Crimes, Homicides & Suicides

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Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City’s mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, according to a court complaint.

https://apnews.com/article/explosives-protest-mamdani-434928cf6fa8771bc3dfa5c260ee7b03?

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Man who attacked Michigan synagogue lost relatives in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says

A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue, in what federal officials say was an attack, had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon, was killed by security after ramming into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, according to authorities.The FBI, which is leading the investigation, described the attack as an act of violence targeting the Jewish community. Read more.

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A Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband’s death found guilty of murdering him

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman was convicted Monday of aggravated murder after poisoning her husband with fentanyl and self-publishing a children’s book about coping with grief.

https://apnews.com/article/kouri-richins-murder-trial-closing-arguments-6c84063dd55f602b923dfbba59eaa12c?

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Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors asked a judge Friday to dismiss the charges against two Louisville officers accused of falsifying the warrant that led police to raid Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she was killed six years ago.

https://apnews.com/article/breonna-taylor-shooting-charges-dropped-da7af3049b7eb8a24c1333e0be3c1788?

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Musk responsible for Twitter investors’ stock dropping when he bought company, jury rules

A California jury has ruled that Elon Musk is responsible for Twitter investors’ stock plummeting when he sought to buy the social media platform for $44bn in 2022. Jurors handed the win to a group of investors who sued the billionaire saying he publicly disparaged the company with the aim of bringing down Twitter’s stock price to get a better bargain.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/20/elon-musk-twitter-investors-lawsuit?

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⚖️ Targeting AI porn

Data: Ballotpedia. Map: Axios Visuals Existing laws don't do enough to stop bad actors from using real people's PG social media photos to fabricate "deepfake" sexual content with AI tools, attorneys, legal experts and policymakers tell Axios Local's Jessica Boehm and Travis Meier. Three Arizona women say in a lawsuit that pornographic videos depicting their likenesses began circulating online after AI platforms were used to create sexual content based on their Instagram posts. The big picture: Nearly every state has enacted legislation targeting AI deepfakes in recent years, according to Ballotpedia. But the laws vary widely, and many remain narrowly focused on election misinformation or child exploitation. Congress has stepped in. The Take It Down Act, passed last year, makes posting nonconsensual images a federal crime and requires platforms to remove them within 48 hours. More on the lawsuit. 🤖 New this morning: Alliance for a Better Future — a coalition of conservative groups that wants "common-sense" guardrails around AI development, and is ready to put polling, money and PR campaigns into the fight — is launching today, Axios' Ashley Gold writes.

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Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase, absolves him of some fraud claims

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury has found Elon Musk liable for defrauding investors by deliberately driving down Twitter’s stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations, finding that he did not “scheme” to mislead investors.

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-shareholders-class-action-verdict-22ea6013ebc5244cadb9a5902fe42c5d?

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Jury finds that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted woman in 1972 and awards her nearly $60 million

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $59.25 million.

https://apnews.com/article/bill-cosby-verdict-sexual-assault-motsinger-83b384df93fd9bf862b553b19b5aa4f9?

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Minnesota sues Trump administration over shootings, including deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minneapolis-sue-alex-pretti-renee-good-5a0b98ac7173ce0e9ecc3bf9a39e3919?

New Mexico jury says Meta harms children’s mental health and safety, violating state law

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms, a verdict that signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government’s willingness to crack down.

https://apnews.com/article/meta-facebook-new-mexico-trial-28eabd8ec5f58c1d1ecddc21bb107de7?

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🥊 Scott's Booz Allen jab

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is suing Booz Allen Hamilton in federal court, we scooped today, after his tax returns were leaked along with those of other wealthy Americans, including Trump and Elon Musk.

🔥 Why it matters: The tech and management consulting firm is already facing retribution from the Trump administration, which canceled all of its contracts with the Treasury Department in January.

• Charles Littlejohn, who performed IRS contract work through Booz Allen, pleaded guilty to unauthorized disclosure of tax information in 2023 and was sentenced to five years in prison.
• His leaks were linked to a bombshell New York Times story in 2020 on Trump's tax payments, as well as a ProPublica report in 2021 about a cache of tax documents from Musk, Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and others.
• Spokespeople for Booz Allen Hamilton did not respond to a request for comment.

⚡️ Flashback: Scott is a close ally of Trump and was one of the first prominent Republicans to support his presidential bid.

• Musk backed Scott when he ran for majority leader in 2024, knocking Thune as the "top choice of Democrats."

⚖️ Scott's 25-page complaint, filed in the Middle District of Florida, accuses Booz Allen of a "systemic failure to safeguard confidential taxpayer information" that was "enabled by systemic safeguard failures and negligent supervision."

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Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Meta and YouTube must pay millions in damages to a 20-year-old woman after a jury decided the social media giant and video streamer designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for their well being.

https://apnews.com/article/social-media-addiction-trial-la-5e54075023d837ccdc76c4ca512e925d?

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New York town official who shot lost DoorDash driver convicted of assault

An upstate New York town official who shot and wounded a lost DoorDash delivery driver was convicted Thursday of assault and firearms charges, authorities said.

https://apnews.com/article/doordash-driver-shot-highway-superintendent-arrested-bff6b8e21fd53dd4ba9715af3be291ec?

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Decades of perseverance

Barbara Waldman’s murder languished as a cold case for more than 50 years, but her children refused to accept not knowing. Their pursuit for answers finally led the family to her killer.   Tiger Woods released on bail hours after arrest at crash scene on suspicion of DUI Tiger Woods was released on bail on Friday, hours after the golf star’s Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to officials. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/27/tiger-woods-rollover-crash-florida-jupiter-island? Tiger Woods released on bail hours after arrest at crash scene on suspicion of DUI JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods was released on bail late Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the golfer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said. https://apnews.com/article/tiger-woods-car-crash-florida-10be5faefb91c86ce5da36a3590e86a1?

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🚓 DUI arrest interrupts Tiger comeback

Tiger Woods stands by his overturned Land Rover on Jupiter Island, Fla., yesterday. Photo: Jason Oteri via AP Tiger Woods was released on bail late last night after being arrested near his home on Jupiter Island, Fla., on suspicion of DUI. Just before 2 p.m. ET, his Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled onto its side, AP reports. The 50-year-old has been working his way back to golf from a seventh back surgery in September. He'd been trying to decide if he was fit enough to play the Masters, which starts April 9. Woods, who wasn't injured, had been traveling at "high speeds" on a residential road, and was lethargic and showed "signs of impairment" after the crash, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said. President Trump — whose former daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump, is dating Woods — told reporters: "I feel so badly. He's got some difficulty ... Very close friend of mine. He's an amazing person. Amazing man. But, some difficulty." How it happened: Investigators believe Woods had taken some type of medication or drug. The sheriff said Woods agreed to a Breathalyzer test, which showed no signs of alcohol. But he refused a urine test, then was arrested. The sheriff said Woods tried to pass a pressure-cleaner truck while driving on a two-lane road with a 30 mph speed limit. Authorities couldn't determine how fast Woods was going. The Land Rover swerved to avoid a collision while passing the truck but clipped the back end of the truck's trailer. Woods' car rolled onto its driver's side, and he crawled out. Because Woods refused the urine test, as is his right, authorities "will never get definitive results with what he was impaired on," the sheriff said. The backdrop: This is the fourth time Woods has been involved in a car crash, most recently in February 2021 when his SUV ran off a coastal road in L.A. at high speed, leading to multiple leg and ankle injuries. Get the latest.

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Student shoots a teacher at Texas high school before fatally shooting self, authorities say

A 15-year-old student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself Monday, according to authorities, who were still investigating what led to the early morning attack.

https://apnews.com/article/texas-high-school-student-teacher-shot-ff3dccd4cf6c1d7221ad2239ecf8ca60?

• 💊 Tiger Woods' eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils were dilated and he had hydrocodone pills in his pocket when interviewed at the scene of his car crash in Florida, according to a sheriff's office report. Keep reading.

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Tiger Woods says he’ll seek treatment after pleading not guilty to DUI

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods said Tuesday he is stepping away to seek treatment, four days after his vehicle crashed in Florida and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. He will miss the Masters for the second straight year.

https://apnews.com/article/tiger-woods-car-crash-87c98d8ed519b463997553677db46b87?

ps:So obviously he's guilty!!!!!!!!!!

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New DNA testing confirms serial killer Ted Bundy killed a Utah teen in 1974

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The late Ted Bundy, one of the most famous and prolific serial killers in U.S. history, has claimed another victim.

https://apnews.com/article/ted-bundy-cold-case-utah-teen-murder-eec0731fc0a912640cc3bb9cd3e3f268?

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Men charged with bringing bombs to NYC protest were recorded discussing terror plot, indictment says

NEW YORK (AP) — The two men charged with bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor were recorded describing their plan to kill as many as 60 people in a bid to “start terror,” according to an indictment released Tuesday.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-protest-bomb-attempt-investigation-d48bca6c4c165057d11320a4232f9c1f?

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Desperate for answers

As authorities in the Bahamas investigate the disappearance of an American woman whose husband claims she fell overboard during a boating trip, her daughter is shedding light on what she describes as their often turbulent marriage.

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New York subway stabbings leave 3 hurt as police shoot and kill knife-wielding man, officials say

NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a machete who attacked three people randomly at a major New York City subway station Saturday morning was shot and killed by police, authorities said.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-subway-station-injuries-hospital-1cd670e7b0a302e2d51f851a74247bfd?

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Minnesota authorities investigate arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday.

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-enforcement-crackdown-690091eeef2eb7f2bca1d8545bba9e83?

Man accused in Molotov cocktail attack of OpenAI CEO’s home charged with attempted murder

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home had written about AI’s purported risk to humanity and traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, authorities said Monday.

https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-sam-altman-fire-arrest-b10d8ae447dbddb1a1a6e72bec13a02d?

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Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Wednesday that entertainment giant Live Nation, which hosts tens of thousands of concerts a year, and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big venues.

https://apnews.com/article/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-trial-f0ffdd20dd4f64e8b4bb9d97134b826f?

Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move out

ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a rising star in the Democratic Party until sexual assault allegations ruined his political fortunes, killed his estranged wife and then himself weeks before a judge’s deadline to move out of their family home, according to police and court records.

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-justin-fairfax-death-e10bd0f6327852933e15c8d9af559cd3?

Singer D4vd is arrested on suspicion of killing a 14-year-old girl found dead in his Tesla

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found last year in his apparently abandoned Tesla that was towed from the Hollywood Hills, authorities said Thursday.

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-suspect-celeste-rivas-hernandez-f58e2983916aaf3340cc48b7e711118f?

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First ICE officer charged with assault for threatening people with a gun in Minnesota

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Thursday filed criminal charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer for allegedly brandishing his service weapon at two people during Operation Metro Surge in what she said was a first-of-its-kind case in the country.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/04/17/repub/first-ice-officer-charged-with-assault-for-threatening-people-with-a-gun-in-minnesota/?

Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder in death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge in the death of a 14-year-old girl who was last known to be alive nearly a year ago and whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in the entertainer’s apparently abandoned Tesla.

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-charges-celeste-rivas-hernandez-a5ae08c1dda921dad1750d3ceda16c47?

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Deadly domestic violence cases stir calls for more prevention resources for Black communities

Two deadly domestic violence cases, one in Louisiana and the other in Virginia targeting Black mothers, have sparked a national conversation about domestic violence prevention resources and mental health care available to Black communities. Read more.

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Musk v. Altman

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman, and several others (including Microsoft) heads to court today with jury selection in Oakland, California. Opening arguments are expected tomorrow. Musk cofounded OpenAI alongside Altman and several others in 2015 with a founding mission to develop artificial intelligence to benefit all humanity, unencumbered by corporate interests (see mission statement). Musk alleges he was misled when he donated tens of millions of dollars on the understanding it would remain a nonprofit; OpenAI transitioned to a public benefit corporation in October of last year. The trial—which centers on two claims, unjust enrichment and breach of charitable trust—comes in the lead-up to OpenAI’s potential public filing later this year. The company is targeting a $1T valuation.  Musk seeks up to $134B to be returned to OpenAI's nonprofit arm, and wants OpenAI to be forced to return to nonprofit status. Among high-profile tech leaders who could testify are Musk, Altman, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.