A suspect has been arrested in Washington, D.C., after allegedly spraying an unknown substance at two people while making antisemitic remarks in the vicinity of a synagogue, police say. Brent Wood, a 33-year-old with a last known address in Toledo, Ohio, is now facing charges of simple assault and resisting …
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A federal judge in New York has ordered the unsealing of dozens of documents naming people linked to the disgraced financier and sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. The documents are expected to identify more than 180 people, including associates, victims, investigators and journalists who covered the case. Some of the names …
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An Arlington Police Department officer has been killed in Dallas on Thursday after becoming involved in a suspected hit-and-run crash, police and reports say. The officer, identified as 24-year veteran Darrin McMichael, was struck along Interstate 20 as he “was heading into work for the day,” according to his department. …
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SEATTLE – Seattle is delaying its plan to equip police with body cameras until privacy issues can be considered, and public comment heard. The Seattle Times reports (http://is.gd/xSZzSb ) the city’s Community Police Commission issued a statement saying the new technology may have unintended consequences. The 12-member commission has struggled …
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Three people were killed and a Georgia county sheriff and one of his deputies were wounded late Sunday after a domestic dispute turned deadly. Deputies responded to a 911 call in Clarksville, Ga., about 85 miles northeast of Atlanta, at around 7:30 p.m. local time and found a woman dead …
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FALL RIVER, Mass. – After six days of deliberating, jurors went home Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, who is accused of killing the man dating his fiancee’s sister. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the killing of Odin …
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A deputy district attorney in Los Angeles is accusing her boss of strategically withholding information from the public about ousted former Sheriff Alex Villanueva until after he lost in his reelection bid last year, according to a new whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. Deputy District Attorney Amy Pellman Pentz, a former leader …
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At least one person has died and others are believed missing following a large landslide that covered a highway near a remote community in southeast Alaska during the night, authorities said Tuesday. The slide occurred about 9 p.m. Monday near Wrangell, an island community of more than 2,000 people about …
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Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger’s long-shot attempts to have the indictment against him dismissed over lack of evidence and flaws in the grand jury process have been denied – clearing a set of hurdles delaying the trial. Kohberger, 29, is facing four charges of first-degree murder and a burglary …
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At least nine people were injured in New York City overnight after a car plowed into New Year’s Eve revelers and police officers while evading cops after a dispute with another person. The incident happened near West 34th Street and 9th Avenue, near Madison Square Garden, according to the New …
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