Tag: Crime and Incidents

4 People Stabbed in Random Attack in Maryland: Police

SILVER SPRING, Md.—A man stabbed four people at random in Maryland on Saturday before a police officer shot and killed him, officials said. The victims included three women—two were stabbed in the neck—and a man, all of whom are expected to survive, Montgomery County Police Assistant Chief Darren Francke told reporters during a Saturday afternoon…


Deck Collapse at Montana Country Club Leaves More Than 30 Injured During Popular Golf Tournament

BILLINGS, Mont.—More than 30 people were injured when a deck collapsed at a Montana country club during a weekend golf tournament, police and city officials said Sunday. The second-story patio floor of Billings’ Briarwood Country Club broke and gave way Saturday evening. The collapse caused head wounds, broken ribs, and other injuries as people landed…


[PREMIERING 7/28, 7:30PM ET] Gotaways: The Hidden Border Crisis | Documentary

Beyond the groups of people crossing illegally into the United States and giving themselves up to Border Patrol are the lesser-known individuals known as the “gotaways.” This group of illegal immigrants evade Border Patrol and attempt to make their way past state and local law enforcement to get farther into the United States. There have…


Dive Team Deployed After Helicopter Crashes Into Alaska Lake; All 4 on Board Presumed Dead

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A rescue and recovery dive team was deployed Saturday after a helicopter with a pilot and three state workers crashed in a large lake on Alaska’s North Slope, officials said. No survivors have been located. “The official word is, they are missing, presumed fatal,” said Clint Johnson, the chief of the National Transportation Safety…


Deadly Crash of Marine Osprey Last Year Was Caused by Mechanical Failure, Report Says

WASHINGTON—The deadly crash of a Marine V-22 Osprey in California last year was caused by mechanical failure, according to an investigation that ruled out pilot and maintenance errors. The more than 400-page report released on Friday concluded that the Marines were doing routine flight operations when a “catastrophic, unpreventable, and unanticipated mechanical failure occurred.” The…


Brother of Former NFL Star Aqib Talib’s Pleads Guilty to Murder, Prosecutors Say

DALLAS—The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas, prosecutors said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge in the shooting of 43-year-old Michael Hickmon, according to Claire Crouch, a spokesperson for the…


Brother of Former NFL Star Aqib Talib Pleads Guilty to Murder, Prosecutors Say

DALLAS—The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas, prosecutors said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge in the shooting of 43-year-old Michael Hickmon, according to Claire Crouch, a spokesperson for the…


Fire Damages Building That Houses Office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.—A fire has caused heavy damage Friday morning to a building that houses the Bowling Green office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as well as a local law firm. Fire crews were called to the building on State Street around 2 a.m. Friday and found a heavy blaze that required additional units,…


Prosecutors Say FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Is Harassing a Key Witness at His Upcoming Trial

NEW YORK—FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by giving a newspaper personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive of his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm, prosecutors say. They asked a judge late Thursday to order trial participants not to make statements that might…


Michigan Man Charged With Murder and Other Crimes in Case Involving Ex-girlfriend and Her Toddler

Lansing, Mich.—A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping and killing her 2-year-old daughter has been charged with murder by Michigan’s attorney general. Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Rashad Trice, 26, on Friday with 20 counts, including one count each of first-degree premeditated murder and felony murder in Wynter Cole Smith’s strangulation death. Both…