CRIME

Police said the men stepped into an altercation after a 26-year-old friend was stabbed near Delancey Street and Bowery. NEW YORK — Two men who tried to intervene after their friend was stabbed during an early-morning confrontation on Manhattan’s Lower East Side were also wounded, police said Wednesday, sending all three men to Bellevue Hospital. The confrontation happened about 1:15 a.m. near Delancey Street and Bowery. Police said it began when a man approached a …

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Investigators say a 42-year-old man pointed a gun at the landlord before striking him in the head with a bat. HUFFMAN, Texas — A landlord was attacked while delivering eviction-related papers at a Huffman property, where Harris County investigators say a man threatened him with a gun and struck him in the head with a bat. The confrontation happened Sept. 21 on Darden Drive, according to information released by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and …

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Police interviewed two people who were inside the townhome as detectives examined a fatal shooting involving a 4-year-old girl. HOUSTON, Texas — Two people who were inside a west Houston townhome heard gunshots but did not witness the shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl Tuesday, as homicide detectives investigated what police say happened after a custody hearing involving the child. Houston police responded about 5:45 p.m. to the 300 block of Terra Reserve Place, near …

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Flight FZ1073 transmitted emergency and unlawful-interference codes before diverting from its Tel Aviv route and landing safely in Saudi Arabia. TEL AVIV, Israel — A Flydubai passenger jet bound for Israel triggered a major regional security response Wednesday after suddenly losing altitude and transmitting emergency signals associated with a general emergency and unlawful interference before diverting to Saudi Arabia. Flight FZ1073 had departed Dubai for Tel Aviv when an onboard confrontation between the pilots developed …

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Investigators have not determined what substance was thrown at the 40-year-old victim or why he was targeted. NEW YORK — Police are investigating an attack in East Harlem after a man approached a 40-year-old stranger from behind and threw an unknown liquid onto him, leaving the victim with burns to his face and neck, according to reporting on the incident. The attack happened Monday night outside Cravin Crispy on 116th Street. Surveillance video described by …

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The Springfield Township investigation began with an unresponsive infant and ended with convictions of both adults charged in the case. AKRON, Ohio — What began as an emergency call for an unresponsive 11-month-old girl at a Springfield Township motel developed into a lengthy child-abuse investigation that has now resulted in life prison sentences for the infant’s father and his girlfriend. Jamilee Hunt, 38, became the second defendant in the case to receive a life sentence …

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Authorities say a 22-year-old man was captured in Waco hours after the shooting and initially charged with aggravated assault. BAYTOWN, Texas — A 22-year-old man was arrested in Waco after authorities accused him of shooting his 19-year-old former girlfriend and her father at a home in the Baytown area, killing the father and leaving the young woman critically injured. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Guillermo Mondragon Rosales was taken into custody Monday, Sept. 28, …

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Investigators are examining surveillance video and awaiting formal identification as they determine how the infant came to be left in Central-Alameda. LOS ANGELES — Detectives were searching for surveillance video and working to reconstruct a baby girl’s final hours Tuesday after she was found in a dumpster in South Los Angeles and later pronounced dead at a hospital. The investigation centers on a dumpster near the 5200 block of Alba Street in the Central-Alameda neighborhood, …

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An arrest affidavit says an argument that began during a night out continued at home before the 41-year-old father was fatally shot. FORT WORTH, Texas — A 24-year-old man is charged with murder in the shooting death of his father after an argument that authorities say began during a night out at area bars and continued at a Fort Worth home early Saturday. Johnathan Hernandez was detained after officers responded about 3:36 a.m. Sept. 26 …

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The Anderson County investigation stretched for months before testing and medical records led detectives to the child’s mother, authorities said. ANDERSON, S.C. — An investigation that began with the death of a 10-month-old child at an Anderson medical center developed into a homicide case months later after laboratory testing showed a high level of morphine in the infant’s blood, authorities said. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation began Dec. 12, 2025, when detectives …

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