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Newly released 911 audio revealed the horrifying moment a 7-year-old Ohio girl begged her armed father not to kill her during a standoff with cops, telling him, “I don’t want to go to heaven today.” Oaklynn Alexander was kidnapped by her non-custodial father, Charles Ryan Alexander, 43, from her grandmother’s house in Jefferson County in eastern Ohio on Nov. 11. …

Cryptocurrency investors are known for their optimism, even when their digital coins crash — but when their values rocket they become euphorically spendy. Right now, decentralized currencies are enjoying a ‘Trump Bump’, since Donald Trump eviscerated Kamala Harris in the presidential election, with the best known digital currency, Bitcoin, soaring to a value of almost $100,000 per coin at one point. That’s …

A burglar broke into a luxury, high-rise apartment on the Upper West Side  on Thanksgiving and stole a safe containing nearly $400,000 in cash and jewelry early, cops said Saturday. The crook smashed through the door at 75 West End Ave., breaking the door jamb, and grabbed the safe that contained about $220,000 in cash and $160,000 in baubles around 12:15 …

An Emmy-winning investigative reporter claims she was abruptly fired from News12 Long Island after calling out her bosses for shortchanging her on resources and air time — even sidelining her from coverage of the Gilgo Beach killings — while male colleagues had plenty of support, according to a lawsuit. Rachel Yonkunas, who worked for the local news network since 2022, …

Towering flames and thick plumes of smoke engulfed a Queens strip mall early Saturday afternoon.  One firefighter was taken to Northwell Health with minor injuries from battling the two-alarm blaze in the rear of 62-16 Woodhaven Blvd., between 62nd Avenue and 62nd Road, which housed Uzbeki restaurant Taste of Samarkand, according to FDNY. The eatery was closed when firefighters responded …

The Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife with poisoned protein shakes is facing a new charge for allegedly attempting to orchestrate the murder of a detective who had been investigating her death. While awaiting the start of his murder trial, Dr. James Craig, 45, attempted to enlist a fellow Arapahoe County inmate into killing an Aurora police detective, according …

A Massachusetts man killed his elderly roommate on Thanksgiving for standing “too close” to the holiday spread because he “often sneezes,” according to reports. Frank Griswold, 80, was going into the kitchen to wash dishes Thursday when his roommate Richard Lombardi, 65, fatally threw him to the ground, Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office alleged, according to court documents obtained by …

An Illinois police detective was shot and killed by a violent career criminal on Friday — marking the first on-duty death the quiet village of Oak Park has recorded in 86 years. Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, 40, responded to a call with other officers of an armed man leaving a bank that ended in a deadly confrontation when …

A Connecticut home blaze on Thanksgiving was likely the result of a person frying a turkey inside the house’s garage, the fire department said.  Photos and video of the fire show the home fully engulfed as firefighters raced to put out the blaze.  Fire crews attempted an aggressive fire attack as the garage fire began to quickly spread to the residence, but were thwarted …

As Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says he would be willing to go to jail over his opposition to the Trump mass-deportation plan, a new study claims the mayor’s Blue city has spent a whopping $356 million of taxpayers’ hard-earned money on migrants. The eye-popping sum, which amounts to $7,900 per foreign national in the city, was revealed by an updated analysis last …