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A mugshot of Zymire Hughes. (Credit: Philadelphia Police Department)

Philadelphia police identify ‘Chucky’ mask suspect as Zymire Hughes, issue warrant

Philadelphia police have identified the man accused of terrorizing pedestrians near City Hall while wearing a "Chucky"-style Halloween mask, issuing an arrest warrant as authorities warn he may have already left the state. Zymire Hughes, 22, is wanted in connection with a string of incidents beginning Aug. 12, when police say he threatened and chased at least a half-dozen people around City Hall.

August 20, 2026
GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis arrives at the 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards on March 27, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

GLAAD report finds most Americans see no HIV stories in media

GLAAD MAD: The LGBTQ media advocacy group says in its annual State of HIV Stigma Report that most Americans have gone a full year without encountering a single story about someone living with HIV, a gap that GLAAD says is fueling stigma even as medical treatment for the virus has become more effective than ever.

August 20, 2026
Lights flash on top of a police car in Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Upstate N.Y. nurse killed with ghost gun in murder-suicide

A 30-year-old Cohoes, New York, nurse was shot and killed by her estranged husband Tuesday morning, just hours after she returned home from a family reunion in Georgia. The Cohoes police chief says the weapon was an unregistered so-called ghost gun, assembled from mail-order parts rather than purchased through a licensed dealer.

August 20, 2026
A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen along a public road, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Congress talks tough on Flock cameras, but no bill would ban them outright

As of this week, no bill in Congress would ban Flock Safety's automated license plate readers outright, even as a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers, most of them Republicans, has spent the past several months introducing or promising legislation to rein in the technology. Trump weighed in on Flock cameras for the first time on Monday, telling a reporter the technology has "pros and cons" and that his administration is studying the issue, with an answer expected "over the next couple of weeks."

August 20, 2026
Jim Caviezel stars as former Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard, whose Operation Underground Railroad rescues child sex trafficking victims, in “Sound of Freedom,” an Angel Studios release that was third at box offices last weekend. (Photo courtesy of Angel Studios, used with permission.)

Jim Caviezel says audiences hungry for heroes in new movie ‘Ghost Soldier’

Actor JIM CAVIEZEL says he's betting on America's appetite for old-fashioned heroism with his next film, "Ghost Soldier," an action thriller that opens in November. Caviezel said moviegoers are craving protagonists who embody faith, duty and personal responsibility, the same instincts he says fueled the surprise success of his 2023 film "Sound of Freedom."

August 20, 2026