Shelly Kittleson -- an American journalist reporting from Baghdad -- has been abducted ... Iraq's Interior Ministry announced Tuesday.
The government department announced a foreign journalist was abducted by "unknown people" ... and The National, a publication based in the United Arab Emirates which covers the Middle East, confirmed with sources that Kittleson was the journalist taken.
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Kittleson, who has reported from the Middle East for the BBC, Politico, and other major publications, was taken in Baghdad. She was reportedly near the Palestine Hotel on Al-Saadoun Street in the central part of the city when she was taken.
There's a new twist in the case surrounding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk ... new legal documents claim the bullet used to commit the crime does not match the rifle tied to suspect Tyler Robinson, TMZ has learned.
According to the legal docs obtained by TMZ, Robinson's defense team argues there’s a discrepancy between the ballistic evidence and the weapon prosecutors say is connected to Robinson ... who's facing multiple charges -- including aggravated murder and felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury -- in Charlie's slaying.
Robinson's attorney claims the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted a summary report which indicates the ATF was “unable to identify the bullet recovered at autopsy to the rifle allegedly tied to Mr. Robinson.”
Dayton Webber -- the quadruple amputee suspected of shooting a man to death -- is back in Maryland, where the killing took place ... and we've obtained the new mugshot authorities took of him.
Webber is practically expressionless in the pic with disheveled hair as he delivers a thousand-yard stare.
It ain't Cancun, but it's close ... Ted Cruz was spotted at the Ft. Lauderdale airport Tuesday, days after Congress threw up its collective hands and left for Spring Break.
The Senator from Texas has been hopscotching around the country since leaving D.C., first to Houston, then to Dallas where he went to the CPAC convention, then he found his way to South Florida.
Check out the security with Ted ... 4 cops and some dude with a lapel pin ... all covering him.
Joseph Duggar is back in Florida, where he will face child sex abuse allegations made against him ... and we've obtained the new mug shot authorities took of him.
The former reality TV star was booked into the Bay County Sheriff's Office Tuesday morning ... and the new photo shows his hair and beard have seemingly grown a bit since he was taken into custody in Arkansas earlier this month.
Duggar's still parting his hair the same way -- a long swoop splitting the middle of his forehead -- and he seems to have a small smile on his face in the pic. Page Six was first to report on the new mug.
Wild video from an arrest in Michigan over the weekend shows a handcuffed woman wiggling herself out of the cracked window of a police cruiser ... and cops still have no idea where she escaped to.
Check out the shocking video clip from Saturday -- the woman shimmies her way out of the window and takes off like a rocket as soon as her feet touch the ground ... her wrists still cuffed behind her.
The Muskegon Heights Police Department confirmed in a press release Monday night the woman is still on the lam, but says they believe she broke into a home just before 4:30 Saturday afternoon. They say they're acquiring arrest warrants on charges of escape, breaking and entering and larceny.
Jill Biden's Secret Service agent might be the butt of a few jokes around the office after shooting himself ... because he reportedly popped a cap in his own ass!
A new report from Susan Crabtree -- a veteran journalist with RealClearPolitics -- claims the agent who injured himself while on duty at Philadelphia International Airport shot himself in the buttocks, not the leg, like initial reports indicated.
Crabtree says the accidental shooting occurred when the agent rushed back to the SUV the detail traveled in to get his cell phone ... and used the flashlight on his service weapon to try to find it. He blasted his bottom while holstering the weapon, according to Crabtree.
An unflattering pic of Karoline Leavitt reportedly vanished from professional photo libraries after agencies got the message loud and clear that the White House wasn’t a fan.
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The photo in question was taken during a press briefing ahead of last year's annual turkey pardoning by the president, and according to Status, was angled upward at the White House Press Secretary holding her son on her hip -- which gave an unfavorable view of her neck.
The outlet reports the AFP agency was "made aware" the White House was displeased with the snapshot ... and swiftly removed the image from its library.
President Donald Trump is keeping up his attacks on Iran, unleashing a massive bomb strike on the city of Isfahan that was captured on eye-popping video.
DT posted the 31-second clip on Truth Social Monday night, showing 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs exploding in Isfahan where it's believed uranium — which is used to make nuclear weapons — is stashed.
Lindsey Graham's gone shooting, y'all, arming himself with a shotgun days after he was packing a bubble wand in the Magic Kingdom ... but, all while the government shutdown still drags on.
The U.S. Senator from South Carolina posted a photo Monday evening of himself taking aim with a shotgun, and wrote ... "Spent some time breaking clays ... Doesn't get much better than that."
Kinda hard to ignore LG's huge pivot from theme parks to the shooting range. We broke the story ... Graham was seen over the weekend riding attractions and strolling through Disney World like any other vacationer. And yes, he was spotted holding one of those pink bubble wands for a friend's child.
Charlotte Jørgensen is counting her blessings after cheating death in last week's deadly Air Canada crash, and she's giving all the credit to the pilots who didn't make it out alive.
The former "Dancing with the Stars" pro revealed in an Instagram post she was on board Air Canada Flight 8646 when it slammed into a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport on March 22 ... a crash that killed captain Antoine Forest and first officer Mackenzie Gunther.
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Jørgensen said she had just wrapped a "fabulous weekend in Montreal" before boarding the flight, not knowing it would turn into a life-altering ordeal.
A man dressed like an ICE agent got his butt whooped by a bunch of people at a protest in Hawaii ... and it's all on video.
The epic beatdown was given out over the weekend in Waikiki ... it all started when one of the protesters threw some liquid on a guy outfitted like an Immigration Enforcement Officer, and things quickly got violent.
Ya gotta see the video ... multiple people take the guy down to the ground and they wail on him with fists and feet ... including one woman who kicks him in the face several times. She also whiffs on one kick and hits a guy in the face who is holding down the agent.
The woman charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at Rihanna's home officially lost her license to practice speech-language pathology.
According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Ivanna Lisette Ortiz is also barred from going near Rihanna or the singer's family, and her bail remains set at $1,875,000.
Ortiz pleaded not guilty to all 14 charges against her ... including one count of attempted murder, 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and three counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling.
It seems someone wanted more than just a piece of that KitKat bar ... because they made off with 12 tons of the chocolate bars, the company confirmed over the weekend.
A Nestle spokesperson joked about the thieves' "exceptional taste" in a statement, saying ... "We’ve always encouraged people to have a break with KITKAT — but it seems thieves have taken the message too literally and made a break with more than 12 tonnes of our chocolate."
KitKat themselves took to Instagram to shed some light on the heist and post an official statement.
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It explained the chocolate was nabbed during a distribution run between their Central Italy factory and the shipment's destination in Poland. KitKat added ... "There are no concerns for consumer safety, and supply is not affected."
Funnyman Tony Rock isn't having it when it comes to politicians taking lavish trips while TSA workers struggle to pay the rent amid the partial government shutdown ... and he's calling out one congressman in particular -- Senator Lindsey Graham.
As we reported ... Graham told TMZ he was at a meeting Friday withTrump officials in South Florida, and he went to Orlando afterwards to meet up with some friends, but it looks like he turned it into a weekend stay at The Most Magical Place on Earth, despite failing to work with his cohorts on Capitol Hill to keep the government open for the good of the country.
When we caught up with Tony at LAX today, he joked, "Yeah, [Lindsey] was meeting with, like, an Iranian official at Disneyland. There should be more meetings at Disneyland. It's one of the happiest places in the world, right?"
Sean Duffy's going back to his TV roots, but this time, he's bringing the whole family and a patriotic mission along for the ride ... TMZ has learned.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Bunim/Murray Productions -- the same company that produced Sean on MTV's "The Real World: Boston" back in 1997 -- is currently in production on a YouTube series centered around the Transportation Secretary and is being hosted and paid for by the "Great American Road Trip," an independent nonprofit organization.
We're told the series follows Duffy, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, and their family as they hit the road across America, with cameras capturing stops at theme parks, national landmarks, and small-town destinations. The project is tied to the country's upcoming 250th birthday and aims to spotlight the people, places, and stories that define the nation.
