The legality surrounding hitchhiking in modern times is somewhat complicated, as the practice is far less commonplace than it ...

Jon Miller pleaded no contest and will serve a life sentence for the murder of Mary Schlais in 1974 Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A hitchhiking robot that captured the hearts of fans worldwide met its demise in Philadelphia. The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment told The ...

Between 1989 and 1990, seven men were found shot along Florida highways. The killer was Aileen Wuornos — a hitchhiking sex ...

A judge on Thursday sentenced an 84-year-old southern Minnesota man to life in prison for the 1974 murder of a Minneapolis woman. Mary Schlais, 25, was found dead in an intersection in the Township of ...

Some air travelers might be bringing home more than just souvenirs after embarking on a trip. One woman traveling on a Turkish Airlines flight from Johannesburg to Istanbul said she witnessed a bedbug ...

A man’s regular hitchhike in Tasbet Park turned into a robbery ordeal that cost him his phone and cash. According to the police, a man alleged that on November 6 around 10:30, he was hitchhiking at ...