A judge has reportedly upheld all charges against a man accused of slaying Temple University student Jenna Burleigh. Neighbor Noelle Sterling was one of 10 witnesses who testified during Wednesday’s preliminary hearing. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sterling, who lived above the suspect, recalled hearing banging at around 2:15 a.m. on August 31 and called Temple Police. …
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California woman convicted of conspiring to kill her identical twin sister in the 1990s has been recommended for parole after spending nearly two decades in prison, according to a report published Tuesday. In a case that made international headlines, Jeen “Gina” Han — dubbed the “evil twin” by …
By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean soldier races for the border in a jeep and then on foot before his former comrades shoot him at least five times as he limps into South Korea, where he collapses and is dragged to safety by southern soldiers on …
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cult leader Charles Manson, who directed his “family” to carry out a series of shocking murders in 1969 in a bid to start a race war he called “Helter Skelter,” died of natural causes at 83. He collected a band of young followers in California before orchestrating …
An Arizona professor is accused of stalking and harassing nearly a dozen people, including members of a local firefighting crew and a university student. AZCentral.com reports that Melissa Ann Santana, who was until recently an associate professor of interior design at Northern Arizona University, is facing five federal charges of stalking and making false statements. …
A dog missing for more than half a decade has been reunited with her family, KTRK-TV reports. Amanda Hulebak and her husband say someone opened a gate to the backyard of their Hockley, Texas, home 6 years ago, which allowed their dogs Rey and Tessa to escape. Hulebak searched for them for a year but …
A woman who accused Usher of giving her herpes has reportedly dropped her $20 million lawsuit against the singer. According to People, Laura Helm filed the multi-million dollar suit in July, claiming she had unprotected sex with Usher, 39, and contracted the virus. Helm’s attorney, Lisa West, stopped representing her and Helm was left to hire …
An Illinois man is behind bars after police allege he hid the body of his girlfriend, found shot in the head and concealed her in a barn. The Daily Journal reports that authorities found 24-year-old Kaitlyn Kearns, of Mokena, in a pole barn in a rural area of Kankakee County. She’d been missing since Monday, last …
An Australian diplomat fell from a five story building on early Wednesday morning in New York City after playing a botched game of “trust fall.” NBC New York reports that Julien Simpson, 30, fell from the terrace from a Manhattan building close to Clinton and East Houston streets. According to authorities, he was with numerous other people …
By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A man acquitted of a 1979 murder by reason of insanity who escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital over the weekend was arrested in California on Wednesday. Randall Saito left the Hawaii State Hospital on Sunday, took a taxi to a chartered plane bound …
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By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The search for a dangerous man who escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital moved to California after authorities said Tuesday he boarded a flight to the state from Maui two days earlier. Randall Saito, who was acquitted of a 1979 murder by reason of …
