Former Dallas police officer convicted of killing a man ordered to pay nearly $98.6M to the man's family

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Former child star Ricky Schroder, best known for his big-screen debut in the critically acclaimed box office hit, The Champ(1979), and the classic TV sitcom, Silver Spoons (NBC, 1982-1987), is now officially a senior citizen. He turned 55 years old on April 13, 2025.

Sister Wives star Janelle Brown has shared a piece of her late son Garrison’s life with her fans. April 10 marked what would have been Garrison’s 26th birthday. Janelle has been commemorating Garrison’s life on Instagram since then.

Jimmy Osmond, the youngest sibling in the famed Osmond family musical group, is now 62 years old. Like his talented siblings, Marie and Donny Osmond, and other famous siblings, Jimmy Osmond has always utilized his creative abilities to the delight of millions of fans around the world.

It's been over 50 years since the tragic demise of former child star Bobby Buntrock, best known as Harold Baxter on TV's beloved sitcom Hazel (NBC/CBS, 1961-1966). On April 7, 1974, Buntrock was in a fatal car accident on a bridge in Keystone, South Dakota. Like too many former child stars, before, during, and after his lifetime, Buntrock's life ended horrifically. This is his sad story.

The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James has returned to Florida from a patrol that saw them seize more than 44,550 pounds of Mexican Cartel cocaine and 3,880 pounds of Mexican Cartel marijuana worth about $510 million. US Attorney General Pam Biondi says the seizures represent more than a half-billion-dollars of lost profits by the Gulf Cartel (CDG), the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS), and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

It's been nearly forty years since the tragic death of actor/comedian Dick Shawn, whose stage, movie and TV career spanned over three decades. He died on April 17, 1987, during a live stage performance in front of approximately 500 people, mere seconds after delivering a punchline. At first, everyone thought his death was a joke. But it wasn't. He was gone, at only 57 years old.

Within the past few days, the US State Department has issued urgent travel advisories to US residents about a Mexican destination that is popular with US tourists: Los Cabos / Cabo San Lucas/La Paz in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

It's been fifty years since the tragic demise of comedic actor Moe Howard. Best known as the leading member of The Three Stooges, Howard died from lung cancer on May 4, 1995, in Los Angeles. He was 77 years old, and this is his story.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday.

Every month, a child goes missing in Missouri. Since I began sharing news about missing children in Missouri, I keep hoping there will be a month when no child is reported missing.

COLUMBUS, OH – It was the early hours of a Monday morning when gunfire shattered the quiet outside a Waffle House on North Cassady Avenue. What should’ve been just another late-night stop turned into a crime scene, leaving a family devastated and a city with unanswered questions.

NEWARK — Joseph Schwartz, 65, of Suffern, New York, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for his role in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he operated across the country, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced.

FARMINGDALE, NJ — A former Farmingdale, New Jersey resident has been sentenced to 192 months (16 years) in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that exploited federal pandemic relief programs intended to support struggling small businesses, according to U.S. Attorney Alina Habba.

UNION, NJ - A Union City pharmacy has agreed to pay $995,420 to resolve allegations that it improperly billed federal healthcare programs for medications it never dispensed, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced.

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Two men who operated roofing businesses in New Jersey and New York have been indicted on federal charges of tax evasion after allegedly failing to report more than $2 million in income to the Internal Revenue Service over a four-year period.

Former child star Tara Correa-McMullen was best known for her role as Maritaz Crus on TV's classic legal drama Judging Amy (CBS, 1999-2005). As tragic fate would have it, in 2005, Correa-McMullen died similarly to that of her television role: She was fatally shot in Inglewood, CA, at only 16.

Disclosure: State of Alabama-based writer. This article is a work from cited sources for informational purposes and is used with permission. No affiliate links are included. U.S. Attorney Sean Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced on April 4, 2025, that Randy Pressley, a 45-year-old Alabama resident, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme involving six counts of wire fraud and two counts of interstate transportation of stolen goods.

August 12, 2025, will mark eleven years since the tragic demise of beloved actress, Arlene Martel. Best known for his role as 'T'Pring' in the "Amok Time" episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, Martel appeared in countless other roles over the years. Those include everything from 'Consuela' in the Outer Limits episode "Demon With A Glass Hand, to a red-haired Irish wench who held was captive on Battlestar Galactica.

According to WRIC 8 News, the Richmond FBI has a warning for parents. It is against groups that are part of a violent network targeting children and manipulating them into recording themselves committing illegal and violent acts.

Mexican Cartels are out more than $91 million in expected profits after US Federal Agents seized several huge shipments of methamphetamines from smugglers caught attempting to bring them across the border into Texas last month.

It’s been four months since the tragic death of Australian former child star Rory Sykes, who was born blind and with cerebral palsy. On January 8, 2025, at just 32 years old, Sykes, best known for the British TV show Kiddy Kapers, fell victim to the horrific fires on January 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA.

Ahwar Sultan, a second-year graduate student in comparative studies, speaks at a Thursday press conference organized by Students for Justice in Palestine, alongside other Ohio State student organizations. Credit: Sandra Fu | Photo Editor.

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - A Newark man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for stealing Social Security benefits intended for his missing girlfriend’s disabled son and for violating the conditions of a prior supervised release, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced.

As illegal crossings have dropped to 15-year lows along once-busy historic crossing points between Texas and Mexico along the Rio Grande, law enforcement officers are encountering large groups of illegal aliens in more remote areas of the Texas border.

Federal Authorities are battling Chinese Counterfeiters trying to flood our Borders with fakes, which they say pose a danger to US National Security and US citizens' safety and pocketbooks.

The Chairman of the US Military Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, has visited the US Southern Border to see the progress being made to secure that area, as illegal crossings continue to plunge there.