TMZ.com Home

The 1993 cold case murder of a 10-year-old Maryland boy may finally be solved ... a 61-year-old man has now been charged with rape and murder in the youngster's death.

The Prince George's County PD announced that Joseph Lynch was charged Wednesday for the May 1993 disappearance and murder of George "Junior" Burdynski in Brentwood. Back then, local police and federal investigators searched high and low for Burdynski, but they couldn't find the child, and his remains have never been recovered. 

However, the department's cold case unit continued to investigate and finally got its big break in May 2026 when investigators interviewed a former resident of Brentwood who was 13 at the time.

A group of college students sitting on their porch asked dozens of non-students gathering there for a street takeover to get off their property ... and were mercilessly attacked and beaten in response.

It all went down just outside York College in Pennsylvania on the night of Sept. 11 ... the students were pulled by their hair, beaten, punched, and kicked ... all while a crowd watched and recorded.

The onslaught happened after the students say they called police in the hopes of dispersing the raucous crowd ... they called cops five times.

A husband and wife ran the Hummingbird Day Spa in California, raking in a whopping $700,000 a year ... but the windfall was all thanks to its prostitution services, authorities say.

Lin Wang, 46, and Xian Wang, 48, were the owners of the spa that mainly operated as a brothel in Cupertino from 2022 to September 2026, when law enforcement raided the joint, according to prosecutors.

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said the "busy" brothel serviced about 30 men each day with a full menu of illegal sexual activity.

Nancy Mace took a break from dodging d*** pics in her direct messages to call out Gavin Newsom online ... responding to our story about her horny suitors by taking a shot at the prominent Democrat.

The Congresswoman from South Carolina jumped on X, reacting to Charlie's recent interview with her on Capitol Hill -- ya know, the one where she told us she's not sure if she wants to date in a world where men send photos of their penises.

Nancy quoted our post and added a photo of Gavin, then trolled him in her caption ... "Someone just sent me this d*** pic. I said stop."

Warren Buffett is officially stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway ... it marks a huge change at the company ... because for the last 56 years he's been holding the reins.

In a statement released Friday, the company praised Warren's "extraordinary contributions to Berkshire and its owners."

As Warren becomes chairman emeritus -- and continues to serve as a board director -- his son Howard will succeed him as chairman.

TikToker Mason Hull is fighting back against criminal charges accusing him of buying child porn online, TMZ has learned.

The 18-year-old content creator -- known for his Looksmaxxing content -- entered a not guilty plea to 15 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

Mason was arrested on May 5 after detectives said they found videos on his phone of children being sexually abused.

Kendall Jenner is putting to bed rumors that she slept with Cara Delevingne, but she also jokes that she's not opposed to sleeping with her close friend.

Kendall addressed the whole issue in the trailer for Season 8 of "The Kardashians" series on Hulu, which dropped Thursday. In the trailer, Kendall admits there's a rumor going around that she and Cara dated ... which Kendall says is total BS. 

Then Kendall is seen sitting with Cara as she turns to the camera to tell the audience that she's not opposed to having sex with her good buddy and "never say never."

We're baaaaack 😘

Calling all you mighty Millennials, ballin' Boomers, groovy Gen X-ers, and everyone else ... we're tappin' y'all into Gen Z's hottest stories of the week, packed with sexy stars and piping-hot news!

James Wehr and Lexi Kramer's social media pages are under a microscope as cops investigate whether he was boozing the night they died in his McLaren ... TMZ has learned.

The Irvine Police Department tells TMZ ... "We are conducting an extensive investigation that looks at every possible aspect that contributed to this collision," and that includes reviewing images James and Lexi posted last Sunday while out on a date.

We're told cops are trying to figure out if James was drinking before he got behind the wheel that night ... so, they're keenly interested in toxicology testing results from the Medical Examiner's Office.

In the meantime, they're reviewing social media for any clues about where they went, and what they did, in the hours leading up to the crash.

The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has hired the lawyer for a friend of Nolan Wells.

Edward Andrew Paltzik announced he is now representing the juror, whose identity has been sealed by the court following intense public backlash over the mistrial.

Paltzik is calling his client a "courageous and heroic" American and a "champion of justice" ... while vowing to protect him from those who have publicly attacked him.

The lawsuit against Johnny Depp's band Hollywood Vampires just took a stake to the heart ... a court dismissed the suit brought by a concert promoter who claimed they owed him around $277K for bailing last minute.

The court noted that Slovakian promoter Sten Hard already dropped band members Depp, Alice Cooper, and Joe Perry as individual defendants earlier in the case.

Sten was still going after the band's corporate entity, Hollywood Vampires Touring, but the judge ruled that the band lacked any meaningful contacts with the state of Texas where he filed the case and therefore couldn't be sued there.

As a result, the court tossed the case for lack of jurisdiction.

Two fifth-grade teachers at the same Wisconsin elementary school are now convicted of sex crimes involving minors ... and somehow, the story gets even more bizarre.

Former River Crest Elementary teacher Abigail Faust pleaded guilty Monday to child enticement and second-degree sexual assault of a child under 16. The 25-year-old admitted to sexually assaulting two 15-year-old boys -- including one whose family employed her as a nanny.

Faust's former coworker and friend, 26-year-old Madison Bergmann, had already pleaded guilty to child enticement and sexual misconduct involving an 11-year-old student ... and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, claims the woman suing him over an alleged 1994 rape told a much different story decades ago ... and now he's using her own words against her ... but she denies ever recanting her story, TMZ has learned.

According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ, Kenneth submitted an alleged letter from 1994 that Jennifer Hough wrote to the District Attorney ... asking for the rape charge to be dropped and calling her allegations "half false." Jennifer's lawyer denied her client wrote the note.

In the alleged letter, Jennifer wrote ... "On the day that I said I was rape it is half true and half false. The marks on my neck was not from me being choke. They were hickies that I got the day before from someone else. I been knowing Kenneth for many years."

Prosecutors going after Kim Zolciak's son Kroy Biermann Jr. for an alleged sexual battery just filed emergency docs in his criminal case ... and it looks like they want to talk to some underage kids.

According to the court docket, obtained by TMZ, the prosecutors filed a motion asking the court to order forensic interviews of "minor children." No other details are available at this time.

Forensic interviews are conducted by professionals, and it appears the information gathered would be used in the case.

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky's baby is a girl named Rose ... TMZ has learned.

According to the birth certificate obtained by TMZ, Rose Bean Polansky was born June 9 at 11:19 PM at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

It's unclear where the name Rose Bean originated from ... however Gaga has a large rose down her spine that she got to commemorate her performance of "La Vie En Rose" in the film "A Star is Born." The middle name Bean may have been inspired by singer/activist Carl Bean -- whom her hit "I Was Born This Way" pulled inspo from.

Before this sweet girl from sunny Los Angeles became wifey to a New York Knicks player, she was just hangin' with some famous peeps like Will Smith and his family ... and Kylie Jenner.

Her mans got down on one knee back on Christmas Day, and the duo tied the knot Summer 2026.