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The suspects recently arrested in connection with the cold case disappearance and death of a Georgia woman nearly four years ago allegedly tricked her son into thinking she was still alive after she died nearly four years ago. Matilde Gonzalez, 43, was last seen in Cobb County on Oct. 11, …

A former Philadelphia police officer out on bail after being accused of shooting and killing a 27-year-old man sitting in his car in August, had his bail revoked by a judge Tuesday. Mark Dial, a five-year veteran with the Philadelphia Police Department, faces charges of murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault and …

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The devastated mother of 14-year-old Kansas teen Jaylee Chillson, who fatally shot herself in front of a deputy earlier this month, said she’s …

The lawyer for a Philadelphia looter known as “Meatball” who livestreamed herself following a mob breaking into stores says criticism of her client is racist. Dayjia Blackwell, 21, filmed and followed a mob of looters as they broke into a series of stores last week, including at least an Apple …

A Tennessee elementary school teacher accused of raping a boy when he was 12 years old implied that she is pregnant with his child in a phone call played in court this week, according to local reports. “I’m going to raise this baby. I can do this,” Alissa McCommon, a …

Maine law enforcement officers investigating last week’s mass shooting in Lewiston have shared evidence that suggests the U.S. Army reservist Robert Card, who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar, may have intentionally targeted individuals at those locations. On Tuesday, Maine State Police and the Maine Department …

Five women who say they were sexually assaulted or harassed by a former Kansas City, Kansas, detective filed a lawsuit Friday accusing the government of allowing police corruption to thrive for years. The Kansas City Star reports that the federal lawsuit says the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas …

BOSTON – A survivor of the Boston Marathon attacks has written an indignant open letter to the admitted bomber. Rebekah Gregory lost a leg in the 2013 bombings and wrote the letter to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) on her Facebook page after she testified in his federal death penalty trial …

TRENTON, N.J. – Five drug raids in New Jersey have led to the seizure of the normal assortment of marijuana, ecstasy and guns and the removal of one not-so normal thing: a crocodile. The Mercer County prosecutor’s office says authorities found a small crocodile living in the basement of a …

LAGRANGE, Ky. – A Kentucky death row inmate involved in a lawsuit against the state over how executions are carried out has died. A statement from the Kentucky Department of Corrections says Thomas Clyde Bowling died Saturday due to “complications stemming from cancer.” He was 62. Bowling was convicted of …