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STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire is scheduled to put to death Wednesday, which would be a record 12th execution in the state in 2025. David Pittman, 63, is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at … Read more

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 10-14-34-40-43, Mega Ball: 5, Megaplier: ByThe Associated Press September 17, 2025, 12:30 AM The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 10-14-34-40-43, Mega Ball: 5 (ten, fourteen, thirty-four, forty, forty-three, Mega Ball: five Estimated jackpot: $400 million … Read more

PROVO, Utah — As authorities worked feverishly to find the person who assassinated Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University last week, the 22-year-old man now charged with the crime was texting with his romantic partner and acknowledging he was the shooter, court documents revealed. Tyler Robinson fired a single fatal shot from the rooftop of … Read more

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SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California judge convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife after the couple had been arguing is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson faces a maximum potential sentence of 40 years to life in prison. The 74-year-old has been jailed since … Read more

WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional Republicans mobilized behind President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital. One of the bills, called the “DC Crimes Act,” would lower the age of a … Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Two brothers pleaded guilty on Tuesday to murder-related counts for the shooting death of a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy three years ago when authorities said the officer approached a pickup truck late at night in a rural area. Alder Marin-Sotelo, 28, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Wake County court in the … Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should get kicked out of the service. While commanders are still able to issue service members exemptions from shaving — a policy that has existed for decades — they will now … Read more

JACKSON, Miss. — Police on Tuesday were investigating the death of a Black college student found hanging from a tree on the campus of Delta State University in Mississippi, stirring online rumors that evoked the state’s history of Jim Crow-era racist violence even as authorities said there was no initial evidence of a crime. The … Read more

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — An Indiana man has been charged in federal court with making a threat across state lines related to a lockdown and shooting at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland last week, the U.S. attorney’s office in Indiana said Tuesday. Jackson Fleming, 23, was arrested Friday on suspicion of sending an online threat … Read more