Murder

Pregnant woman, two children among eight victims killed in Pennsylvania mass shooting

The shooter, who has yet to be identified, died of an apparent self-inflicted wound before officers arrived on the scene, said Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah.

Police stand outside the home at 722 Perry Street where 9 members of a family were killed in an apparent domestic dispute on October 10, 2026 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
US Vice President JD Vance disembarks Air Force Two as he arrives at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, following a rally in Lima, Ohio, in Hebron, Kentucky, US, October 9, 2026

Vance says he does not know whether execution of Fort Hood gunman will occur

Children look at the scene of a knife attack at a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, some 120 km north of Warsaw on October 7, 2026. Officers have arrested a 19-year-old man after eight people were wounded in a knife attack at a high school in Poland.

Poland's second school knife attack in two days kills one, raises copycat fears

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'


Jason Odeh sentenced to life for murder of Yelena Gerenberg

The two had been friends for about four years. During that time, Odeh repeatedly tried to start a romantic relationship with Gerenberg, but she refused.

 Yelena Gerenberg

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say

Chsita Pike, 50, survived an execution attempt by lethal injection on September 30 and has been hospitalized since.

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Japanese PM Takaichi protests to US after Marine accused of murder in Okinawa

Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel in Naha, the capital of the southernmost prefecture, on Saturday.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her policy speech at the parliament, in Tokyo, Japan, October 5, 2026.

Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike after two lethal injection attempts

Notably, this is the second failed execution attempt in the state of Tennessee in 2026. Pike, 50, was set to be executed for the 1995 murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.

Christa Gail Pike, 36, the only woman on Tennessee's Death Row, is pictured in this 2007 Tennessee Department of Correction booking photograph obtained by Reuters March 22, 2012.

Lindsay Clancy returns to court for hearing after murder case mistrial ruling

No one at Clancy's trial disputed that she strangled her three children with exercise bands on January 24, 2023, in the basement of their home in the Boston suburb of Duxbury.

Lindsay Clancy looks on as Judge William Sullivan has declared a mistrial in Plymouth, US, September 4, 2026.

German prosecutors investigate alleged 105-year-old former-Nazi PoW camp guard over WWII crimes

Germany hasn't had a statute of limitations for murder or accessory to murder since 1979, allowing the prosecution of Nazi crimes from WWII.

 BARRACKS AT the Stutthof concentration camp, photographed after its liberation.

Pakistani girl, 3, sold into marriage for $9,000 under 'walwar' custom, sparking int'l outrage

Police arrested the girl’s father and are searching for the 60-year-old man identified as her alleged husband as investigators examine links to the killing of her older sister.

Pakistani girl helps make bricks at a kiln during World Day Against Child Labour on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 12, 2014.

IDF soldier faces murder charges in connection with feud between Sawa'ad, Khaldi criminal groups

Lahav 433 investigators from the National Serious and International Crime Unit (YAHBAL) arrested the soldier after he attempted to burn his getaway vehicle.

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.

Police claim to solve murder of Yanis Yushayev, prosecutor's declaration filed against Hazon man

The investigation was opened on August 23 after police received a report of a man being shot at the gas station. Medical teams that arrived at the scene pronounced Yushayev dead.

Yanis Yushayev

Holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial hires high-profile counsel following mistrial controversy

"I didn't have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present," Desronvil told NewsNation.

Michael Desronvil (L), the lone holdout juror that led to a mistrial, Lindsay Clancy (R), on trial for murdering her three children, pictured (C).