The potential of a bigger hantavirus outbreak is apparently starting to drive people mad.
Case in point ... an Arkansas man allegedly threatened to shoot up a Walmart if the hantavirus forces the United States to shut down.
According to cops, Aaron Keith Bynum was arrested Friday by Marion County Sheriff deputies and charged with making terroristic threats -- a felony -- and harassing communications, a misdemeanor.
Six-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez went missing in Texas four years ago ... but now investigators have learned the little boy is dead and have finally found his remains.
The Tarrant County District Attorney's Office announced Friday that Noel's corpse was discovered the day before in Everman, a small city near Fort Worth, and dental records were used to confirm his identity.
During a press conference, Tarrant DA Phil Sorrells said the child's mom, Cindy Rodriguez Singh, has been indicted for capital murder and will stand trial in the case.
President Trump appears to be rubbing off on his son, Eric, who is now gearing up to sue MS Now and their popular host, Jen Psaki, over their recent coverage of him in China.
As everyone knows, Donald is usually the one in the Trump family to slap his rivals with lawsuits, but not this time.
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On Friday, Eric posted a message on X, saying Psaki aired a FALSE report on MS Now about him sitting on the board of a company, ALT5, which is purportedly trying to do business with China. The report implied that Eric is using his dad's powerful position as commander-in-chief to make money in China off his business ventures.
Le'Veon Bell's moving on from Logan Paul, but he's not going far looking for his next fight ... he's setting his sights on the other brother in the family!
TMZ Sports talked to the former All-Pro running back on Wednesday in Venice Beach, at an event for the Problem Child's Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano headlined card on Saturday ... and we asked him about his fighting career, asking him if he was interested in Jake.
"Yeah, I'd fight Jake," Le'Veon said ... "I think Jake would be more of a match [for me]."
Ronda Rousey hitting the mitts tonight on Venice Beach...
Call it a sting operation ... because a massive swarm of bees descended on the White House grounds Friday.
Thousands of bees reportedly swarmed the White House Press Corps' "Pebble Beach" media area after setting up a hive in a nearby tree ... creating a massive buzzing cloud over the North Lawn.
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The swarming bee tornado also took over part of the North Lawn driveway ... sending reporters and staffers scrambling while clouds of bees buzzed through the air just steps from the West Wing.
Alex Murdaugh could be staring down an even darker outcome during his retrial for murder -- because prosecutors say everything’s back on the table ... including the death penalty.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Friday the state could seek the maximum punishment if Murdaugh is tried again following the shocking overturning of his murder convictions.
The bombshell ruling came after the South Carolina Supreme Court decided Murdaugh didn’t get a fair trial due to alleged jury tampering tied to former court clerk Becky Hill.
The Alabama man charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a 22-year-old woman, who was dating his son, is NOT innocent ... at least according to the attorney for the victim's family.
Jeffrey Scott Towers is charged in the shooting death of Whitney Harlow Robeson, who graduated last year from Auburn University. His attorneys say he's an "upstanding" man who is not guilty of a crime ... but the lawyer for Whitney's family begs to differ.
Andrew J. Moak tells TMZ ... "The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office determined that Mr. Towers acted with criminal recklessness. Given that determination, efforts to portray Mr. Towers as 'innocent' are not supported by the evidence in this case."
Congressman Jonathan Jacksonsays college athletes shouldn't just dominate on Saturdays and Sundays ... they should use their transfer power to fight for civil rights, too.
Jacobcaught up with the Rep. from Illinois Friday on Capitol Hill ... where Jackson unloaded on states he believes are rolling back voting rights protections -- and argued athletes should respond by bolting for schools elsewhere.
Watch the video ... Jackson specifically called out Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama ... saying if state lawmakers are "going to take African-Americans' voting rights and their representation away," athletes should use freedom of choice and hit the transfer portal.
The Auburn graduate who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend's dad died from a gunshot wound to the chest ... TMZ has learned.
According to the Jefferson County Coroner and Medical Examiner's Office ... 22-year-old Whitney Robeson died from "injury to left lung, heart, and aorta, due to gunshot wound of chest."
The manner of death is homicide, the office also announced on Friday.
MAGA influencer Melissa Rein Lively and her banker boyfriend are facing criminal charges overseas ... after authorities say they were involved in an allegedly racist confrontation inside a London subway station.
Lively -- who runs the "anti-woke" firm America First PR and once claimed she was close to becoming President Donald Trump's press secretary -- was charged with assault Friday following the October incident ... while her boyfriend, Philipp Ostermann, was hit with two racially aggravated public order charges and an additional public order offense.
Cops say the whole thing went down when the couple allegedly collided with a stroller being pushed by a woman entering the station with her family and two young children.
Karen Read's infamous SUV -- the one she was accused of using to kill her Boston cop boyfriend -- didn't even make it to bidding ... 'cause someone swooped in with an offer before the auction could officially kick off.
The Lexus was set to go up for auction at Manzi Appraisers in Woburn, Mass. ... where bidders had to prove they had at least $20K in the bank just to register.
A few people showed up ready to throw their hats in the ring -- including two spotted holding bidding signs -- but the whole thing was abruptly halted after an outside group made an offer behind the scenes.
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Pramila Jayapalsays Iran belongs at the World Cup right alongside everybody else ... no matter how heated world politics get.
Check it out ... the Washington congresswoman -- whose district includes Seattle, one of the host cities for the tournament coming up in June -- told TMZ on Friday morning she doesn't think Iran should be excluded from the global competition despite ongoing international tensions.
"I think that it is important that we continue to have countries participating from all over the world," Jayapal said when Jacob asked if Iran should still participate. "These are soccer players from Iran ... they're important participants in FIFA."
So much for toning down the rhetoric after last month's assassination attempt ... messages are pouring into congressional offices with cries to kill all the Jews.
TMZ has obtained several voicemails from people who called Congressman Jared Moskowitz's Washington, D.C. office ... all diatribes on Jews, Israel and how both should be exterminated. We're told this is a "small sampling" of voicemails with the same message and tone.
President Donald Trump made at least $220 million in financial transactions in the first three months of the year ... including purchases in huge tech and media companies.
In the media world, Trump bought at least $1.08 million in securities in Comcast, $571K in Netflix, $364K in Disney, $45K in Fox Corp., $30K in Warner Bros. Discovery, and $15K in Paramount Skydance ... according to two new financial disclosure forms released Thursday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
He also sold securities in some of those same media groups ... including $1.3 million in Netflix, $1.1 million in Disney, and $30K in Fox Corp.
An Arkansas mom's alleged attempt to outrun cops with her 3-year-old in the car ended in terrifying fashion ... and the entire nightmare pursuit was caught on dashcam video.
The jaw-dropping footage shows 23-year-old Thalia Jonesallegedly tearing through rural roads in Joiner, Arkansas earlier this month ... after troopers say she refused to stop during a traffic stop. According to police, Jones was clocked going 80 MPH in a 55 zone before taking off.
Watch the clip ... it shows roughly two minutes of the chase before a trooper performs a tactical maneuver that sends the Dodge Charger flying off the roadway ... across a grassy shoulder and into a violent rollover in a ditch.
Harvey Weinstein’s legal saga just keeps dragging on -- 'cause his third New York sex crimes trial ended in a mistrial Friday after jurors couldn’t agree on the rape charge.
The deadlocked jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict over claims Weinstein raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel room back in 2013.
Weinstein has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty throughout the retrial ... while his lawyers argued the relationship was consensual.
The mistrial comes after Weinstein was already convicted last year of sexually abusing former production assistant Miriam Haley -- though he was cleared on another charge tied to former model Kaja Sokola.
Despite the courtroom chaos, Weinstein’s not going anywhere anytime soon -- he’s still serving a 16-year prison sentence at Rikers Island ... tied to his separate California rape conviction in 2022.
