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A former high school teacher and coach allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old student on multiple occasions, both at his house and at the school, court records say.  Steven Mesa, 47, was arrested last month and charged with three felony counts of unlawful sexual relations with a student.  A mugshot of Steven Mesa. (Johnson County Sheriff’s Office) Police were notified about Mesa’s sexual relationship with a student at Olathe Northwest High School in late August, according to an affidavit unsealed Thursday by a Johnson County District Court judge.

A Las Vegas man accused of falsely claiming to be a Harvard Business School graduate and combat veteran to defraud dozens of investors out of millions of dollars was arrested in San Diego on Tuesday evening, the FBI announced.  Justin Costello, 42, was indicted on 25 counts of wire fraud and securities fraud last week for the years-long scheme, in which he allegedly orchestrated a pump-and-dump over social media and used his investors' money to pay for his own wedding.  "Mr. Costello allegedly told many tall tales to convince victims to invest millions of dollars – money he then used for his own benefit," Nick Brown, U.S.

The remains of a woman who was murdered 18 years ago were finally identified this week using genetic genealogy, a cutting-edge field of DNA science.  The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office originally found the remains in March 2008 and a coroner determined that the woman died by homicide sometime in the fall of 2004.  Law enforcement reviewed hundreds of missing persons reports, distributed photographs of her clothing and jewelry to the media, and created a composite drawing of what she may have looked like, but the case went cold for years.  Shannon Vielguth was identified by law enforcement as the woman whose remains were found in 2008 in Sacramento.  (Sacramento County Sheriff's Office) In 2021, investigators reopened the case using genetic genealogy and were able to identify the woman as Shannon Vielguth by comparing her remains to the DNA of a close family member.  Vielguth, who was 35 years old at the time of her disappearance, had been a transient for about six months before she was murdered, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.  "Based on law enforcement records, Vielguth was most likely in Reno, NV and Sacramento in October 2004, which coincides with the time she was most likely killed," the sheriff's office said.  Scientist pipetting a DNA sample into a petri dish with a DNA profile in the background. (TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Police are now trying to track down who was responsible for Vielguth's death.

U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Arizona discovered nine illegal immigrants hidden inside an enclosed space within a cattle trailer near the Mexico border over the weekend.  The discovery came during a traffic stop near Nogales, Arizona around 1 a.m., U.S.

North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Thursday morning local time, just two days after Pyongyang sent an intermediate-range ballistic missile flying over Japan, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.  About 40 missiles have been launched by North Korea this year, including six in the past two weeks, but Tuesday's test marked the first time in five years that the country has sent a missile over Japan.  The U.S. and South Korea staged joint drills on Wednesday in response, with the USS Ronald Reagan moving into waters east of South Korea.

Jen Psaki will join MSNBC this fall, as the network made the official announcement of her plans following her tenure as White House press secretary.

UPDATE, Wednesday, 1:49 PM PT: Kelsey Grammer has signed on to headline another series in the Fox News Media wheelhouse.

Legends & Lies, a Kelsey Grammer-narrated series featuring dramatizations of moments in American history, is among the new projects on Fox Business Network’s primetime slate, with a second season debuting on April 25.

Kayleigh McEnany, former White House press secretary under Donald Trump, is joining Fox News’ Outnumbered as co-host.

Eric Spinato, a top booker for Fox Business Network and Fox News, died Sunday of the coronavirus.

Former Trump White House adviser Larry Kudlow will be taking over for Lou Dobbs — at least partly — on Fox Business Network. Kudlow, a longtime CNBC fixture before joining the Trump administration, will host a new show on Fox Business starting Feb.

Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani on Monday, accusing him of repeatedly peddling falsehoods about the company, including the debunked claim that its software was rigged in favor of Joe Biden.

Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.comPresident Donald Trump will be interviewed live on Fox Business for the first time since losing the election to Joe Biden.Anchor and global markets editor Maria Bartiromo will conduct the interview by phone on Sunday at 10 a.m. ET on her Fox News Channel show “Sunday Morning Futures.” Trump is set to discuss the results of the election, developments in finding a COVID-19 vaccine and his decision to pardon Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.The interview will come on the heels of a federal appeals court’s rejection on Friday of Trump’s latest request to overturn the certification of Pennsylvania’s election results.

The White House is assuming a second Donald Trump term will take place, despite Joe Biden winning the US election, according to a senior trade advisor.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorChicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, owner of streaming service Crackle, surged to a new record on news of a co-production venture with BrandStar.Shares in CSSE closed at a new high mark of $16.20, up more than 8%. They have nearly doubled to this point in 2020 as investors have embraced into the upside of ad-supported streaming as a safe harbor during and after COVID-19.Florida-based BrandStar is primarily a brand integration firm, working with more than 500 clients to weave them into TV and digital series, among other venues.

Jillian Michaels confirmed she contracted coronavirus several weeks ago from a close friend.

The final night of the Democratic National Convention drew the event's biggest TV audience for nominee Joe Biden's acceptance speech. The 10 o'clock hour drew a combined 21.78 million viewers across ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.

Conor McGregor has accepted Oscar de la Hoya's challenge after the retired boxing champion said he could defeat the UFC star in two rounds.

Ian Lipkin, the researcher who served as a medical consultant on the 2011 film Contagion, has tested positive for coronavirus.

The movie Contagion just got very real for one of the film’s medical consultants who tested positive for the novel coronavirus this week.

A second staffer at Fox Business Network has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a memo sent Saturday to employees by two top executives at Fox News Media.