Another deadly weekend for Chicago

Christmas weekend carnage included a shooting at a family holiday party, an armed ambush of a motorist, and on Christmas Day -- the murder of a 25-year-old

• Dec 27, 2016

Cops: Man confesses to killing ex-teacher, son they had together

Authorities say Isaac Duran confessed to drowning his son Miguel Barahona in a bathtub and strangling Felicia Barahona, who was found dead in her apartment Monday​ with an electrical cord around her neck

• Dec 27, 2016

Trump Tower briefly evacuated due to suspicious package, police say

Discovery of a suspicious package prompted a brief evacuation at Trump Tower in Manhattan, according to police

• Dec 27, 2016

Woman accused of faking Deepwater Horizon survivor's will

After the death of Matthew Jacobs, who survived the 2010 oil rig explosion but died in a 2015 car crash, Donna Herring allegedly created a fake will benefitting her daughter

• Dec 27, 2016

Cops: Lawmaker known for Confederate flag stand beat wife

South Carolina state Rep. Chris Corley has been charged with a pair of felonies that could send him to prison for up to 15 years

• Dec 27, 2016

Former "Survivor" contestant gets prison for child porn

Michael Skupin said in court that he's "deeply sorry," but denied downloading the child pornography he's been convicted for possessing

• Dec 27, 2016

Pennsylvania mom suffocates baby son, kills self

Sheri Shermeyer was found lying in her bed, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and her 12-month-old son was found suffocated.

• Dec 27, 2016

Lyft driver charged in Christmas night stabbing

Police say Kiona Thomas stabbed the sister-in-law of her Lyft customer after a dispute over the number of passengers Thomas would drive

• Dec 27, 2016

$1M in fur coats stolen from New York City store

The theft occurred on Christmas Eve after one of the suspects threw a brick through the window of the Dennis Basso Inc. store on Madison Avenue

• Dec 27, 2016

Kids locked in room with no heat, little food, cops say

Police said in an affidavit that the children “reeked of a strong odor similar to that of caged animals,” according to report

• Dec 27, 2016

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