Philadelphia police have identified Zymire Hughes, 22, as the suspect accused of wearing a “Chucky-style” mask while threatening and chasing people near City Hall. Authorities said he may have fled Pennsylvania and has ties to California and Nevada.
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FBI agents seized former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s electronic devices at San Francisco International Airport and searched his Washington home as part of a sexual misconduct investigation, according to CBS News and NBC News. Swalwell has previously denied criminal wrongdoing.
A Cessna 150 collided with a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 helicopter during a training exercise at Carlisle Airport, killing the plane’s pilot. Two troopers aboard the helicopter were injured but are expected to survive.
Two Milligan University cycling team members, sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers, were killed when a vehicle struck cyclists training on a rural eastern Tennessee highway. Seven others were injured, and driver John Benfield, 69, was charged with vehicular homicide by recklessness and aggravated assault by vehicle by recklessness.
Hassan El-Khawas, Zeina Alayn and their 14-year-old daughter Sara died after getting into difficulty in the sea near Shoreham Fort. A younger girl from the same family remains in hospital in critical condition.
Israel’s military has acknowledged for the first time that its troops fired at the car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab before she was found dead with six relatives in Gaza. The IDF said it has opened a criminal investigation into her killing and into the deaths of 15 Palestinians, including medics, in Rafah in 2025.
German prosecutors say a Ukrainian scuba diver arrested in Croatia helped plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022. He is the second Ukrainian suspect detained in the German investigation into the blasts near Bornholm.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Palm Beach County clerk Michael Caruso after the former Republican lawmaker was arrested on felony child sexual abuse charges. Court records allege Caruso molested a boy under 12 multiple times during family settings and trips.