Katherine Schaffstall

An Indiana man will spend the next several decades of his life behind bars after he fatally shot his wife in front of their kids just days after she filed a protective order against him. Cecil Mains was sentenced to 45 years in prison and five years on probation on Monday, October 5, after he […]

A pre-kindergarten teacher in Florida was arrested after school surveillance footage captured her grabbing, dragging and shoving a young student into a fence on the playground. The St. Cloud Police Department said that Kathryn Garcia was arrested by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, October 2, and charged with child abuse. Garcia was arrested […]

American Idol alum Caleb Flynn told his daughters that he might die if they didn’t lie to police about his wife’s murder, according to prosecutors. Shortly before Flynn, 40, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday, October 5, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum that he had instructed his […]

A suspect was arrested after a pregnant woman was found dead in her Kentucky home, and her unborn child was removed from her womb before the killer fled the scene. The Pineville Police Department confirmed that April Barlow Celio was found dead inside her home in Pineville, Kentucky, on September 23. Officers with the Pineville […]

Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn cried as he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of killing his wife, Ashley Flynn. Flynn, a former music pastor in Ohio, was previously convicted by a jury on September 29 after they determined he was guilty of murdering Ashley, […]

A woman in Illinois was arrested after she fatally stabbed a 7-year-old girl in a seemingly “unprovoked” attack while she was walking with her older sister. Shavon Gayden was immediately taken into custody after the incident took place on Saturday, October 3. She has since been charged with one count of first-degree murder in connection […]

The former Cornell University student who accused seven Chi Phi fraternity brothers of raping and drugging her has “basically not been functioning” after filing a civil lawsuit, according to her lawyer. “She’s receiving threats and other people are also receiving threats,” Thomas Giuffra, the attorney representing the woman solely known as Jane Doe, told People […]

A middle school teacher in Florida was arrested after she allegedly dragged a student out of her classroom by the arm in an incident caught on security cameras. Fada Concepcion was arrested on Thursday, October 1, on suspicion of child abuse without great bodily harm following the alleged incident that took place on Tuesday, September […]

A Minnesota man will spend the next decade in prison after he admitted to fatally shooting his mother and breaking into a neighbor’s home while blacked out after taking drugs. Jamie Lee Voelker pleaded guilty to one count each of murder in the second degree and first-degree burglary in July following the death of his […]

Police are searching for a suspect after two people were fatally shot during a private party at a club near a college campus in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department said that they received reports of gunfire shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday, October 2, in the San Fernando Valley, per KTLA. The shots […]

Several of the Chi Phi fraternity brothers involved in the Cornell University scandal allegedly tried to contain the gang rape allegations made against them, according to new phone calls released from the investigation. After a student went to campus police to report that she had been gang raped by seven members of Chi Phi in […]

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on October 2, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • A police report revealed new details about the scene where Ken Urker was found dead at his Louisiana home, including drug paraphernalia in the bathroom and a syringe, handgun and […]

UPDATE — 10/2/26, 5:53 p.m. ET: Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike’s lawyer has revealed that she is unconscious and using a ventilator after surviving a botched execution earlier this week. Her attorneys filed an emergency motion, which Us obtained, at Nashville’s Davidson County Chancery Court on Friday, October 2, requesting that the Tennessee Department of […]

A woman in Texas was arrested after she allegedly shot and killed her two sons at their family’s home in the middle of the night. The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release that Colleen Nichole Lemmon has been charged with two counts of capital murder following the deaths of her 21-year-old son, […]

Cindy Tamez, a Mexican influencer who gained a following for sharing videos on TikTok with her thousands of viewers, allegedly shot her partner and three children before killing herself in an apparent murder-suicide. Tamez – whose real name was Cinthia Abigail Tamez Rivera – and her youngest son, Gustavo, 2, were found dead inside of […]

Christa Pike came within an hour of becoming the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years before a federal appeals court halted her lethal injection on the morning of September 30, 2026. Her then-boyfriend and accomplice, Tadaryl Shipp, has never faced the same fate — and the reason comes down to a single factor: […]

A mother in Georgia will spend the next several decades in prison after it was exposed that she was abusing her adopted 11-year-old son, who escaped her home by breaking through a bedroom closet drywall and jumping from a second-story window. Coweta Superior Court Judge Emory Palmer sentenced Chloe Jackson-Jones to 40 years in a […]

A judge denied Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer’s latest attempt to get her murder charges dropped after she was accused of killing her three kids in January 2023. Judge William Sullivan denied a motion filed by Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, to have her found not guilty on all three first-degree murder charges on Thursday, October 1. The […]

A music teacher in California was arrested after he was accused of possessing child sexual abuse materials on his personal devices. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement shared via Instagram that detectives with the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force conducted an investigation into Jiamo Chen after he was suspected of downloading […]

An elderly husband shot his wife at an Ohio nursing home before taking his own life in an apparent murder-suicide. The Erie County Sheriff’s Office said the incident took place at The Meadows at Osborn Park in Huron around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 1. First responders reported to the facility after receiving a report […]

An 18-year-old student at Benjamin Franklin High School in Los Angeles was brutally beaten up by another classmate before he jumped to his death from a four-story building, and the horrific incident was captured on camera. Footage of the incident that took place on Wednesday, September 30, showed the now-deceased student being verbally and physically […]