ALBANY, N.Y. – The remnants of a late 18th century sailing ship unearthed five years ago at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan are getting a permanent berth in upstate New York. The New York Times reports (http://nyti.ms/1IqTZkh ) the 32-foot section of the wooden vessel found in …
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CHICAGO – Child welfare authorities say the father of a 3-year-old girl found alone near a suburban Chicago forest preserve left her in a trash can. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services spokesman Andrew Flach tells the Chicago Tribune that an initial investigation found that the girl’s father put …
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NEW RICHMOND, Ohio – An Ohio police officer is being praised for holding his fire even as a slaying suspect charged him, saying repeatedly, “shoot me.” WLWT-TV in Cincinnati reported the tense moments were captured Thursday on a body camera worn by New Richmond officer Jesse Kidder. The video shows …
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MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. – Police say a small-town Pennsylvania politician engaged a SWAT team in a six-hour standoff after threatening his son with a bat and barricading himself in his home. McKees Rocks borough council president Keith Schwab was jailed Sunday on charges of terroristic threats and recklessly endangerment. An …
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LANCASTER, N.H. – The stepfather of a girl who was taken out of the United States a decade ago amid a custody dispute has posted $250,000 cash bail less than week after his arraignment in New Hampshire. Scott Kelley fled with his wife, Genevieve Kelley, and her then-8-year-old daughter in …
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U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., said Sunday he will leave Congress before the end of his current term after growing frustrated with dysfunction in Washington. “It’s just a time for change, and I think this is the time,” Higgins, 64, said at a news conference. He plans to leave office …
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Jillian Ludwig, an 18-year-old freshman at Belmont University in Nashville, was jogging in a public park just blocks away from campus on a sunny afternoon last Tuesday when a stray bullet struck her in the head, killing her. “Her roommate said she had been going [jogging] three to four times …
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Border Patrol agents in California discovered dozens of bundles filled with fentanyl pills worth millions of dollars hidden inside a vehicle after pulling over a driver on the interstate last week, authorities said Tuesday. Agents with the San Diego Sector stopped a 24-year-old woman who was driving a gray sedan …
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Tiffany Haddish was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. The actor and comedian was detained after Beverly Hills police received a call about 5:45 a.m. Police said she appeared to be found slumped over the wheel of the vehicle while the car engine was still …
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A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado, last year is suing the police officer who stunned her and the city’s police chief, accusing the police department of failing to report excessive force by the officer to state regulators. …
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