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The pastor at a Kentucky church decried “misinformation” after his house of worship drew criticism over a video showing staffers leading a mock firing squad.

NEW YORK — Hollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million for a never-finished sci-fi series.

The San Francisco Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million and implement a series of child protection and transparency reforms to settle hundreds of lawsuits brought by survivors who say they were sexually abused by clergy and other church employees as children.

CBS Chicago said a reporter and photographer were preparing for a newscast when two men rushed toward them, shouting racial slurs at one of the journalists.

The FBI in Connecticut said it arrested four men accused of stealing tens of thousands at a time from ATMs at rest stops along I-95 from Darien to New Haven.

Luigi Mangione’s federal court hearing Monday was unexpectedly delayed after he became trapped in an elevator inside the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in lower Manhattan, according to a court official familiar with the incident.

A 31-year-old Florida woman died after an alligator bit off one of her arms and mauled the other at a state park near Orlando, authorities and a 911 call revealed Monday.

A JetBlue flight hit a drone while it was trying to land Monday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, according to air traffic control audio.

An infant’s remains were found in the restroom of a Michigan music festival on Sunday with investigators appealing the public’s help in solving this disturbing incident, officials said

NEW YORK — In a setback for Warner Bros.′ revamped DC movie operations, “Supergirl” was absolutely no match for “Toy Story 5” at the box office, opening a distant second to the Pixar blockbuster