Over the weekend, what began as a routine outing turned deadly when an allegedly intoxicated boater with a DUI past collided with another vessel at 80 miles per hour, leading to a horrific accident that took the life of a woman, prosecutors disclosed.

Richard Stevenson, 45, is accused of recklessly driving his 31-foot pontoon boat into the rear of a 20-foot Crownline at alarming speeds within a no-wake zone, tragically ending the life of a 48-year-old woman and injuring her husband. The incident occurred on Illinois’ Fox River following a day of intense alcohol consumption on Saturday, July 25, around 2:30 p.m., as reported by the McHenry County State Attorney’s Office.

The woman, whose identity has been withheld, suffered a fatal decapitation and was pronounced dead on-site, as revealed during Stevenson’s court appearance on Monday. A judge has ordered him to remain in custody pending trial, as reported by Fox 32.

“This individual was akin to a ticking time-bomb, which ultimately detonated last Saturday on the Fox River,” stated Deputy Chief Brian Miller.

Prosecutors said Stevenson was later found in trees near the shoreline where his boat came to rest following the fatal crash. Two other people who had been aboard the pontoon left before law enforcement arrived.

Stevenson was taken to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, where prosecutors said testing showed his blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was approximately .236 shortly after the crash, or approximately a BAC of about .20 at the time of the collision.

Authorities also told the court Stevenson refused field sobriety testing, a breath test and initially refused a court-ordered blood draw.

Multiple witnesses told officers that Stevenson had been consuming alcohol throughout the day while operating the boat and was driving at high speeds on both the Chain O’ Lakes and the Fox River just prior to crashing into the woman’s boat.

Further evidence presented at the hearing found that Stevenson has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol on three prior occasions, reckless driving on three prior occasions, and previously committed four misdemeanor speeding offenses.

Stevenson is charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence–causing death and one count of reckless homicide.

“Our rivers and lakes should be places where families can safely enjoy time together, not places where the reckless and impaired can turn a summer day into a tragedy. No family should have to endure the unimaginable loss suffered in this case,” McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese said.

“Our prayers go out to the victim’s family, and while nothing can undo the tragedy that occurred on the Fox River, our office is committed to pursuing justice for her, her loved ones, and our community.”

Stevenson’s next scheduled court date is Aug. 5. Authorities have not released the identity of the woman who died in the boat crash.

News Media has reached out to Stevenson’s attorney.

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In an unsettling turn of events, a man stumbled upon the remains of five infants concealed in cardboard boxes, triggered by a heated exchange with his wife regarding their contents.

These grim findings emerged from a residence in Orange, a quaint town nestled in France’s picturesque Provence region, early on Monday.

The couple, with the wife aged 32, whose identity is withheld for legal considerations, squabbled about the mysterious boxes just after she had secretly given birth, a pregnancy she vehemently denied.

Reports from local outlets suggest this marked the third instance of her denying a pregnancy.

However, severe abdominal pains drove her to the hospital, leaving her husband at home, where he made the shocking discovery.

An investigating source told the Daily Mail that he ‘looked inside the cardboard boxes they had been arguing over – that’s when he found the five dead babies’.

They added: ‘All the foetuses were decomposing, and had been around for quite a while.’

He called the police, who are now investigating the incident. The couple, who have two other living children, aged eight and twelve, beyond the newborn, are now involved in the enquiry opened by Carpentras prosecutor’s office.

Medical examinations will determine the exact nature of the remains, as well as the circumstances and date of their deaths. 

The first forensic examinations, including autopsies, will be carried out on Wednesday.  

There have been no arrests in connection with the case yet.

Florent Jean, a neighbour, told Le Parisien that the couple were ‘charming people’ who had moved into the building around two years ago and whose children attended a local primary school. 

After she saw emergency services arrive for the mother, she asked herself: ‘Is she pregnant? That’s impossible, she’s so thin.’

Florent added that the woman would ‘pick up the children from school at lunchtime to eat’, while the man would ‘go to work in the morning and come back in the evening.’

The Orange horror has drawn parallels with the Dominique Cottrez multiple murder case.

Cottrez, a 45-year-old nursing assistant from northern France, confessed to killing her eight newborn children at birth and hiding their bodies.

The so-called ‘house of horror’ in Villers-au-Tertre was used to hide the bodies over almost 20 years.

Cottrez committed the murders between 1989 and 2006, by suffocating eight of her children shortly after giving birth.

Cottrez was able to conceal her pregnancies from her husband and doctor due to being overweight, according to prosecution evidence.

In July 2010, two of the bodies were discovered in plastic bags by new owners working in the garden of Cottrez’s old house.

When police contacted her, she immediately admitted that the bodies belonged to two infants she had given birth to.

She also told police that six more infants’ bodies were hidden in the garage.

In July 2015, Cottrez was found guilty of eight counts of infanticide and sentenced to a total of nine years in prison.

In March, a French court jailed a 44-year-old woman for 25 years over the deaths of two of her new-born babies, who police found in the family freezer. 

And in 2018, a court sentenced a woman with a depressive and sometimes violent husband to eight years in prison for drowning five of her new-born babies and freezing their bodies. 

The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected appeals for stays of execution for two Florida death row inmates, allowing the state to proceed with the execution of its eleventh and twelfth inmates this year as planned on Tuesday.

The justices turned down two separate petitions that sought to delay these scheduled executions.

James Duckett, a former police officer aged 68, was originally slated for execution at noon on Tuesday. However, the Supreme Court’s decision to grant a stay temporarily postponed the execution.

According to local media sources, Duckett was executed via lethal injection and was declared dead at 1:19 p.m.

Duckett was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1987.

The Supreme Court also denied a separate stay for Dominick Occhicone, an 80-year-old who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 1986.

Occhicone’s execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. If executed, he would become the oldest inmate executed in Florida.

If carried out, Occhicone’s execution would mark the first time Florida executed two inmates in one day since 1964. It would be the just the second double execution in the U.S. in the 2000s and the first since Arkansas executed two inmates in 2007.

Florida executed 19 inmates in 2025, according to a News Media review of Florida Department of Corrections data. The 11 people the state has executed so far this year are more than double the next closest state, with Texas having executed four inmates this year, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

A pack of coyotes has unexpectedly settled into a deserted condominium complex in West Hollywood, leaving local residents anxious and calling on the city to intervene.

This property, abandoned and awaiting completion for several years, initially housed homeless squatters before the coyotes made it their new habitat.

“It’s rather intriguing to step outside your apartment and suddenly be met with the gaze of a coyote,” Cindy Sorley shared with CBS LA.

Dramatic photos and videos have emerged, reportedly depicting six coyotes claiming various rooms within the vacant structure. Additional footage captures their incessant howling and barking, both day and night.

Residents reported initially observing the coyotes’ presence at the start of the year. Now, they’re frequently spotted prowling the streets and scaling the buildings, finding refuge in the unoccupied condominium.

“The other night when I came home, there were six right around my car,” Sorley added.

“People are avoiding even walking the dogs by that structure out of fear, obviously,” said Collin Newman, a neighbor in the area.

“There’s just, that’s not the society we live in,” he added. “So, animal control has to really get on their game and do something about it because no one should feel unsafe.”

Residents told CBS they have reached out to the city for help, but said they’ve had no response. Others who live in the area admitted this living arrangement has to change.

“The City of West Hollywood is aware of community concerns regarding coyote activity,” a city spokesperson told The California Post, and referenced the city’s “coyote management and coexistence plan” adopted in 2018.

“The plan emphasizes public education, prevention, and humane coexistence strategies, including guidance on safely hazing coyotes that exhibit habituated behavior,” the city said.

Hazing is one of the things to do if you encounter one of the pack, it said. It involves “being ‘big and loud’ by waving your arms over your head, making loud noises or squirting the coyote with water until the coyote(s) chooses to leave.”

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said they’ve seen similar trends across LA county, placing the warmer temperatures and loss of habitat from the 2025 wildfires in Pacific Palisades and Eaton as one of the reasons.

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Having recently celebrated his marriage, NBA sensation Anthony Edwards has now claimed a significant courtroom victory over Ayesha Howard, the mother of his child, following a California court’s description of her as a “vexatious litigant.”

The 24-year-old Minnesota Timberwolves athlete has endured a grueling year-long battle for child support with Howard. Despite having already contributed over $110,000 for the care of their young daughter, Aubri, the legal wrangling has persisted.

Originally, both Howard and Edwards were engaged in legal proceedings in their hometown of Atlanta. However, Howard sought to change the arena by filing a new lawsuit in Los Angeles, seemingly due to the city’s typically more generous rulings on paternity cases.

Obtained by the Daily Mail, court documents reveal that Howard’s Los Angeles suit has been dismissed. Crucially, she could not present any proof of California residency and failed to appear for the trial.

As a consequence, Justice Anne Kiley of the LA Superior Court has ruled Howard as a “vexatious litigant,” effectively preventing her from initiating any additional legal actions within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles.

The court also found there is no evidence that Howard has spent enough time in Los Angeles to call the city home and that the baby was not conceived there.

Howard was also threatened with contempt of court charges if she ignores the ruling and continues to make vexatious claims in LA. The Daily Mail has reached out to Howard for comment.

On top of that, Fulton County justice Alice Benton handed down a final ruling earlier this month that slashed the $5,000-a-month payout Edwards had been forking over to just $3,220 – the maximum required in Georgia – and said Howard had done nothing to prove that more was needed.

The 24-year-old shooting guard, whose nickname is ‘Ant-Man’ – scored the wins just ahead of his low-key wedding to longtime girlfriend Shannon Jackson in Minnesota on July 16.

Court records show the pair tied the knot in a quiet ceremony in Hennepin County, which is also home to his team’s Minneapolis stronghold.

The couple have been together since 2020 and share a daughter of their own, a two-year-old named Aislynn.

The 6ft 4in Edwards also has two other children with two more women.

Despite his colorful personal life, Edwards is one of the NBA’s biggest stars and is a four-time NBA All-Star.

With his off-court legal matters officially wrapped up, the four-time All-Star now turns his full attention toward his upcoming campaign in Minnesota following an elite 2025-26 season where he averaged 28.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.

There is renewed belief in Minnesota that it could be a historic campaign for the franchise after sealing a blockbuster trade with the Charlotte Hornets for LaMelo Ball.

The Hornets also traded away Josh Green. 

In exchange, the Timberwolves gave up Naz Reid and a collection of draft picks.

The three first-round pick swaps will be in 2028, 2029 and 2030. The Hornets also will get three second-round picks in 2029, 2032 and 2033.

Ball was reportedly happy in Charlotte after a rejuvenated Hornets finished just one play-in win short of the playoffs last season. They have not been in the postseason since 2016.

But the Hornets fielded a number of ‘aggressive’ offers, with the Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers also keen on Ball.

A U.S. Secret Service agent, Marquez Pinder, faces serious legal trouble after being arrested and charged with five felony offenses, including attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon. The charges stem from his alleged participation in hazing “rituals” that left two individuals with life-threatening injuries.

Pinder, a 29-year-old special agent assigned to the Miami Field Office, has been placed under house arrest. As part of the conditions, he is required to wear a GPS tracking device.

Court documents reveal that Pinder served as the “dean of pledges” in four prolonged hazing rituals for a Miami chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. His role allegedly involved severe hazing activities directed at two prospective fraternity members.

Court records detail how the victims were subjected to “paddling” and were struck with “canes” by Pinder and two other fraternity members. When one victim complained of “urinating blood” following the initial hazing session, his concerns were allegedly dismissed by the fraternity.

Days later, the man had to be intubated at a hospital while receiving “critical care to prevent further physical deterioration and death,” a law enforcement officer reported in a sworn statement.

The other victim was treated for “blackened” and “necrotic” tissue on his buttocks from the beating, court records show. “Substantial portions of skin and soft tissue” needed to be surgically removed, and he received “extensive skin grafts to cover the areas,” according to an affidavit.

His “mobility and quality of life have been significantly impacted,” a law enforcement officer wrote. And without emergency medical care, “his injuries would have resulted in renal failure leading to death.”

The alleged hazing occurred every day April 1-4 at two different residences in Miami-Dade County, court records show.

During the meetings, the two victims were tested with questions about the fraternity and its history, according to the affidavit. Victims told law enforcement officers that when they failed to answer a question correctly, they were placed in what they called a “stress position,” the affidavit shows.

They described the “stress position” as a half-squat with one arm pointed forward. While in that position, the victims said they were “struck on their buttocks with a paddle.” One of the victims said that, before the hazing, he was told that “if he ever felt that he was reaching his physical limit,” he should tell Pinder, his “dean of pledges,” officers reported. He said he was told that indications of reaching that limit might include urinating blood or feeling that he was going to pass out, according to the affidavit.

Investigators reported they’d reviewed messages between fraternity members about the need for cleaning supplies to “mop up sweat and blood” from the hazing. After four days of “testing” to become members of the fraternity, one victim sought emergency medical treatment because his “health continued to deteriorate, and he began to suffer from vomiting, fevers, and immense pain on his buttocks,” officers reported.

Pinder now faces five felony charges, including two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, two counts of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon and one count of hazing with a deadly weapon.

Jared James and Elijah Dyous, who allegedly helped in the hazing, face the same charges, court records show.

The three men could not be reached for comment. An attorney reportedly representing Pinder did not respond to a request for comment by News Media.

Pinder has been employed with the U.S. Secret Service since September 2023, an agency spokesperson told News Media. Pinder is currently on administrative leave.

“The United States Secret Service takes seriously any criminal misconduct allegations involving one of our employees,” said Michael Townsend, special agent in charge of the Secret Service Miami Field Office. “We are fully cooperating with the investigation.”

“The Secret Service remains committed to accountability, professionalism, and integrity, and any misconduct will be addressed swiftly and appropriately upon completion of the investigative and judicial process.”

Kappa Alpha Psi is described on the organization’s website as a “historically African-American fraternity.” The national organization was founded in 1911.

The Richmond-Perrine Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is not affiliated with the University of Miami, Megan Afkham, assistant vice president of university communications, told News Media in an email.

One of the victims is a University of Miami School of Law student, Afkham said, but the chapter is not connected to the university or its undergraduate chapter.

In a written statement issued by the national Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Jimmy McMikle, the organization’s national president, said the organization “maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy on hazing.”