WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Travelers returning to New Zealand will face stricter rules at quarantine hotels as health authorities investigate how up to three people got infected with the coronavirus while isolating at Auckland’s Pullman Hotel. The people were released before testing positive and...
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County man is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing his former supervisor at a children's home. Authorities said Wednesday that 53-year-old Christopher Owens of Florissant was charged in the shooting death of 60-year-old Brantley Tate. Florissant officers...
LOCKLAND, Ohio (AP) — Three juveniles were allegedly handling a stolen firearm in an Ohio home when it discharged, killing a 15-year-old girl and leaving two boys facing charges, authorities said. Hamilton county's sheriff and Lockland police said emergency responders arrived at the home at about 10:30...
KISSIMMEEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the body slam by a school resource officer on a female high school student who appears to lose consciousness after her head hits the concrete in videos taken by other students, a Florida sheriff said Wednesday. Osceola...
NEW YORK (AP) — The 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall had all the gruesome elements of a modern true-crime classic. Writer and director Tobias Lindholm initially disagreed. The young woman had been decapitated in a homemade submarine. The perpetrator had tortured and sexually assaulted her. He cut...
RANKIN, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man accused of sexually assaulting several young children recorded the acts and then shared the images and videos with other people, authorities said. Devaughante J. Law Sr., 27, of Rankin, faces numerous counts, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse,...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida doctor is accused of sending nude photos of himself to a 13-year-old child, investigators said. Stewart Bitman, 64, was arrested Tuesday in Parkland after a SWAT team carried out a search warrant at his home and seized multiple electronic devices, the South...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have detained the Iranian and Chinese crewmembers of two tankers that were seized for illegally transferring oil in Indonesian waters, an official said Tuesday. “The Iranian-flagged MT Horse and Panamanian-flagged MT Freya are on the way to Batam...
MATHEWS, La. (AP) — A man's body has been recovered from a Louisiana bayou, authorities said Tuesday. In a news release, Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said deputies believe the body is that of a man who ran from deputies a day earlier. Deputies responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle just before...
BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who had been recently named “Paramedic of the Year” helped a supervisor steal COVID-19 vaccines meant for first responders, sheriff's officials said. Joshua Colon, 31, forged the vaccine screening and consent forms to help cover up the theft of three vials...