A 16-year old Iowa girl was reportedly abducted by three suspects late Friday, the Henry County Sheriff’s office reported. According to KWQC, just before 8 p.m., authorities responded to the reported abduction of Karyn Renee Mehaffy in Winfield, Iowa. The teenager is 5 feet, 3 inches tall with blonde hair …
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HOUSTON – 12:45 a.m. CDT No appeals are in the courts as condemned Texas prisoner Gregory Russeau heads for execution for the slaying of a 75-year-old East Texas auto repair shop owner 14 years ago during a crack cocaine binge. The 45-year-old Russeau on Thursday evening would become the ninth …
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Another member of “The Family” is facing justice. Justin Solondz was in federal court in Tacoma Wednesday, charged with making the firebomb that destroyed the Horticulture building at the University of Washington in 2001. Solondz, 31, is the last person to be prosecuted in the case and the evidence is …
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – A man living on the streets in central Pennsylvania has returned a lost purse containing nearly $400 to its owner — a single mother who is on welfare and battling brain cancer. The man tells WJAC-TV (http://bit.ly/1LnrRQP ) on Thursday that he was sitting on a …
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MINEOLA, N.Y. – A New York judge says a lawsuit filed by the family of a Hofstra University student killed in an off-campus police shooting can move forward. Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/1Csfoq3 ) the judge ruled against Nassau County’s bid to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit. But the judge threw out …
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LAKE CITY, Fla. – A 5-year-old Florida girl died after a sturgeon leaped into her boat along the Suwannee River and struck her. Wildlife officials said Jaylon Rippy died after being struck Thursday night. Her mother and 9-year-old brother were also injured and taken to a Gainesville hospital. Their condition …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After more than a year of delays, a trial challenging Tennessee’s method for executing prisoners has begun. Steve Kissinger represents 33 death row inmates who say lethal injection is unconstitutional. In opening statements, Kissinger said the state’s use of prison guards to inject the drug creates a …
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NEW YORK – New York City reached a settlement Monday with the family of Eric Garner for $5.9 million, almost a year after the 43-year-old died in police custody. The family filed a notice of claim in October, the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city, asking for …
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JUNEAU, Alaska – Firefighters in Alaska rescued a Boy Scout after a 3,000-pound boulder tumbled onto him at a Juneau camp, pinning his legs. The Juneau Empire reports (http://bit.ly/1HLQWkL) Capital City Fire/Rescue freed the boy Monday after an intensive rescue that took about two hours. The Ketchikan teen’s name hasn’t …
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. – James Holmes should be put to death for the Colorado theater shooting because he deliberately and cruelly killed 12 people, including a 6-year-old girl, prosecutors told jurors Wednesday. The same jurors who convicted Holmes of murder and attempted murder last week — swiftly dismissing his claim that …
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