WASHINGTON – A spokeswoman for the metro system in Washington, D.C., says one person has died after smoke forced the evacuation of one of the U.S. capital’s busiest downtown stations. Spokeswoman Caroline Laurin declined to give more information Monday evening, saying the National Transportation Safety Board was investigating. Hundreds were …
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A longtime Philadelphia union boss has been convicted in a racketeering case that accused him of using violence and intimidation to secure union jobs. Federal prosecutors say 73-year-old Joseph Dougherty told Ironworkers Local 401 members they were at “war” with nonunion competitors. They say his members ratcheted up the pressure …
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SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco police found a dismembered body when they opened a suitcase abandoned on a downtown street and then made another gruesome discovery when they uncovered more body parts nearby. Police spokeswoman Grace Gatpandan said Thursday that it’s unclear if all the remains belong to one person. …
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WASHINGTON – Smoke was reported in a Metro station after a train had a brake problem, but the haze cleared and no one was injured. The report of smoke Friday comes after a train filled with smoke last month near the L’Enfant Plaza station and a woman died. Dozens of …
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SOUTHINGTON, Conn. – A Wallingford man is suing a Southington restaurant and bar claiming “permanent, serious” injury after being thrown from a mechanical bull. Steven M. Saleski, in a Feb. 6 lawsuit, sued Meadow Muffins LLC, which owns the mechanical bull, and T.C.B. LLC, which owns the restaurant, the Cadillac …
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JACKSON, Miss. – Three more young white men, all part of a group that repeatedly searched Mississippi’s capital city for black people to attack, have been sentenced to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on Wednesday sentenced William Kirk Montgomery to 19 ½ years for his role in the …
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Authorities in northern New Jersey said 15 people were hospitalized Sunday afternoon when the roof of a church collapsed during an Easter service. Union County spokesman Sebastian Delia told NJ.com that the collapse occurred just before 2 p.m. at the Korean Union United Methodist Church in Rahway. The Associated Press …
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NEW YORK – The FBI and New York Police Department say a reward of up to $115,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the March 2008 bombing at the Times Square military recruitment station. No one was injured. But Police Commissioner William Bratton says …
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MANCHESTER, N.H. – The family of a 24-year-old woman who died of a heroin overdose has written an obituary openly discussing her struggle with drugs, including a plea to “do everything possible” to help drug addicts before it’s too late. Molly Parks died in Manchester on April 16. Her family …
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DETROIT – A postal worker says he couldn’t eat or sleep for three days because of something in a container of flour. What was keeping him up? A $1 million lottery ticket. Fred Morgan of Detroit had five winning numbers in the April 17 Mega Millions game. He knew he …
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