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Dana Kennedy, Senior Investigative Reporter

Dana Kennedy is a Senior Investigative Reporter on the Exclusives team who joined the Mail after five years at the New York Post. She is an award-winning reporter who has covered national stories ranging from the Murdaugh murders in South Carolina to the California wildfires. She embedded with ICE in Chicago and with the NYPD during the 2020 riots. She spent a decade as an anchor and correspondent at CNN, ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, as well as 10 years as a foreign correspondent based in Paris.

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Terrifying evidence found in home of Wisconsin 'stalker' who was released on bail and is walking free: Human skulls, a padlocked basement bedroom and lurking with machete near woman he was watching

31/08/26 01:15

Benjamin Larson, 47, was arrested earlier this week after allegedly stalking a woman for 13 years following their two-month relationship, prompting police to search his rural Wisconsin home....read

Hayden Panettiere mother's stage mom confessions: Truth about 'pep pills' at age 15
30/08/26 11:35
Lesley Vogel, who served as her young daughter's manager and private acting coach, has revealed the extraordinary stage-mom tactics she used to prepare Panettiere for the relentless world of soaps.
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Dolly Parton's secret plans for $450M inheritance revealed: Who gets what... the bitter family feud... and mysterious outsider holding the key
27/08/26 05:51
Dolly Parton kept plans for her estate and business ventures so tightly under wraps that that even her inner business circle were left in the dark, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Hayden Panettiere's mom: 'My daughter didn't want to be saved!' Read bombshell hour-long interview on what she thinks REALLY happened at death-scene Airbnb... her jaw-dropping Brian Hickerson allegations... and fury at 'shameful' Gayle King
22/08/26 07:18
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, Vogel said she pressured South Carolina law enforcement in to investigate Hayden's death and raised serious questions about Brian Hickerson's account.
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'Bad***' past of cheating lawyer's HBO star wife... and ruthless way she could now take down two-timing husband caught on camera kissing underling in Central Park
31/07/26 04:29
Moira Penza, whose disgraced lawyer husband was caught cheating with a younger coworker in Central Park last week, is not someone to mess with, the Daily Mail has learned.
First five words screamed by husband of slain therapist on 911 call... grimly specific description of injury... and blood spatter pattern: New forensic clues in murder that's sent chills through ritzy town
17/07/26 04:14
The mystery surrounding the brutal stabbing of New Jersey therapist Brooke Hanlon has only deepened six weeks after her murder...
Listen to screaming husband's frantic 911 call after he finds therapist wife and new mom stabbed to death in ritzy horse country town: 'There's blood everywhere'
10/07/26 04:58
The beloved therapist, 35, was found slain at the home she shared with her husband and their baby daughter.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding guests share first details from 'deeply loving' and 'moving' ceremony officiated by Adam Sandler
02/07/26 03:11
America's royal couple are officially married in what guests called a 'deeply moving' and 'loving' ceremony on Friday evening.
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Madison Square Garden insiders leak Taylor Swift wedding details: Hour by hour schedule... the menu... and what's REALLY being built inside: 'It's so not like her'
01/07/26 07:11
Tantalizing details about the worst-kept secret in showbusiness have begun to leak out as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce prepare to tie the knot.
Hidden face in the crowd that proves the TRUTH about Taylor Swift's MSG wedding to Travis Kelce: As singer is hit by last-minute 'jitters' and can't even sleep, her private jet touches down... and absurd 'bridezilla' behavior is exposed
01/07/26 12:43
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep their blockbuster wedding under wraps.
Mystery of therapist mom, 35, found knifed to death in ritzy horse country town: Terrified neighbors reveal major clues as her pharma exec dad speaks out
26/06/26 03:53
The beloved therapist, a mother of one, was slain at her home in the swank neighborhood. Now her powerful Big Pharma attorney father is speaking out as detectives quiz panic-stricken neighbors.
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Ryan Reynolds hit with $5m lawsuit over early-morning Tesla crash in ritzy Manhattan enclave
12/06/26 03:33
Just as Blake Lively's marathon fight with Justin Baldoni over her allegations of sexual harassment seems to be winding down, it is now her husband's turn to be hauled before the courts.
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Chilling video confession of glamorous PhD student accused of killing friend's newborn and maiming his twin in most heinous way imaginable: 'I heard a crack'
02/06/26 04:25
Nicole Virzi, 31, had just travelled across the country to meet her friend's six--week-old twins for the first time in Pittsburgh when the tragic killing unfolded. She now faces the death penalty.
Mystery online figure who contacted Trump shooter Thomas Crooks is finally UNMASKED... and his messages raise chilling questions about Butler
11/05/26 03:55
The shadowy figure known as 'Willy Tepes' reached out to Crooks four years before the attempt on President Donald Trump's life at an event in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Farrah Fawcett's twisted family secrets: Siblings of her devil-horned son accused of hideous knife spree reveal dark childhood home truths
06/05/26 11:53
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Tatum O'Neal, 62, is breaking her silence on her unstable half-brother and their dysfunctional family.
He's no Jason Bourne, but founder of spoof hitman site finds he is regularly asked to kill …and now there is a surprise twist to those requests
11/04/26 09:50
Bob Innes founded a website he called Rent-A-Hitman in 2005 as a spoof. In the decades since, hundreds of people have taken him seriously.
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Treasure hunter took secret location of 'Ship of Gold' loot to his prison cell. Now he's free... and could lead way to the 'cursed' $2m fortune
29/03/26 03:50
Thompson, 73, pulled off one of the greatest engineering feats in modern history in 1988 by successfully locating the wreck of the gold bar and coin-laden SS Central America.
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Victim who was lured with Barbie and raped by serial child molester at age 3 relives trauma as DA comes to the rescue after depraved predator gets parole under Newsom-backed law
23/03/26 02:42
Amelia Markson has recalled being lured and kidnapped by serial child rapist David Allen Funston when she was only three years old, as he's set to be released on parole.
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Sheriff is accused of locking FBI AND his own detectives out of crucial decision-making in Nancy Guthrie kidnap probe
20/02/26 07:51
A bitter turf war has erupted in the Nancy Guthrie case, with insiders claiming Sheriff Chris Nanos has locked down the probe and sidelined the FBI.
Inside the top-secret lab working to find Nancy Guthrie's abductor…and why mom and daughter at the helm are fixated on solving the nation's toughest crimes
16/02/26 10:54
Scientists at a secretive Florida DNA lab are analyzing key evidence that could unlock the mystery of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
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Savannah Guthrie's first great loss: How losing her beloved father at 16 forged her strength in a time of family crisis
15/02/26 12:54
Nearly four decades after losing her father Charles Guthrie when she was just 16, Savannah Guthrie is drawing on the strength born in that tragic moment as uncertainty surrounds her family again.
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Nancy Guthrie raids on house and car 'resulted in NO arrests,' despite previous claims that four people had been taken into custody and one had shot themselves in head
14/02/26 12:24
Friday night's rush of activity was earlier rumored to have resulted in four people being detained. But a source later told CNN that no arrests were made.
'Three detained' as cops swoop in huge SWAT raid on property two miles from missing Nancy Guthrie's home
14/02/26 04:00
A SWAT operation was reported in Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood amid the ongoing search for this missing 84-year-old. Officials pulled a man and a woman out of the home.
Is Bad Bunny secretly MARRIED? Why Super Bowl half-time star faces claims he's got hitched with old flame
06/02/26 07:50
The Puerto Rican sensation set off the rumor mill at the Grammys last week, when eagle-eyed fans picked up on subtle hints that he may be off the market.
Shocking truth about mysterious tip off that sparked Nancy Guthrie abduction manhunt... as 'overwhelmed' Savannah's turmoil is revealed
04/02/26 11:58
Fresh doubt has been cast on the tip off that first led to alarms being raised over Nancy Guthrie's shock abduction this weekend, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Eyepopping video captures the dramatic rescue of Mouse the pack horse who vanished into Wyoming's treacherous, predator-filled mountains and was found on a ledge seven months later
03/02/26 05:15
Mouse, a lone pack horse, survived seven months in Wyoming's Wind River Range before a dramatic rescue with snowmobiles, a snowcat and a river raft.
Bombshell new leaked audio that could sink Blake Lively: Listen to actress' four-minute voice note to Justin Baldoni
29/01/26 08:08
The unearthed recording, obtained by the Daily Mail from court filings in New York, captures Lively speaking candidly to Baldoni in February 2023, months before cameras started rolling.
EXPOSED: Secret Soros-linked ICE protests network, their anarchist training dossier... and the shadow group chats leaders don't want you to see
29/01/26 06:43
The ongoing anti-ICE protests in Minnesota after the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti isn't just a grassroots effort but also supported by big backers.
Gavin Newsom's ballyhooed 'care first' $236 million mental health push helps ONLY 22 people in four years
27/01/26 01:40
After spending $236 million in California taxpayer dollars on CARE Court, the Daily Mail can reveal that so far Governor Gavin Newsom's program is a flop.
REVEALED: Border agents were trying to detain an Ecuadorian man at time of deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
24/01/26 11:25
Federal agents say they were trying to detain Jose Huerta-Chuma, an Ecuadorian man, before Alex Pretti intervened. Pretti was shot and killed during a struggle, authorities said.
ICU nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti identified as victim of Minneapolis shooting as furious friends say 'good, kind' man was 'executed'
24/01/26 06:15
Pretti was identified by local media as the man gunned down during a clash with federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Is Ilhan Omar really an American? Disturbing new questions about her citizenship swirl
13/01/26 06:11
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar has always claimed that she became a citizen at 17 by something called 'derivation of citizenship,' through her Somali-born father Nur Omar Mohamed while she was still a minor.
I spent 20 years building a lifeline for autistic children... now Minnesota's Somali fraud crackdown could shut my center in weeks
05/01/26 05:04
She built her center to give children with severe autism a future. Now, amid Minnesota's widening fraud investigation, frozen Medicaid payments threaten to shut her center's doors in weeks.
Shocking PROOF of the Somali scandal exposed: Brave survivor drops bombshell evidence... and how he was brutally silenced
02/01/26 03:47
For nearly a year, Minnesota tax payers paid hundreds of dollars a day for Cain Pence's care.
Devastating truth about Rob Reiner's daughter Romy: Her own addiction battle... how she 'lived in fear' of Nick... and the handsome companion she's leaning on, all revealed by heartbroken friends
21/12/25 12:39
For Romy Reiner, the month of December is usually packed full of joyous festivities. This year, her 28th birthday, which falls just two days after Christmas, will be devastatingly different.
Mom, 58, speaks out on attack at Nick Fuentes' home... as he accepts humiliating punishment for pushing her down stairs
11/12/25 09:18
The far-right provocateur, 27, was accused of attacking 58-year-old Marla Rose in an incident she captured on video after knocking on his door in Berwyn, Illinois.
All she wants for Christmas is...a full house! Mariah Carey's holiday residency in Las Vegas struggles to fill seats despite her reign as the queen of yuletide hits
03/12/25 08:11
Mariah Carey has kicked off her 'Christmastime in Las Vegas' residency - complete with a candy cane gown and the holiday classics she has been milking every December.
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Gavin Newsom's secret past he's so desperate to hide... and the damning evidence that proves who he really is
06/11/25 03:48
Presumed 2028 presidential candidate Gavin Newsom has been channeling the ghost of Horatio Alger.
Explosive report claims a network of charities connected to George Soros funneled $40M to support Zohran Mamdani's political rise in tax-dodging scheme
31/10/25 07:29
Mamdani's campaign is facing allegations that it benefited from tens of millions of dollars in donations funneled from Soros-linked charities.
Outrage as New York mayoral shoo-in Zohan Mamdani plans to bring back Bill de Blasio's boondoggle program to sub social workers for cops
24/10/25 06:29
The widely panned mental health initiative, ThriveNYC, that was brought forward by former mayor Bill de Blasio's wife could make a resurgence under mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani's admin.
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Ex-con twin brothers with history of extremism and violence are now accused of leading Antifa mob against ICE in Chicago
20/10/25 08:15
Jeremy and Jason Hammond, 40, were both detained at an anti-ICE protest at a facility in Broadview, Illinois on September 26.
Sin City's shame: As tourists abandon Las Vegas, 1,500 forgotten 'Mole People' are left behind in rat-infested tunnels below the Strip
09/10/25 04:10
Tunnel dweller Natasha, originally from Anchorage, Alaska and just one of an estimated 1,500 people, many of whom are drug, alcohol, or gambling addicts, living under the glittering Las Vegas Strip.
Radio legend's daughter who 'falsely claimed' THREE men including The Bachelor star got her pregnant captured in shocking body cam footage
08/10/25 07:07
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Laura Owens, indicted for allegedly filing a false paternity claim against Bachelor star Clayton Echard, has also been tied to two lawsuits from former flings.
Scandal erupts at Christian school as student moves in with teacher, 47... now his father claims she has 'destroyed' their family
23/09/25 07:06
The school has launched an investigation into the claims, its lawyer confirmed to the Daily Mail.
War of the right-wing influencers: How internet stars Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson are turning on each other...and eclipsing TV heavyweights
19/09/25 04:09
They've gotten so big that X is on fire with savage infighting between some of the biggest names among right-wing influencers.
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Charlie Kirk's secret sister: Elusive 29-year-old has VERY surprising views... after meeting the 'light of her life'
15/09/25 05:46
Conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk was a teen outlier growing up in the heavily Democratic, left-leaning suburbs of northern Chicago.
The family secret that Minneapolis shooter's mother kept hidden for two decades
29/08/25 11:32
Mary Grace Westman, 67, who has so far refused to cooperate with police seeking information about her son, flew to Minnesota on Wednesday afternoon, within hours of the shocking attack.
Twisted secret network behind disturbed transgender Minneapolis school shooter - and they hunt for more teen victims every day
29/08/25 07:12
Despite coming from a typical healthy family, Robin Westman's horrific decision to shoot up a Minneapolis church full of children was inspired by online terror groups who exploit young people.
Did cheerleader drive a boy to MURDER? Family blame 'queen bee' daughter of cop for boy's killing as NINE kids are jailed
26/08/25 03:59
Trey Wright, 16, was murdered in the remote outpost of Johnsonville, South Carolina, on June 24 in a shooting that saw nine teens from the area arrested.
Heartbreaking final words revealed of boy killed in a petty teenage love triangle that has left SEVEN kids behind bars
20/08/25 05:54
The South Carolina mother who watched Trey Dean Wright, 16, gasp for breath as he lay dying outside her home believes jealousy sparked the fatal love triangle shooting in June.
Chicago pastor declares war on Obama's fledgling $830 million library empire project with his own center for opportunity: 'Not victims'
19/08/25 08:34
Reverend Corey Brooks is building the Leadership and Economic Opportunity Center in Chicago, just blocks from the construction site of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.
Obama's 'obscene monument to his ego' dramatically backfires as $850M vanity project sparks outrage
18/08/25 02:02
Barack Obama's promise to build and revitalize neighborhoods was a centerpiece of his first term in the White House.
Howard Lutnick under fire as his billion-dollar firm quietly cashed in on shady cryptocurrency before Trump named him commerce secretary
06/08/25 01:00
Billionaire Commerce Secretary Lutnick has long drawn scrutiny - and not just for his powerful role in government.
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Tom Cruise's new flame Ana de Armas faces Mission Impossible over demands of Scientology that drove Katie Holmes to call it quits
05/08/25 12:44
Ana de Armas, spotted near her Vermont home with Tom Cruise, is embarking on a relationship with the world's most famous Scientologist
Why WSU police chief refused to give Brian Kohberger a job after face-to-face meeting... months before he was caught for Idaho murders
18/07/25 12:33
WSU's campus police chief interviewed Brian Kohberger for a job while he was a criminology student.... months later he'd find out he was the Idaho 4 killer.
My daughter was murdered by Bryan Kohberger. I wasn't the best mother. But now I WILL fulfill her dying wish: Mom's transformation before face-off with killer
17/07/25 03:25
The long-troubled mother of a murdered University of Idaho student plans to be in court on July 23 for the sentencing of her killer Bryan Kohberger - and promises the world will see 'an entirely new person'.
Why Ethan Chapin's mother is GRATEFUL Bryan Kohberger will never face trial... as her two remaining triplets graduate from the same Idaho school
15/07/25 12:44
Ethan Chapin's surviving siblings, triplets Maizie and and Hunter, 23, chose to continue their studies and graduate from the University of Idaho despite their brother's horrifying murder in November 2022.
Diddy's mother Janice Combs opens up after bombshell verdict and reveals why she's not celebrating just yet
03/07/25 05:28
Sean 'Diddy' Combs escaped conviction on the most serious charges in his federal sex trafficking case on Wednesday, but his mother isn't celebrating just yet, she told the Daily Mail.
Diddy's family reveal rapper's next move after stunning 'second chance' verdict
03/07/25 05:16
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' family expressed their excitement at the rapper's chance to start his life afresh after being found not guilty for the majority of the federal charges lodged against him.
Diddy's jubilant mom and kids break silence on shock verdict as Cassie holes up at NYC home
02/07/25 04:55
Diddy's overjoyed offspring gave an exclusive interview to Daily Mail moments after he was cleared of the most serious charges he faced.
Diddy's lawyers call verdict an 'enormous victory and win,' claim disgraced mogul 'will be able to sleep at night'
02/07/25 12:11
Lawyers representing Sean ' Diddy ' Combs declared the verdict in the disgraced music mogul's trial an 'enormous victory and win.'
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Olympic legend Mary Lou Retton reappears after DUI scandal with shocking new look as she zooms around on golf cart at lavish wedding
30/06/25 07:05
Olympic gold medalist Mary Loy Retton took a much-needed respite from her legal troubles surrounding her May DUI as she attended her daughter Emma Kelly's wedding on Sunday.
The unsettling symbol quietly creeping onto US state and city flags... as fears mount over what it may represent
29/06/25 12:28
At least 40 city and state flags have adopted or are considering new flag designs featuring the unfamiliar symbol that has rarely appeared in American iconography, if ever.
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She's his mortal enemy who he brands the 'propagandist-in-chief'. Now Trump wants her 'thrown out like a dog'
25/06/25 09:34
Donald Trump explodes at CNN's Natasha Bertrand, demanding she be 'fired' and 'thrown out like a dog' over her report claiming U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were a failure.
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Insiders reveal the mastermind behind Taylor Swift's lucrative career... a 'laser-focused strategist' hellbent on her success
20/06/25 05:20
As Taylor Swift faces having her deeply personal texts with Blake Lively exposed in court - one very protective figure is stepping in.

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