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Federal authorities say separate social media posts surfaced before Trump’s Oct. 2 rally at the University of South Alabama. MOBILE, AL — Three University of South Alabama students face federal charges accusing them of threatening President Donald Trump on social media in the days before his visit to the Mobile campus, according to the FBI and federal court records cited by local news organizations. Amare Jemal Woods, Cameron Lamark Lewis and Kayla Leaann Smith were …

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Police say the two young children were stable after the early-morning attack, while their 37-year-old mother was taken to jail. NORTHLAKE, TX — A 37-year-old Northlake woman was arrested Tuesday after police said her husband and two young children were injured in a stabbing inside their Denton County home, leaving the mother facing two counts of attempted capital murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Northlake police identified the woman as …

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Investigators linked the death of 22-year-old Eddrick Bethune to a shooting, abduction and intentionally burned vehicle found miles away. MIAMI, FL — A 22-year-old man abducted from a North Miami apartment complex after gunfire erupted early Sunday was later found dead from gunshot wounds along a roadway in south Miami-Dade County, investigators said. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Eddrick Bethune. Authorities said the investigation began with reports of gunfire shortly after midnight …

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Flight BA295 returned safely to London after a cabin-pressure problem prompted an emergency descent and the deployment of passenger oxygen masks. LONDON, ENGLAND — A passenger aboard a British Airways flight bound for Chicago described uncertainty inside the cabin after oxygen masks dropped and the Boeing 777 rapidly descended thousands of feet over the Irish Sea before returning safely to London Heathrow Airport. British Airways Flight BA295 was traveling from Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare International …

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Wanying “Heather” Zhang appeared in federal court after prosecutors accused her of surveilling relatives of Taiwan’s president at China’s direction. LOS ANGELES, CA — A Southern California real estate agent accused of secretly working for the Chinese government appeared in federal court Monday after the FBI arrested her at Los Angeles International Airport as she prepared to leave for China. Wanying “Heather” Zhang, 34, of Irvine, faces a federal complaint charging her with acting in …

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Two other people were injured in the Monday afternoon crash near Telegraph Road and Slauson Avenue. SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA — One person was killed and two others were injured Monday afternoon when a vehicle crashed into a business in Santa Fe Springs, according to authorities and local news reports. The crash was reported at about 2:30 p.m. near Telegraph Road and Slauson Avenue, roughly 15 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Initial reporting indicated …

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Police said three officers opened fire after confronting the armed woman outside a northwest Houston apartment complex Sunday. HOUSTON, TX — Three Houston police officers shot and critically wounded a woman Sunday after authorities said she shot a man twice at a northwest Houston apartment complex and then refused officers’ commands during a confrontation outside the property. The Houston Police Department said officers were dispatched at about 11:13 a.m. Oct. 4 to a shooting-in-progress call …

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Court records accuse Alaya Jones and Kaleb Maglott of robbing and killing Jones’ 27-year-old sister inside her apartment. HOUSTON, TX — A 20-year-old woman and her partner have been charged with capital murder in connection with the death of the woman’s older sister, who was found dead inside her west Houston apartment, according to court records and local reporting. Investigators said Aveyia Webb, 27, was found dead Thursday morning at her apartment in the 8100 …

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Three Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies opened fire after authorities said an armed man reached toward a gun near an Arden-Arcade car wash. SACRAMENTO, CA — A man died after three Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies shot him Sunday morning near Marconi Avenue in the Arden-Arcade area after responding to a report of an armed man sleeping outside a car wash, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The encounter began around 11 a.m. Oct. 4 in the 4000 …

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Anthony Nunnally, 21, is now accused of killing 17-year-old Travon Freeman in a September 2025 shooting on Chicago’s Southeast Side. CHICAGO, IL — A 21-year-old man already charged with killing two young women he had dated is facing a third first-degree murder charge, this time in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy near a Southeast Side park in 2025, according to Chicago police and court-related reporting. Anthony Nunnally is accused of killing Travon Freeman …

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