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The Arizona man who was briefly detained in the Nancy Guthrie investigation is firing back at all the cops involved ... insisting the whole thing felt like a "fishing expedition" to pressure him into confessing to something he says he didn’t do.

In a sit-down interview on "True Crime Arizona" Monday, Luke Daley recalled cops pulling him over, cuffing him without explanation and detaining him for hours ... admitting the mounting pressure on law enforcement to solve the case had him panicking about being "framed."

Luke insisted time and time again that despite living nearby to Nancy, he had never met her and had absolutely nothing to do with her disappearance ... and wants her home safe just like everyone else.

Hillary Clinton was pissed when she found out a photo from her deposition on Jeffrey Epstein got leaked from inside what was supposed to be a closed-door session ... and video shows the moment she storms off from the podium.

In footage from last week's testimony, released Monday by the House Oversight Committee, Hillary rips the panel for breaking their own rules and not preventing a leak.

The former First Lady, New York Senator and Secretary of State blasts Republicans in the room, saying ... "I'm done with this. If you guys are doing that, I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home. This is just typical behavior."

A teacher at Viewpoint School -- an elite Calabasas private school with tuition nearing $60,000 a year -- has been arrested over allegations of inappropriate behavior involving students … and now parents are questioning whether warning signs were missed.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department took 39-year-old Travis Takeshi Shojinaga -- who worked as a teacher at Viewpoint, a school for kindergarten through 12th grade -- into custody. He's since been charged with one felony count of possession of child sexual abuse material, and four misdemeanor accounts of annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18.

According to a source, many parents have kept their kids home ... giving hugs to each other as they returned to campus and saying how "disgusting" the situation is. Families are now demanding answers as the investigation unfolds.

Former President Bill Clinton says he took his last flight on Jeffrey Epstein's plane in 2003 ... but continued to associate with Epstein's ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell for far longer.

In a deposition with the House Oversight Committee, Clinton said his association with Ghislaine lasted longer and was "more extensive" than his relationship with Epstein ... partly because he says he was unaware of her involvement in Epstein's crimes.

According to Clinton, he kept up with Ghislaine because she had "started going with a man named Ted Waitt who had made a lot of money." Waitt is the billionaire co-founder of Gateway.

Video from Former President Bill Clinton's 4-hour-long deposition probing his connection with Jeffrey Epstein has just been released ... and now he provided more context for his infamous hot tub photo.

During the marathon questioning, Bill told the House Oversight Committee he was almost sure the photo -- which was taken without his knowledge -- showed him at a hotel in Brunei on the final leg of an Asian tour for his AIDS initiative ... but he didn't mention the date.

According to Clinton, he had gotten to know the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, well during his time in the Oval Office. When the Sultan of Brunei learned Clinton was coming to his country, he said the Sultan wanted to help with the former president's AIDS initiative.

Here's what it looked like after a gunman opened fire inside a Texas bar over the weekend, killing three and injuring more than a dozen people ... some folks are hiding and some don't seem fazed.

TMZ obtained video from the aftermath of Saturday night's mass shooting at Buford's Backyard Beer Garden on Austin's West 6th Street ... and you see bar patrons cowering in fear, and hiding behind tables and columns.

At least a couple dudes were more interested in taking photos of themselves amid all the death and destruction than actually looking out for their safety ... you can see them boldly taking each other's photos in the middle of the room.

Some people in D.C. don't seem to be taking the Iran strikes seriously -- or treating them as classified -- because attorney Mark Geragos saw Washington power players boasting about the attack immediately after President Trump got the go-ahead.

As we reported ... Mark was at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab getting something to eat and preparing to do the "2 Angry Men" podcast with Harvey Levin when, just before 3:45 PM ET he heard a table boasting about U.S.'s imminent plan to bomb Iran.

But get this ... Sec. of War Pete Hegseth and the Joint Chiefs gave Trump the greenlight for Operation Epic Fury at 3:38 PM ET.

So, who were these guys who had this super sensitive information within 7 minutes of it happening? Mark told Charles Latibeaudiere he doesn't know, but they were pretty cavalier.

The wife of an active military member currently deployed in the Middle East is sounding the alarm ... saying the Trump administration’s strikes on Iran feel like a dangerous distraction

Kendall Brown joined us on "TMZ Live" Monday, saying more American service members are speaking out than ever before -- with many echoing the same thought this has less to do with protecting Americans and more to do with deflecting from issues in the United States.

Catch the whole clip -- 'cause Kendall talks in-depth about how her husband is deeply unhappy with the situation, and she’s terrified he could end up paying the ultimate price for politics. As you know, the administration launched attacks on Iran Saturday with Israel's assistance.

While Jeffrey Epstein's island and jet have been a point of fascination for years, his New Mexico mansion has gotten less scrutiny, until now ... state officials have renewed interest in the ranch, which is rumored to have dead bodies buried on site.

According to The New York Times, Epstein purchased the sprawling 30,000-square-foot estate -- known as the Zorro Ranch -- in 1993 from the family of former NM Governor Bruce King. Epstein was reportedly drawn to "The Land of Enchantment," as the state is called, due to its obscurity and the lenient sex offender registry laws.

In 2019, the year Epstein died, an anonymous tip from someone who claimed to have worked at the ranch alleged that Epstein ordered the dead bodies of 2 abused girls to be buried in the hills outside the ranch, NYT reports.

Spencer Pratt is Karen Bass’ biggest threat in the race for Los Angeles mayor ... at least according to the Bass campaign’s own internal pollster.

An email sent Thursday by Bass campaign advisor Douglas Herman to “Interested Parties” -- including endorsers and supporters -- states that the campaign’s internal pollster, Binder Research, currently shows Pratt in position to make the November runoff.

The letter -- obtained by TMZ -- also takes direct aim at Nithya Raman, the L.A. City Councilmember and progressive who entered the race late and is widely viewed as a key challenger.

Paramedics rushing to the mass shooting in Austin, Texas early Sunday got blocked by a Waymo vehicle ... preventing EMS from rapidly responding to the crime scene to provide aid, according to a new report.

Austin's KXAN-TV reports ... Matthew Turnage ordered a Waymo using his Uber app around 2 AM after he left a club near Buford's Backyard Beer ... where 2 people had just been shot to death and 14 others injured. 

As the Waymo was trying to pick up Turnage and his friends, the self-driving taxi reportedly stopped in the middle of the street, blocking an ambulance and emergency service personnel from getting to Buford's quickly to help the victims.

The Texas mass shooter who killed 2 people and injured 14 others had potential ties to terrorism ... as new footage has emerged showing the horrific aftermath of the attack, according to media reports.

Ndiaga Diagne -- a 53-year-old American citizen born in Senegal -- went on an early Sunday morning shooting rampage at Buford's Backyard Beer Garden in Austin, TX ... leaving a trail of dead and wounded in his wake, police said.

Video surfaced online capturing the chaotic scene after the shooting, with paramedics giving CPR to victims on the ground.

1:11 PM PT -- The NYPD tells TMZ ... cops responded to the 911 call just after 5 PM on Thursday -- and found King unconscious. He was unresponsive, and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is looking into his cause of death.

Eugene Thomas King Jr. -- the convicted bank robber who held a gun to Paula Deen's temple in 1987 -- has been found dead in New York City ... TMZ has learned.

Family sources tell TMZ ... King was found dead Thursday inside his Brooklyn apartment. It's currently unclear what caused his death.

We've reached out to the NYPD, FDNY and the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner for more.

Jeffrey Epstein seemingly used doctors to exercise control over women ... even withholding the money for a woman's acne treatment in one instance.

The New York Times released an exposé which focused on communications between Epstein and doctors -- released by the Department of Justice last month -- which appear to show the convicted pedophile controlling the medical care women in his life were receiving.

Epstein did this in several ways, NYT explains ... from communicating with doctors who gave him final say in decisions he had no right to make to refusing to give over money for treatments.

It's been just over a month since Alex Pretti was shot and killed during a chaotic immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis ... and on what would have been his 38th birthday, his mom is pouring her heart out online.

Pretti's mom shared a touching Instagram tribute Sunday, posting a smiling photo of her son standing in front of a rocky desert landscape. Over the image, she wrote about the pain of losing him, saying when you lose a child, you lose more than just a child ... you lose a piece of your heart and part of your future.

She added his laughter, smile and love will remain with her forever, calling him her "precious boy" who will never fade from her soul.

A routine weekend on Austin's West 6th Street turned into a nightmare early Sunday when gunfire erupted, leaving at least three people dead and dozens injured.

Buford's Backyard Beer Garden was packed near closing time with hundreds of people out for drinks and dancing when a male suspect opened fire just before 2 AM in the entertainment district near the University of Texas. 

Witnesses described an explosion of panic as shots rang out, sending crowds sprinting for cover. Emergency crews flooded the scene within a minute of the first 911 calls.