Police say the March 17 apartment assault left Rachel Price with severe burns and led to upgraded attempted murder charges. HOLLYWOOD, FL — A South Florida woman who police say was set on fire by her roommate inside a Hollywood apartment last month says she is still in constant pain as the case against the other woman has grown into an attempted murder prosecution. Rachel Price spoke publicly this week as investigators and prosecutors continue …
Federal prosecutors say the 16-year-old was indicted in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister aboard a Carnival ship returning to Miami. MIAMI, FL — A 16-year-old Florida boy has been charged as an adult in federal court in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister, who authorities say was sexually assaulted and killed aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship while it was traveling in international waters last November. The case moved into public view this week …
Police say Ashly Robinson died by suicide after a dispute, but her parents say key details still do not add up. PHILADELPHIA, PA — The family of Ashly Robinson, a 31-year-old American influencer known online as Ashlee Jenae, is demanding answers after she died during a trip to Zanzibar, where police say she took her own life but relatives say the timeline and medical details remain unclear. Robinson’s death has drawn attention in the United …
Police say a man seen shouting on a family’s porch later entered through a sliding glass door and fought with the homeowner. FAIRFIELD, CA — A viral doorbell-camera video shows a man pacing on a Fairfield porch, demanding to know where a child was and threatening to break in before police say he entered the home on April 7, leading to a struggle with the homeowner and an arrest. The case drew wide attention after …
Police said the attacks unfolded over several hours in Brookhaven and unincorporated DeKalb County, and investigators are still trying to determine a motive. DECATUR, GA — A 26-year-old Atlanta man was arrested Monday after authorities said he carried out three shootings in Brookhaven and DeKalb County over the course of several hours, killing two women and critically wounding a 49-year-old man in what police described as an apparently random spree. Investigators said the shootings began …
Authorities say the attack appeared random, and a 25-year-old man now faces a first-degree murder charge. STUART, FL — A 73-year-old woman was fatally stabbed April 2 while walking her dog in a Martin County neighborhood after deputies were called to reports of a suspicious man going door to door, and prosecutors have since charged a 25-year-old local man with first-degree murder. Investigators say the killing of Joyce Ellen Thompson Adams shocked residents in the …
Police said a speeding driver struck two people who had just stepped out of a stopped car, then barreled into parked vehicles and a home. NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — Two pedestrians were killed and three other people suffered minor injuries early Sunday after a driver suspected of being drunk sped into a stopped car on a residential North Hollywood street, struck the two people who had just gotten out and then crashed into several parked …
Authorities say the accusation against a student was fabricated, triggering a lockdown, a large police response and a state education investigation. SPLENDORA, TX — A 53-year-old high school teacher is accused of injuring herself, falsely blaming a student and setting off a panic alarm that forced Splendora High School into lockdown on April 9, sending officers from multiple agencies rushing to the campus northeast of Houston. What began as a reported attack inside a classroom …
The California Democrat denied the claims, but pressure spread from the governor’s race to Congress within two days. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor on Sunday after sexual assault allegations published two days earlier triggered a rapid collapse of political support, opened a criminal inquiry in Manhattan and brought fresh calls for him to resign from Congress. Swalwell’s withdrawal jolted one of the country’s highest-profile 2026 races less …
Kenneth Chee was taken into custody in Florida as prosecutors widened a criminal case over the 2025 Esparto fireworks explosion. ORLANDO, FL — A fireworks company executive was arrested at Walt Disney World as California prosecutors pressed murder charges in a warehouse explosion that killed seven people last summer in rural Yolo County, tying a high profile tourist destination to one of the state’s deadliest industrial blast investigations in recent years. Kenneth Chee, the owner …