Illinois parole official quits after police say a freed felon attacked a woman and killed her son

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state parole board member resigned Monday after recommending the release of a man who a day later attacked a pregnant Chicago woman with a knife and fatally stabbed her 11-year-old son while he tried to protect her, according to authorities. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board’s handling of the case prompted … Read more

California woman violently attacked after road-rage incident

A 65-year-old Riverside County woman says her physical and mental health have deteriorated since she was violently struck in the face by an alleged speeding driver that stopped, got out of his car and attacked her. The assault, which happened two weeks ago, according to the victim, Norco resident Wendy Hamilton, was captured on several … Read more

Navalny’s former chief of staff Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer outside his Lithuania home

Leonid Volkov, the longtime chief of staff of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was attacked with a hammer and tear gas outside his home Tuesday, Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said. Volkov has lived in Lithuania in self-imposed exile from Russia for at least four years. The reported attack comes less than a month … Read more

Close ally of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania’s capital, team says

TALLINN, Estonia — Associates of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny reported Tuesday night that the politician’s close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania’s capital. Navalny’s spokesman Kira Yarmysh said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov’s car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a … Read more

Witnesses Claim Tenn. Man Who Died After ‘Altercation’ with Security Guard Was Attacked From Behind: Family

“They 100 percent claim that Austin’s back was turned the entire time in this incident,” Austin Turner’s father, Joshua Turner, tells PEOPLE Courtesy Meagan Turner Austin Turner Austin Turner was allegedly struck by a security guard in the early morning hours of February 18th in Nashville, Tenn., causing him to lose consciousness and fall to … Read more

Pennsylvania woman saw a bear jump a fence before it attacked and thought, ‘This is it — I’m going to die’

A Pennsylvania woman who was attacked by a bear while she let her dog out said it’s a miracle she survived the backyard encounter Tuesday night. “I just kept thinking: ‘I can’t believe this is happening. This can’t be happening. I’m being attacked by a bear,’” Lee Ann Galante, 55, said Wednesday from Allegheny General … Read more

French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man near a Paris synagogue

PARIS — French authorities were searching for an assailant who attacked a man leaving a synagogue in Paris, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. Darmanin said late Saturday that the alleged attack on Friday evening targeting a man in his early 60s was “a new antisemitic attack that occurred in Paris.” “Everything is being done to … Read more

Ship earlier attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sinking of the Rubymar comes as … Read more

Teens brutally attacked me with brass knuckles at In-N-Out. Why are these weapons still legal?

Exodus 15:2 says, “The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.” As a 17-year-old Christian, I’ve relied largely on my faith, and this verse, following the brutal brass knuckles attack I was a victim … Read more

Brutal video shows Hawthorne teen being attacked by multiple people at Dockweiler Beach

A 16-year-old Hawthorne boy was attacked by multiple people this month in a brutal assault that was captured in a video that is now circulating online. The teenager went to Dockweiler State Beach on Feb. 10 to hang out with some friends at a party that had been posted on social media, his mother, Frankie, … Read more