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He turned himself in. Actor Timothy Busfield who starred on two iconic TV shows and is married to Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert is now facing child sex abuse charges. As Steven Fabian reports, just before surrendering, Busfield taped a video saying he's innocent, and he's going to prove it in court. And more than half of all the malls in America have closed. At this one in California, shoppers have been replaced with vandals who cops say have scrawled graffiti all over the walls. Jim Moret went to the mall to find out what's going on. Plus, She doesn't feel safe. That's what Karen Read is saying in the wake of being found not guilty of fatally running down her Boston cop boyfriend with her SUV. In her first interview since her acquittal, Read says she fears retaliation from those who thinks she got away with murder. And they were pen pals as kids but wait till you hear how their paths crossed as adults. Les Trent has a story that will have you asking, what are the odds?

It's the ex-husband! That's who cops say murdered a young dentist and his wife in their home.  One critical clue led authorities to him. The shocking news breaking as friends and family gathered for their final goodbye to couple. Les Trent is in Illinois where the arrest happened with the very latest. The ex-husband’s lawyer says he plans on pleading not guilty. And what a night it was at the Golden Globes. Host Nikki Glaser was back delivering zingers about the A-list crowd sitting just feet away. Jim Moret was out on the red carpet and has all the star-studded moments you didn't see on TV. Plus, anger continues in the wake of an ICE agent fatally shooting 37-year-old Renee Good in her SUV. And nowhere are tensions higher than in Minneapolis, where protestors are not giving ICE agents a break, even when nature calls. And a figure skater has reason to celebrate, he just made Team USA for the upcoming Olympics. But the moment comes with tears because his parents aren't here to enjoy it, they were among the 67 who died a year ago when a military helicopter collided with a passenger plane in DC.

It's a heart stopping race to save a mother and her children trapped in a burning townhouse. With seconds to spare, two kids are dropped to safety from a second story window. Now the family is meeting with the hero neighbor who rushed to catch their fall. And terror on the beach. A shark attacks a woman in the Virgin Islands biting off her arm, thankfully a nearby man happened to be both a nurse and a lifeguard, and did all he could to save the woman's life. Plus, she's the mother of one of Elon Musk's 14 children. Now after nude photos of her popped up online...she’s coming forward to say those pictures are fake and she's the victim of revenge porn. We went to Musk and X for comment but didn't hear back.  According to X - any user posting or creating illegal content will be suspended and reported to law enforcement. And a young mom is rushed to the hospital with a mystery illness. She was dramatically losing weight and eventually had to be put on a respirator. Doctors discovered she had been poisoned...but who did it?

Anger on the streets of Minneapolis over the fatal shooting of a mother by an ICE agent. The president and his supporters say it was self-defense... But others are calling it murder. And we're learning more today about the woman who was shot to death. Renee Good was 37 years old. She recently moved to Minnesota to start a new life with her 6-year-old son. Now her death is sparking a national outcry. Plus, two good Samaritans had to cross a raging river to rescue a German Shepherd... So, you'd think they'd be getting the hero treatment... But now comes shocking news that one of them has ended up under arrest. And if cutting back on alcohol was your New Year’s resolution...you are not alone. Dry January is booming in popularity. And to meet the demand...there are more mocktail choices now than ever.

Drama today as Nick Reiner, who's accused of brutally murdering his famous father Rob Reiner and his mother faced a judge. Just moments before the arraignment started...his high-profile attorney abruptly withdrawing from the case, replaced by a public defender. And a dramatic 911 call involving the young dentist and his wife, recently found murdered in their town house. Months before they were found dead...a woman called for help from inside the home. Fighting back tears, she says she and “her man”...got into it. Plus, as flu numbers continue to spike across the country...there's one guy who knows all too well what it's like to come down with this year's super bug. He's been sick for ... Get this... Two whole months - under the weather for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s... And he's still not better. And Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel says she has come down with a serious skin infection and she believes she caught it from bed sheets at a ritzy hotel in St Barths. So how clean are your hotel sheets?

The dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro was used to fine dining at every meal...but not anymore. Now an inmate at one of the most notorious jails here in the U.S. - what's on the menu for dinner is a lot different. And with the holidays behind us it's time to give your Christmas tree the old heave “Ho Ho Ho”... Fire experts warn you shouldn't keep your Christmas tree up for more than a month because they dry out and become fire hazards. Plus, beware the killer pack! We've seen lots of lone mountain lions going on the attack, now it's a wild pack of them terrorizing a neighborhood...leading to the first fatal mountain lion attack in a quarter of a century. He was once one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood, even nominated for a best actor Oscar...now come reports Mickey Rourke is so down and out a GoFundMe account has been set up for him to help pay his rent. But Rourke says it’s not true and the reports are embarrassing and humiliating.

A few days ago, he was the president of an entire country... Today he's an inmate inside a notorious jail described as one of the worst in the U.S. Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro woke up inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where his jail-mates include none other than accused Healthcare CEO assassin, Luigi Mangione. And the mission to capture Maduro "Operation Absolute Resolve” involved 150 aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers... and was carried out under the cover of darkness. A former Delta force soldier, The Army’s most elite counter-terrorism unit... says for the team who took Maduro into custody, it was like winning the Super Bowl. Plus, the U.S. military strike on Venezuela is causing travel chaos. Airspace in the Caribbean shutdown forcing airlines to cancel and delay flights. Cruises put on hold. The move leaving tourists stranded.

It's a story captivating the nation, a woman arrested, accused of kidnapping her own child more than four decades ago...and raising her in another state. That child is now grown up, meeting the family she never knew she had. Only Inside Edition was there for the emotional reunion.

Shock around the world over the disaster at a New Year's Eve celebration in Switzerland that left 40 dead and 115 injured. Authorities think the fire started when sparklers got too close to flammable material on the ceiling. As Steven Fabian reports, with sparklers so popular at celebrations here in the U.S. - many are worried a disaster like this could happen here. And New Year’s started off with a literal bang in Boise Idaho. The fireworks during their traditional potato drop, caused a boom so loud, nearby windows shattered and a little girl named Bella was hit with flying glass. Plus a double murder mystery. A dentist and his wife were found shot to death in their home. Their two young children, also at home were unharmed. Jenna DeAngelis has more on the search for a killer. And with the holidays behind us, it's one of the best times of year to get a deal. So what should you be buying right now?

We begin with an exclusive interview with the sunburned sisters whose airport meltdown went viral. It's definitely not a situation you want to run into during your holiday vacation. Two sisters. getting arrested after a gate agent told cops one of them pushed her down. The sisters speak about what they say really happened. And traveling during the holidays is hard enough - along with worrying about severe winter weather, and all the germs, there's this - trying to keep your suitcase from getting stolen. As Les Trent reports, just as the numbers of travelers have gone up, so have the number of thefts. Plus, pickleball peril - as the sport’s popularity continues to soar comes a warning. A new study by the American Medical Association finds more and more people are going to the ER with eye injuries.  Alison Hall with what you need to know. And the U.S. Surgeon General recently issued a major new advisory warning that drinking alcohol can increase your risk of getting cancer. The news comes as "Dry January" - the challenge of giving up drinking for the first month of the New Year - is growing in popularity.  

Goodbye 2025... Hello 2026. The other side of the world has already rung in the New Year... And soon the U-S will bring in the new year. Security is being beefed up at celebrations coast to coast as law enforcement sends out the alert that a lone wolf attacker is the biggest threat we face tonight.  And a lot of people were spotted in Times Square sporting surgical masks... A throwback to the covid pandemic. But the fear now is catching the super flu that health experts say is hitting earlier and harder than the traditional flu. Plus, where is the so-called doomsday mom? She was last seen at an airport with four children boarding a plane to Europe. Her husband says she became obsessed with the world coming to an end and took her kids and fled the country.  And a sad ending to the search for the missing 19-year-old high schooler who walked out of her home on Christmas Eve in her pajamas. Cops say her body was found in a field not far from her home. Police says she died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound... The gun found at the scene.