WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A 28-year-old man allegedly slammed into an NYPD squad car and three other vehicles before his arrest on a slew of charges Wednesday – then bit off a piece of a police sergeant’s finger while in a holding cell. The suspect is an illegal immigrant and emotionally …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Officials say a San Francisco rail station filled with smoke due to sparking from a track insulator. No injuries or damage were reported. Bay Area Rapid Transit spokeswoman Alica Trost says smoke was reported on the platform of the Powell Street station about 8:45 a.m. Friday. Trost …
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TOLEDO, Ohio – A 450-year-old German artifact that was used to tell time and to make astronomical calculations will be returned to a German museum from which it was likely stolen, according to the Toledo Museum of Art. The device, called an astronomical compendium or astrolabe, disappeared from the Gotha …
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LOS ANGELES – A mountain lion that’s a local celebrity has moved in under a Los Angeles home but authorities hope to dislodge him. Jason Archinaco, who owns a home in the hilly Los Feliz area, says workers installing a home security system encountered the cougar around noon Monday. Archinaco …
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A federal judge on Tuesday ordered federal immigration officials to immediately improve conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility, following complaints by detained migrants of filthy, overcrowded rooms and a lack of basic hygiene products. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued a temporary restraining order requiring U.S. …
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With Idaho District Judge John Judge expected to decide soon whether news cameras will be allowed to remain in the courtroom during proceedings for Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger, his on-camera remarks from a prior hearing could weigh heavily on his choice. Although the defense has argued that keeping …
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Derek Eugene Pettis, a 24-year-old gang member, found himself handcuffed in the back seat of a squad car after a drunken bar fight in 1994, but the Los Angeles deputy who placed him there wasn’t going to bring him to jail. Deputy Terrence Wenger, 31, and volunteer chaplain Bruce Bryan, …
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Lawyers for a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver will press to have murder and other charges lodged against him dismissed when the jailed officer appears in court for a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Officer Mark Dial is also charged with manslaughter, official oppression and four other counts …
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A Houston-area pastor is behind bars after he allegedly sexually assaulted a juvenile family member hundreds of times for more than a decade, and getting her pregnant, according to Texas court records. Court records allege that 39-year-old Robert L. Carter was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child and …
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing 21 species from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) due to extinction. “Federal protection came too late to reverse these species’ decline, and it’s a wake-up call on the importance of conserving imperiled species before it’s too late,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service …
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