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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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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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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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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JERUSALEM, Israel – American Jews studying in Israel say they are outraged by what they see as a rise of antisemitism back home in the United States following the worst terrorist attack in the history of the Jewish state. Gideon Rone, a student from Baltimore, Maryland relayed his frustration over …
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ATLANTA – Georgia officials waffled on whether to proceed with an execution when the lethal injection drug was discovered to have a cloudy appearance, according to court documents, and one expert said the state’s decision to postpone it was the right move. The execution of Kelly Renee Gissendaner was delayed …
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POLSON, Mont. – A Hong Kong businessman is charged with breaking into a northwestern Montana home after getting drunk at a September wedding and causing extensive damage in a case a judge says “reads like a ‘Hangover’ movie.” Court records say authorities responding to a report of a naked intruder …
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A group representing regional airlines says its president has stepped down and it will search for a permanent replacement. The Regional Airline Association said Monday that Roger Cohen resigned effective immediately. Faye Malarkey Black, the group’s senior vice president of government affairs, was named interim president. The group did not …
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