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A suspect has been taken into custody after a 17-year-old boy was killed in a shooting at a high school football game in Bakersfield, California. The Bakersfield Police Department said that officers were called to Independence High School following reports of gunfire on Friday, August 21, 2026, after 8 p.m. The shooting took place south […]

A Kentucky couple was arrested for allowing their three children to live in a filthy home, which had poor conditions including black mold and dead bugs in their fridge. Timothy MacDonald and Lana MacDonald have been charged with second-degree criminal abuse. Both Timothy and Lana appear to have been released, and they are not listed […]

A Wisconsin woman was arrested after she allegedly stabbed her mother several times during an argument that took place in a Georgia Chick-fil-A’s parking lot before she fled the scene. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Shyanniah Ma’Ree Johnson was hospitalized after she attacked her 39-year-old mother on Thursday, August 20, according to CBS […]

Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson has died in prison less than one year after he was convicted in the 2024 fatal shooting of Sonya Massey. Grayson’s attorney, Daniel Fultz, confirmed that Grayson died at the age of 32 around 12 p.m. on August 23, 2026, following a health battle, according to NBC News. Us […]

Lindsay Clancy’s final words to her middle child were revealed right before the defense rested its case in her ongoing murder trial. Dr. Avram Mack took the stand on Friday, August 21, to testify about the hours that led up to Clancy, 36, killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, on January 24, […]

A father in Florida was arrested after he allegedly let his 4-year-old son wander onto a busy road for roughly an hour, claiming that he lost track of the young boy because he had “too much energy.” Semyon Levin was charged with child neglect without great bodily harm following the incident, which took place on […]

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has gripped the nation as jurors weigh whether the Massachusetts mother should be held criminally responsible for the January 2023 strangling deaths of her three young children. While Clancy pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, her defense team is not disputing that she killed her kids — a […]

Nearly two months after four adults were arrested for having 16 children live in an Ohio “House of Horrors,” prosecutors announced they’re seeking additional felony charges against the kids’ mother, Elizabeth Siders. Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer said a grand jury will consider new charges for the adults in the case, according to a pair […]

Authorities confirmed that Andrew Roy Harris was out on bond for a domestic violence incident when he killed his girlfriend, Nicole Karastury Elliott, earlier this week. As Us previously reported, Elliott, 35, had just returned home from dropping two of her three kids off at school on Monday, August 17, in Waverly Hall, Georgia, when […]

A married high school teacher in Florida admitted to police officers that she had sex with a 17-year-old student in her classroom, and the shocking revelation was captured in bodycam footage. On April 29, Heather Mashburn-Smith was arrested after being accused of having sex with an underage student in her classroom at Port Charlotte High […]

A woman in Kentucky has been accused of sending threats to the daycare she worked at in an attempt to trigger a lockdown so that she and the children could stay inside during a heat wave. Kayla Mae Canler was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree terroristic threatening and one count of making […]

Karmelo Anthony’s ex-girlfriend claimed that he stalked her and sent her an unsettling text message just hours before he fatally stabbed fellow high school student Austin Metcalf. The ex-girlfriend’s claims were revealed during a hearing regarding Anthony’s request for a new trial on Thursday, August 20. Collin County Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye said in […]

A mother of three was killed by her boyfriend in an apparent murder-suicide shortly after she dropped two of her three children off at school in Georgia. Nicole Karastury Elliott was shot in the head outside of her home on Monday, August 17, after a dispute with her boyfriend, Andrew Roy Harris. One day later, […]

Fourteen people — including current and former Penn State students, their fraternity brothers and a prominent Pittsburgh lawyer — have been charged in an alleged multistate cocaine trafficking ring that authorities say operated out of two of the college’s fraternity houses. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the sweeping charges on August 18, 2026, describing […]

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has captured national attention with many people debating if she should be held criminally responsible for killing her three kids, and legal expert Rachael Bennett exclusively told Us that the jurors have an “agonizing choice” to make regarding the outcome. Throughout the trial, Clancy’s family members and medical professionals have testified […]

A mother in Florida was arrested after she allegedly assaulted her daughter’s elementary school teacher and principal when they wouldn’t allow her inside of the school building to get the girl’s backpack that she left in a classroom. Lynesia Dorsey has been charged with battery on a school employee following the incident that took place […]

After 14 people were charged in an alleged drug-trafficking ring that was run by members of two Penn State fraternities, one of the defendants claimed that he was forced to deliver cocaine after he could not repay $1,500 he had borrowed to fund a spring break trip. Lars Zeepvat told authorities that Agostino Abbatiello, one […]

A Texas man was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife after he approached her outside of her home with a “murder kit.” The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that Frederick Spears was found guilty of stabbing his wife, Mary Spears, multiple times in Arlington, Texas, on September 22, 2025. Prosecutors said that Frederick, […]

The victim in a murder-suicide that took place in Upstate New York has been identified as nurse Gabrielle Forman, with her family revealing she was in the process of a divorce before her husband killed her. As Us previously reported, police confirmed that a married couple died in an apparent murder-suicide at their apartment in […]

A mother in South Carolina was arrested after she allegedly allowed several men to sexually assault her two young daughters in exchange for money and drugs. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office took Helena Nichole Hoyle into custody on Friday, August 14, and she was charged with two counts of trafficking persons and two counts of […]

A dad in Tennessee was arrested after his 5-year-old son found his gun and fatally shot himself. Marquavious Washington was charged with criminally negligent homicide, aggravated child abuse and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon following the death of his son, Tamir Washington. The incident took place when Tamir was at his family’s home in […]