Super Typhoon Mangkhut, an even more powerful storm than U.S.-bound Hurricane Florence, is heading for the Philippines, and mainland China. Mangkhut, locally known as super typhoon Ompong, has already passed the U.S. territory of Guam, where it caused widespread flooding and power outages. It is currently barreling across the Pacific Ocean with wind gusts of […]

At least four people were killed in New Mexico on Thursday after a Greyhound passenger bus collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck that jumped a highway median strip, and the death toll was expected to rise, the New Mexico State Police said. A tire blew out on the eastbound truck, which then jumped the grass […]

Voice of America Iran’s minority Sunni Muslims say authorities of the Shiite-majority nation have prevented some Sunnis from holding communal prayers in the capital, Tehran, to mark the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. The Council of Azeri Sunni Prayer Centers in Tehran and the neighboring province of Alborz issued a statement saying Sunnis were prevented […]

The Trump administration’s new special representative for Iran says his team will focus most of its work on changing Tehran’s behavior on issues of nuclear weapons, terrorism, and detention of Americans. Brian Hook was speaking Thursday at the State Department, where U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Hook’s appointment to the role that heads […]

Matt Gray Two people face murder charges after the victim of a brutal February hammer attack succumbed to his injuries. Richard Portee, 54, of Bridgeton, was attacked on Feb. 16 on Laurel Street in Bridgeton. He died of his injuries earlier this month, according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office. Claudio Lopez, 38, and Taralyn Buckner, 42, […]

Jeff Goldman A 25-year-old who stabbed another man to death in the parking lot of an Elizabeth nightclub was sentenced Friday to 52 years in prison. Rosendo Salomon Gomez-Serpa, an undocumented immigrant who was staying in Elizabeth, will be required to spend almost 49 years locked up before he is eligible for parole, the Union County Prosecutor’s […]

Chris Sheldon More than 30,000 southern New Jersey residents are living without power as Wednesday’s nor’easter continues to wreak havoc. Atlantic City Electric (ACE) outage map shows that 32,380 of its customers are without power as of 9:10 p.m. Most of the darkened homes are located in Cumberland, Salem and Gloucester County where there are […]

A couple living in London tortured their young French au pair and subjected her to hours of interrogation before later killing her and burning her body, the prosecution told a court Tuesday. The charred remains of 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet were discovered by the fire brigade on September 20, in the back garden of the southwest […]

A sixth explosion further rattled the city of Austin, Texas late Tuesday, but authorities quickly determined it was not related to a series of package bombs that have killed two people. Emergency officials responded en masse to a reported blast in the southern part of the state capital city, at what local media reported was […]

Callum Paton A moviegoer has died following a horrific theater accident in which an electric, reclining chair crushed his head when he attempted to retrieve a cellphone. The man’s partner and staff tried desperately to pull the man out from under the seat’s footrest after it clamped down on him during the freak incident. Local […]

Matt Gray The father of a 2-year-old child who died in a car as Deanna Joseph got high in the front seat summed up his feelings about the penalty the woman deserved. “Hell is not good enough for her,” the dad told a judge Friday morning. Joseph, 39, of Alloway Township, was sentenced to 15 […]

Theo Thimou Reheating food in the microwave is a common kitchen ritual in modern America. We all know about the dangers of reheating certain kinds of containers, but did you know that certain foods pose threats when you zap them for a second go-around? Don’t zap these common foods in the microwave Chicken Who knew you […]

Matt Gray The victim of a road rage assault last week has died of his injuries, authorities confirmed Friday. Joseph Pirri, 32, of Blackwood, was slashed in the face with a sharp instrument, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. He died of his injuries Thursday night at Cooper University Hospital, in Camden. The incident occurred around […]

Craig Johnson A popular brand of pacifiers and teether holders are being recalled this week because babies could choke on them, according to a government consumer watchdog agency. Around 590,000 of Dr. Brown’s Lovey Pacifier & Teether Holders have been sold in the United States, while around 10,500 of them were purchased in Canada, according […]

Michaelangelo Conte JERSEY CITY—Family members of the Monica Montone gasped with relief when her husband, a former Jersey City police dispatcher, was convicted today of strangling his wife inside their County Village home in 2014. “I lost my breath for a second when he said guilty,” said Jose Garcia, the brother of Monica Montone, 34, […]

Paige Gross A former neurologist who practiced in Hopewell Township has been indicted on 15 counts of sexual assault charges accusing him of abusing seven female patients over a two-year span, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s office said Thursday. Ricardo Cruciani, 63, is charged with eight counts of second-degree sexual assault and seven counts of fourth-degree criminal […]

Mike Timmermann If you’re shopping around for a new car, RV or boat, beware of criminals who are posting online ads for items that they don’t even own. According to a recent warning from the FBI, its Internet Crime Complaint Center received 26,967 complaints from May 2014 through December 2017 related to these type of fraudulent sales. […]

Benjamin Fearnow A South Florida couple marked their 23rd wedding anniversary by undergoing a live kidney transplant as husband Cesar Calle gave his wife Monica relief from a painful hereditary disease. Cesar, 52, and Monica, 39, of Weston, Florida, decided to take part in Memorial Regional Hospital’s first-ever live kidney transplant on February 19 as it was […]

Marisa Iati and Sara Jerde The director of Dawn To Dusk Christian Childcare and Learning Center, Adetokunbo O. Akinnaso, is charged with two counts of cruelty or neglect of children, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said. Neither of the two 4-year-olds who were threatened were injured, prosecutors said. Akinnaso, 64, of Sicklerville, surrendered to law enforcement […]

Himanshu Goenka Ford Motor Company announced Wednesday it was recalling over 1.3 million vehicles over safety concerns. The models affected are Fusion, Lincoln MKZ and Focus, and most of the recalled vehicles were sold in the United States. The Dearborn, Michigan, company said it was “issuing a safety recall in North America for approximately 1.3 […]

Allison Pries A former North Bergen man was sent to prison Monday and must pay back the state for more than $317,000 in false unemployment and disability claims he filed over three years. Jose Crespo, 52, now of New Castle, Del., was sentenced to eight years in state prison, with three years of parole ineligibility, by Mercer […]

Anthony G. Attrino Nine members of a major cocaine ring operating out of Paterson have been indicted following an eight-month investigation that turned up cocaine, opiates, guns and cash, authorities said Tuesday. Eight suspects have been identified and investigators continue to look for a ninth who cut and packaged cocaine with other suspects. Police in […]

Kim Bell CLAYTON, Mo.—Paul H. Borroni went to prison at age 17 for stabbing a St. Louis high school student to death because she wouldn’t date him. He spent about 38 of the last 39 years in prison — and apparently, police say, he wanted to go back. That’s why Borroni took a MetroLink train […]

Melvin Sanicas The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced a new case of MERS-CoV, also known as camel flu, over the weekend. This is the case of a 56-year-old Saudi man from Jeddah diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). According to the MOH, he had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for […]

Shreesha Ghosh An Arizona woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under influence on the way to her own wedding Monday morning, several reports confirmed. Sgt. Chriswell Scott of the Marana police department said Amber Young, 32, was arrested at the scene of a three-car collision, which sent one person to a hospital with minor […]

Jurors in the trial of a teenager accused of an attempted London Underground bombing on Monday heard that he had said it was his “duty to hate Britain” well before the botched attack in September. Ahmed Hassan, an 18-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker, arrived in Britain in October 2015, two years before he allegedly left a […]

Ryan Sit A 2-year-old child killed his 1-year-old brother in an accidental shooting after finding his parents’ loaded 9 mm pistol left out in their bedroom on Monday afternoon in Mobile, Alabama. That tragedy marked the 123 child under the age of 11 killed or wounded in gunfire since January 1, according to  GunViolenceArchive.com, which tracks shootings. It […]

Janissa Delzo Doctors found an interesting surprise when they examined an Irish man’s brain: he seemed to be missing part of the organ. The 84-year-old man went to the emergency department because he kept falling—a common problem among older adults—and said he had weakness on the left-side of his body, according to report published in BMJ Case Reports. Other than […]

Indian authorities have suspended two doctors and launched an investigation after a patient’s severed leg was used as a pillow to prop up his head, a hospital official said Sunday. Administrators at the government-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh state vowed “strict action” after images emerged showing the patient on a stretcher with the amputated limb […]

A Facebook post sent two women to jail for a few hours, but a Georgia court said that the arrest wasn’t constitutional, CNN reported Friday. Corey King, a sheriff’s deputy working in Washington County, Georgia, was upset about a 2015 Facebook post by his ex-wife, Anne King. The post read, “That moment when everyone in your house has the […]

A teacher at a school in Florida found a loaded gun in a kindergartner’s backpack Thursday morning, according to the school and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office confirmed that the gun found in a six-year-old’s backpack at a West Palm-area charter school was loaded. According to witnesses, when the unnamed student walked […]

Rosemary Sobol CHICAGO — A man and a 16-year-old boy were killed and four other people were wounded in shootings in Chicago on Thursday through early Friday, police said. The boy, Joseph Smith, was shot on the West Side around 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the 800 block of North Waller Avenue in the South Austin […]

Amanda Hoover Just as the heaviest snowfall of Wednesday’s nor’easter was beginning, New Jersey State Police had already responded to hundreds of crashes and disabled vehicles along state roads. As of 4 p.m., troopers had been dispatched to 356 crashes and aided 462 motorist since midnight, according to Trooper Alejandro Goez, a spokesman with the New Jersey State Police. Motorist aids […]

Christina Zhao A female passenger was detained after she attempted to open the cabin door midair on SkyWest Airlines flight 5449 from San Francisco to Boise, Idaho, on Monday. Passengers subdued the woman, who has not yet been identified, and held her down before she managed to cause disaster, reported local news. In a video taken by a passenger […]

Nicole Rojas A woman traveling on a Greyhound bus from Las Vegas to Oakland, California, stabbed multiple passengers Monday after threatening a 3-year-old girl, authorities said. The woman, identified as Teresa Ann Andrade Madrigal, slit her own throat during the traumatic incident. The ordeal, which took place in Tulare, California, began when Madrigal, 48, threatened […]

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross declared that all players on his team will stand for the national anthem, beginning next season. “All of our players will be standing,” Ross told the New York Daily News on Monday at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, where he was honored by the Jackie Robinson Foundation with its […]

Tamar Pileggi State mulls appeal in case of East Jerusalem resident who assaulted women in Shaare Tzedek maternity ward The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday sentenced an East Jerusalem man to three years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting women in the maternity ward at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, hours after they had given […]

Harriet Sinclair A man was killed at a party in Houston after donning a bulletproof vest while a shot was fired at him, authorities said. The host of the party was shot in the early hours of Sunday morning at a basement apartment on 23rd Street, in an incident police are investigating to ascertain whether […]

Suman Varandani A 71-year-old man was brutally beaten up in an apparent road rage Friday in Minnesota and authorities are currently searching for the suspect, media reports said Sunday. The incident took place in Ham Lake when the victim had to brake suddenly to avoid a traffic situation in front of him, according to the Anoka County […]

Carlin Becker After investigators revealed Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz took an Uber to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where he fatally shot 17 people and injured over a dozen more, the driver who dropped him off is speaking out about that fateful day. “I saw him with a backpack which I thought was a guitar […]

Shane Croucher A teenager armed with a semi-automatic rifle, 100 rounds of ammo, and an illegal club was sitting in his parked car outside a high school sports event in Rowlett, Texas. Now he’s sitting in jail on a $1 million bond after a chance encounter with a patrolling police officer. Diego Horta, 17, also […]

Robert A. Cronkleton KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Police were investigating the shooting of a woman on the Country Club Plaza early Thursday that reportedly occurred when a date ended with an argument. The shooting occurred about 2 a.m. in the 600 block of Ward Parkway, according to police. The woman was taken to the hospital with what […]

Michaelangelo Conte JERSEY CITY — A 26-year-old Harrison man who was drunk and high on drugs when he shot his sleeping wife because there wasn’t enough room in the bed was sentenced to nine years in prison today. “This is a horrible, sad and senseless case,” Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Kevin Roe said at this morning’s sentencing of […]

A passenger was burned when her cell phone caught fire onboard a Canadian domestic flight Thursday morning, officials said. The incident occurred at 7 am (1200 GMT) as Air Canada flight 101 was preparing to depart the Toronto airport for Vancouver. “The fire was immediately extinguished by crews and there was no damage to the […]

A human leg and arm have been found inside the belly of a huge crocodile suspected of mauling a man to death in Borneo, Indonesian police said Friday. Authorities shot and killed the six-metre (20-foot) long crocodile close to a riverbank where a local palm oil plantation worker had gone missing two days earlier, with […]

Richard Winton LOS ANGELES—For years, it was hard to miss the billboards and radio jingles across Southern California for a weight loss surgery center that said, “Let your new life begin, call 1-800-GET-THIN.” But on Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged that the lap-band surgery operation was built around a massive fraud scheme that forced patients to […]

Shreesha Ghosh A New Smyrna Beach Middle School teacher in Florida was arrested Wednesday after it was alleged that she carried on a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, studying in eighth grade and also sent him nude photos of herself. The alleged inappropriate relationship dates back to November 2017, according to the student. Volusia […]

Alex Napoliello A man accused of beating his girlfriend to death inside a Jersey Shore motel room last week stopped for drinks before he checked himself into a hospital following the “brutal beating,” a prosecutor said Wednesday. Matthew Demartin, 37, was charged with murder in the killing of Sharon Falcetano, 59, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced […]

Shreesha Ghosh Parents of a newborn in Louisiana were charged after the baby was found in the trash, reports said Tuesday. Thelma Kirkland, 30, and Carl Hall, 31, of Alexandria, Louisiana, were arrested last Friday and charged with attempted first-degree murder for killing their newborn. Alexandria police officers were called to a house on Feb. 21 […]

Melinda Lorge NBC’s “The Voice” is back in action, and it’s safe to say the singing competition is off to a strong start. The show, which kicked off its 14th season on Feb. 26, featured a whole new crop of talented artists in its season premiere, including 14-year-old Brynn Cartelli. The pop-country sounding singer, who […]

Melissa Matthews A month before turning 27, Kiley Lane went to the hospital for what she assumed was a bad case of the flu. But the New Mexico woman didn’t realize that she’d be celebrating her birthday on February 15 in the hospital, reliant on ventilators. In January, Lane went to a hospital in Farmington, […]

Christina Zhao A Pennsylvania dad has plead guilty to brutally abusing members of his own family in what prosecutors have called the worst domestic-violence case in the recent history of Montgomery County, Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Joseph Kalin Myhre, 45, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years on more than two dozen charges including aggravated assault, unlawful restraint […]

Tim Marcin A woman was killed Tuesday in South Africa after being attacked by a lion, BBC News reported. The mauling reportedly occurred at a private game reserve in Pretoria, the administrative capital of the nation. The victim was 22, authorities said. “Tragically, the victim had sustained severe injuries and she died at the scene,” 911 spokesman Nick Dollman […]

Nina Godlewski The phrase “caught red-handed” took on a new meaning after an alleged meatball thief snuck into a Pennsylvania man’s home and stole a pot of red sauce Monday afternoon. The suspect in the alleged crime was actually caught red-faced—and -clothed—following the incident that involved a stolen late lunch. The owner of the meatballs saw […]

Allison Pries A Union County College student was arrested Monday for bringing fake guns onto the college’s Cranford campus, authorities said. Eric Jacobs, 20, of Millburn, was charged with fourth degree possession of an imitation firearm for an unlawful purpose and creating a hazardous condition, a disorderly persons offense. A college employee called campus public safety at about […]

Rebecca Everett Four Massachusetts residents accused of tying up and torturing a 16-year-old from New Jersey have been indicted by a grand jury in their home state, MassLive.com reported. The four have been held in jail since Dec. 27, when Auburn, Massachusetts police say they rescued the girl from the basement of a home with no […]

Brendan Kirby A massive sweep in Texas this month resulted in 145 arrests, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. It is the latest sign that President Donald Trump’s administration is ramping up interior immigration enforcement. ICE agents targeted illegal immigrants who either had criminal convictions or had re-entered the United States after they […]

Jeffrey Caplan In the aftermath of last week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a number of threats against schools have surfaced, including in Alabama where an 18-year-old girl is facing charges. Emily Nicole Wilson, 18, allegedly threatened her high school by sending on the Text Now app an emoji of a toy gun and the date […]

Alex Thomas The Gutierrez parents in Arizona could face some serious jail time after they allegedly kept four adopted children locked in their rooms and forced the kids to live in inhumane conditions. Carol Gutierrez, 64, and Benito Gutierrez, 69, are both facing four counts of child abuse. Police say that the couple were arrested on […]

This pup’s sweet gesture at the airport is a perfect example of how animals have a sixth sense for things unseen. Cora the corgi and her owner Madison Palm were waiting to board a flight from Idaho to Alaska so they could visit Palm’s mother. As they sat down in the boarding area, however, Cora […]

Noah Cohen A 16-year-old Neptune Township boy was charged with murder Thursday in an Asbury Park shooting that killed a 10-year-old boy and left the child’s mother wounded, authorities said. Neither the slain 10-year-old nor his 39-year-old mother were the intended targets of the shooting, according to authorities. Instead, the prosecutor’s office investigation found that the shooter was gunning for a […]

ANUSHREE MADAPPA American Airlines flight 1405 en-route to San Diego from New York was diverted to Denver after a man suffered a heart attack on the flight on Tuesday evening. The crew and pilot were praised for their skill in handling the situation. Flight 1405 bound from New York on Tuesday evening had to be diverted to […]

Christabel Duah According to a new research, women may be suffering from ovarian cancer without even knowing it. A study completed by the Target Ovarian Cancer (TOC) shared on Monday found that instead of visiting a physician after feeling symptoms including bloating and fullness, women are more likely to simply change their diets. By just switching to […]

Nicole Moschella Steve Wilkos, a former security guard on “The Jerry Springer Show,” admitted that he lied about what really went down in that January car crash in Connecticut. At the time of the Jan. 21 crash, Wilkos told TMZ he crashed after becoming distracted while reaching for his glasses. Just one month later, he confessed […]

Melinda Lorge Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher’s relationship has always been so strong. But like many celebrity couples, they have been plagued by breakup rumors. In fact, earlier this week, multiple reports speculated that the pair of nearly eight years was headed for divorce. Now, Mike has come forward to set the record strait. The […]

Carlin Becker What was at first an attempted murder-suicide involving a young boy and his mom became even more tragic for a Missouri family after the child passed away from a gunshot wound fewer than two days later. Barnhart, Missouri, police responded to a call in the early hours of Sunday, shortly after midnight, and arrived at the home […]

Christabel Duah A dog owner gave an emotional tribute to his elderly pup after it was killed by a bear while protecting the rest of his pack. His owners were walking him and a group of other pooches in New York on Sunday when they came across a black bear. The bear likely didn’t hear […]

Maria Perez The mother of a teenager who allegedly planned to shoot multiple classmates at a Pennsylvania high school has been charged in connection with the plot for permitting her son to keep the weapons in his room, according to police. Lenora Ann Hendrix, 45, of Markleysburg, Pennsylvania, was charged with knowingly and intentionally delivering […]

Melinda Large The life that Elvis Presley lived has always been so fascinating to his fans. So much so that years after his untimely death in 1977, people around the world are still learning who he was as a person both in and out of the spotlight. Luckily for Elvis’ super fans, the “King of […]