The U.S. government is aware of the kidnapping of an American Christian missionary in the West African nation of Niger, U.S. official sources told Fox News. The sources told Fox News that they suspect that the missionary has been taken north to Islamic State-controlled areas where an offshoot of ISIS …
Read More »Teen sues AI tool maker over fake nude images
A teenager in New Jersey has filed a major lawsuit against the company behind an artificial intelligence (AI) “clothes removal” tool that allegedly created a fake nude image of her. The case has drawn national attention because it shows how AI can invade privacy in harmful ways. The lawsuit was …
Read More »Body found during search for missing Vermont college student Lia Smith near Middlebury campus
A body has been found during the search for a missing Vermont college student who was last seen on campus about a week ago. Lia Smith, 21, was last seen on Middlebury College’s campus on the night of Oct. 17 and was reported missing that Sunday, the school announced. Smith, …
Read More »Grant Hardin, Arkansas escapee known as “Devil in the Ozarks,” recaptured near prison after 2
A former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was recaptured Friday, nearly two weeks after his escape from an Arkansas prison, where he was serving decadeslong sentences for murder and rape, the Izard County Sheriff’s Office said. Grant Hardin escaped on May 25 from the Calico Rock prison …
Read More »Pennsylvania judge accused of shooting her ex
A magistrate judge in Pennsylvania accused of shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend in the head as he slept was convicted Wednesday of attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges. Sonya McKnight was taken away in handcuffs after the trial judge rejected a defense request that she be released. She faces up …
Read More »Wife of Detroit Lakes missionary killed in Angola arrested in connection to his death, church says
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — The wife of a Minnesota missionary who was killed in Angola has been arrested in connection with his death, according to Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes. Beau Shroyer died in an “act of violence while serving Jesus” on Friday, according to a statement from the …
Read More »Remains believed to be missing girl and mother found after man on deathbed confesses to cold case killings, West Virginia police say
Remains believed to be that of a woman and her daughter who have not been seen in nearly 24 years were found at a southern West Virginia home on the same day that the girl’s alleged killer died while imprisoned, state police said. The suspect confessed on his deathbed to …
Read More »Small Nebraska town is on edge after 2 brutal killings: “My door is locked now”
The grisly killings of a retiree and then a priest has shocked everyone in tiny Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, including Sheriff Mike Robinson. He’s lived in the community just north of Omaha for 62 years and can’t recall a single homicide before these two. “It really is out of character,” Robinson …
Read More »Man accused of trying to stab flight attendant, open door mid
A man accused of trying to stab a flight attendant and open a plane door mid-flight has been found incompetent to stand trial. In a competency hearing held Wednesday, a forensic evaluation was presented showing Francisco Severo Torres “does not understand the nature and consequences of the proceeding against him …
Read More »Person of interest named in mass shooting during San Francisco block party that left nine people wounded
San Francisco police searched Sunday for a person of interest in a mass shooting during a block party in San Francisco Friday night in what investigators said appeared to be a “targeted and isolated” incident that left nine people wounded. The person of interest is a man believed to be …
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