A New York man jumped to his death from atop a 17-story hotel on Saturday after his young daughter was found dead at the home of his estranged wife. According to the New York Post, Mohammad Torabi was found dead at about 1:20 p.m. on the ground near the Renaissance New York Hotel 57 in …
Authorities in New York arrested a theater director on suspicion of masturbating in front of a juvenile girl. According to Newsday, 35-year-old Robert J. Miller, who also works as a math teacher at an area high school, faces criminal charges including first-degree public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the …
By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country’s cultural, gender and political …
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). In an Instagram post Saturday, Banksy claimed the dramatic artistic payoff had been years in the making. …
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a former Rice University football player with selling the drugs that a current player fatally overdosed on earlier this year. Twenty-five-year-old Stuart Michael Mouchantaf was being held Friday in the Harris County jail in Houston on a charge of delivery of a controlled substance causing death. The county district …
Authorities say two aspiring elected officials in Rhode Island were also operating a sizable marijuana farm at their residence in West Greenwich. According to Fox News, state police officers arrested 48-year-old Alan Gordon and 58-year-old Anne Armstrong on Thursday after receiving a report of a strong odor coming from the property. Upon an initial investigation, …
A University of South Florida student’s story has reached the masses after she decided to share photos of herself after a reported violent attack by her former boyfriend, a motocross champion arrested in Tampa last month for domestic abuse. Tampa Bay Times reports that a domestic fight on September 23 at the Element condominiums in …
A Mexican couple has confessed to killing up to 10 women and selling off one of the victim’s babies, the Associated Press reports. Authorities on Friday announced that the couple was arrested outside of Mexico City in connection with the slayings. Investigators surveilling the couple on Thursday reportedly saw them emerge from a house with …
The California mother who allegedly abused her children and locked them away in a “House of Horrors” will not be able to delay her criminal trial for mental health treatment, the Desert Sun reports. Jeff Moore, a lawyer for Louise Turpin, had asked the court for a so-called “mental health diversion” because of what he …
The body found Friday during the search for missing elementary school teacher Kristin Westra was discovered by children playing in the woods near her home in North Yarmouth, Maine. The Portland Press Herald reports that the children first saw the body on Friday morning about half of mile from Westra’s home, and that the body …
A federal judge in New Jersey sentenced Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino to eight months in prison Friday for tax evasion he committed when MTV’s “Jersey Shore” was at its peak. NJ.com reported that prosecutors said Sorrentino, 36, and his brother, Marc, created several businesses based on their in-person and television appearances, product endorsements, and product …
Authorities in Florida say a man executed an ill-advised counterfeit scheme using a local library as his criminal headquarters. According to Fox News, cops believe 29-year-old Levy Newberry used a template he found on Pinterest to create the phony cash. From there, he allegedly went to a local library with store-bought resume paper to start …
