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Emma Watson ditched the Hogwarts Express for the speeding express -- 'cause she’s been hit with a 6‑month driving ban for putting the pedal to the metal!

Yup -- our favorite witch was caught muggling it a bit too fast ... 'cause she got clocked doing 38 in a 30 mph zone in Oxford, England last July, and after a blink-and-you'll-miss-it hearing Wednesday nearly a year later, she’s banned from driving for 6 months.

To really drive the point home, Emma was also hit with a £1,044 ($1,400) fine at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court.

Police have recommended a child abuse charge against influencer Emilie Kiser's husband, Brady, in the tragic drowning of their 3-year-old son, Trigg Kiser.

The Chandler Police Department tells TMZ ... it has completed its investigation into Trigg's death, who died on May 12 after being found unresponsive in his family’s backyard pool in Arizona.

Following a thorough review of the evidence, investigators have recommended a Class 4 felony charge of child abuse against Brady, and the case has been submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for review.

The man accused of murdering a Minnesota politician and seriously injuring another left a handwritten letter to FBI director Kash Patel, confessing to the shootings and claiming Minnesota governor Tim Walz approached him about killing 2 U.S. Senators ... at least according to federal prosecutors.

Vance Boelter was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Minnesota on murder and stalking charges in the killing of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman.

Acting United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota Joseph Thompson said the incident was a "political assassination, the likes of which have never occurred here in the state of Minnesota."

New York has been hit with major flash flooding this week -- and social media videos are showing straight-up apocalyptic scenes, with the city's public transport system getting deluged as the city was pummeled by relentless rain Monday night.

Check it out -- gallons of water flooding the platform at one NYC stop, drowning it while commuters are trapped inside the train ... a haunting scene straight out of a disaster movie.

In the video footage, you can see passengers watching helplessly from inside, with some even kneeling on their seats to avoid the water creeping in uner the doors ... as the conductor tells them he can't open the doors out of caution.

A small aircraft crashed and became enveloped in flames at London Southend Airport, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky and leaving eyewitnesses shaken.

The incident occurred around 4 PM local time on Sunday at the international hub, located roughly 35 miles east of central London. Local reports describe the harrowing moment the plane exploded on impact, with flames and smoke visible from miles away.

Terrified onlookers recounted the scene as chaotic and surreal. Emergency crews quickly responded to the runway, but details about the number of passengers or potential casualties have not yet been released.

Officials have not confirmed the cause of the crash, and an investigation is underway.

The preliminary report into a fatal Air India plane crash is in ... and it says fuel to the jet engines was shut off shortly after takeoff.

Flight AI171 was flying from Ahmedabad, India, to London when it crashed moments after getting off the ground ... killing at least 270 people in an incident that was captured on camera.

In a Friday news dump, the report states the plane's fuel switches for both jet engines went from the "RUN" position to the "CUTOFF" position within a matter of seconds ... one after the other ... cutting off the fuel supply to both engines.

President Trump is getting hands-on with his marriage ... putting his arm around Melania as they leave the White House for what's supposed to be a somber trip to Texas.

Check out the video ... the Prez and First Lady are walking across the South Lawn on their way to board Marine One when they share an affectionate moment.

Trump's got his hand on Melania's back as they walk stride for stride ... and she places her hand on his back.

Every kid loves stuffed animals -- but one Ohio boy's passion for the cute toys got him in a bit of a pickle!

Check out surveillance video, which shows the boy getting swallowed up by a stuffed animal claw machine at a community center in Mason, about 25 miles northeast of Cincinnati.

Monday's on-camera incident starts with the boy trying to climb inside the machine through the prize chute to get at the plushies. You can see the boy struggling while using his feet on the floor to push his body deeper into the machine.

A New Mexico town was slammed by historic, deadly flash floods ... with one shocking video showing a home floating away in the rushing water.

Heavy rain sparked the record-setting floods in Ruidoso -- a small village about 180 miles away from Albuquerque -- and as you can see, the damage is astonishing, with powerful floodwaters so strong they carried a house downstream.

Bystanders are heard gasping in disbelief as the home is taken by the current, mowing down tall trees in its path.

The disaster plan for Camp Mystic was approved just 2 days before the deadly flood wreaked havoc on central Texas Friday, killing 27 young campers and counselors at the all-girls Christian summer camp, according to a new report.

The sleep-away camp satisfied various "procedures to be implemented in case of a disaster," according to records from the Department of State Health Services obtained by AP.

Some of the requirements met include instructing campers of the evacuation plan and assigning specific duties to each staff member in the case of an emergency, per the report.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the blame game is for losers ... and there will be no finger pointing involving the deadly floods in his state ... he says if winning football teams don't throw people under the bus, neither should Texans.

Abbott went with a pigskin analogy Tuesday in response to a question about who was to blame for flash floods that have killed at least 109 people in Central Texas.

The Governor says every inch of the Lone Star State loves their football -- high school, college or NFL -- and Texans should take a cue from their favorite teams and not resort to blaming others when things go wrong.

Total mayhem outside a California GameStop this weekend -- three men got into a fight while waiting in line for Pokémon cards ... resulting in one man being stabbed, and cops swooping in and arresting the two suspects.

Watch the clip of the wild brawl that went down Saturday morning in Colma, near San Francisco -- it all kicked off when Miguel OrellanasFlores and Isaiah Calles reportedly cut in line, sparking an argument with the victim. The three men exchanged blows as other people scrambled out of the way.

After the video cuts out, police say things escalated when 49-year-old OrellanaFlores allegedly smacked the victim in the back of the head with a glass Mason jar. Then 27-year-old Calles allegedly grabbed the shattered glass and stabbed the victim multiple times.

Camp Mystic campers and counselors were having a blast in the hours and days leading up to the deadly Texas floods — and seemingly in the dark their lives were in grave danger, according to new video.

Camp Mystic survivor nurse Devon Paige uploaded the video to TikTok showing the campers and staff at the private Christian summer camp for girls posing for smiling pics, enjoying outdoor activities and eating together in the dining hall.

Paige filmed the footage — which also includes a snapshot of her birthday cake — from June 28 to July 3, just hours before the catastrophic floods hit Kerr County, Texas in the early morning hours.

A deadly gunfight in a dense Philadelphia neighborhood killed three people and wounded 10 ... and video from the mass shooting resembles a combat zone.

Ring camera footage shows multiple gunmen unleashing a barrage of bullets from a packed porch in the middle of a crowded street ... with unarmed women ducking for cover and crawling over each other to get out of harm's way.

People run for safety and hide behind cars as bullets slice through the air -- then at least two gunmen return fire ... emptying their clips.

A man armed with a rifle and tactical gear allegedly attempted to ambush law enforcement as they showed up for work at a Border Patrol facility in Texas ... he opened fire, then got shot and killed.

The fatal exchange of gunfire went down Monday morning in McAllen ... according to the Department of Homeland Security.

We're told Border Patrol agents and local police helped neutralize the shooter, who opened fire at the entrance of a United States Border Patrol sector annex.

President Donald Trump has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County, Texas -- the site of catastrophic flooding that has already claimed the lives of at least 80 people, including 28 children.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump says, "These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing."

The declaration will allow for critical federal aid and resources to assist more than 400 first responders currently engaged in massive search and recovery efforts across the region.