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A Texas father is accused of intentionally setting his home on fire with his three children inside, according to police. Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar, 46, is charged with three counts of attempted murder. His bond was set at $2.25 million. The fire was reported on Nov. 6 at 31619 Eldorado Lane in the Polo Ranch Community of Fulshear, Texas, police …

A Tennessee man was convicted of beating his newlywed wife to death inside a Fiji-exclusive island luxury resort as the newlywed couple were on their honeymoon. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, was found guilty by the High Court in Lautoka on Thursday for the death of his bride Christe Chen Dawson after officials believe he attempted to flee the island nation, …

A man previously sought in connection to the death of a professional welterweight boxer in the Bronx on New Year’s Eve in 2006 was arrested and charged with murder on Friday, the NYPD said. Ahmet Gashi, 42, of Kosovo, Serbia, allegedly ran over prizefighter Kemal Kolenovic, then 28, with a Mitsubishi SUV outside a bar on Belmont Avenue in the …

A former OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower was found dead last month in his San Francisco apartment by way of suicide, according to authorities. Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead on Nov. 26 by San Francisco police officers who went to the apartment after being called to conduct a wellness check, The Mercury News reports. The medical examiner’s office has ruled that there …

The suspect accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month in New York City fled Manhattan via train and not by bus as originally thought, according to reports. Luigi Mangione was charged with murder after he allegedly shot Thompson the morning of Dec. 4 as Thompson was walking into the Hilton in Midtown Manhattan.  After the shooting, Mangione, 26, was on …

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has secured a former veteran Manhattan prosecutor to defend him as he faces murder charges in the Big Apple for the cold-blooded slaying. Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, a long-time prosecutor who used to lead the sex-crimes unit in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office before turning to the private sector, will …

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas downplayed the wave of drone sightings in the tri-state area and emphatically argued the feds can’t just “shoot” them down amid calls by some lawmakers to do just that. Mayorkas, appearing on CNN Friday night, insisted many people are simply seeing drones that can be purchased at “convenience stores” and most instances are “cases of …

The FBI spoke to Luigi Mangione’s mother the night before her son’s high-profile arrest and told the feds he bore a resemblance to the suspect wanted for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to law enforcement sources. Members of the Joint Violent Crimes Task Force questioned Kathleen Mangione late Sunday night after receiving a tip from San Francisco police – …

President Biden made history on Thursday when he commuted the jail sentences of nearly 1,500 people and granted 49 pardons, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. In the sweeping move, Biden shaved years off the sentence of the person convicted in the largest municipal embezzlement in U.S. history, angering the current leaders of the small town …

Accused killer Luigi Mangione could be extradited from Pennsylvania to New York City as early as Tuesday to face murder charges for gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Friday.  Bragg announced that Mangione, who has challenged extradition orders that seek to bring him back to the Big Apple, may abandon his fight during a …