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The Food Network has scrubbed its latest season of reality series Worst Cooks In America after its champion has been arrested for a child’s murder. Ariel Robinson, age 29, was charged Tuesday along with her husband, Jerry Robinson, in the death of a 3-year-old girl in South Carolina. They face counts of homicide by…

UPDATED, 12:30 PM: After several delays and postponements, Danny Masterson on Wednesday finally entered a plea to multiple rape charges, sort of. That ’70s Show actor was not actually in court in downtown Los Angeles this morning for the arraignment hearing. However, his main defense lawyer Tom Mesereau said his…

"Many of you are wondering if there are credible threats here in Los Angeles County, and the answer is no," L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Tuesday on the eve of the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States in a massively militarized Washington, D.C. "Right now there is no credible…

A five-episode docuseries about the unprecedented relationship between author and journalist Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Sam Little, will bow on Starz this spring after a premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. The story will detail Lauren’s race against time to identify…

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has set airdates for its Winter 2021 slate of five films, including its 400th original movie. The theme of the bundle is Ripped from the Headlines, a catch-all for the true crime films that will air every Saturday night beginning Feb. 13 through March 13. Kicking off the quintet of movies will be De…

Samuel Little, whom the FBI  says was the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, died in prison Wednesday at age 80. Little, who was finally caught and convicted of the deaths of three Los Angeles women in the late 1980s, was serving three consecutive life-without-parole sentences, the California Department of…

British signer Petula Clark has expressed dismay and disappointment after her song “Downtown” could be heard playing from the suspected Nashville bomber’s explosives-filled vehicle moments before the tragic incident on Friday. “I was told that the music in the background of that strange announcement – was me – singing…

Ty Jordan, the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year from the University of Utah, has died at age 19. He suffered a gunshot wound while visiting his home in Texas, the school said. The Denton, Texas Police Department said officers responded to a shooting call at 10:38 PM ET on Friday. Upon arrival, officers discovered…

With a flurry of exiting pardons expected from Donald Trump any moment, incarcerated Tiger King star Joe Exotic has taken the Justice Department to court in the hopes of joining Michael Flynn, Roger Stone and other similar upstanding citizens in getting a Presidential act of clemency. “Joe Exotic seeks to require the…

Fox Nation host Nancy Grace, her husband, mother and teenage twins have all tested postive for COVID-19 and are isolating at home.Grace’s 88-year-old mother was the initial positive test in the family on Monday. She is hospitalized in Georgia. On Wednesday, Grace, her husband, David Linch, and 13-year-old twins John…

California’s notorious Zodiac Killer, the subject of numerous films, television series, podcasts and books over the last half-century, has finally had one of his taunting messages decoded. A letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle was finally cracked by experts, revealing a message in which the serial murderer…

A woman who was part of arguably the most notorious murder spree in California history has been denied parole again. Leslie Van Houten was part of the Charles Manson group that murdered grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in Los Feliz the night after another group of Manson followers killed actress Sharon…