ATHENS, Ga. — A woman who had gone for a jog was found dead with “visible injuries” Thursday on the campus of the University of Georgia, and foul play is suspected in her death, officials said. The victim was identified Friday as 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley by the university. Police did not release additional details, … Read more
Federal prosecutors charged journalist and media consultant Timothy Burke with 14 federal crimes — including conspiracy — in an indictment that was unsealed Thursday. Burke, 45, was arrested Thursday morning, the Tampa Bay Times reported. He was set to appear in federal court in Tampa later Thursday afternoon. Burke’s lawyer, Mark Rasch, did not immediately … Read more
Officials have determined the cause of death for the missing 11-year-old girl whose body was found in the Trinity River in Texas this week. Audrii Cunningham died of “homicidal violence including blunt head trauma,” according to the Harris County medical examiner’s office. Her body was found Tuesday. Don Steven McDougal, 42, who was already in custody on … Read more
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A South African man who tortured an Alaska Native woman and narrated as he recorded a video of her dying was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday for killing her and another Native woman. The Anchorage jury returned a unanimous verdict against Brian Steven Smith after deliberating for less than two hours. Smith, … Read more
The U.S. has charged a Navy sailor based in Japan with espionage for allegedly providing classified material to a foreign government. Bryce Pedicini, a chief petty officer fire controlman, is accused of passing documents to an employee of a foreign government at least seven times between Nov. 2022 and May 2023, according to a charge … Read more
The boyfriend of a Los Angeles woman detained in Russia says she was in the country to visit her aging grandmother when she was arrested on suspicion of treason for raising funds to support Ukraine. Russia’s Federal Security Service said Tuesday that a 33-year-old dual U.S.-Russian citizen was detained in the Ural Mountains city of … Read more
Agencies give guidance on what to do in case of an emergency Agencies across the country urged for calm amid AT&T’s outage, some acknowledging that customers were briefly unable to contact 911. Multiple agencies including the San Francisco Fire Department, Texas’ Fort Worth police, Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Virginia’s Prince William County Police … Read more
SAN DIEGO — China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after a recalling nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos as relations soured between the two nations. The China Wildlife Conservation Association has signed cooperation agreements … Read more
North Carolina’s more than 135 death row inmates could potentially see their sentences changed to life in prison in the wake of a landmark hearing scheduled to begin next week that will test whether racial discrimination has played a role in jury selection in capital cases. The lead case focuses on Hasson Bacote, a Black … Read more
Deals on vehicles and jewelry through a U.S. government auction website were a steal in more ways than one: An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty to hacking a website to buy the items for $1 each, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Evan James Coker bought vehicles and jewelry in 2019 through web auctions held by the General … Read more