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Louisiana became the first state to let judges order surgical castration for certain sex crimes against children under 13. Gov. Jeff Landry signed Act 651 in June 2024; it took…

Elliott Dugan, 51, died on April 6, 2024, after a stolen 2019 Lamborghini Huracan hit 113 mph on Sherman Way in Los Angeles and tore apart on the median. No…

Rendell Hoagland pleaded guilty on January 16, 2026, to first-degree murder in the starvation death of his daughter Malinda, 12. Girlfriend Cindy Warren still faces trial; a family civil case…

Savannah Kriger, 32, and her son Kaiden, 3, were found March 19, 2024, in a drainage ditch at Tom Slick Park. The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled Kaiden's death a…

Lashawnda Walters, 51, of Mason, Ohio, took an indefinite 7-to-10.5-year sentence on May 2, 2024, after pleading guilty to scalding her 2-year-old granddaughter and deleting the cameras that recorded it.

Justin Gering and Tyler Tavis each received 60 months in federal prison for setting a sleeping Ottawa County Jail inmate on fire. A fire-retardant blanket saved the victim.

Tiffany Henyard, Dolton's self-styled super mayor, drew FBI subpoenas, lost the 2025 primary in a landslide, and is on the November 2026 Fulton County ballot as a Republican.

Colin Czech was indicted for murder, mayhem and attempted murder after allegedly beating Kenneth Brown to death near the Las Vegas Strip and chewing off an eye and ear.

Charles Ruth, 15, and Michael Kirby, 16, face third-degree felony pollution charges after a drone video showed trash cans emptied into the Atlantic leaving Boca Bash.

Mint Butterfield, 16, child of Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield, was found uninjured in a Tenderloin van. Two adults were charged with child abduction.