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A 13-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after managing to call 9-1-1 after 39-year-old Chad Hickman came into her home and killed every member of her family, including her 16-year-old brother, 40-year-old mother, and her mom’s boyfriend. The teen identified the shooter which led police to find the body of another 53-year-old man and ultimately Hickman and another 29-year-old victim. Invest...

It’s a shocking headline this morning, the father of actress Hayden Panettiere announcing her death, saying she was “an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her.” While there is no official cause of death yet, Panettiere had just released a memoir in May where she wrote about her struggles with postpartum depression, addicti...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone thinks they know the Sherri Papini case. Jaime King isn’t so sure. In a candid conversation with Elisa Donovan, Jaime opens up about questioning the headlines and her gut instinct to tell Sherri’s story. She also shares the words in the script she almost couldn’t say out loud and why she believes the truth may be more complicated than the public wants it to be. See omnys...

Lori Hacking was married to her high school sweetheart, Mark, and began to tell her friends the great news: she was pregnant.   Mark claimed he was in medical school. They were packing up to move to a different state just for his education… But, was it all a lie? What was he willing to do to keep this secret? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hallow CEO and co-founder Alex Jones joins Amy for Spiritual Sunday to share the personal faith journey that changed the course of his life. After drifting away from the Catholic faith he was raised in, an interest in meditation unexpectedly led Alex back to prayer and Christianity, ultimately inspiring him to create Hallow. He and Amy talk about the power of prayer and silence, finding peace in a...

A battle for custody of a newborn baby boy, whose parents wanted to terminate after a serious medical diagnosis, is brewing in Texas. The baby was born this week after the surrogate carrying him, McKenna West, refused to get an abortion at the biological parents’ request when he was diagnosed en utero with a life threatening heart condition, and fled to Texas “for protection.” Th...

British police found 41-year-old Dr. Jason Arday unresponsive in his South London home on Friday, just weeks after the young professor resigned from his position with the prestigious Cambridge University. When he was named professor of sociology back in 2023 at the age of 37, he became the youngest black professor in the University’s history. He soon became the subject of questions and scrut...

It was a stunning day in federal court as 28-year-old Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges of stalking resulting in death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione was emotionless as he described how and why he murdered Thompson, detailing years of back pain and frustration with the insurance industry. It’s unclear now what will happen to the New York State murder charge a...

Filmmaker Josh Zeman joins Killer Thriller  to revisit The Killing Season , the groundbreaking docuseries that took viewers inside the investigation into the Gilgo Beach murders years before a suspect was arrested. Josh opens up about the victims whose cases were overlooked, the failures and infighting that plagued the investigation, and what his team uncovered while following the trail...

It’s been more than a year since 33-year-old Martha Nolan was found dead on a wealthy Montauk entrepreneur’s yacht last August and police have yet to release her cause of death or any updates on the investigation. So now, Nolan’s family is asking the public for information, setting up a website and tip line just days after filing a $50 million lawsuit against Christopher Durnan,...

In what’s being described as an “aggressive test” of a judge’s order to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, its board overwhelmingly approved adding “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” beneath the Center’s name.  And when we say add, we mean engraved into the building’s facade.  The same judge who ordered hi...

A “special court conference” is getting underway today in a Manhattan federal courtroom, after both the defense and prosecution requested a last minute hearing where sources claim Luigi Mangione will plead guilty to federal charges. If that happens, it puts his state murder trial set to begin in three weeks into question, with the defense likely to argue for dismissal on double jeopard...

It was another fascinating day in court in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial. Three witnesses took the stand on Thursday, all of them from law enforcement. We learned about the searches, texts and notes Lindsay Clancy made in the months, weeks and even on the day of the murders of her three young children. The defense claims Clancy is not responsible for the strangling deaths of her kids beca...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s hard to believe that for two days in a row we have reports of a husband and father killing his entire family. This horrific tragedy took place on an idyllic tree lined street in a Minneapolis suburb Wednesday morning. A mother dropping off her child at her neighborhood, family run daycare called police after witnessing the father and co-owner of the daycare killing his wife and 7-year-o...

Francine Hughes confessed to killing her husband, but millions of Americans still believed she was the victim. Richard Masur takes us inside the true story behind  The Burning Bed , the landmark true story crime drama that changed the national conversation about domestic violence. Did the jury get it right? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A disturbing report is coming from the USS Abraham Lincoln, now in its 9 month of deployment in the Middle East. Family members are demanding answers and action from the U.S. military after hearing from their loved ones that either they have attempted to jump overboard or have stopped other service members from doing so in recent weeks. There are reports of deteriorating conditions, from lack of f...

An LA grand jury’s indictment of 32-year-old Nick Reiner was unsealed on Wednesday, revealing new allegations against the son accused of killing his parents, Hollywood legends Rob and Michell Reiner.  Reiner is now facing the added special circumstance of “lying in wait” which gives prosecutors the option of seeking the death penalty. Reiner pleaded not guilty to the charges...

It was by far the most emotional day in court in the Lindsay Clancy trial, the 36-year-old Massachusetts mom who has admitted to killing her three young children. The prosecution called six witnesses to the stand on Wednesday, but it was the final 2 medical examiners who went over 5-year-old Cora and 3-year-old Dawson’s autopsies that sent Clancy over the edge. The judge had to call multiple...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The third inmate to be executed on August 13th will be Jeremy Williams who was convicted of the 2021 rape and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland. William’s lethal injection will be Alabama’s first execution of the year and it’s scheduled to take place at 6pm CT. The evidence against Williams is disturbing and irrefutable; he filmed the entire assault and ultimate death of this...

Oklahoma plans to execute its third inmate of the year, putting 70-year-old Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez to death for the 2003 murder of his girlfriend, Olympic Fisher. Rodriguez first confronted Fisher and shot her in the right eye, she survived, but once police arrived, he shot a second bullet, hitting her in the left eye, killing her. Rodriguez doesn’t deny the crime and has expressed regret,...

Thursday, August 13th is set to become a historic day for inmates on death row. A total of three men will be put to death in three separate states for their crimes. First up, is Anthony Darrel Hines, who was convicted for the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jackson Jenkins, a hotel maid working just outside of Nashville. Hines raped and stabbed Jenkins and although he turned himself into police, he...

In a surprising statement, 28-year-old Karoline Leavitt has just announced she will be resigning her role as White House Press Secretary at the end of the month. Leavitt just returned from maternity leave after the birth of her second child mid July but, in her announcement, said she felt in her heart she couldn’t be the mom she wants to be and, at the same time devote the constant time and...