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Ex-Mayoral Candidate Accused of Killing Wife and Staging Death as Suicide Image credit: Contra Costa County. Used under fair use for editorial commentary.

Image credit: Contra Costa County. Used under fair use for editorial commentary.

Ex-Mayoral Candidate Accused of Killing Wife and Staging Death as Suicide

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The killing of Brenda Joyce Leon was supposed to be closed and buried, written off as a...

15-Year-Old Gets Trapped in Drain Pipe While Sledding on Golf Course: “Mind-Boggling” Drain Pipe in Newton, Kan. golf course. Credit : Newton Fire/EMS Departmen

Drain Pipe in Newton, Kan. golf course. Credit : Newton Fire/EMS Departmen

15-Year-Old Gets Trapped in Drain Pipe While Sledding on Golf Course: “Mind-Boggling”

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

A winter sledding run on a Kansas golf course turned into a rescue story that sounds almost...

Officials: Army Helicopter Likely Saw American Airlines Jet Before Deadly Midair Collision That Killed 67 People look out towards the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images

People look out towards the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images

Officials: Army Helicopter Likely Saw American Airlines Jet Before Deadly Midair Collision That Killed 67

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The midair collision that sent an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter into the Potomac River...

Investigators Point to “Terrible” Decision as Probable Cause Emerges in D.C. Midair Crash The paths of American Eagle Flight 5342 (blue) and a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter (orange) that collided over the Potomac River near Washington Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29, 2025. (NTSB)

The paths of American Eagle Flight 5342 (blue) and a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter (orange) that collided over the Potomac River near Washington Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29, 2025. (NTSB)

Investigators Point to “Terrible” Decision as Probable Cause Emerges in D.C. Midair Crash

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The midair collision outside Washington that killed 67 people did not come down to a single bad...

Man Drops Off Dead Woman at Hospital and Flees; Police Still Searching Michael Lee Harrelson (Richmond County Sheriff's Office - Georgia, Google Maps)

Michael Lee Harrelson (Richmond County Sheriff's Office - Georgia, Google Maps)

Man Drops Off Dead Woman at Hospital and Flees; Police Still Searching

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Security cameras at a Georgia hospital captured a scene that still has investigators shaking their heads:...

Family Shares Update on Missing Outer Banks Hiker — and the Fate of His Beloved Dog Family members say Chris Palmer, 39, was facing a terminal illness when he vanished off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and his dog was also in bad health. National Park Service photo

Family members say Chris Palmer, 39, was facing a terminal illness when he vanished off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and his dog was also in bad health. National Park Service photo

Family Shares Update on Missing Outer Banks Hiker — and the Fate of His Beloved Dog

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The search for a hiker, and a family’s painful decision Chris Palmer, described as an...

Second Teen Girl Dies After Best Friend Was Killed in Sledding Accident: “Our Family Is Heartbroken” frisco-texas-sledding-accident

Second Teen Girl Dies After Best Friend Was Killed in Sledding Accident: “Our Family Is Heartbroken”

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The winter storm that blew through North Texas earlier this week left behind more than ice and...

First Victims Named After Private Plane Crashes During Takeoff, Killing Six on Board Shawna Collins/Instagram; Jacob Hosmer/Facebook; Arnold & Itkin LLP

Shawna Collins/Instagram; Jacob Hosmer/Facebook; Arnold & Itkin LLP

First Victims Named After Private Plane Crashes During Takeoff, Killing Six on Board

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The private jet that went down during takeoff at Bangor International Airport left behind a tangle of...

Two Good Samaritans Go Viral Handing Out Water and Snacks to Drivers Stuck in Traffic Stock photo of a traffic jam. Credit : National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty

Stock photo of a traffic jam. Credit : National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty

Two Good Samaritans Go Viral Handing Out Water and Snacks to Drivers Stuck in Traffic

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

On a gridlocked stretch of the A27 near Chichester, what should have been just another miserable traffic...

Mick Jagger’s Family Asks for Help as Granddaughter’s Partner Remains Missing for Days Devon & Cornwall Police (4)

Mick Jagger’s Family Asks for Help as Granddaughter’s Partner Remains Missing for Days

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The Jagger family is living through the kind of nightmare that does not care how famous your...

Ex-Mayoral Candidate Accused of Killing Wife and Staging Death as Suicide

15-Year-Old Gets Trapped in Drain Pipe While Sledding on Golf Course: “Mind-Boggling”

Officials: Army Helicopter Likely Saw American Airlines Jet Before Deadly Midair Collision That Killed 67

Investigators Point to “Terrible” Decision as Probable Cause Emerges in D.C. Midair Crash

Man Drops Off Dead Woman at Hospital and Flees; Police Still Searching

Family Shares Update on Missing Outer Banks Hiker — and the Fate of His Beloved Dog

Second Teen Girl Dies After Best Friend Was Killed in Sledding Accident: “Our Family Is Heartbroken”

First Victims Named After Private Plane Crashes During Takeoff, Killing Six on Board

Two Good Samaritans Go Viral Handing Out Water and Snacks to Drivers Stuck in Traffic

Mick Jagger’s Family Asks for Help as Granddaughter’s Partner Remains Missing for Days

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