(VENTURA, Calif.) -- A suspected serial killer already in custody in North Carolina for a cold case murder has been charged in the slayings of three women who were strangled to death in 1977 in California, authorities said.Kimberly Carol Fritz, 18, was killed in May 1977; Velvet Ann Sanchez, 31,…
(FORT WORTH, Texas.) -- An athlete drowned during a swimming event at a CrossFit competition in Texas on Thursday, the organization said.The death occurred on the first day of the CrossFit Games, being held in Fort Worth through Sunday. The events have been canceled for the rest of the day,…
(NEW ORLEANS) -- Police in New Orleans are seeking two people accused of stealing human remains from an apartment.The suspects allegedly stole "a bicycle and of a package containing the remains of a deceased person" from the apartment on July 26, according to the New Orleans Police Department. They then…
(MAUI, Hawaii.) --Scientists say they still don't understand the full extent of the damage the Maui wildfires did to the corals and marine ecosystem off the west coast of the island.After an initial blaze sparked into a weeklong series of wildfires, the needs of those on land -- resulting from…
(LOS ANGELES) -- An actor is accused of luring at least three women into a "false sense of security" then violently sexually assaulting them without their consent, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Gabriel Olds, 52, was arrested and booked on seven felony sexual assault charges on Wednesday, LAPD said.…
(MAUI, Hawaii.) -- Thursday marks one year since the start of the devastating wildfires in West Maui that left 100 people dead or missing, destroyed thousands of structures and parched the local landscape.The historic town of Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was damaged beyond recognition in…
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden penned a letter to commemorate one year since the fatal fires in Maui.In the letter, he reflected on the devastation he saw in his visit to the island and how the flames impacted the communities in Lahaina and Kula."We said a silent prayer before your…
(NEW YORK) -- Lawmakers in a suburban New York county approved a bill to ban masks in public spaces, saying concealing your identity is a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to a year of jail time and a $1,000 fine.Proponents of the Mask Transparency Act in Nassau County, Long Island,…
(WILMINGTON, Del.) -- Prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss' office are accusing Hunter Biden of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who was attempting to "influence U.S. government agencies," while his father Joe Biden was vice president.If true, the allegation would mark the closest prosecutors have come to tying President…
Georgia Schools Superintendent Richard Woods announced on Wednesday that the state will restore public funding for Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies to be taught in public schools after seeking "guidance and clarity" from the state’s attorney general regarding whether state law permits its inclusion in the state-approved course catalog.In…