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SEATTLE - The suspect accused of shooting and killing a pregnant woman in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood refused to appear in court on Wednesday, and newly released court documents indicate that the shooting may have been random. Officers were called to Fourth Ave and Lenora Street just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday for reports of a shooting.

one of the most watched and most notorious live events in United States TV history: O.J. Simpson’s low-speed police pursuit. On June 17, 1994, just two days after the brutal murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson would lead police on a 90-minute-long pursuit which ultimately ended in his arrest at his home in the affluent neighborhood of Brentwood, California. It’s been several decades since the infamous chase took place, so here’s a refresher on what happened. FILE - Motorists stop and wave as police cars pursue the Ford Bronco (white, R) driven by Al Cowlings, carrying fugitive murder suspect O.J. Simpson, on a 90-minute slow-speed car chase June 17, 1994, on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California.

LOS ANGELES - Do you remember where you were during the pursuit of O.J. Simpson in his infamous white Ford Bronco?Hanna Zoey Tur does."It was one of the strangest things I've ever covered.

PERRYTON, Texas - It was a sign of renewal, hope and unity after a deadly tornado left a life-long scar on one Texas Panhandle town.The powerful storm that struck Perryton about 5 p.m. Thursday was on the ground for approximately 8 miles before lifting into the dark and ominous skies.

PITTSBURGH - A truck driver who expressed hated of Jews was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die.The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers’ own lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S.

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FILE - US currency is photographed on June 23, 2022.(Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images) A man in North Carolina said he plans to buy his mother a home after winning more than $500,000 in the lottery. Randy Williams, of Greenville, woke up in the middle of the night on Wednesday to check his Cash 5 numbers and found that he had won a $518,774 jackpot prize, according to the NC Lottery. "I’m going to buy my mom a house," Williams, 48, told lottery officials. "She’s very happy."Williams said he couldn’t contain his excitement when he saw the amount he won."I just ran through the house hollering," he recalled.

A post shared by Rishabh Pant (@rishabpant) To this, Suryakumar Yadav and Aksar Patel replied with emojis. Pant is recovering faster than expected and the BCCI is leaving no stone unturned to fast-track his rehab.

Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he leaves the Gemelli Hospital after being discharged following surgery on June 16, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images) ROME - Pope Francis on Friday was discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days earlier to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring, with his surgeon saying the pontiff is now "better than before" the hospitalization.Francis, 86, left through Gemelli Polyclinic's main exit in a wheelchair, smiling and waving and saying "thanks" to a crowd of well-wishers, then stood up so he could get into the small Vatican car awaiting him.

A new investigation has claimed three Wuhan lab scientists researching Covid-19 were the first to test positive.

FILE - Blake Linkous mug shot. (Horry County Police Department)An Ohio teenager who graduated from high school last month was allegedly strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend on a senior trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, police said.Natalie Martin, 18, was staying with friends, including her ex-boyfriend, Blake Linkous, at a holiday apartment rental on Maison Drive, according to an incident report. The trip took a tragic turn on June 6 when Linkous allegedly attacked Martin."Blake William Linkous did with malice aforethought cause the death of Natalie Martin," the incident report says.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson’s diaries have revealed 16 other gatherings he was involved in which may have broken lockdown rules.

Mexico’s Baja California, with police suspecting they inhaled gas, reports say. Police told The Associated Press that they received a report Tuesday that the Americans were unconscious in their room in El Pescadero, a village north of Cabo San Lucas. When paramedics arrived, they reportedly were pronounced dead. "We are truly heartbroken by this terrible tragedy. Our hearts are with the impacted families and loved ones during this unimaginable loss," Henar Gil, the general manager of Rancho Pescadero – a Hyatt property where the deaths happened – told Fox News Digital in a statement.

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(File photo) David Christopher Noble, 48, is charged with conspiring to engage in animal crushing and creating and distributing animal crush videos, (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP via Getty Images) PRINEVILLE, Ore. - A former U.S. Air Force officer is facing multiple federal charges for reportedly running an online "animal crush" community that celebrated the torture, sexual mutilation and killing of monkeys.According to the U.S.

chemical weapons program.Working from Damascus and Beirut, the company is accused of importing materials used to produce “chemical weapons delivery systems.”According to the allegations, the firm purchases metals and alloys from foreign suppliers for the branch of Syria’s chemical warfare department that manufactures missiles.It also allegedly attempted to procure the aeronautical-grade aluminum and steel that goes into Fateh-110s, Iranian ballistic missiles used by the Syrian regime and that Russia reportedly wants.The allegations have landed the company and its owners, Chadi and Mohammad Houranieh, on European sanctions lists.Their shipments have been seized in three countries, their assets have been frozen, and they are banned from travelling to Europe.The Houraniehs are the only Canadian citizens sanctioned by the European Union, aside from a Hezbollah bomber from Vancouver who blew up a bus in Bulgaria.But in interviews with Global News, Chadi Houranieh called the allegations “absurd.”While he once did business with Syria, he said it was unrelated to weapons.“I have nothing to do with any chemical program.”Houranieh, 44, grew up in Mississauga, in a house near the Sheridan Mall. He went to Toronto Blue Jays games at what was then called SkyDome.“I personally love it,” he said of Canada.He wanted to stay, but after studying at the University of Miami, he returned to Damascus to help with the family business.Founded in 1949, Houranieh & Sons imports sheeting, piping and other metal products it purchases from Canada, Europe and China.

MIAMI - Donald Trump's four years in the White House, even on some of the most consequential days of his presidency, were punctuated by the spectacle and attempts at showmanship he cultivated from years as a tabloid fixture and reality star.The former president's history-making appearance Tuesday as a criminal defendant in a Florida federal court was no different.The former commander in chief, accused of being careless with some of the country’s most sensitive secrets and obstructing authorities as they tried to recover critical documents, pleaded not guilty to 37 charges. But he treated the day like a campaign event, even as he faces serious threats to his political ambitions and his freedom.Takeaways from Trump’s day in federal court:Former President Donald Trump stopped at a Miami cafe on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to federal charges in the classified documents case.

committee was also highly critical of his attacks on its integrity and recommended a suspension of 90 days from Parliament had he not resigned. While a condemning indictment of the former prime minister’s conduct, the recommendation is largely symbolic because Johnson angrily quit as a lawmaker on Friday after the committee informed him of its conclusions. “We have concluded above that in deliberately misleading the House, Mr Johnson committed a serious contempt," the committee's report said.

PHILADELPHIA - Prosecutors in Mercer County say a 3-year-old died Wednesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Authorities were called to a property on Princeton Avenue in Trenton for reports of a child suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 3-year-old was pronounced dead at Capital Health Hospital, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. A firearm was recovered at the scene and authorities say there is no threat to the public. No arrests were immediately reported, but authorities have launched an investigation to discover how the child got their hands on a firearm.Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora called the child's death a "horrific act" that "calls to mind the senselessness of gun deaths and innocent children in harm’s way."

NEW YORK - Martian-like orange skies that eerily stopped the bustling streets of New York City last week could return this week.The culprit was spotted Thursday as northerly winds drove wildfire smoke in Canada down into the Upper Midwest. Forecast models suggest it could now swing back into the Great Lakes and Northeast by Friday, according to the FOX Forecast Center.As of Thursday morning, there are 107 fires burning in Quebec, the province’s fire agency reported.

PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised Tuesday to help repair the East Coast’s main north-south highway as quickly as possible and said that the destruction of a section of I-95 will likely raise the cost of consumer goods because truckers must now travel longer routes.Speaking near the site where an out-of-control tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped over on an Interstate 95 off-ramp and caught fire, Buttigieg said he expected that disruptions in trucking routes will put "upward pressure" on shipping costs along the East Coast.Buttigieg toured the site and then, over the sounds of heavy machinery and demolition, told reporters that "every resource that is needed will be made available" to help Pennsylvania repair the bridge as quickly and safely as possible.But the collapse is snarling traffic in Philadelphia as the summer travel season starts, upending hundreds of thousands of morning commutes, disrupting countless businesses and forcing trucking companies to find different routes.

newly declassified government report published on June 9. The report, published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, says that data brokers are collecting information from Americans' phones, web browsers and cars and have contracts with several government agencies adding that it could cause severe harm to civil liberties. The data includes "commercially available information." In layman's terms, think geolocation data, phone records, health data on smartwatches and much more. The recently declassified report which was completed in January 2022 explains that U.S. agencies like the FBI, Department of Defense, U.S.

The White Bird Grade on US Highway 95 going north from the Salmon River Canyon in central Idaho. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) RIGGINS, Idaho - The Idaho County Sheriffs' Office believe a teenaged driver fell asleep at the wheel before ther car went off a cliff and crashed into a river below, killing everyone in the vehicle including her father and younger siblings. The county coroner listed the victims as Calvin "CJ" Miller, age 36; Dakota Miller, age 17; Jack Miller, age 10; and Delihia Miller, age 8, all of Spokane, Washington. Authorities said the family was heading from Spokane to a vacation destination, but were reported missing June 10 after they were overdue for their arrival. RELATED: Fisherman finds vehicle overturned in river with family of 4 dead insideHours later, a fisherman located an upside-down Toyota Prius in the Salmon River in Riggins, Iadho, with the family deceased inside. According to the accident report, deputies believe Dakota was fatigued as she drove from Spokane to Council, Idaho, and "fell asleep" behind the wheel. UNITED STATES - 2017/05/18: View of the Salmon River and a barn near Riggins, Idaho, USA.

Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as "The Road," "Blood Meridian" and "All the Pretty Horses," died Tuesday. He was 89.McCarthy died of natural causes in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher Alfred A. Knopf said.Writer Cormac McCarthy attends the HBO Films & The Cinema Society screening of "Sunset Limited" after party at Porter House on February 1, 2011 in New York City.

FILE IMAGES - The Wendys logo is seen on a sign outside a restaurant, and the exterior of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant is pictured. (Photos by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via It’s starting to heat up outside, and so are the food deals. Throughout the month of June, both Popeyes and Wendy’s are giving customers the chance to cash in on free food. Earlier this month, Wendy’s teamed up with rapper T-Pain to create a new remix, "Buy U a Frosty," in celebration of its Strawberry Frosty returning for the summer. Wendy’s said fans can get a free small Frosty with any purchase on the mobile app or website through June 21.RELATED: Krispy Kreme looking for first-ever ‘Chief Doughnut Dreamer’In addition, Wendy’s customers can get one free Crispy Chicken Sandwich with any $5 or more purchase in a deal that runs through June 18.

FILE - A UPS truck parked while out on delivery route. (Photo by: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) UPS has reached an agreement with the Teamsters union to equip its iconic brown delivery trucks with air conditioning for the first time. The agreement, announced by UPS on Tuesday, comes as the delivery giant and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters negotiate the terms of a new contract for more than 330,000 U.S.

LISBON, PORTUGAL - OCTOBER 07: Travelers are silhouetted while sitting under Starbucks Coffee logo in the arrivals hall at Terminal 1 in Humberto Delgado International Airport Humberto Delgado International Airport on October 07, 2022 in Lisbon, Port PHILADELPHIA - Jurors in federal court have awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the high-profile arrests of two Black men at a Philadelphia location in 2018.Shannon Phillips won $600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages on Monday after a jury in New Jersey found that race was a determinative factor in Phillips’ firing, in violation of federal and state anti-discrimination.In April 2018, a Philadelphia store manager called police on two Black men who were sitting in the coffee shop without ordering anything. Phillips, then regional manager of operations in Philadelphia, southern New Jersey, and elsewhere, was not involved with arrests.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A 22-year-old woman in upstate New York was killed in a hit-and-run by an alleged drunk driver, who she had previously refused to ride with, according to authorities. Madison Faltisco, 22, was walking along Route 57 in the town of Clay, a suburb of Syracuse, on the evening of June 8 when she was struck and killed by a vehicle, allegedly driven by a 23-year-old Joshua Schiano, according to Onondaga County Sheriff’s spokesperson Thomas Newton.Schiano has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, court records show. The grim details of the case unfolded hours after Faltisco was struck. Faltisco and Schiano were co-workers at Smokey Bone's in Clay, according to Newton. The two were at a local bar and Faltisco’s friends told detectives that she had earlier refused a ride from Schiano, according to officials.Around 10:40 p.m.

RICHARDSON, Texas - A concrete boom pump caught fire near the intersection of E Collins Boulevard and Glenville Road in Richardson, Texas, less than 30 minutes north of Dallas, on Wednesday afternoon.SKY 4 spotted the fire shortly before 2 p.m.Richardson's fire chief said a boom from the truck got stuck in some power lines.Richardson Fire is currently blocking the road.The flames appeared to mostly be out by 2:05 p.m.  There are no reports of any injuries at this time.Oncor's website shows more than 100 customers have lost power in the area of the fire.This is a developing story.

Slot machines stand on the floor at the Resorts World Casino, operated by Genting, in Queens, New York, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.

(Joel Danto/Compass)Calling all die-hard Disney fans! Walt Disney’s "Storybook Mansion" is available for rent in Los Angeles, California, and it can be yours for $40,000 a month. This beautiful and sprawling mansion in the Los Feliz neighborhood was the inspiration for "Snow White," and it was the home that Disney and his wife raised their two daughters.  (Joel Danto/Compass)"This property was chosen by Walt Disney as the place to raise his family, and also coincided with a transition of Disney Studios from fledgling enterprise toward entertainment giant. It sits on an acre of land with incredible outdoor space and city views.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Two Wilmington, Delaware, teenagers have been arrested and charged after a police chase involving a stolen car, authorities say. According to Delaware State Police, on Tuesday morning before 1:30 a.m., troopers saw a silver 2022 Toyota Highlander with Florida plates enter the parking lot of the Budget Inn on Memorial Drive in New Castle. Officials say the car was reported stolen out of the Wilmington area. Troopers saw the stolen car leave the parking lot of the Budget Inn before traveling westbound on Memorial Drive, authorities say. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAccording to officials, the vehicle did not stop when a trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The car continued toward Rt. 13, where it traveled northbound and lost control, striking a fence on South Heald Street, police say. Two juveniles got out of the car in an attempt to flee but were quickly taken into custody, the agency says. The driver of the stolen car was identified as a 14-year-old and was charged with disregarding a police officer signal, resisting arrest, receiving stolen property, reckless driving, driving without a license and related charges, according to authorities.

FILE - A morgue in Madrid, Spain. (Comunidad de Madrid - Handout/Getty Images)Six people have been charged for allegedly stealing and selling body parts from both the Harvard Medical School’s mortuary and another mortuary in Arkansas, according to a Department of Justice news release. "Today, the United States Attorney has announced charges against several individuals who used the United States mail to ship stolen human remains," said Christopher Nielsen, the inspector in charge of the Philadelphia Division of the Postal Inspection Service.

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Indigenous Manuel Ranoque (C), father of the four Indigenous children who were found alive after being lost for 40 days in the Colombian Amazon rainforest following a plane crash, arrives at the Military Hospital, where the children were hospitalized BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A custody battle has broken out among relatives of four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and 40 harrowing days alone in the Amazon rainforest in an extraordinary showing of youthful resilience that captivated people around the world.The siblings, ranging in age from 1 to 13, remained hospitalized Monday and were expected to stay there for several more days, a period that Colombia's child protection agency is using to interview family members to determine who should care for them after their mother died in the May 1 crash.Astrid Cáceres, head of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, said in an interview with BLU radio that a caseworker was assigned to the children at the request of their maternal grandparents, who are vying for custody with the father of the two youngest.RELATED: Oldest sibling of Colombian plane crash survivors said mother lived for days"We are going to talk, investigate, learn a little about the situation," Cáceres said, adding that the agency has not ruled out that they and their mother may have experienced domestic abuse.Colombian Military Forces pose for a photo as they found four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed, in the department of Caqueta on June 9, 2023.(Photo by Colombian Military Forces / Handout/Anadolu Agency via "The most important thing at this moment is the children’s health, which is not only physical but also emotional, the way we accompany them

Alabama’s Orange Beach were suddenly visited by a group of hammerhead sharks over the weekend. A video recorded by Meredith Perry on June 10, showed about five hammerhead sharks swimming uncomfortably close to boaters, even prompting a few people who were wading in the shallow waters to jump back onto their boats. Perry also managed to get a photo of her fiance, Paul Hubble, standing in the water, attempting to get a closer look at the sharks. "At first it was a ‘hurry and get kids safe, etc.,’ but then I realized they were hammerheads and thought it would be cool to see how close I could get," Hubble told FOX TV Stations. Hubble estimated there were about six total swimming around the boats that day and the sharks averaged about 6 to 8 feet long. Paul Hubble wading in the water as hammerhead sharks swim nearby. (Meredith Perry)"It probably wasn’t the smartest but hammerheads are less aggressive towards humans than others," Hubble claimed, "and I thought it would be a once in a lifetime chance to be close." Sharks typically stay away from this busy area, according to Hubble.

DENVER, CO - JUNE 12: Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets holds his daughter, Ognjena, after the fourth quarter of the Nuggets' 94-89 NBA Finals clinching win at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, June 12, 2023. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver LOS ANGELES - The 2023 NBA finals was full of firsts.

ARDMORE, Pa. - A man is dead after police say he was stabbed during a bar fight in Lower Merion over the weekend. Officers from the Lower Merion Police Department were called to the intersection of Cricket Avenue and Cricket Terrace early Saturday morning for reports of a stabbing. A 31-year-old man who police say was suffering from multiple stab wounds was taken to Lankenau Hospital where he died around 2:30 a.m. According to investigators, the stabbing happened during an altercation at a nearby bar. No arrests were reported immediately following the deadly stabbing, but police say they have identified the people involved. 

excessive alcohol use over time can lead to the development of several chronic diseases, but a new study suggests that even moderate drinking can lead to such health issues – as well as many that were previously not linked to alcohol. The new research, published on June 9 in the journal Nature Medicine, analyzed the health effects of alcohol use on men in China. The team from Oxford University in the U.K.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. - A passenger thrown from a boat that flipped over with 29 people aboard during a tour of a dimly lit cavern system said he fought to breathe in the chilly water under the capsized craft.The flat-bottomed boat carrying local hospitality workers capsized Monday during a tour of a historic underground water tunnel off the Erie Canal in the western New York City of Lockport, killing one person."By the time I realized what happened, the boat was on top of me and I couldn’t find any air pockets or anything. And I’m just trying to, like, breathe because I’m underwater," survivor Daniel Morrissette told ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview aired Tuesday.

PHILADELPHIA - Surveillance video obtained by FOX 29 captured the moment a tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline crashed on an exit ramp under I-95 in Philadelphia and burst into flames.The resulting fire eventually caused the northbound lanes of the heavily trafficked interstate to collapse, and the southbound lanes damaged beyond repair.The video shows the tanker truck getting off the exit ramp at Cottman Avenue and crashing as it navigated a left-hand curve that led it back under the highway.  State police say the truck overturned -rupturing the tank – and burst into flames.Officials say the truck was carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline at the time of the crash. Family members shave since identified the driver of the truck as Nathaniel Moody.The 53-year-old was delivering the fuel to local gas stations in his personal truck while working for a company based in Pennsauken, according to family members.

A Denver Police Department vehicle is pictured at the scene of a shooting reported in Denver, Colorado, early on June 13, 2023. (Credit: KCNC/NNS) DENVER - Nine people were injured in a shooting early Tuesday in Denver an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was taken into custody.The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m.

MARLTON, N.J. - Authorities say they have completely contained one of the two forest fires burning in the New Jersey Pinelands, while the other remains mostly contained.The New Jersey Forest Fire Service announced Monday that the fire in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in Burlington County remains at 1.3 square miles (3.4 square kilometers) and warned that smoke may still be visible for an extended period of time while firefighters work to mop up remaining hotspots.

Interstate 95 remains closed indefinitely in Philadelphia after an overpass section collapsed on Sunday following a fiery tanker truck crash. Pennsylvania's transportation officials will probably draw lessons learned from a similar incident in Atlanta in 2017.On Thursday, March 30, 2017, a massive fire was intentionally set under a section of the Interstate 85 viaduct.

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PHILADELPHIA - Motorists who frequently use Interstate 95 should prepare to reroute their commute for the foreseeable future as crews work to repair a collapsed stretch of highway. "Just devastating honestly, the traffic is already pretty bad because 95 has been under construction for a while," Emily Orlando from Northeast Philadelphia told FOX 29.Officials say the collapse happened Sunday morning when a tanker truck hauling gasoline overturned underneath an overpass and exploded, causing the highway above to give way. The driver of the truck, identified told FOX 29 by family members as Nathaniel Moody, was killed in the explosion. Miraculously, however, there were no reported injuries to motorists or bystanders. RELATED COVERAGEOfficials said the southbound side of the highway will need to be demolished and rebuilt along with the northbound lanes.

police lights (FOX 9)PHILADELPHIA - A young woman was killed in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood on Monday after police say someone shot her in the head. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 500 block of East Duval Street just before 4:30 p.m.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 21: (ISRAEL OUT) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Defence Minister Ehud Barak (not pictured), on November 21, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel. JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's opposition leader testified Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apparently tried to persuade him — twice — to back legislation that would have given a Hollywood mogul millions in tax breaks.But Yair Lapid, a former prime minister himself and a major Netanyahu rival, said he was not convinced.Lapid made the statements as he testified in Jerusalem in one of three corruption cases against Netanyahu.