Oliver Willis

Skylar N. Thompson is a 31-year-old former Jackson County, Indiana, sheriff’s deputy who was arrested after prosecutors accused him of repeatedly using the department’s Flock automated license plate reader system to track his girlfriend’s vehicle for personal reasons. Investigators say Thompson searched the same license plate 2,055 times between December 31, 2025, and August 2, … Read more

Sean Farrell is a 58-year-old corporal with the Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who was charged with voluntary manslaughter on September 1, 2026, in the fatal police shooting of 22-year-old college student Glenwood Earl “Bubba” Pysher IV. Prosecutors say Pysher had accidentally gone to the wrong house after a night out … Read more

The “My Favorite Person” trend is a viral TikTok and social-media format in which someone secretly records the reaction of a child, partner, parent, friend or other loved one while explaining why that person is their favorite. The most popular version involves parents asking their children to help them record a video without revealing that … Read more

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and three other musicians filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against AI music generator Suno in August 2026, accusing the company of commercially exploiting musicians’ names, voices and identities without permission. Unlike many earlier lawsuits against AI music companies, the case does not allege copyright infringement. Instead, Isbell, David Lowery, Guy Forsyth … Read more

Samantha Adams is a 39-year-old Orlando woman accused of intentionally poisoning a 69-year-old Haines City man she met through a dating app. Polk County detectives say Adams, whom the man knew as “Nala,” put a benzodiazepine in his whiskey after the two argued about a vehicle he had purchased for her. The man was later … Read more

Wade Booth is a 70-year-old longtime Baptist pastor in Pleasanton, Kansas, who was arrested on August 31, 2026, and jailed on multiple felony sex-related charges. Booth has served as pastor of First Baptist Church of Pleasanton since 2007 and has worked in ministry in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma for decades. Linn County booking information cited … Read more

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy faced criticism in September 2026 after a two-year-old video resurfaced in which he discussed actress Sydney Sweeney’s breasts and said that men are biologically made to appreciate women and want to “mate” with them. The comments were originally made in March 2024, before Duffy joined the Trump administration, during an … Read more

NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith is facing a civil fraud lawsuit from a company owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians over a $2.5 million investment in a proposed Texas solar project. Kituwah Energy Project #2 LLC alleges that Smith, business partner David Mosley and their company 4 13 Solutions Inc. persuaded it … Read more

Country singer Luke Bryan faced widespread online criticism in 2026 after releasing “Fish Hunt Golf Drink,” a deliberately simple country song built around his interests in fishing, hunting, golf and drinking. Some listeners mocked the song’s repetitive lyrics and accused Bryan of using artificial intelligence to write it. Bryan and co-writers Chase McGill and Matt … Read more

Sergio Galvez Perez is a 38-year-old California man wanted in Monterey County in connection with the death of a newborn girl investigators call “Baby Angelita.” Authorities say Perez is the biological father of both a 14-year-old girl and the newborn she gave birth to, making the infant the product of alleged incest. The 14-year-old is … Read more