Residents in a western Pennsylvania county are calling for the resignation of an official who is facing felony animal cruelty charges after authorities say her dog starved to death. Washington County Controller April Sloane, 43, was arrested last week at her county office. North Strabane police filed the charges after …
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MANOKOTAK, Alaska – A 5-year-old girl from Manokotak (man-oh-KOH’-tak) has died after falling into the Alaska village’s sewage lagoon. Alaska State Troopers say Daphne Mochin was taken by emergency flight to Anchorage, but died from the effects of drowning. Troopers say the girl and two friends climbed under a fence …
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Climate activists briefly disrupted the morning commute Thursday in Boston to put pressure on the state’s governor to ban fossil fuel infrastructure. The 15-minute protest blocked a roadway outside the South Station Transportation Center in downtown Boston. Boston police said there were arrests, but they did not have any details. …
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MADRID – Spain’s airport authority says a wild boar that broke through a perimeter fence at Madrid’s international airport caused runways to be shut briefly and two landings to be delayed. The beast set off security alarms late Friday and when cameras focused on the spot, operators observed it turning …
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HARTFORD, Conn. – Ten Wesleyan University students and two visitors received medical attention after taking a party drug known as Molly over the weekend on campus, including some who attended a rave music show, school officials said Monday. Eight people were still hospitalized Monday, university President Michael Roth said. The …
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An unassuming man living in a New Hampshire mobile home has been discovered to be a secret millionaire after he passed away in June. Geoffrey Holt, who died aged 82 this summer, amassed close to $4 million and left it to his local community in Hinsdale. “I don’t think anyone …
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A Colorado man will serve life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his brother after he stabbed him through the heart with a sword, according to the district attorney’s office. Officials said Kenneth Sargent, 62, was sentenced on Dec. 19 to …
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A Labor Day celebration in Brooklyn culminated in violence with at least six people shot and another slashed in separate incidents following the West Indian Day Parade, according to the NYPD. Police said the shootings and stabbings occurred across four locations in Crown Heights as parade crowds dispersed between late …
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Criminal prosecutions have more than doubled in St. Louis since the city’s progressive prosecutor resigned under fire, a newspaper analysis found. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch found that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore filed more than 1,400 case over the three-period that started with his May 31 swearing-in. That compares …
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PORTLAND, Ore. – After mass resignations and poor morale following the 2020 protests, new police recruits are finally flocking to Portland, the police union head says. There’s just one hiccup: a months long training backlog. “Our hiring has picked up quite a bit,” Portland Police Association President Aaron Schmautz said. …
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