A New York City man accused in the grisly slayings of three elderly women who lived in the same Brooklyn housing project killed them over arguments about money, authorities said Thursday. 

Elizabeth Smart has slowly begun to open up to her children about her abduction as a teenager and being held in captivity for several months, she said in a recent interview. 

Police declared an unlawful assembly Wednesday night in Portland, Ore., after about 150 rioters caused damage to a federal immigration facility in the city, according to the authorities.

The Georgia student who was jailed for just over a month in the Cayman Islands for knowingly violating coronavirus restrictions said "I deserved it," according to media reports. 

A New York City man who operates a business that teaches men how to pick up women and who described seeing police officers running away during the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol as the "coolest thing ive ever seen," was arrested Wednesday, authorities said. 

A 9-year-old Philadelphia girl died Wednesday after she was shot in the head while inside a home, authorities said. 

A Connecticut man who was captured using a police shield to pin a Washington D.C. police officer against a doorway as rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol has been charged, authorities said Wednesday. 

A New Jersey man accused of murdering a man at a campground was captured after a nearly four-week manhunt, authorities said Tuesday.

The Florida restaurant manager who saved an 11-year-old boy from an abusive home with a secret note said "I did what I had to do - he is the hero."

Some schools are electing to forgo live-streaming President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony on Wednesday over concerns of potential violence that could be broadcast to students.