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Teen murder suspect allegedly swatted victim's home weeks before deadly hit-and-run: lawyer

The 17-year-old accused of killing two teen girls in a hit-and-run murder is accused in two “swatting” incidents at one of the victim’s homes in the weeks before she was killed. Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas were killed on Monday, Sept. 29, while riding an electric bike when an unnamed …

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Missouri man executed for killing state trooper, marking state's first execution of the year

A Missouri man who was convicted of fatally shooting a state trooper 20 years ago was executed Tuesday. Lance Shockley, 48, died by lethal injection shortly after 6 p.m. at the state prison in Bonne Terre. Shockley, who long maintained his innocence, was convicted of killing Missouri State Highway Patrol …

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Shooting at Oklahoma State University residence hall leaves multiple victims

A shooting at an Oklahoma State University (OSU) residence hall left multiple victims hospitalized on Sunday, authorities said. Officers responded around 3:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting at Carreker East residential hall, OSU Police Department said in a statement. OSU Police Chief Michael Beckner said there were multiple victims, …

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Alabama death row inmate insists innocence, urges governor to meet him before nitrogen-gas execution

An Alabama death row inmate, who insists he is an “innocent man,” asked Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to meet with him before the state puts him to death later this week. Anthony Boyd, 53, is scheduled to be executed on Thursday evening by nitrogen gas at the William C. Holman …

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Florida thieves ambush couple at gunpoint after tracking them with AirTag, police say

Authorities revealed footage of a home invasion in Florida that saw armed thieves holding a couple at gunpoint after tracking them down with an Apple AirTag this week. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said the incident occurred on Aug. 19. Suspects Luis Charles, 26, and Odardy Maldonado-Rodriguez, 32, are accused …

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Security video captures moment former mayor stabbed multiple times outside his blue state business

New video shows the moment a former mayor in Massachusetts was stabbed on Monday afternoon outside a cannabis dispensary he owns. Former Democratic Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan, 45, was stabbed multiple times outside Cosmopolitan Dispensary on Monday at around 5 p.m., according to police. Officials said Flanagan suffered “significant …

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Palisades Fire suspect has courtroom outburst while pleading not guilty at arraignment

The suspect accused of starting what prosecutors have described as “one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history” reportedly had an outburst in federal court as he pleaded not guilty. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Florida, entered a not guilty plea Thursday to counts of destruction of property …

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Fired Trump prosecutors launch new Washington firm they say will battle government corruption

Two federal prosecutors fired by President Donald Trump after working on special counsel Jack Smith’s legal team investigating the commander in chief have founded a new law firm to battle corruption. Molly Gaston and J.P. Cooney have formed a boutique firm in Washington, D.C., to do much of what they …

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Former New York state trooper sentenced to 6 months in prison after faking his own shooting: 'disgraceful'

A former New York state trooper was sentenced on Wednesday to six months behind bars after he shot himself in the leg and falsely claimed that he was wounded by an unknown gunman. Thomas Mascia pleaded guilty in May to falsely reporting an incident, tampering with physical evidence and official …

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Attempted murder suspect with four prior cases walks free on $9.5K bond after brutal trail attack

A 23-year-old Florida man with a violent criminal record spent two months on the run before his capture on charges of rape and attempted murder, then walked out of jail after less than two days on a $9,500 bond. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Jacoby Tillman attacked a …

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