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Alex Murdaugh's attorney Jim Griffin is seen reacting in shock in a newly released clip where the suspect appeared to confess to the crime by saying "I did him so bad" in South Carolina, US

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Alex Murdaugh faces 30 years to life in prison for allegedly murdering his wife and their 22-year-old son at the family's Colleton County home on June 7, 2021

Daniel Perez, who also went by the name Lou Castro, convinced followers of his cult named the Angel's Landing that he was an angel who had to rape their daughters in order to stay alive

The Michigan university shooter who opened fire killing three and injuring five, identified as Anthony McRae, was not a student or member of staff and had no affiliation with the university whatsoever, authorities said

A home in San Francisco's Sunset District in California, US, where police believe an illegal narcotics manufacturing lab was operating exploded and led to a massive fire which killed one

A hazardous materials specialist urged all residents of East Palestine, Ohio, US, to have a health check-up after the train derailment on February 3 that caused toxic contamination

Unidentified flying objects have sparked speculation over aliens after US officials said the possibility of extraterrestrial origin for the objects is not ruled out as of yet

Navy jet pilots that have encountered UFOs in the past were left stunned, but experts have said the probability that these are of extra-terrestrial origin is unlikely

The octagonal object with strings hanging off of it but no discernable payload was flying low at about 20,000 feet over Lake Huron in the US near the border with Canada

Paul Alexander contracted poliomyelitis when he was six years old, in 1952, but managed to study and become a practising lawyer and reach 76 years of age thanks to the iron lung in Dallas, Texas, US

Lonnie Alford Ray went to sell one of his French Bulldogs when the suspects snatched the dog's leash and immediately shot him multiple times outside a KFC restaurant near Bishopville, North Carolina, US

A shooting in New York in the US sparked fear and caused a "stampede" of people in the tourist-packed Times Square that got shut down after the incident during rush hour on Thursday evening

Viktoria Nasyrova was found guilty of attempted murder after poisoning Olga Tsvyk with a cheesecake laced with a powerful sedative and she will be sentenced on March 21

Adriana Kuch, a freshman at Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township, New Jersey, was found dead by her parents two days after the humiliating assault by her schoolmates

Jennifer Angel, a baker in Oakland, California, who was popular among her community, was targeted by robbers as she was sitting in her car in the parking lot of a bank in San Francisco, US

With card payment machines automatically encouraging customers to add a tip, the issue has raised strong controversy with many complaining the situation has gotten "out of hand" in New York, US

Luz Hernandez, a teacher and mum-of-three, was found buried in a shallow grave in Kearny, a semi-desolate industrial area in New Jersey, US, after police went to her home for a welfare check

Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a news conference Wednesday that four more balloons have now been spotted flying in the skies above America

Demetrius Haley stood over Tyre Nichols as he lay propped against a police car and took photographs which he sent to other officers and a female acquaintance in Tennessee, US

Patricia Ann Ricks, 72, was the legal guardian of her 8-year-old granddaughter, police said, and she lived with her and her "several" other siblings in Nashville, North Carolina, US

Thomas Lee fell with his Jeep off the Highway 71 bridge on East Okoboji Lake, Dickinson County in Iowa, US, but luckily, Jow Salmon and others ran to the rescue for him and his dog

Patrick Metz, 34, died instantly after the FedEx semi-truck he was driving went onto the tracks and was torn apart by a passing Amtrak passenger train in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, US

Mary Mathis Davis, who worked at a hardware store in Lexington, North Carolina, was killed in May 1987, and police have now identified Russell Grant Wood as the offender

Republicans heckled US president Joe Biden's State of the Union address in Congress, with some claiming he's a "liar". Some conservatives jumped up to the feet throughout the address, too

Investigators are taking DNA samples from people involved in the Tylenol murders case in Chicago, including Laura Morgan, in hopes of solving a crime committed in 1982