By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kate Spade, a fashion designer known for her sleek handbags, was found hanged in the bedroom of her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday in an apparent suicide, law enforcement officials said. She was 55. Spade’s body was found by housekeeping at about 10:20 a.m. Her husband and business …
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the suspected kidnapping of an infant girl at knifepoint in Virginia (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Authorities say a 7-month-old Virginia infant who had been kidnapped by her sex offender father has been found safe. The Danville Police Department in Virginia says in a Tuesday news release that …
A Georgia woman who allowed multiple men to rape her two young daughters in exchange for money was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison and 10 years probation, reports WXIA. 25-year-old Morgan Summerlin faced a total of 140 years in prison on counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes, trafficking a person for …
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One Texas bicyclist is in critical condition after a woman allegedly drove into a crowd of five cyclists traveling down a dark Galveston road Monday night. The unnamed driver reportedly struck two people as they rode down 69th Street toward the seawall. Police claimed the woman turned onto the street moments before the 10 p.m. collision, …
A 15-year-old girl was learning how to drive in a Philadelphia shopping center parking lot Monday night when she reportedly struck and killed two homeless men sitting outside a store. According to KTRK, the teen was driving a Ford Explorer in the Port Richmond area when she mowed over two men outside of a Dollar …
MARTHA WAGGONER AND BEN FINLEY, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina and Virginia are following up on tips as they search for a 7-month-old girl they say was abducted at knifepoint from the baby’s mother. Police in Danville, Virginia, said Emma Grace Kennedy was taken by her father, 51-year-old Carl Ray Kennedy …
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to rape and criminal sex act charges in a brief hearing Tuesday before a judge in New York and his lawyer vowed afterward to try and beat the case even before it goes to trial. Weinstein limped from an SUV and was …
An Iowa man who was sentenced to probation for repeatedly sexually assaulting his then-6-year-old granddaughter is challenging a ruling that could give his lottery winnings to the girl’s family. The Courier reported that the victim’s mother, Kasey Hilpipre, won a default judgment late last month because Dean Hilpipre had failed to respond to her civil lawsuit by …
A Michigan State University physicist was charged Monday for allegedly using his hands and penis to penetrate a dog. The Michigan Office of the Attorney General announced in a statement that Joseph Hattey, 51, is facing two counts of bestiality. The dog involved in the alleged incidents is in the custody of Ingham County Animal Control following …
Authorities investigating the shooting death of Pennsylvania teacher Rachael DelTondo have not made any arrests or named an official suspect in the three weeks since the Mother’s Day slaying. DelTondo, 33, was shot multiple times in the driveway of her mother’s home in Aliquippa on the night of May 13, after returning home from an …
Police said that they found no sign of human trafficking at an abandoned Arizona campsite, contradicting explosive allegations levied by a local volunteer group. KVOA reported that the Tucson Police Department inspected a campsite off of I-19 and Valencia Road multiple times but didn’t find any evidence of illegal activity. Despite this, police reassured the …
