Anthony DeMayo, 18, was arraigned on murder and home invasion charges after allegedly stabbing Janet Swallow, 68, in her Danvers home. Witnesses spotted the high school senior wandering with a bloody knife the next day.
An elderly man in his 80s has died after being struck by a bus in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage from the Station Road area between 5:40 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
US forces struck military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, the hub handling 90% of the country's oil exports, as Trump warned oil infrastructure could be next. The Pentagon is sending 2,500 Marines to the region amid escalating conflict that has closed the Strait of Hormuz.
Six US service members were killed when a KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in Iraq after a mid-air collision during operations against Iran. Three Ohio Air National Guardsmen, including Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons, were among the fallen.
A missile strike hit the U.S. Embassy helipad in Baghdad, causing smoke and infrastructure damage, closely following a major U.S. bombing raid on Iran's Kharg Island.
NATO scrambled fighter jets over Poland as Russia launched 68 missiles and 430 drones at Ukraine in one of the year's most intense attacks. Five civilians were killed as Putin deployed nuclear-capable strategic bombers against civilian infrastructure.
North Korea fired more than 10 ballistic missiles into the sea during US-South Korean military drills, as President Trump renewed diplomatic overtures toward Pyongyang. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi activated an emergency crisis team, though the missiles fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
A Jewish school in Amsterdam was damaged by an explosion early Saturday in what Mayor Femke Halsema called a 'cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community.' The attack follows a series of antisemitic incidents across Europe, including arson at a Rotterdam synagogue and an explosion at a synagogue in Liege, Belgium.
Northern Australia faces its worst flooding in decades as record rainfall kills two tourists and forces hundreds to evacuate. The Northern Territory has requested military assistance as damage estimates reach tens of millions of dollars.
Australian authorities have located the wreckage of a helicopter that went missing during a flight from the Gold Coast to Mudgee, but the search continues for the pilot, believed to be in his mid-70s. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau will investigate the cause of the crash in remote New South Wales bushland.
A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad late Friday, with smoke visible rising from the heavily fortified Green Zone facility. The attack comes hours after the embassy renewed its highest-level security warning, citing ongoing threats from Iran and its allied militia groups.
A six-month manhunt for Manmeet Singh, 30, charged in a fatal wrong-way DUI crash that killed 21-year-old Patricia Saidu on Interstate 10, has expanded across multiple states. Singh, who had a BAC of 0.216%, was released from the hospital before authorities could arrest him and may have fled to California, New York, New Jersey, or internationally.
