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9-Year-Old Girl Found Dead After Mother Injects Children

Her 9-year-old daughter died in the October 2025 incident in Islip, while a boy and another girl survived. OXFORD, England — An Oxfordshire coroner has ruled that a 49-year-old mother died by suicide after an inquest heard she injected herself and her three children with insulin at their home in Islip, where her 9-year-old daughter died and two other children survived. The ruling came at an inquest held Sept. 1 at Oxford Coroner’s Court into …

Man Jailed After Recording Wife’s Affair With Robot Vacuum

A Taiwan court sentenced the man to five months after finding that secretly recording his wife violated her sexual privacy rights. TAOYUAN, Taiwan — A Taiwanese man who used a camera-equipped robot vacuum to record evidence of his wife’s affair won damages in a civil case but was later sentenced to five months in prison for making the intimate recording without her consent, according to court reporting in Taiwan. The unusual case centered on competing …

Band’s Keyboardist and Family Found Dead

Two men were arrested after the killings at an Atizapán de Zaragoza apartment, while the couple’s 6-year-old son survived unharmed. ATIZAPÁN DE ZARAGOZA, Mexico — Jonathan Samuel Meléndez Ochoa, a 38-year-old keyboardist and co-founder of the Mexican band Camilo Séptimo, was killed along with his pregnant wife, their 3-year-old daughter and a 21-year-old woman who worked in their home, authorities said. State of Mexico prosecutors said the four victims were found late Sept. 1 inside …

3 Dead After Gunfire Erupts Inside Apartment Building

Two civilians and the suspected shooter died as gunfire injured multiple people, including three Minneapolis police officers. MINNEAPOLIS — Three people, including a suspected shooter, are dead after gunfire erupted Wednesday afternoon at a high-rise apartment building near downtown Minneapolis, leaving several others injured and drawing a large response from police and other law enforcement agencies. Police were sent to the area of 15 E. Grant St. in the Loring Park neighborhood shortly after 4:30 …

Officer Charged After Unarmed Student Fatally Shot at Wrong Home

Prosecutors say Glenwood Pysher IV was unarmed with his hands raised when Cpl. Sean Farrell fired; Farrell has since retired. NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police corporal was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old college student who mistakenly went to the wrong home while looking for friends, Montgomery County prosecutors said. Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Cpl. Sean Farrell, 58, was charged Sept. 1 in the Aug. 23 death of Glenwood …

Police Officer Found Dead, Wife’s Body Located Days Later

Worcester police say preliminary evidence links the deaths of veteran Officer Kurt Solomon and his wife in an apparent murder-suicide. WORCESTER, Mass. — A body believed to be that of Karen Solomon was found in a wooded area near a rehabilitation hospital Aug. 24, six days after her husband, longtime Worcester Police Officer Kurt Solomon, was found dead at the couple’s home, authorities said. Worcester Police Chief Paul Saucier said investigators believe the deaths of …

Nurse and Two Sons Found Dead Inside Home

Police identified the woman’s 22-year-old son as the suspect after officers discovered all three family members during a welfare check. INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. — A 43-year-old Minnesota nurse and her two adult sons were found dead inside their Inver Grove Heights townhome after police responded to a welfare check, with investigators saying preliminary findings point to a double murder-suicide involving the older son. Authorities identified the three people as Jamie Lee Charles, 43; Jaymison …

Delta Pilot Makes Urgent Hospital Request During Cross-Country Flight

The Boston-bound Boeing 757 landed safely after its captain reported a medical emergency and said he needed hospital care. DETROIT, Mich. — A Delta Air Lines flight carrying 147 passengers from Los Angeles to Boston made an emergency diversion to Detroit after the captain became ill in the cockpit and told air traffic controllers he needed to go to a hospital. Delta Flight 437 was traveling from Los Angeles International Airport to Boston Logan International …

Man Charged With Murder After Deadly Plant Explosion

Investigators say the Sand Springs facility lacked valid licensing and contained hazardous materials that had not been present during an earlier inspection. SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — A 35-year-old Oklahoma man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after an explosion at a marijuana extraction facility killed two workers and badly damaged more than 20 businesses at an industrial complex near Tulsa. Ryan Bassham of Tulsa turned himself in Sunday, Aug. 30, after a …

Three Dead, Fourth Critical After Disturbing Discovery

Police said all four people were found unconscious and the deaths remain classified as unexplained while investigators search for a cause. DALLAS, Texas — Three people were found dead and a fourth person was hospitalized in critical condition after emergency crews discovered four unconscious people inside a South Dallas home Monday afternoon, authorities said. Dallas police responded at about 1:12 p.m. Aug. 31 to the 2700 block of Burger Avenue after Dallas Fire-Rescue requested assistance. …