Spinner shark on the bottom of the ocean close to Male / Maldives (Cavan Images / Henn Photography/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Warming waters are attracting more swimmers and sharks alike to the Eastern seaboard — creating the perfect recipe for an increase of shark sightings along the coasts in […]
University of Washington campus. (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SEATTLE) — A man has been arrested in the murder of a 19-year-old transgender University of Washington student, Seattle police announced on Thursday. Police did not name the suspect, but said the 31-year-old man surrendered to the Bellevue Police Department on Wednesday […]
Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, has been charged with harassing and attempting to harass an endangered Hawaiian monk seal by throwing a large rock at the seal’s head. (U.S. Attorneys Office/District of Hawaii) (MAUI, Hawaii) — A tourist on vacation in Maui has been arrested and charged for allegedly throwing a […]
A view of the dome of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (LEBANON, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania man who allegedly had a “hit list” and threatened to shoot Democratic state legislators in online posts has been charged with making terroristic threats, court records show. Adam Berryhill, […]
A Beechcraft C90 King Air (Marko Hannula/Getty Images) (RUIDOSO, N.M.) — All four people on board a small medical plane were killed when the flight crashed near Ruidoso, New Mexico, early Thursday, according to a local official. The Beechcraft King Air 90 had departed from Roswell Air Center and was […]
Alex Murdaugh listens to testimony about cellphones during his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse on Feb. 10, 2023, in Walterboro, South Carolina. (Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The lead prosecutor in the Alex Murdaugh trial, Creighton Waters, said that he is […]
A Beechcraft C90 King Air (Marko Hannula/Getty Images) (RUIDOSO, N.M.) — A small medical plane with four people on board crashed near Ruidoso, New Mexico, early Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Beechcraft King Air 90 had departed from Roswell Air Center and was headed to Sierra Blanca […]
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in front of the American flag to the press as he departs the White House on May 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals panel is set to hear arguments Thursday over […]
US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks at an event with US Vice President JD Vance and Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) at Ex-Guard Industries, a manufacturing facility on May 5, 2026, in Des Moines, Iowa. Vance is attending the event to support Nunn ahead of the state’s June 2 primary […]
Kouri Richins is seen in a Summit County Sheriff’s Office booking photo. (Summit County Sheriff’s Office) (UTAH) — Kouri Richins, a Utah woman convicted of fatally poisoning her husband with fentanyl, was sentenced to life without parole for murder on Wednesday. The 35-year-old mother of three, who self-published a children’s book on […]
