His family searched for justice for years, enduring a legal saga that spanned three criminal trials and what they said was an agonizing series of failures and mistakes at nearly every level of the justice system in Dougherty County, in the southwest part of the state. “A slow, grinding, merciless erosion of our humanity” is…

A family’s search for a mother who vanished decades ago ended with news that she was “alive and well” — but she still doesn’t want them to know where she is. Michele Hundley Smith, who was 38 when she was reported missing in 2001, was found safe and sound last week but doesn’t want her…

An Alabama inmate, who had previously escaped jail twice, was charged this week in the July 1996 cold-case abduction and murder of a 7-year-old Kentucky girl, authorities announced at a news conference. Froberg was arrested in August 1996 for an unrelated crime and was in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections when he was…

A Virginia grandfather stabbed his wife, daughter, and son-in-law with a 10-inch “curved dagger” before a responding police officer shot him dead, authorities say. Chhatra Thapa, 54, fatally stabbed his wife, 52-year-old Binda Thapa, and daughter, 33-year-old Mamta Thapa, the Fairfax County Police Department announced. The suspect also attacked his son-in-law, who was still hospitalized in “life-threatening condition” as of…

A South Carolina man is facing his third indictment for threatening a president, this time taking aim at President Donald Trump in a letter from prison that said “we will kill him too,” according to federal prosecutors. The man has already been convicted of threatening to murder Barack Obama and Joe Biden. “Enjoy having Trump in office while you…

President Donald Trump signaled an expansive military campaign against Iran early Saturday and explicitly called for regime change in the Islamic Republic. In a video posted on Truth Social, he confirmed combat operations aimed at “eliminating imminent threats” from Iran and recounted decades of aggression against U.S. forces at the hands the regime while also pointing out…

A Florida woman is accused of letting her 3-year-old daughter live in filth, including with a “severe infestation of lice in her hair.” Roslain Perdomo, 36, is in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a charge of child neglect without great bodily harm. The underlying incident occurred on Sunday. A Miami Police Department officer was patrolling the area of…

Melvin Trotter, 65, is set to become the second person executed in Florida this year, with a three-drug injection scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Florida State Prison near Starke. Trotter was convicted of the 1986 murder of grocery store owner Virgie Langford. He was initially sentenced to death in 1987, but the Florida…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a city-wide travel ban ahead of an expected blizzard on Sunday. Mamdani held a press conference to announce he was declaring a state of emergency ahead of the winter storm, saying all city streets, highways and bridges will be closed to non-emergency traffic starting at 9 p.m. Sunday and remaining…

Carrie Underwood has become a favorite judge on American Idol for many, but the show’s live audience recently had a different reaction. The country star recently wrote a post for her fans and viewers, hinting that in the upcoming Idol episode, the crowd continuously booed her. The Hollywood episode has yet to air, but once some internet users heard…