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Rapper and hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been detained pending trial after pleading not guilty to three federal charges. He was charged in New York with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The judge overseeing the case ordered Combs to be held without bail after hearing arguments from prosecutors that he would be tempted to flee the country.

Rape, robbery, and aggravated assault soared more than 40 percent under the Biden-Harris administration despite claims to the contrary, Justice Department data that the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) analyzed show. The finding is significant because violent crime fell 15 percent under former President Donald Trump, according to the CPRC’s estimate. “Despite their fraudulent statements that they made,” Trump said during Tuesday’s debate, “crime in this country is through the roof. And we have a new form of crime. It’s called migrant crime.” Migrant crime is rampant, according to the Trump campaign: Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old Maryland mother of five,...

TULSA, Okla. — FOX23 heard from the brother of a man who Tulsa Police said shot two people in self defense, killing one of them. Tulsa Police said the two people shot were part of a group that went after the man on Tuesday night in a north Tulsa neighborhood near Apache and M.L.K. The second person shot is in critical condition. FOX23 spoke with the brother of the shooter who said this has been an ongoing issue with this group that unfortunately escalated. ”I'm sorry for that family, and whatever is going on with them, but I told them...

The U.S. Army Private who ran across the border from South Korea to North Korea is set to plead guilty to desertion and assault and three other charges as part of a deal with Army prosecutors, his attorney says. Travis King was charged with 14 fourteen offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the July 2023 incident in which he left a tour group and bolted across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea.

Iranian Prisons: A Monopoly of Power and Drugs Iran’s prisons hold thousands of death row inmates who are waiting for their freedom. In this place of great suffering and inhumanity, a large trade thrives. This trade is driven by the prisoners’ blood and pain, involving power and drugs. A recent report from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, has been leaked. This prison, which holds over 16,000 inmates and operates like a closed-off city, is controlled by a powerful mafia. This mafia sets and controls the prices for food and drugs. According to female prisoners in Tabriz (West...

The suspect who severely beat two elderly pro-life activists outside an abortion clinic last summer has been arrested as the pro-life movement continues to face increased violence amid a volatile political climate. The American Center for Law and Justice, which represents two elderly pro-life activists who were brutally beaten outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Baltimore, Maryland, last year, announced Thursday that an arrest was made in connection with the attack. While the legal organization did not release the suspect's name or information about him, it described the development as a "major breakthrough." Mark Crosby and Dick Schaefer were...

CINCINNATI — Multiple teens and an 18-year-old man have been sentenced for their part in a Jan. 23 assault on a man downtown. In court Friday, 18-year-old Jadin Shaw was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his part in the assault. In addition to Shaw, multiple juveniles have also been sentenced for the attack after accepting plea deals; WCPO is not naming them because they are still children. In addition to Shaw, five juveniles were also charged in the crime: A 14-year-old has been sentenced to probation A 15-year-old was ordered to pay $800 in restitution to the victim...

A brute caught-on-camera beating a Queens deli worker unconscious was nabbed this week — and he’d shaved off the green hair he sported during the vicious attack, authorities said. Osvel Diaz, 29, was charged with attempted murder following his arrest Wednesday evening in the June 17 beatdown at Sunnyside Mini Market Deli in Woodside that left the 62-year-old employee with internal bleeding, cops said. The career criminal didn’t say a word as two detectives escorted him out of the 108th Precinct station house in Long Island City Thursday morning, wearing a black T-shirt and gray sweatpants and with a freshly-shaved...

Angel Reese vs. Caitlin Clark remains spicy. The Chicago Sky rookie forward was called for a flagrant 1 foul after hitting Clark in the head during their matchup on Sunday.

A bill aimed at booting illegal immigrants out of the U.S. if they assault a police officer passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday evening. It's one of several pieces of legislation that House Republican leaders are putting up for a vote this week as part of National Police Week. The bill passed with a 265 to 148 vote, with 54 Democrats voting with the GOP. The bill is called the Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act and is led by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J. He said in February when the bill was being introduced, "There...

NYPD is investigating the viral footage of a 45-year-old woman getting strangled and r*ped on the sidewalk at East 152nd Street and Third Avenue. According to new information as reported by the New York Post, the woman had been in contact the NYPD. She was reportedly r*ped between the two cars as she laid there unconscious. The incident is being investigated by NYPD’s Special Victims Unit however the woman is no longer participating in the investigation. The man fled the scene and has still not been caught. Collin Rugg Twitter (Video)

The Seattle Police Department released video of a purse theft and assault and the arrest of a 13-year-old male suspect on Wednesday. The incident happened April 6 in the Westwood Village shopping center in West Seattle. The video shows someone grabbing a woman’s purse inside the Rite Aid pharmacy entrance and running outside. The woman ran after the suspect and confronted him. You can see him dropping her purse, spilling its contents onto the ground. The woman says at that point, the suspect grabbed her shirt and threw her to the ground. She says as she got back up and...

A Las Vegas substitute teacher and a teen student unleashed a barrage of punches on each other after a classroom argument over a reported slur spilled out into a crowded hallway in front of other students. Re’Kwon Smith, 27, is accused of brawling with the Valley High School student on Thursday when he asked the teen, who allegedly shouted out a racial slur, to leave the classroom, according to 8NewsNow. The altercation turned physical when the student allegedly placed his hands on Smith. Video obtained by the outlet captured both parties swinging at each other before Smith connected several times...

A caregiver has been caught viciously beating a 93-year-old dementia patient with a soiled diaper before trying to choke her out in horrific footage released by police. Dontia Shawnra Arrington, 26, has been charged for allegedly assaulting the vulnerable patient at Landings of Genesee Valley in Flint, Michigan on April 4. The attack was caught on nanny cam, which was placed in the victim's room after her daughter noticed 'handprint bruises' on her mother as far back as December. 'I'm watching and all I kept saying was, 'My mom,' you know? 'Why are you doing this to my mom?' She's...

Here’s the newest example of how New York City is in favor of violent crime. In Manhattan, a 30-year-old man named Jean Carlos Zarzuela punched a 54-year-old woman so hard that he broke her nose.Zarzuela was arrested for that, but Manhattan Judge Laurie Peterson released him without bail.Four days after Judge Peterson released Zarzuela without bail, he punched a 9-year-old girl in the head.This is yet even more proof that New York City is in favor of violent crime.

As Missouri teen Kaylee Gain struggles to recover from a March beating, the high school she and her alleged attacker attend is accused of refusing to release records requested by state Attorney General Andrew Bailey. Bailey is considering charging the teen as an adult, according to the Daily Mail. Gain, 16, suffered a skull fracture and a brain bleed that put her in a coma for two weeks after the March 8 incident. Gain, who is white, and her alleged attacker, who is black, are students at Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis; the attack took place about a...

This is Patrick Douglas Scruggs. Patrick is a federal prosecutor who helped put Capitol trespassers in prison, and perpetrated the narrative that these people were grave threats to society. In September, 2023, a driver on a bridge hit Mr. Scrugg’s car. Mr. Scruggs got out of his car, broke the driver’s window, and proceeded to stab him over and over again with a knife. A couple got out of their car and tried to help the stabbing victim, then Mr. Scruggs tried to stab the couple. Scrugg’s attorney stated that his client is innocent until proven guilty, and has asked...

From 2019 and 2022, Scott Pelley's investigation into neurological symptoms and serious brain injuries reported by U.S. diplomats, intelligence agents and troops around the world and even on the grounds of the White House.

A series of women have posted alarming TikTok reports about being randomly punched by a stranger while walking in New York, including at least two daylight attacks reported to cops this week. Halley Kate, an influencer who has 1.1 million followers on the platform, posted a video Monday after one attack being investigated by the NYPD, saying it caused her to fall to the ground and black out. “You guys, I was literally just walking, and a man came up and punched me in the face,” Kate said through tears in a post on Monday morning. “Oh my God, it...

Colorado Seretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is standing with House Democrats in her state who are pushing for a ban on “assault weapons.” On March 19, 2024, Griswold posted to X: I support an assault weapons ban in Colorado. We can’t wait for the federal government to act. — Jena Griswold (@JenaGriswold) March 19, 2024 On February 29, 2024, Griswold (pictured above) used to X to share Denver 7’s coverage of the broader gun control push undertaken this year by Colorado House Democrats. That broader push includes creating new gun-free zones which would even prohibit licensed concealed carriers from...