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A detailed New York Times investigation published Tuesday implicates Trump family patriarch Fred Trump and his children in questionable tax schemes, including fraud, to increase the family fortune and possibly evade taxes. One Trump family member should be particularly concerned about the possibility of impeachment as a result of the revelations. And it’s not the […]

An off-duty Mississippi state trooper was shot and killed Sunday, a day after two police officers were killed in a different shootout, authorities said. Off-duty Trooper Kenneth Joshlin Smith, 32, was found with a gunshot wound when authorities responded to a report of a shooting in Hatchie Bottom at around 12:45 a.m., the Mississippi Department […]

A Texas man was arrested Monday for reportedly gluing an infant’s mouth and eyes shut at a motel. Johnnie Lee Carter, 29, allegedly choked a 14-month-old baby and punched her in the head and rib cage, before using a Crazy Glue stick to cover the child’s mouth and eyes, the Dallas News reported. By the […]

The divorce rate in the U.S. plummeted over a period of just 8 years, according to a study from the University of Maryland. The study, based on census data and conducted by UMD sociology professor Phillip Cohen, found that the divorce rate dropped by 18 percent from 2008 to 2016, spurred by a sharp drop among younger Americans. […]

As Hurricane Florence barreled toward the Carolina coast, Tammie Hedges took action to protect pets that might have otherwise been caught in the storm – a decision that led to her arrest. Hedges, a resident of Wayne County, North Carolina, was taken into custody Friday after providing care to more than two dozen animals – […]

Police reveal the suspected drunk driver who struck a car carrying Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson had been deported twice. A man from Guatemala living illegally in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to the maximum of 16 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver. […]

Cristhian Rivera, the illegal immigrant accused of killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, pleaded not guilty to murder charges at his Wednesday arraignment. Rivera’s trial is set to begin April 16 of next year. Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Aug. 21 after police searching a cornfield about 12 miles southeast […]

Wanda Barzee, one of Elizabeth Smart’s former captors, has been released from prison, much to Smart’s surprise and disappointment. Barzee was released from the Draper Prison in Draper, Utah, Wednesday morning, Utah Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kaitlin Felsted said. She will have 72 hours to report to U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services, according to department […]

Christine Blasey Ford has publicly accused Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault decades ago. A look at what she is saying and how top lawmakers are responding. Just days before the Senate Judiciary Committee was set to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation, Christine Blasey Ford publicly came forward to […]

WICHITA, Kan. –  A Kansas sheriff’s deputy and a suspect were killed after a fight broke out as the suspect was being arrested in a rural area of Wichita, authorities say. Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter said Deputy Robert Kunze was shot Sunday afternoon after receiving a call about a black truck that had been […]

Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar said during a news conference that the agent, identified as Juan David Ortiz, was arrested Saturday morning, according to multiple reports. The sheriff said that Ortiz was a 10-year veteran supervisor with Border Patrol, local NBC/ABC affiliate KGNS reported. Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said authorities were able to […]

SALT LAKE CITY –  Prompted by the recent scandal surrounding sexual abuse by Catholic priests across Pennsylvania, the bishop of the Salt Lake City diocese is publicly disclosing Utah’s own history of “credible allegations” going back nearly 60 years. The diocese has received reports from roughly 34 victims since 1990, Bishop Oscar Solis said in […]