A Florida man has been found guilty of murdering his wife after a dispute over whether they should appear together on a home-renovation television show. FLORIDA MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER SHOOTING VICTIM DURING ROAD RAGE INCIDENT, WHO LATER DIED David Tronnes was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for …
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A suspect holding a gun was fatally shot by Nebraska deputies after a lengthy chase, authorities said. The shooting happened Monday afternoon in Seward County. Names of the person killed and the deputies involved have not been released. LOUISVILLE OFFICERS SHOOT, CRITICALLY WOUND, BREAK-IN SUSPECT WHO DISREGARDED COMMANDS TO DROP …
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There are stories in the human bones at the American Museum of Natural History. They tell of lives lived — some mere decades ago, others in past centuries — in cultures around the world. But the vast collection of thousands of skeletal parts at one of the world’s most visited …
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A police officer charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain testified Wednesday that he put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold because he feared for his life after another officer said McClain grabbed for one of their guns. Prosecutors have refuted …
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A man accused of physically assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica was then sent to a remote icefield where he was tasked with protecting the safety of a professor and three young graduate students, and he remained there for a full week after a warrant for …
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BOSTON (AP) — The number of homeless families seeking emergency shelter in Massachusetts is nearing a 7,500-family threshold, past which Democratic Gov. Maura Healey says the state can no longer accommodate them and will instead place families on a waitlist, prioritizing those with the highest needs. Healey has said she …
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Rescuers were digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel Monday to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide at the construction project in northern India. All of the construction workers are safe, police officer Prashant Kumar said, adding that they have been supplied with oxygen and water. …
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An effort to enshrine abortion rights in the Nebraska Constitution is being launched, following on the heels of successful efforts in other red states where Republicans had enacted or sought abortion restrictions. Protect Our Rights, the coalition behind the effort, submitted proposed petition language to the Nebraska Secretary of State’s …
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An Ohio man who repeatedly attacked police officers as he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison. Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas has acted as a “one-man misinformation machine” since the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, using …
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A lobsterman in Maine jumped from a boat into the water to help save a driver trapped in a sinking car, police said. The car drove into Casco Bay shortly after noon on Thursday, according to police in Portland, Maine. Police and fire crews were able to force entry into …
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