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12:14 PM PT -- TMZ has obtained Julius Edwards' stone-faced mug shot.

A suspect in an attempted murder case in Ohio tried to make a quick getaway from cops ... driving through a freaking golf course ... and it's all on video.

Shocking footage shows a van weaving in and out of trees, driving over fairways, and slicing through the rough ... pedal to the medal as cops -- with sirens blaring -- chase after the vehicle.

People on golf carts filmed as the police pursuit played through ... definitely screwing up a few relaxing tee times on the links.

A township committee meeting in New Jersey got a little lit on Tuesday ... when a man dressed as a bong decided to crash it ... and his prank is on video

The man -- who goes by Bongholeo -- wore a giant purple bong costume as he approached the podium for his turn to speak ... spelling out his name and introducing his son, Bongholito.

He then proceeded to bust out a parody of Lizzo's "About Damn Time," singing ... "It's big bong o'clock / yeah, it's hit thirty."

Dramatic bodycam video shows NYPD rescuing the distressed woman who scaled the Brooklyn Bridge and threatened to jump.

In the footage, the officer tells the woman ... "I want to help you, that's why I'm up here right now ... the strongest thing you can do right now is accept help."

Their conversation continued for nearly an hour before the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit was able to pull her back from the edge of the bridge's support beam and bring her to safety.

Donald Trump is changing Air Force One jets like he changes socks ... flying out of the NATO summit in Turkey in an old jet, stopping in England and getting on his new one ... and the flip-flop is all on video.

Check out the clip ... after Trump landed at Royal Air Force Mildenhall base in England on Thursday, he walked down the stairs of an old AF1, strolled across the tarmac and boarded the new AF1 -- a gift from Qatar.

As for why POTUS is using two planes and a layover on his way home from the NATO summit ... Trump says he wanted U.S. troops stationed at the base to tour the new plane and he also suggested Iran was trying to kill him as he left Turkey ... plus, there are reports the old AF1 has better defenses than the new one.

NATO is getting dicey nowadays ... Turkey's president gave every world leader at the summit custom revolvers ... but some of heads of state were completely unaware the guns came with live ammunition!!!

Here's the deal ... Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave the stunning pieces of craftsmanship -- engraved with the names of the intended recipients -- as a parting gift to each world leader attending the two-day NATO summit in Ankara ... and Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever was shocked to discover his gift had bullets packed right beside it!

Belgium's leader didn't open the gift before flying home with it ... and when he landed back in Brussels Wednesday, he was surprised to learn he was traveling with a golden gun and six rounds of live ammo ... handing it over to airport police.

Attorney Ben Crump is raising concerns over the disappearance and death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells ... saying there are certainly "contradictions" in the stories being told that he plans to get to the bottom of.

The civil rights and catastrophic injury attorney appeared on ABC News Wednesday night, saying there are so many questions left unanswered, noting ... "All we know is Nolan is dead."

Ben explained the family has "concerns" about the state of Mississippi investigating his death, and the fact that he was the only Black kid in a group of white teens, who could potentially have "culpability."

Furthermore, Ben said there are conflicting accounts from witnesses about whether Nolan said he was staying behind with a girl or planned to get back on the boat with his friends to continue their July 4th celebrations.

Ex-Olympian David Hearn is officially telling the judge he's not the one to blame for more than $1,000 in damage to the now-infamous liner of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Hearn entered a not guilty plea Thursday morning during his arraignment ... a move that's in line with the fact he told us "every American should be alarmed" after he was indicted.

As you know, this case is being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, and she is adamant Hearn defiled the monument.

Erika Kirk wants full transparency during the preliminary hearing of the man charged with killing her husband ... asking the judge to publicly reveal all the evidence in hopes of ending the string of conspiracy theories around Charlie Kirk's death.

Erika filed documents earlier this week stating she and Charlie's parents traveled to Utah to watch the preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson's murder case, and to "to bear witness to the evidence concerning the death of their husband and son."

However, Erika says she and her in-laws had to sit through the preliminary hearing while certain exhibits were entered into evidence, but not made available to the public ... a practice Kirk says damaged their ability to "meaningfully observe" the hearing.

A New Jersey officer in charge of the K-9 unit has been charged with animal cruelty ... after he allegedly left two department dogs to die in a hot car.

Cody L. Henderson of the Salem County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Tuesday and charged with recklessly causing the death of Boomer, a 6-year-old springer spaniel, and Rip, a 4-year-old Belgian malinois, according to NJ.com.

Both dogs were left in the same cruiser May 29 ... allegedly for seven hours in the beating sun ... with the engine off, no windows cracked, while Henderson worked the courthouse. He is accused of ignoring the dogs until the end of the day, when he discovered them dead of heat stroke.

A distressed woman scaled the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge in NYC ... but she didn't plunge into the East River ... her life was saved thanks to the NYPD.

The death-defying incident went down Wednesday night on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge, where the woman in her 30s was sitting on a support suspension beam near eyewitnesses.

The NYPD's Emergency Service Unit officers quickly responded to multiple 911 calls and climbed up the bridge to talk with the troubled woman.

Courtney Clenney says she wasn't staying silent after allegedly catching beatings from boyfriend Christian Obumseli ... she was texting him about them ... and now she wants to use the messages in her criminal trial, in which she's accused of murdering him.

New court documents, obtained by TMZ, reveal the OnlyFans model wants to introduce a string of text messages backing up her claims she endured repeated abuse before fatally stabbing Obumseli in their Miami high-rise apartment in 2022.

According to the filing, one exchange came after Clenney claimed Obumseli punched her in the face in April 2021. Her attorneys say she immediately fired off a text accusing him of hitting her "in my face as hard as you could" ... while Obumseli allegedly brushed it off, responding he was only trying to move her hand and "really didn't mean to."

Clenney argues the messages show a pattern of him minimizing what allegedly happened.

President Trump isn't shedding any light on Mitch McConnell's condition ... because he says he's just as much in the dark as everyone else.

Trump was asked about the longtime Kentucky senator's health Tuesday aboard Air Force One while traveling to Joint Base Andrews ... and his response couldn't have been much shorter.

"I have no idea. I have no idea how he's doing," Trump told reporters.

Three more people have been charged in connection with alleged damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, according to newly filed court documents.

Prosecutors charged Sophie Dennison-Gibby, Justin Carreno, and Cameron Thiers with misdemeanor destruction of property involving less than $1K in damage, according to The New York Times.

The charges stem from a June 20 incident in which Officers say the three were seen removing pieces of the pool's blue liner.

Graham Platner's Senate campaign is over ... the embattled Democratic nominee has officially stepped aside amid a growing misconduct scandal, he announced Wednesday night.

Platner's withdrawal comes just days after multiple misconduct allegations rocked his campaign ... leaving Democrats scrambling to salvage the race.

Platner posted an emotional video on Wednesday officially announcing that he will be filing the paperwork to drop out of the race. Platner teared up as he told Mainers that he was suspending his campaign and to "keep fightin'" because "we're gonna win someday."

Taco Bell has spent years being the butt of jokes about emergency bathroom trips ... but this time, there's actually a real reason some customers might be nervous.

The fast-food giant has reportedly pulled several fresh ingredients -- including lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and its cilantro-onion blend -- from some locations while health officials investigate a surge in cyclospora, a foodborne parasite that can trigger weeks of stomach misery ... including what's been described as "explosive" diarrhea.

The move has left some menu items looking a little bare ... and, for once, the usual Taco Bell bathroom jokes come with a real health warning.

Donald Trump found a new place to affix his name ... an airport ... because Palm Beach International Airport is all set to be rebranded as President Donald J. Trump International Airport!!!

That's right ... as if POTUS didn't have enough named after him, now he's got a whole commercial airport in Florida.

The name change is officially going live on Thursday ... and we obtained an internal memo from a major commercial airline explaining some of the big changes.

First up is the official name change Thursday ... and then on Aug. 18, the airport code used for navigation purposes and airline reservations switches from PBI to DJT.