Governor Arnold Palacios of the Northern Mariana Islands died on July 23 at age 69 after suffering a sudden “medical incident,” just months after announcing a decisive shift away from Chinese influence in favor of stronger ties with the United States. Palacios collapsed in his Saipan office and was airlifted to Guam, where he died hours later.
An illegal alien has been charged in a fatal drunk driving crash that killed 18-year-old Hallie Helgeson and seriously injured her boyfriend, 19-year-old Brady Heiling, in Dane County, Wisconsin.
A federal court in Los Angeles is preparing for Dr. Salvador Plasencia to enter a guilty plea on Wednesday. He stands accused of supplying ketamine to “Friends” actor Matthew Perry in the weeks before the star’s fatal overdose in October 2023. This guilty plea would make him the fourth of five individuals charged in connection with Perry’s death to admit wrongdoing.
A British-flagged superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech mogul Mike Lynch and six others, has partially resurfaced in a major salvage effort. The 184-foot Bayesian was lifted from the seabed Saturday by TMC Maritime, nearly 10 months after it capsized during a violent storm near Palermo.
Trooper Christopher M. Gadd, 27, was killed in a high-speed crash on Interstate 5 near Marysville, Washington, in March 2024. Raul Benitez-Santana, a 33-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, now faces charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. According to authorities, Benitez-Santana was driving over 100 mph while under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he struck Trooper Gadd’s parked cruiser on the shoulder of the freeway at approximately 3 a.m.
An illegal alien accused of killing Washington State Trooper Christopher Gadd failed to convince a judge to throw out the case. The defense argued that prosecutors improperly worked with federal immigration officials, allegedly violating Washington’s sanctuary state law.
Virginia Giuffre, a courageous survivor who became one of the most powerful voices exposing Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking empire has allegedly died by suicide.
Washington State Senator Bill Ramos, a Democrat from Issaquah, passed away unexpectedly Saturday evening during a trail run. He was 69 years old. His death has shocked colleagues on both sides of the political aisle and left a notable void in the state’s legislative body.
Pope Francis I, the 266th supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88 weeks after being hospitalized in February for double pneumonia.
