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Parents charged after toddler snuck into wolf enclosure at Pennsylvania zoo https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/parents-charged-child-endangerment-hersheypark-pennsylvania #Pennsylvania #UsNews #UsCrime
Parents charged after toddler snuck into wolf enclosure at Pennsylvania zoo

Parents face child endangerment charge after their kid suffered a minor injury at ZooAmerica in Hersheypark

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World news | The Guardian10h ago
Human skull discovered during Easter egg hunt near Los Angeles https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/human-skull-found-near-los-angeles-easter #LosAngeles #UsCrime #UsNews #California #WestCoast
Human skull discovered during Easter egg hunt near Los Angeles

Authorities launch investigation after human remains found at DeForest Park in Long Beach

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US news | The Guardian15h ago
‘Oh my God, did someone accuse me of killing my mom?’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/07/rachel-waters-mom-morphine-murder #UsCrime #AssistedDying #UsNews #Georgia #NewYork #Law #Society
‘Oh my God, did someone accuse me of killing my mom?’

Rachel Waters gave morphine to her dying mother to ease her in her final hours. Then came the murder charge

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US news | The Guardian17h ago
Melissa Gilbert denies being ‘naive’ or ‘complicit’ in standing by Timothy Busfield despite sexual abuse claims https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/melissa-gilbert-abc-interview-timothy-busfield #UsCrime #NewMexico #UsNews #UsTelevisionIndustry #FilmIndustry
Melissa Gilbert denies being ‘naive’ or ‘complicit’ in standing by Timothy Busfield despite sexual abuse claims

The actor whose husband is charged with child sexual abuse says she believes his ‘side of the story’ is ‘the truth’

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US news | The Guardian1d ago
Home of Indianapolis city councilor shot at over his support of data centers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/indianapolis-city-council-home-shot-at-data-centers #Indianapolis #UsCrime #GunCrime #UsNews #UsPolitics #Democrats
Home of Indianapolis city councilor shot at over his support of data centers

Ron Gibson had recently expressed support for a 14-acre, $500m data center project in Martindale-Brightwood

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Savannah Guthrie returns to Today show for first time since mother’s disappearance https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/06/savannah-guthrie-today-show-return-missing-mom #Media #Nbc #TelevisionIndustry #UsTelevisionIndustry #NbcUniversal #Arizona #UsCrime #UsNews
Savannah Guthrie returns to Today show for first time since mother’s disappearance

‘Here we go, ready or not, let’s do the news,’ Guthrie said, two months after the disappearance of her mother, Nancy

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US news | The Guardian2d ago
Priest accused of coercing congregants for sex in Texas could have single trial for charges from three separate accusers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/priest-anthony-odiong-trial-sex-offenses #Texas #UsCrime #Catholicism #NewOrleansClergyAbuse #NewOrleans #Religion #UsNews #Louisiana
Priest accused of coercing congregants for sex in Texas could have single trial for charges from three separate accusers

Prosecutors say Anthony Odiong exploited his parishioners’ emotional dependency to engage in sexual conduct with them

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US news | The Guardian2d ago
Comeuppance: how an orgasmic ‘cult’ ended in a prison term for its founder https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/orgasmic-cult-onetaste-nicole-daedone #NewYork #UsCrime #Sex #LifeAndStyle #UsNews
Comeuppance: how an orgasmic ‘cult’ ended in a prison term for its founder

Nicole Daedone, who promised spiritual wellbeing through her OneTaste enterprise, received a nine-year sentence but some question if freedom of thought is being criminalized

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World news | The Guardian3d ago
Second suspect arrested in Brooklyn stray-bullet killing of seven-month-old baby https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/second-suspect-arrested-brooklyn-baby-killing #Brooklyn #GunCrime #UsCrime #NewYork #UsNews
Second suspect arrested in Brooklyn stray-bullet killing of seven-month-old baby

Matthew Rodriguez, 18, was apprehended in Pennsylvania in connection to shooting that killed Kaori Patterson-Moore

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World news | The Guardian3d ago
Former US air force master sergeant pleads guilty to defrauding military out of $37m https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/air-force-master-sergeant-pleads-guilty-defrauding-military #UsMilitary #UsCrime #Hawaii #UsNews
Former US air force master sergeant pleads guilty to defrauding military out of $37m

Alan Hayward James, who called himself ‘Al Capone’, admitted to rigging bids for IT contracts with Pentagon

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