All news by author: Mataeo Smith

Dozens of friends, family members, and neighbors gathered at the scene of the shooting Monday night for a vigil in honor of 10-year-old Keith "KJ" Frierson, who was shot and killed by another young boy after he experienced a crushing loss in a bike race

Actor Lee Sun-kyun, 48, of South Korea, who starred in 2019's Oscar-winning Parasite, was found dead amid drug-abuse allegations - although he claimed he was being blackmailed

New York murderer Khalid Barrow, 23, was sentenced to life in state prison after he killed his cousin Nisaa Walcott and concealed her body for days while he stole her money

Denver paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec were found guilty of negligent homicide, concluding a lengthy trial over the death of Elijah McClain, 23, a Black man who died after the men injected him with ketamine

Hendi Bustami, 29, who once told police she was "too pretty" to be arrested received a 15-year sentence this week for breaking a glass table over her mother's head

Mormon YouTube mummy vlogger Ruby Franke appears to have raked in millions in 2021 from her popular channel '8 Passengers' - while her children were being starved and neglected

The King County Sheriff's office this week disclosed the identity of one of the Green River Killer's victims almost four decades after her body was discovered in the woods

A crucial oil storage in Guinea exploded on Monday destroying infrastructure nearly a mile away and leaving hundreds of people injured in addition to the eighteen people who died

Dr. Brian Bowen faces four counts of sex abuse after two of his female patients accused him of fondling them during foot examinations

A collision in Texas this week uncovered a chilling discovery as the intoxicated driver was found with a dead body, that was missing some parts, in his passenger seat

A content creator known as Ranger Rick visited the notorious, off-grid civilization of Slab City, a place rumoured to be filled with dangerous felons with no police in sight

A coroner report pertaining to the mysterious death of Jack Chisholm, 21, who drowned in a Florida swimming pool has raised more question than answers as the officials concluded his death was "inexplicable"

The family of Kyle Dorosz, 37, who suffered a rare and devastating stroke weeks after his daughter's birth, seeks help with medical bills, rent and other expenses as the father has not been able to fully regain consciousness

Prosecutors played a recording of Floridan Derek Rosa, 13, confessing to the murder of his mother Irina Garcia, 39, saying he grabbed a knife and killed her

It wasn't until years of Facebook messaging between Tracie Brown and her current spouse Cheryl Parsa-Brown that they realized they might be in the same neighbourhood. They noticed that the views from their home windows were strikingly similar

The Pentagon said the US army will start the new year off with its smallest band of soldiers since 1941 due to a stark decrease in enlistment, particularly in Gen Z

A highway scuffle kicked off at the 110 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles Wednesday as dozens of Jewish demonstrators calling for a ceasefire in Gaza blocked the road. Furious drivers stepped out their cars and tried to move protesters themselves

Missing woman, Penny Clark, 72, was "miraculously" found by two male passersby at the bottom of a steep ravine after they discovered her wrecked silver 2021 Chevy Equinox about 200 yards away

"Killer" mum Tiffanie Lucas arrived in Court Monday "stoned faced" as the judge in her murder trial decided to uphold her $2 million(£1,592,102) bond Monday at the request of the prosecution

Five-year-old Sturlin Minion was found dead in his Detroit home after he endured a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a firearm he found on top of a dresser after his parents left him alone with four other siblings

Zac and Brittany Wolfe struggled for years to conceive, but will now be spending their first Christmas as parents - to four children in total, following the birth of triplets Noa, Knox, and Navie

A California dad has been handed down a four-year jail sentence after his nine-year-old son caught an appalling act of domestic abuse on camera

Washington State authorities this week uncovered two corpses believed to be the missing Thurton County couple, Davido and Karen Koep. Their tenant has been arrested over the killings

Brittany Skoland, from Iowa, US, now uses a wheelchair after doctors amputated both of her legs and parts of her hands following a brutal dog attack by three hounds that were shot by police

18 more cases of salmonella poisoning has been reported in the US as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration advise to stay away from cantaloupe, the fruit that has been linked to the outbreak