Category: Crime & Public Safety

Couple Celebrating 50th Wedding Anniversary Are Stabbed to Death

NEWTON, Mass.—A couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary were stabbed to death, along with another family member, in what law enforcement officials said was probably a random attack. The bodies were found in a home in Newton when the couple failed to arrive at church Sunday morning, police said. Police worry that the killer or…


Couple Celebrating 50th Wedding Anniversary Stabbed to Death, Suspect Arrested

BOSTON—A suspect was arrested Monday in the weekend killings of a Boston-area husband and wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and the woman’s 97-year-old mother, authorities said. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said police took Christopher Ferguson into custody and charged him with killing 73-year-old Gilda “Jill” D’Amore after an autopsy revealed her death was…


A Woman Fatally Shot an Uber Driver. Police Say She Wrongly Thought She Was Being Kidnapped

EL PASO, Texas—A Kentucky woman has been accused of fatally shooting her West Texas Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, according to police. Phoebe Copas remained jailed Sunday in El Paso, Texas, after being charged with murder last week in the death of 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia. Court…


Woman Fatally Shoots Uber Driver After Mistaking Being Kidnapped: Police

EL PASO, Texas—A Kentucky woman has been accused of fatally shooting her West Texas Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, according to police. Phoebe Copas remained jailed Sunday in El Paso, Texas, after being charged with murder last week in the death of 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia. Court…


LIVE NOW: DeSantis Reveals Details of His Border Security Plan in Texas

GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visits Eagle Pass, Texas, and details his border security plan at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 26. …


DeSantis Reveals Details of His Border Security Plan in Texas

GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visits Eagle Pass, Texas, and details his border security plan at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 26. …


2 People Died and 12 Were Hurt in a Shooting at a Street Party That Was Promoted on Social Media

SAGINAW, Mich.—A 51-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were slain and a dozen others wounded during a shooting at a large street party in Michigan that was promoted on social media. The shooting occurred around midnight Saturday in Saginaw, about 102 miles (164 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, state police said. Police initially said about 200…


Regulators Say No Sign of Threat From Hazardous Railroad Cargo That Plunged Into Yellowstone River

COLUMBUS, Mont.—Preliminary testing of water and air quality along a stretch of the Yellowstone River where train cars carrying hazardous materials fell into the waterway following a bridge collapse did not indicate any threat to the public, state and federal officials said Sunday. The seven mangled cars that carried hot asphalt and molten sulfur remained…


Florida Man and Stepson Die After Hiking in Extreme Heat in Big Bend Park in Texas

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas—A Florida man and his 14-year-old stepson died after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in West Texas, according to officials. The 31-year-old man had been hiking the Marufo Vega Trail on Friday with his two stepsons, ages 14 and 21. Temperatures at the time were 119 degrees…


Border Patrol Releases Bodycam Footage of Fatal Nighttime Shooting of Arizona Man

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 22 released body camera footage of the fatal nighttime shooting of Ray Mattia outside his Tohono O’odham Nation home in Arizona on May 18. Ten Border Patrol agents captured the incident on their body-worn cameras, most of which was withheld from the public by CBP, pending an…