A 38-year-old Washington state businessman has pleaded not guilty to federal charges stemming from an incident where he allegedly threw a large rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on a Maui beach. Igor Lytvynchuk of Covington, Washington, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rom Trader on Wednesday and entered not guilty pleas to two misdemeanor...
A Las Vegas performer has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent one of the world’s most successful recording artists from using an album title she claims infringes on her established trademark. Maren Wade, who performs under the professional name Maren Flagg, appeared in federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday requesting a preliminary injunction...
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed emergency legislation on Wednesday designed to strengthen protections against election interference, with the new law taking immediate effect just days before the state’s Tuesday primary elections. Senate Bill 73 introduces strict new limitations on law enforcement’s ability to access voting equipment and materials. Under the legislation, officers cannot take possession...
In 1989, the abduction of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in Minnesota became one of the most well-known missing child cases in the United States, a case that took 27 years to uncover the truth. On October 22, 1989, just after 9:00 p.m., Jacob was riding his bike home with his younger brother and a friend when...
In 1993, a case in France exposed one of the most disturbing long-term deceptions ever uncovered, ending in a tragedy that shocked the world. Jean-Claude Romand, 38, spent nearly two decades pretending to be a doctor and researcher with the World Health Organization, a position he never actually held. The deception began in 1975 after...
In 1990, a quiet Melbourne neighborhood became the center of a mystery that remains unsolved more than three decades later. May Rosser, 74, and her 72-year-old partner Joseph “Les” Shackleton were last heard from on the evening of May 25, 1990. That night, Les had left the Sydney Road Hotel in Brunswick around 6:00 p.m.,...
In 2011, a case in Port St. Lucie, Florida, shocked the nation after a teenager committed a brutal act and then invited dozens of people into the same home hours later. Tyler Hadley, 17 at the time, fatally attacked both of his parents, Mary Jo, 47, and Blake Hadley, 54, on July 16, 2011, before...
In 2022, a routine delivery in a quiet Texas town turned into one of the most devastating cases in recent years. Tanner Lynn Horner, a 31-year-old FedEx contractor, abducted 7-year-old Athena Strand from her home in Paradise, Texas, on November 30, 2022, while delivering a package that contained her Christmas present. Horner arrived at the...
In 2008, 22-year-old Melbourne woman Sze Wan “Sally” Cheong vanished from her own home in the early hours of the morning, leaving behind a case that remains unresolved. On April 2, 2008, Sally was last seen at approximately 3:00 a.m. walking through the hallway of her family home in Oakleigh South. The evening before had...
In 2020, the death of 10-year-old Bridgette “Biddy” Porter near Orange, New South Wales, became one of the most confronting cases in Australia, not only for what happened, but for what followed afterward. Biddy was staying in the area during her school holidays when she was killed on the morning of July 8, 2020, at...