Category: Crime and Incidents

A Bridge Over Yellowstone River Collapses, Sending a Freight Train Into the Waters Below

COLUMBUS, Mont.—A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. The train cars were carrying asphalt and sulfur, said David Stamey, Stillwater County’s chief of emergency services. Officials shut down drinking water intakes downstream while they evaluated the…


Parents, Staff at Covenant School Join Prominent Officials in New Filings Seeking to Stop Release of Shooter’s Writings

An array of statements in support of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s denial of public records requests in connection with the March 27 mass shooting at The Covenant School have been filed this week. In total, around 25 statements supporting the decision to withhold the documents were made in just three days. Those filing in support…


Judge Agrees to Narrow but Not Lift Gag Order in University of Idaho Student Slayings Case

BOISE, Idaho—An Idaho judge has denied a request from roughly two dozen news organizations to lift a gag order in the criminal case of a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. The judge did, however, significantly narrow the gag order in response to the news organizations’ concerns. The ruling was…


Previous Passengers Recall Ill-Fated Titan: ‘I 100 Percent Knew This Was Going to Happen’

Talk to someone who rode on the Titan submersible, and they’re likely to mention a technological glitch: the propulsion system failed or communications with people on the surface cut out. Maybe there were problems balancing weights on board. They are also likely to mention Stockton Rush, the OceanGate Expeditions CEO who died on the fatal…


Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Plans to Reject Chance for Clemency Despite Maintaining His Innocence

OKLAHOMA CITY—A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student plans to reject his chance for a clemency hearing, saying there is little hope the state’s Republican governor would spare his life. Anthony Sanchez, 44, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on…


A Teen Who Killed 4 at a Michigan High School Is Showing ‘Disturbing Behavior’ in Jail

DETROIT—A teenager awaiting sentencing for killing four students at a Michigan high school has been “exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior” in jail, prosecutors said, just a month before a key hearing to determine if he will serve a life prison term. The disclosure about Ethan Crumbley, 17, was made in a court document this week and…


Millions of Genworth Policyholders and California Pensioners Had Data Stolen in Cyberhack

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation’s largest public pension fund and insurer, Genworth Financial, admitted that the personal information of millions of account holders was compromised in a major security breach. A third-party file storage vendor, PBI Research Services, was attacked by Russian hackers after going through a loophole in its MOVEit Transfer…


New York Lawyers Sanctioned for Using Fake ChatGPT Cases in Legal Brief

NEW YORK—A U.S. judge on Thursday imposed sanctions on two New York lawyers who submitted a legal brief that included six fictitious case citations generated by an artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel in Manhattan ordered lawyers Steven Schwartz, Peter LoDuca, and their law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman to pay…


Worker Dead After Explosion at North Carolina Plant

WADESBORO, N.C.—One worker is dead after an explosion at a North Carolina plant, according to a county official. Firefighters called to the Darling Ingredients rendering plant in the Wadesboro area around 9 p.m. Thursday found a plume of smoke, Anson County Emergency Services Chief Rodney Diggs said. After air monitoring determined that there wasn’t a…


Ohio Father Accused of Killing His 3 Young Sons Indicted on Murder Charges, Could Face Death Penalty

BATAVIA, Ohio—A grand jury has indicted an Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons on murder charges—charges he could face the death penalty for. Chad Doerman, 32, was indicted Thursday on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping, and assault for the June 15 deaths of his sons, according to Clermont County court records….