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Quadruple amputee cornhole pro says he fatally shot person in self-defense https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/quadruple-amputee-cornhole-player-shooting-self-defense #Maryland #UsCrime #UsNews
Quadruple amputee cornhole pro says he fatally shot person in self-defense

Dayton Webber is accused of shooting Bradrick Michael Wells twice in the head during an argument

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Rapper Pooh Shiesty accused of robbery and kidnap in contract dispute with Gucci Mane’s label https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/03/rapper-pooh-shiesty-robbery-kidnap-gucci-mane #GucciMane #Dallas #GunCrime #Hiphop #Rap #Music #UsCrime #Texas #UsNews
Rapper Pooh Shiesty accused of robbery and kidnap in contract dispute with Gucci Mane’s label

One of three victims is apparently trap pioneer Mane himself, who flew to Dallas for contract talks with Shiesty

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Bondi out, Blanche in: what will a new justice department head mean for the Epstein investigation? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/pam-bondi-justice-department-epstein-files #TrumpAdministration #JeffreyEpstein #PamBondi #DonaldTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #UsJusticeSystem #UsCrime #UsPolitics #UsNews
Bondi out, Blanche in: what will a new justice department head mean for the Epstein investigation?

Bondi, reportedly ousted due to her botched handling of Epstein files, is still set to testify before Congress on 14 April

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Federal judge throws out most of Blake Lively’s claims against Justin Baldoni https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/02/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-sexual-harassment-claims #BlakeLively #UsCrime #Culture #Film #UsNews
Federal judge throws out most of Blake Lively’s claims against Justin Baldoni

Judge Lewis Liman dismissed 10 of Lively’s 13 claims against Baldoni, including claim of sexual harassment

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Maryland man receives 20-year sentence for pet crematorium scam https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/maryland-20-year-sentence-pet-crematorium-scam #Maryland #Pets #UsCrime #Baltimore #UsNews
Maryland man receives 20-year sentence for pet crematorium scam

Rodney Ward returned debris instead of pets’ ashes and stored animals’ bodies in hearse or threw them out on road

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New DNA testing links Ted Bundy to unsolved 1974 murder of Utah teenager https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/dna-links-ted-bundy-to-1974-utah-teen-murder #Utah #UsNews #UsCrime
New DNA testing links Ted Bundy to unsolved 1974 murder of Utah teenager

Laura Ann Aime, 17, went missing on Halloween night and was found on the side of a highway bound and beaten a month later

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Doctor’s son says father confessed he ‘tried to kill’ wife after cheating claim https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/hawaii-attempted-murder-trial-cheating #Hawaii #UsNews #UsCrime
Doctor’s son says father confessed he ‘tried to kill’ wife after cheating claim

Jurors hear 19-year-old recount FaceTime call after alleged cliffside attack on Oahu during wife’s birthday trip

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Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/01/capital-punishment-hip-hop-rap-lyrics #UsNews #CapitalPunishment #Rap #Hiphop #UsCrime
Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’

James Broadnax was a teenager when a jury convicted him of capital murder, with his rap lyrics presented as evidence he posed a threat of ‘future dangerousness’

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US megachurch pastor released from jail after pleading guilty to child sex abuse https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/robert-morris-jail-release-child-sexual-abuse-gateway-church #Oklahoma #Texas #UsCrime #UsNews
US megachurch pastor released from jail after pleading guilty to child sex abuse

Robert Morris, who started Gateway church, pleaded guilty in October to sexually abusing girl in the 1980s

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Texas student shoots teacher at high school before killing himself https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/texas-school-shooting-bulverde #UsCrime #Texas #GunCrime #UsNews
Texas student shoots teacher at high school before killing himself

No other injuries were reported after the attack at a small Bulverde campus, where classes were cancelled

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