A Maryland jury will decide in the coming weeks whether a Prince George’s County police officer broke the law when he shot and killed a handcuffed man in 2020. A trial began Tuesday for Michael Owen Jr., who had served on the police force for 10 years when he became …
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A couple from Chicago “forced” four children to help them steal nearly $1,000 in merchandise from a suburban Macy’s store that has been an ongoing target of retail theft this holiday season, authorities said Wednesday. Angelo Almaraz, 26, of Chicago, and his 32-year-old domestic partner Thalia Morales, of Hammond, Indiana, …
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An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. He is Pup EL2306 — proper name to be determined — a northern sea otter who was found alone and malnourished in the remote town of Seldovia in October and taken to …
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A man who confessed to the 2004 sexual assault and murder of a 3-year-old Illinois girl has died in a state prison, according to state records. Scott Eby, 52, an inmate at the Menard Correctional Center, died Thursday, according to an online inmate notification system. The death of Riley Fox, …
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Progressives must condemn Hamas as antisemitic incidents occur across the East San Francisco Bay Area, a neighborhood safety activist and former union organizer told Fox News. “The performative altruism that we’ve experienced in Oakland with our activist class has just been super cringe,” said Seneca Scott, who founded the neighborhood …
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A Tennessee couple and their two children are seeking a new home after a large tornado ripped through their community and swept up their 4-month-old child, who was found alive in a nearby tree following the tragedy. Sydney Moore, her boyfriend and their children were inside their home last Saturday …
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A body was found early Sunday after a Nebraska house explosion that authorities say was likely caused by “destructive devices.” Police in Hastings said in a news release that emergency crews rushed to the home around 3:15 a.m. after a 911 caller reported the explosion. Police and firefighters encountered secondary …
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After one Colorado sheriff had to be convinced to spread holiday cheer, the rest of his office conducted quite the operation to get a massive Christmas tree into their new department lobby. “Those who’ve seen our beautiful new employee entrance know it is big, open, and shockingly EMPTY,” Larimer County …
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An Oregon man smashed a window at a museum on Sunday and stole “numerous gold items” from inside before fleeing the scene, according to officials. Deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday to a break-in alarm at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and …
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Remains found by hikers in a shallow grave 47 years ago near a lake on the border of Arizona and Nevada have been identified. The man was Luis Alonso Paredes, who was from El Salvador but may have been living or working in the Las Vegas area at the time …
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