SAN FRANCISCO – Police are searching for a woman who emerged from the icy bay water Wednesday morning wearing a soaking wet black dress and no shoes after she either jumped or fell from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge trying to evade police in a stolen car. California Highway Patrol …
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A bust of the Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott opinion affirming slavery will likely be removed from City Hall in Frederick, Maryland, after a majority of elected officials said they support relocation. Three of Frederick’s five aldermen say they support moving the sculpture of Roger …
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SAUGERTIES, N.Y. – Authorities say a car plunged down a 110-foot embankment in upstate New York, hit a house and landed on its roof, killing four men inside. Police in the Hudson Valley village of Saugerties (SAW’-ger-teez) say 19-year-old Meredith McSpirit of Kingston was driving the car Wednesday morning when …
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Best-selling author and motivational speaker Wayne Dyer has died, his family said Sunday. He was 75. Dyer’s family announced his passing in a statement that was posted on the writer’s official Facebook page. “Wayne has left his body, passing away through the night. He always said he couldn’t wait for …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Wildlife officials in Florida say they’re searching for an 8-foot-long king cobra snake that escaped from a home in Orlando. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Greg Workman says the snake was reported missing Wednesday by its owner. Officials say the non-native, venomous snake is green …
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DOVER, N.H. – The federal government says it can take the New England cottontail rabbit off the list of species under consideration for special protection, thanks to conservation efforts. The Department of the Interior made the announcement Friday at a farm in Dover, New Hampshire. The small brown rabbit has …
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Tourists visiting Cancún and Mexico’s Riviera Maya this summer are being greeted not just with ocean breezes and poolside cocktails, but by heavily armed patrols. In response to escalating cartel violence and crimes against travelers, the Mexican government has deployed more than 7,000 troops and security personnel to safeguard the …
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An NYPD police officer was shot twice Friday morning while responding to a carjacking by a violent career criminal who was out on parole, police and New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. The officer was shot in the arm and the leg and sustained non-life-threatening injuries in what Mayor …
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The weapons that Minneapolis church shooter Robin Westman used to kill two Catholic school studentsand injure 17 otherswere “lawfully purchased,” the city’s police chief revealed. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara identified the 23-year-old as the “coward” who opened fire Wednesday during a Mass welcoming students to the first week of …
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An Idaho judge has expanded a temporary injunction regarding the release of additional crime scene images but delayed her decision on a motion from relatives of the University of Idaho students killed in a home invasion attack who asked the court to permanently block the release of even redacted photos …
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