Tim Elfrink
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Miami, FL, United States
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Condo building partially collapses in Miami-Dade, prompting mass search-and-rescue operation
A large condo building along the beachfront in Surfside, Fla., partially collapsed early Thursday, prompting a massive search-and-rescue response from local authorities. → Read More
She recounted decades of abuse by her husband in a best-selling book. Now she’s on trial for his murder.
Valérie Bacot, 40, wrote in a recently released book that Daniel “Dany” Polette first raped her when she was 12 years old and then abused her for decades before she shot and killed him in 2016. → Read More
A key witness was scared to testify in a murder trial. Days later, his tavern burned down and he vanished.
Tim Castilleja, a tavern owner on the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington state, told jurors he was afraid to testify in a murder trial days before his bar burned down and he vanished. → Read More
A 21-year-old Door Dash driver posed as Trump’s family, feds say, to steal thousands from his backers
Joshua Hall, 21, posed as former president Donald Trump’s relatives on social media to fraudulently solicit donations that he spent on his personal expenses, federal prosecutors said. → Read More
He allegedly wore QAnon shirt while chasing police on Jan. 6. Now he says he was ‘deceived by a pack of lies.’
Douglas Jensen, 41, who is charged with chasing Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman in a viral video on Jan. 6, now says he was "deceived" by QAnon into joining the insurrection. → Read More
A boy died in a road rage shooting on his way to kindergarten. Now a pair are under arrest.
Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, and Wynne Lee, 23, were arrested in connection with the road-rage shooting death of Aiden Leos, 6, as his mother drove him to kindergarten in Southern California. → Read More
She once sang at Carnegie Hall. Now she’s charged with attacking police with a flagpole in the Capitol riots.
Audrey Ann Southard, 52, used a flagpole to push a police officer into a statue during the Capitol riots, the FBI said. → Read More
As GOP candidate used RV for 24/7 watch, Anchorage election staff say they faced ‘unprecedented harassment’
The Anchorage city clerk’s office did not name either candidate as being responsible for the problems, but after Republican Dave Bronson claimed a narrow victory, his Democratic challenger, Forrest Dunbar, accused the mayor-elect’s campaign of driving the confrontations. → Read More
Liz Cheney refuses to link Trump’s false election claims, GOP’s push for new voting restrictions
After losing a leadership role for calling out former president Donal Trump's false election claims, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) disputed that those falsehoods have animated the GOP's push in dozens of states to enact new voting restrictions. → Read More
Video shows police taunting man dying in jail as they piled on his back: ‘You shouldn’t be able to breathe’
William Jennette, 48, died in part from asphyxiation, a medical examiner found in a report that ruled his death a homicide. → Read More
A Texas family hunted for a teen vandal. Instead, they killed an innocent neighbor, police said.
Joe Argueta, 19, and his mother, father and uncle are all charged with murder after police say they boxed in a neighbor's car before Argueta shot the man to death in a case of "mistaken identity." → Read More
The jury reached a guilty verdict. Then the defendant fatally cut his own throat in a federal courtroom.
The defendant slashed his throat and died after a jury found him guilty, the FBI said, though it's unclear what he used or how he smuggled a sharp object into the courtroom. → Read More
Chuck Todd clashes with Dan Crenshaw over GOP fraud claims: ‘Why should anybody believe a word you say?’
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.) argued that voters don't care about House Republicans vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership role over her challenges to former president Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud. → Read More
Pelosi keeps mask mandate on House floor despite CDC change, sparking GOP backlash: ‘It’s about control’
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined other Republicans in bashing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to keep a mask mandate on the House floor. → Read More
Body-cam footage shows Capitol rioter celebrating as D.C. cop is beaten and Tasered: ‘I got one!’
Body camera footage from D.C. police Officer Michael Fanone shows him screaming in agony after a pro-Trump mob dragged him down the U.S. Capitol steps, beat him and Tasered him. → Read More
Pfizer asks FDA for full approval of coronavirus vaccine
Pfizer and BioNTech, which have administered more than 170 million doses of their vaccine under an emergency authorization, asked the Food and Drug Administration for full approval for the drug. → Read More
Bronx man trashed a synagogue’s prayer books, police said. He’s now charged in a rash of hate crimes.
Jordan Burnette, 29, faces multiple hate crimes charges for allegedly vandalizing numerous synagogues around the Riverdale neighborhood in the Bronx. → Read More
D.C. officer who suffered heart attack on Jan. 6 calls out Trump for downplaying ‘brutal, savage’ riot
Michael Fanone, a D.C. police officer who suffered a heart attack and concussion in the insurrection, criticized former president Donald Trump and other politicians for downplaying the severity of the Jan. 6 riots. → Read More
Alaska lawmaker blasted airline for ‘mask tyranny.’ Now she’s banned from the only flights to the capital.
Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold was banned from Alaska Airlines flights for failing to adhere to masks policies. → Read More
Tucker Carlson says protests intimidated Derek Chauvin jury into guilty verdict: ‘Please don’t hurt us’
Tucker Carlson argued that jurors were intimidated by Black Lives Matter protesters into finding former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of George Floyd's murder. → Read More