"Slender Man" stabber waives extradition after escape from Wisconsin group home
Slender Man stabbing defendant Morgan Geyser was captured in Chicago's south suburbs after cutting off a monitoring bracelet, leaving a group home and going missing.
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Slender Man stabbing defendant Morgan Geyser was captured in Chicago's south suburbs after cutting off a monitoring bracelet, leaving a group home and going missing.
An extradition hearing has been set for Tuesday for the Wisconsin woman who stabbed a classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man, after she escaped a group home in Madison over the weekend, and was arrested in Illinois.
A 23-year-old Wisconsin woman who stabbed a classmate in 2014 to please a fictional character called Slender Man has been recaptured in Illinois after leaving a group home, officials say.
The University of Wisconsin and its NIL collective have sued the University of Miami, saying it knowingly induced one of the Badgers' football players to abandon a lucrative name, image and likeness contract to play for the Florida school this fall.
Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she first disappeared from her home in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, in July 1962.
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Democrat-backed Susan Crawford won the closely-watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race, the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history.
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Alexander Paffendorf expressed regret for his involvement in court on Friday without explaining his precise role.
A student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday in a shooting that left two people and the suspect dead and others injured.
A California judge issued a restraining order Tuesday against a 20-year-old man who told FBI agents that he had been messaging with the Wisconsin shooter.
A "combination of factors" appear to have led a 15-year-old student to carry out a school shooting, police in Madison, Wisconsin, said Tuesday.
The shooter has been identified as a 15-year-old female student at the school.
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The four-day event kicks off on Monday, two days after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
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Police in Wisconsin fatally shot a student who had pointed a pellet rifle in their direction outside a middle school, according to the state's Department of Justice.
Officials say that a school shooting threat was "neutralized" at a middle school west of Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday morning, with no reported injuries to those inside the school.
An automated message from the driver's Apple Watch was all the information rescuers had but it still helped them find him.
"The Apple Watch notifications were the ones that contacted dispatch for help. In both instances, it was the only contact made to dispatch to notify them," said Fire Chief Ronald Molnar.
A woman was supposed to watch her friend's children overnight. Police say she took them about 1,000 miles away to another state instead.
The man and woman who were found shot to death in a Southwest Miami-Dade home on Saturday have been identified, deputies said.
Carter Verhaeghe stays red-hot with his sixth goal in six games as the Florida Panthers top the New York Islanders 4-1 on Sunday.
The relationship between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of President Trump's most loyal backers, soured over the Epstein files and disagreements over MAGA policies.
UM's playoff game is Dec. 20 at noon, when they'll play at Texas A&M in College Station.
Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
The man and woman who were found shot to death in a Southwest Miami-Dade home on Saturday have been identified, deputies said.
The 2026 Men's World Cup will be held across the United States, Canada and Mexico next summer.
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UM's playoff game is Dec. 20 at noon, when they'll play at Texas A&M in College Station.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said that it's "really important" that video of the strikes "be made public."
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
President Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch and flex his presidential power are set to be tested at the Supreme Court on Monday.
"We're reviewing the process, and we'll see," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. "Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now."
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Experts say the original warnings from more than 20 years ago were based on outdated information and were "overly broad."
Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child.
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
ByHeart said it can't rule out that all of its baby formula across all product lots could be contaminated, citing recent test results.
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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President Trump presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony.
Japanese officials said Jeremy O Harris, known for his Tony-nominated "Slave Play" and his role in the series "Emily in Paris," was arrested on the island of Okinawa on Nov. 16.
Nardiz Cooke was immediately transfixed by the mask she wore while receiving treatment for late-stage cancer.
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