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Ian Huntley, the former school caretaker convicted of murdering two 10-year-old schoolgirls in the notorious 2002 Soham killings, has died at age 52 following a severe attack by another inmate at a high-security prison, authorities confirmed Saturday, March 7, 2026.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck northwestern Louisiana early Thursday, March 5, 2026, awakening residents across the region and marking the second-strongest recorded tremor in the state's history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Hoda Niku, an Iranian-born model and influencer based in South Korea, has strongly criticized her homeland's regime as tyrannical and violent in the wake of recent U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran, questioning the government's nuclear intentions and highlighting its history of repression against its own people.

Authorities have identified the gunman in a deadly mass shooting early Sunday outside Buford's Backyard Beer Garden on West Sixth Street as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Senegal, as the FBI investigates possible ties to terrorism amid reports the suspect wore clothing featuring an Iranian flag and phrases like "Property of Allah."

Nine people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in a mass shooting early Sunday at Riverfront Live, a popular music and event venue along the Ohio River in Cincinnati's East End, authorities said.

A mass shooting erupted early Sunday in the heart of Austin's bustling West 6th Street entertainment district, injuring as many as 20 people and prompting a swift police response that ended with officers fatally shooting the suspect, authorities said.

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into its fourth week with no major breakthroughs, as authorities comb through thousands of hours of surveillance footage and the family renews public pleas for information amid a $1 million reward offer.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation activated a statewide Blue Alert shortly before midnight Thursday for 40-year-old Danell Maxwell, wanted in connection with the shooting of a Memphis police officer in the Parkway Village neighborhood.

Authorities investigating the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie acknowledged February 26, 2026, that DNA evidence recovered from her Catalina Foothills home may be "unusable" due to degradation or contamination

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, entered its 25th day on February 26, 2026, with no major breakthroughs reported despite thousands of tips, extensive canvassing, and a newly announced family reward of up to $1 million for information leading to her recovery.

Mexican authorities tracked down and killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as "El Mencho," by surveilling one of his romantic partners, who led them to a secluded mountain cabin where the operation unfolded fatally on February 22, 2026.

A neighbor of missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie has come forward with new details about a "suspicious" young man observed walking in the Catalina Foothills community about two weeks before the elderly woman is believed to have been abducted from her home, adding another layer to the ongoing investigation now in its fourth week.

In a dramatic break from tradition during his 2026 State of the Union address on February 24, President Donald Trump presented the nation's highest military decoration

Longtime WHO 13 meteorologist Jeriann Ritter has revealed she is facing a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease with no known cure or treatment, signaling a probable end to her on-air career after more than two decades delivering weather forecasts to central Iowa viewers.

Retaliatory violence exploded across Mexico on Monday following the killing of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as "El Mencho," as suspected cartel members torched vehicles, blocked highways and clashed with security forces in at least 20 states.

A ferocious nor'easter pounded Massachusetts on Monday, February 23, 2026, dumping heavy, wet snow and unleashing damaging winds that toppled trees, snapped power lines and plunged more than 210,000 customers into darkness across the state.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican security forces killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the long-elusive leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) known as "El Mencho," during a military operation in southern Jalisco state on Sunday, February 22, 2026, ending one of the most intensive manhunts in the country's drug war history.

MEXICO CITY — Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as "El Mencho," the longtime leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed by Mexican security forces during a military operation in the mountains of southern Jalisco on February 21, 2026, according to multiple high-level government sources and Mexican media outlets.

A JetBlue Airbus A320 bound for West Palm Beach made an emergency return to Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday evening after an engine problem triggered smoke in the cabin, forcing passengers to evacuate via emergency slides and temporarily halting operations at one of the nation's busiest airports.

Eight backcountry skiers were confirmed dead and a ninth remained missing and presumed dead Wednesday after a massive avalanche swept through their guided group in the Sierra Nevada mountains northwest of Lake Tahoe, marking the deadliest avalanche in modern California history and one of the worst in the United States in nearly half a century.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., a towering figure in the American civil rights movement who marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., reshaped Democratic politics with his trailblazing presidential campaigns and championed the causes of the marginalized through his Rainbow PUSH Coalition for more than five decades, died Tuesday. He was 84.

Presidents' Day, observed on Monday, February 16, 2026, remains a firmly established federal holiday in the United States.

A quiet coal-mining town in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies became the site of an "unimaginable tragedy" on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, when a shooter killed 10 people and injured dozens more in a rampage that spanned a local residence and the town's secondary school.

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, remains the focus of a high-profile kidnapping investigation that has gripped the nation since early February 2026.

Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old Ecuadorian preschooler from the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, became a symbol of the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement policies in early 2026 after federal agents detained him and his father outside their home.

The dream of instant multi-generational wealth is sweeping across the United States this week as the two biggest lottery engines in the world, Powerball and Mega Millions, see their combined jackpots surge toward a staggering $450 million.

Australia has long been recognized as one of the safest countries in the world, and in 2026, that reputation remains intact.

A record 92.3 million passengers travelled through Dubai's international airport last year, its operator said on Thursday, underlining the Gulf city's economic boom.

The social media post quickly became a conversation starter, with many people sharing their own holiday party mischief. "I also did this," one person wrote, while another admitted, "Me this weekend." One fan even declared, "Xmas party done right," while another humorously questioned, "Why do I have to yap so much?"