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Death row inmate Tony Carruthers won't face execution for at least a year after IV line failure in Tennessee

May 21, 2026

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers won't face execution for at least a year after IV line failure in Tennessee

Tennessee halted Tony Carruthers’ execution after officials failed to set a required backup IV line. Gov. Bill Lee granted a one-year reprieve as his lawyer described a painful scene.

Brooklyn mother who drowned her three children in the ocean near Coney Island sentenced to decades in prison

May 21, 2026

Brooklyn mother who drowned her three children in the ocean near Coney Island sentenced to decades in prison

Brooklyn woman Erin Merdy sentenced to decades in prison after pleading guilty to drowning her three young children near Coney Island in 2022.

Illegal immigrant truck driver from India arrested in deadly California hit-and-run after Biden release

May 20, 2026

Illegal immigrant truck driver from India arrested in deadly California hit-and-run after Biden release

An illegal alien truck driver was arrested after allegedly causing a fatal multi-vehicle crash near Lodi, California, federal officials said.

Video shows police take down cop killer with armored vehicle after gunman turned neighborhood into war zone

May 20, 2026

Video shows police take down cop killer with armored vehicle after gunman turned neighborhood into war zone

Newly released bodycam video captures the dramatic end of a deadly California standoff where an armored vehicle ran over an armed suspect in Porterville.

Florida man arrested after suspected human remains found buried at property where his father lived

May 20, 2026

Florida man arrested after suspected human remains found buried at property where his father lived

A Florida man was arrested after suspected human remains were found buried at a Dunnellon property during his father's disappearance investigation.

Arizona executes man who killed victim by dousing him in gasoline and setting him on fire in 2002 attack

May 20, 2026

Arizona executes man who killed victim by dousing him in gasoline and setting him on fire in 2002 attack

Leroy Dean McGill was executed by lethal injection in Arizona for the 2002 murder of James Perez, whom he set on fire after dousing him with gasoline.

Murdaugh ‘egg juror’ fights to crack open jury tampering investigation with records in court clerk scandal

May 20, 2026

Murdaugh ‘egg juror’ fights to crack open jury tampering investigation with records in court clerk scandal

"Egg juror" Myra Crosby demands South Carolina unseal investigative records from the Alex Murdaugh trial tied to alleged jury tampering by a court clerk.

Influencer mom, lawyer dad accused of dark-web murder plot against boy-band baby daddy

May 20, 2026

Influencer mom, lawyer dad accused of dark-web murder plot against boy-band baby daddy

A social media influencer and her attorney father are accused of a murder-for-hire plot targeting her child's father amid a bitter custody dispute.

College basketball captain killed in alleged hit-and-run by 18-year-old charged with DWI

May 20, 2026

College basketball captain killed in alleged hit-and-run by 18-year-old charged with DWI

College basketball star Emily Mae Smith, 20, was tragically killed in a hit-and-run near SUNY Potsdam. Police arrested an 18-year-old suspect.

DNA cracks 40-year cold case mystery with arrest in library worker’s savage slaying: police

May 20, 2026

DNA cracks 40-year cold case mystery with arrest in library worker’s savage slaying: police

A Connecticut man was arrested nearly four decades after the 1986 murder of Roberta Walls, a 22-year-old Virginia Beach library employee, police say.