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The blaze, which broke out around 6 p.m. on July 7, quickly engulfed the historic structure, causing the roof to collapse. ALERT: Pittsburgh Fire is battling a 3-alarm fire in a vacant church on Grandview Ave. & Kearsarge on Mount Washington. There are no reports of injuries at this time. Please watch this space for updates. A PIO is on scene. pic.twitter.com/actU6tJjMC — Pittsburgh Public Safety (@PghPublicSafety) July 7, 2026 Allegheny County dispatchers received a call about the fire at approximately 6:05 p.m. Firefighters arrived within four minutes and upgraded the response to a three-alarm fire, according to a WPXI...

A chaotic fan fight broke out during the Giants-Rockies game at Oracle Park on July 9, turning a lower-level seating section into a messy scene that quickly spread across multiple rows. The fan video shows several fans already tangled up, with punches thrown and people shoving near the stairs. The situation escalated when a man wearing a black Raiders No. 52 jersey jumped into the scrum and appeared to strike multiple women, including people who were already knocked down or being pulled away. Other fans tried to separate the group, including a man in a white Giants jersey, but the...

A white male suspect has been arrested by police investigating the murder of Ann Widdecombe. Police found the former Conservative prisons minister with 'serious injuries' after an ambulance crew called them to her house in Haytor, Dartmoor at 11.40am yesterday. In an update this afternoon, Devon and Cornwall Police said officers had begun a murder inquiry and were hunting a 'white male' who they 'believe is responsible'. Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman has now told a press conference that a 26-year-old white British man has been arrested at an address in Newton Abbot, around a 30-minute drive from the former...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A 30-year-old woman is accused of biting two people and punching a security guard during a violent altercation at a Northwest Portland bar. For the third time in recent months, Portland police have made an arrest at the River Pig Saloon. The latest incident happened on July 2, when police were contacted about a woman who had been detained by security at the bar. According to court documents, a woman told officers she was dancing with friends when the suspect bumped into one of them and pulled her by the hair. When the suspect, later...

The Gwinnett County Police Department said a series of burglaries at Urban Air Adventure locations led to the arrests of 11 people, all under the age of 21. Police said there were seven incidents at Urban Air Adventure Park locations under investigation since June 4. They believe they are connected to a social media trend encouraging people to break into businesses after hours to play arcade games and damage property. Another four juveniles connected to the burglaries were also taken into custody for a total of 15 suspects.Amaury Armas Alvarez, 17 Andy Colunga Castillo, 17 John Stringer, 17 Angel Candelaria...

A justifiably angry Florida man is winning nationwide attention after delivering some vigilante justice to an evil thug who sexually assaulted his innocent daughter. According to an arrest report uncovered by WCJB, a father discovered Snapchat messages between his underage daughter and 25-year-old Anthony Groves of Ocklawaha. After confirming the messages were also on Groves’ phone, the father beat the h*ll out of him. WCJB reports Groves was punched several times before he finally vacated the property. Per reports, the incident occurred at home in Marion County on the Fourth of July. WCJB reports that police arrested Groves was arrested...

A Florida man accused of stealing Smokey Bear signs from state parks across the state and attempting to sell them online has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of theft of government property, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Hunter Drake Lovett, 30, of Pace, was indicted on the federal charge, according to U.S. Attorney John Heekin for the Northern District of Florida. If convicted, Lovett faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Lovett is scheduled to stand trial beginning July 20. The case stems from Lovett's arrest in July 2025, when authorities accused him...

A Wisconsin Transgender Democrat DSAer is urging leftists to “Kill Your Local Republican” and is calling for the left to wage war. He calls it “Trans Jihad” and says Republicans and MAGA should be made to live in fear of being killed. He’s a former staffer for another transgender DSAer running for office in the state.So much for “moderate” Democrats. A Wisconsin Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) transgender staffer named Teha Delaruelle, who worked for another transgender DSA Democrat named Katrina DeVille and was fired recently, is now calling for a ‘Trans Jihad,’ urging leftists to “Kill your local Republican.”...

NAPLES, Fla. — A Naples woman was arrested on grand theft and fraud charges after she was accused of using checks from closed accounts to pay for an $8,500 breast augmentation surgery, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest report says Nicole Valliere reportedly attempted to pay for the procedure at Peña Plastic Surgery, located off Pine Ridge Road and Napa Boulevard near I-75, in February using a check from a closed bank account. Advertisement Investigators said Valliere tried again in March with a cashier’s check from another closed account, but the bank notified the business too...

The postal worker mom who was kidnapped and murdered on her mail route was a convicted drug dealer — as was her husband, who died just months before her, according to court records Brandi Reynolds, 35, bragged online about her seemingly idyllic family life with her husband, Brent Reynolds, and their two daughters, making the brutality of her murder Friday on her route in Hays, North Carolina, all the more shocking. But Brandi and Brent — who died in a car crash just before Christmas — were both busted in 2022 for running drugs from their home in rural Wilkes...

While questions remain about what led investigators to a Vinton County home where 16 children were found living in what authorities described as "deplorable conditions," newly obtained court records show deputies had an arrest warrant for one of the home's occupants the day the children were discovered. Authorities executed a search warrant at the home Tuesday and found the children inside. Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson has described the conditions as "pure evil." Four adult members of the Siders family were arrested and each is charged with 16 felony counts of endangering children. They are being held in the Vinton...

OFFICERS ARREST ARMED MAN IN CHURCH PARKING LOT HIGH POINT, N.C. (June 29, 2026) – Officers with the High Point Police Department’s Patrol Division arrested a man outside of a church who had a launcher resembling a handgun, flame throwers and more than 500 rounds of ammunition. The situation unfolded during Sunday morning services. Officers responded within minutes and arrested the man without incident. No one was hurt. Yesterday at about 10:15 a.m., High Point 911 received a call about an armed person sitting in a truck in the parking lot of Wesley Memorial Church (1225 Chestnut Drive). The caller...

Russia's war on Ukraine is devouring its finances. War spending now totals 16.8 trillion roubles ($238 billion) — nearly 40% of the entire 2026 budget — and Putin's own finance minister, Anton Siluanov, has privately warned of a possible economic collapse, urging deep cuts to avert it. -The deficit is the largest since the 2022 invasion, growth has flatlined at 0.4%, and analysts say Moscow is faking its books. According to a 30 May report in the Financial Times, Russian government spending on the war in Ukraine is on track to exceed budget allocations by about 2 trillion Russian roubles...

Police had been responding to disturbances at Rob and Michele Reiner's Los Angeles mansion for over a decade – long before the Hollywood legend and his wife were found dead inside their home, the Daily Mail can reveal. LAPD records obtained by the Daily Mail show officers were called to the family's $13.5 million Brentwood property at least six times: in 2013, 2014, 2017, twice in 2019, and on December 14, the day the Reiners were killed. The 'calls for service' were for incidents ranging from alleged family violence to welfare and mental health checks. 'There's been quite a few...

A gang of Philadelphia teenagers accused of robbing a Dick's Sporting Goods store in Florida while attending a football tournament have been named and shamed by a no-nonsense sheriff. Members of the eight-strong mob were arrested and hit with felony charges after their alleged December 6 theft spree - something they may not have expected in their Pennsylvania home city, whose district attorney is a notoriously woke prosecutor called Larry Krasner.

Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore Kristyne Schaaf-Olson has resigned in disgrace after being caught urinating in public while heavily intoxicated in Prescott, Arizona. The incident unfolded in the early hours of October 4, around 1:30 a.m., when witnesses alerted police to the 42-year-old judge squatting in shrubbery with her pants down.

An Arkansas kindergarten graduation descended into madness when a large brawl broke out between parents, forcing school officials to scold the “unacceptable” behavior displayed in front of the little tykes. Several adults threw punches at each other in the hallway of West Memphis’ Faulk Elementary on Wednesday as the frightened screams of nearby children filled the crowded corridor. Multiple men and women were in the center of the melee, plowing through the school as other parents rushed to get their children away from the danger, according to video obtained by WREG. Kids could also be heard crying “stop” in the...

Police said the teacher, after being repeatedly punched in the face and head, ended up on the ground 'in a fetal position attempting to guard himself against injury.' Two 19-year-old Florida high school students are accused of brutally beating up a teacher in what police called a "synchronized physical attack" that was captured on video. The Fort Lauderdale Police Department told ABC News that Jayvis L. McClover and Roddrick McQueen approached the teacher at Dillard High School around 2 p.m. March 13 and were "verbally threatening to attack him." One student told WPLG in the video that the teacher had...

A 16-year-old suspect accused of shoving a grandmother down a flight of church steps and rummaging through her purse was arrested Thursday. The victim, who was identified by her family as 68-year-old Irene Tahliambouris, was pushed so hard that she went airborne and landed flat on her back, security video shows. She suffered a fractured skull and a black eye, according to her family, and as she writhed in pain, the suspect allegedly stole $300, her cellphone and her car before fleeing the scene outside St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Queens, New York, on Sunday. "We are devastated to...

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