Spooner Middle School will stay closed, with remote learning set to start next week, following an evacuation on Wednesday due to a potent epoxy-like smell. The odor led to 60 staff members and students seeking medical attention.
A suspended attorney from Florida, who had been sued by his father for allegedly stealing $450,000 from the family trust fund, was charged on Sunday with premeditated first-degree murder involving a firearm.
Authorities have thwarted a complex escape plan by a wealthy businessman who intended to break out of a Florida jail and return to his castle in France. The elderly businessman had previously fled to France to evade child pornography charges.
The older brother of the late football star and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez was taken into custody last week. Authorities allege he was planning shootings at two college campuses in New England.
A lawsuit has been filed against Starbucks, the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and a property management company following a sexual assault involving a 15-year-old girl with intellectual disabilities.
The girl, who was attending school in Squirrel Hill, was allegedly lured off school grounds by three male students. The assault took place in a Starbucks bathroom and a nearby vacant building. The girl's mother is seeking damages for the physical and emotional trauma caused by the incident.
Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the "Property Rights" bill (HB 621), which aims to offer homeowners new remedies against squatting and imposes stricter penalties on squatters. “We are putting an end to the squatters scam in Florida,” DeSantis stated in his announcement.
Jacob Parrish, a 36-year-old from Florida, was arrested Friday afternoon after attempting to rob a Wells Fargo advisor office in Lake County, which he mistakenly believed was a bank. The building does not operate as a bank branch and does not hold cash. Authorities report that Parrish, armed with a knife, informed an employee of his intent to rob the office.
A Nevada man considered the last living suspect in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, was arrested on Friday in connection with the long-unsolved case, according to officials.
Rapper Pras Michel was found guilty on Wednesday in federal court in Washington of 10 criminal charges connected to an international conspiracy involving efforts to influence the U.S. government.
Linda Johnson, a former general manager at a Wendy’s in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, faces charges for allegedly embezzling over $20,000 by creating a fictitious employee named William Bright. Johnson reportedly set up the "ghost employee" to siphon off wages intended for non-existent staff.
Amanda Stott-Smith, a woman who was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally throwing her two young children off the Portland Sellwood Bridge, has died in prison.
The Oregon Department of Corrections confirmed that Stott-Smith, 45, was found deceased in her cell at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility on Sunday morning. The cause of death has not been released.
A homeowner in Queens, NY, was arrested after she changed the locks and attempted to evict three alleged squatters from her million-dollar property. The incident involved two individuals trying to forcibly remove the squatters.
Around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police pulled over a man in Colorado for driving 52 mph in a 30-mph zone. According to a Springfield Police Department Facebook post, the driver attempted to evade a DUI arrest by swapping seats with his dog.
