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A Missouri inmate was executed Tuesday for the 2007 rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl who knew him as “Uncle Chris” — with the killer telling observers he hopes to see them “in heaven one day.”   Christopher Collings, 49, was declared dead nine minutes after he was injected with a single dose of pentobarbital inside a state prison in …

Ohio schoolchildren can now spend part of their school day learning the teachings of the Satanic Temple through the state’s religious release program. The temple’s Hellion Academy of Independent Learning, or HAIL, announced that it’s offering lessons once a month during school hours to students from Edgewood Elementary School in Marysville, beginning in December. The new off-campus lessons provide an …

Democrat Adam Gray has won California’s 13th Congressional District race, defeating incumbent Republican Rep. John Duarte, according to The Associated Press. California’s 13th Congressional District was the last seat to be called, with the district being one of the most competitive races in the Golden State. Republicans maintained the majority with 220, with Democrats trailing at 216. Gray, a former state legislator who represented …

An Idaho beauty salon is seeing customers “dropping like flies” after its owner called supporters of President-elect Donald Trump “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic” in a now-viral TikTok. “Trump basically gave small men the ability and the courage to be misogynistic and hateful and say s–t like ‘Your body, my choice’ and ‘You won’t have a choice’ and ‘You will bear …

Shocking surveillance footage shows Hannah Kobayashi buying a bus ticket to the southern border the day before police said she crossed over through a tunnel into Mexico. The footage shows Kobayashi wearing a sweatsuit and purchasing a ticket with cash at LA Union Station on Nov. 11, according to a still obtained by Fox 11 Los Angeles. She also appears …

He sure was lucky enough. A California teen won $250,000 on a scratch-off this week — just hours after he celebrated his 18th birthday with his mother at a Zach Bryan concert. AJ Tamraz and his mother, Danielle Magalen, were traveling hundreds of miles home from the country star’s concert in Sacramento Sunday when the pair decided to break up …

Training wheels of justice! A quick-thinking Colorado cop commandeered a child’s bike to chase down and nab a fleeing suspected felon, footage of the hot pursuit shows. The thrilling chase unfolded when Lone Tree Police officer Jacob Tarr was trying to apprehend the alleged perp over a theft in the Denver neighborhood on Nov. 23, authorities said. Lone Tree Police …

President-elect Donald Trump is considering replacing Pete Hegseth, his controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, with one-time 2024 rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, people familiar with the discussions told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday. The move comes as Hegseth, a 44-year-old Army veteran and former Fox News personality, faces increasing scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement. Trump is …

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a series of mysterious drone sightings over Central New Jersey in recent weeks, not far from President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf course. Federal aviation officials have shut down the airspace over the private club as well as a nearby army facility after several residents reported seeing suspicious drones flying overhead in the …

Three weeks after Hawaiian photographer Hannah Kobayashi vanished on her way to a “bucket list” vacation in the Big Apple, authorities announced she fled to Mexico to “disconnect” from the modern world — but her desperate family insists the search is far from over. The 30-year-old brunette beauty from Maui was reported missing by her family on Nov. 11 after …