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Katheryn Bigbee, 10, was remembered by her school as joyful, kind and full of life. PIEDMONT, Ala. — A juvenile has been charged with murder after 10-year-old Katheryn Aliceanna Bigbee was found fatally injured late Friday inside a home in this east Alabama city, police and the Calhoun County coroner said. The case has shaken Piedmont, where police have released few details because both the victim and the accused are juveniles. What began as a …
Ivy Unruh, 25, died three days after police found her wounded outside a northeast Wichita apartment complex. WICHITA, Kan. — A 29-year-old Wichita man has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder after police said his separated wife, Ivy Unruh, a PBS Kansas broadcast engineer and Marine Corps veteran, died Monday from a shooting outside her northeast Wichita apartment. The case has moved from an emergency shooting call to a murder prosecution in less than a …
The longtime Storage Wars bidder known as “The Gambler” was found dead at his Arizona home as detectives also review claims of recent online harassment. LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. — Darrell Sheets, the “Storage Wars” buyer known as “The Gambler,” died Wednesday at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, after police responded to a 2 a.m. report and found what they described as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. His death drew immediate attention because …
Researchers say Vibrio vulnificus has appeared in South Fork hot spots as officials confront wider water-quality problems heading into summer. RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Researchers at Stony Brook University said Tuesday they found Vibrio vulnificus, the bacteria behind rare but often severe flesh-eating infections, in several Long Island waters, adding a new health concern to a region already wrestling with shellfish closures, algal blooms and poor water quality. The findings matter because the bacteria has already …
Prosecutors say the Apr. 15 shooting in Mexico City is being handled under a femicide protocol after a delayed complaint and mounting public scrutiny. MEXICO CITY — Carolina Flores Gómez, a 27-year-old former Baja California pageant winner, was found shot dead in her Polanco apartment on Apr. 15, and prosecutors say the case is now being handled under a femicide protocol after a delayed report. The killing has drawn national attention because of who Flores …
Jordan Scales’ family says the 29-year-old should be remembered as a father, brother and fisherman, not reduced to a brief police label as detectives search for leads. BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Boynton Beach police are investigating the killing of Jordan Scales, a 29-year-old Ohio man and father whose body was found Sunday morning in a wooded area near South Federal Highway, with detectives saying no arrest had been announced by Wednesday. The case has drawn …
The rare attack at a UNESCO World Heritage site pushed officials to reopen with guards, searches and promised metal detectors as the 2026 World Cup draws closer. SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico — Mexican authorities reopened the Teotihuacan archaeological zone Wednesday under tighter security after a gunman killed a Canadian tourist and wounded 13 other visitors at the Pyramid of the Moon two days earlier, turning one of the country’s best-known landmarks into a crime scene. …
Paige Parker Adams resigned in March and was arrested April 21 on 32 counts, authorities said. CULLMAN, Ala. — Former high school basketball coach Paige Parker Adams was arrested Tuesday after authorities charged her with 32 sex-related counts tied to an alleged relationship with a student at Cold Springs High School in Cullman County. The arrest turned a school investigation into a criminal case less than a month after Adams resigned her job. Adams, 35, …
Police said Michelle Rust vanished in 2002 while preparing for her son’s third birthday party. BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — Baltimore County police have charged Dwight Rust Jr. with first-degree murder, saying the case of his wife, Michelle Rust, shifted from a missing person investigation to a homicide case nearly 24 years after she disappeared from the family home. Michelle Rust was 24 when she vanished on July 20, 2002. Her husband is now 48 and …
Police said at least nine teenagers chased the student into Morgan Hall South, struck the student, damaged property and left investigators sorting through surveillance images and cellphone video. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A Temple University student was chased into a residence hall lobby and beaten by a group of juveniles early Sunday, prompting a campus warning, increased patrols and a widening search by Temple and Philadelphia police for at least nine suspects. The assault drew immediate …