Above and beyond the call of duty. Two Beverly Hills security guards are being hailed as heroes after they saved a choking baby who was “turning blue” last week. Officers Niko Nesbeth and Joey Madrigal, who work for Covered 6 Security in California, were at a gas station on Friday when a mother began to … Read more
A convicted child rapist and murderer — connected to multiple cold cases — was arrested this week after the man confessed to the crimes, according to Texas police. Raul Meza Jr. was identified as a person of interest when Pflugerville police conducted an investigation into the stabbing death of his 80-year-old roommate Jesse Fraga on … Read more
China and Singapore laid the groundwork Thursday for a hotline between the two countries that would establish a high-level communications link between Beijing and a close American partner in Asia at a time when Chinese tensions with Washington are high and dialogue has stalled. Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu, a general in China’s People’s Liberation … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have “nothing left to say.” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to stop publishing tell-alls, engaging in sit-down interviews, and taking part in large-scale documentaries in a shocking U-turn, according to a report. “That period of their life is over — as there is nothing left to say,” … Read more
A Florida MMA fighter had the match of a lifetime when he wrestled a 10-foot alligator in front of nearly 200 cheering spectators outside a Jacksonville elementary school, wild video of the encounter shows. Amateur fighter Mike Dragich, 33, took on the unusual opponent inside a parking lot near the school as people gathered to watch, … Read more
A reported 22-year-old man on Reddit is asking if he’s wrong for bringing his dog to his members-only gym. The anonymous Reddit user, GymAITADogThrow1, consulted the “Am I the A—–e” subreddit, an online forum where people vote on whether a person was the offender in a civil dispute, on Monday, May 22, where he explained … Read more
Deputies in York County, South Carolina, arrested a man on Tuesday who allegedly robbed a convenience store using nothing but a Nintendo “Duck Hunt” game pistol. David Joseph Dalesandro, 25, of Sharon, South Carolina, was arrested by the York County Sheriff’s Office and charged with armed robbery with a deadly weapon, wearing a mask and petty larceny of less … Read more
A Michigan man is accused of killing his half-sister in a shootout in the parking lot of their family’s soap business, prosecutors said. Zachary Holston III, 50, was charged with second-degree murder and felony use of a firearm after allegedly killing Rita Evans Friday in front of her husband and daughter, the Macomb County Prosecutor’s … Read more
Portland officials are mulling a proposal to ban daytime homeless camps in most public spaces as the West Coast city struggles to get a handle on the ballooning number of people living on the streets. Homeless people would need to clear their camps every morning by 8 a.m., picking up all their belongings and trash … Read more
Former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a controversial progressive prosecutor who was booted by voters last year over his soft-on-crime policies, is taking the helm of a new criminal justice center at UC Berkeley School of Law. Boudin, 42, was named the executive director of the school’s Criminal Law & Justice Center, he announced … Read more