOOD’ ON HIS HANDS AFTER INMATE’S DEATH Some other trucks, while still running, don't have their full capabilities. "Right now I think we’re down to two or three fully operational ladder trucks in the whole city," said Dustin Hillis, chair of the council's Public Safety Committee. While Hillis described the fire truck fleet as being "in shambles", Smith told council members the situation while serious, is "not in a dire space ri...

A Utah man's pole dancing skeleton display has residents picking sides after city officials called for the risqué display to be taken down. Christopher Fujishin's skeleton display featured two skeletal onlookers "watching" a skeleton with a purple wig "dancing" on a stop sign near his home in Grantsville, Utah . "Maybe a little risqué for some people but it's all in the name of fun," Fujishin told KSTU. Fujishin said that the only backlash he received was a neighbor who cut the display down from the traffic sign. However, that changed after the City of Grantsville took the matter to Facebook, calling for the owner of the display to take the display down by 9 p.m. MOM'S CREEPY-COOL TAYLOR SWIFT HALLOWEEN DISPLAY GOES VIRAL ON TIKTOK "Displays like this are not acceptable as it is against city code to attach anything to a street sign," read the post, which noted that city officials would remove the display if the "perso...

A retired Philadelphia police officer facing more than 1,300 years in prison on over 200 criminal charges of sexual abuse of children and woman entered a guilty plea to lesser charges on Friday and was sentenced to 15 to 40 years of incarceration instead. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office said in a press release that 54-year-old Patrick Heron pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful contact with a minor, two counts of sexual abuse of children, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, official oppression, kidnapping of a minor, indecent assault, forgery and stalking for five criminal cases brought against him by the DA’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Commonwealth prosecutors were ready to go to trial on allegations from over more than a decade, accusing Heron of abusing and assaulting dozens of women and girls, taking photos and videos of victims being assaulted without their consent, and attempting to silence witnesses through intimidation to shield his crime...

The massive manhunt for four Georgia inmate escapees led armed law enforcement teams to the doorstep of a murder suspect, who vanished after he appeared to be kidnapped seven months ago. U.S. Marshals were " met by gunfire " through a closed apartment door, and backed up by SWAT teams who blasted through the entrance, the Bibb County Sheriff's Office said Monday evening. They found a man – later identified as Christian Williams, 23 – "down from a self-inflicted gunshot wound," the sheriff's office said.  This is the first time anyone has seen Williams since he was reportedly abducted on March 6 just hours before he was due in court for 2021 murder charges . GEORGIA DEPUTIES FIND CAR USED IN JAIL ESCAPE; 4 INMATES REMAIN ON THE RUN Williams was rushed to a hospital, where he's in critical condition, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.  He's suspected of helping Joey Fournier, 52, Chavis Stokes, 29, Marc K. Anderson, 24, and Johni...