HOUSTON – Six Texas jailers have been fired and 29 others have been suspended after a mentally ill inmate was left unattended in his jail cell for weeks. Among those fired by Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia on Friday were two jail sergeants who have been indicted on record-tampering charges …
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SANTA FE, N.M. – An appeals court has upheld a man’s conviction on a breaking-and-entering charge that stemmed from a thwarted burglary attempt in Las Cruces. Anthony Holt was breaking through a screen on a home’s window when he realized a woman was in the home. He said “Oh I’m …
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RALEIGH, N.C. – A police officer suing Starbucks after being burned by a free cup of coffee has testified that he drove home to have the injury photographed before he sought medical care. The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, reports (http://bit.ly/1Rgsr7l) Wednesday that officer Matthew Kohr told jurors …
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Federal agents have charged four people in Iowa with conspiring to illegally ship a large amount of guns and ammunition to Lebanon. A criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday shows agents intercepted cargo containers bound for Lebanon last week containing 152 firearms and more than 15,000 rounds of …
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OAKRIDGE, Ore. – When a tractor-trailer rig loaded with 80,000 pounds of dairy products overturned on an Oregon highway southeast of Eugene, the main problem did not seem to be spilled milk but sour cream — lots and lots of sour cream. The Register-Guard of Eugene reports (http://is.gd/y0gRPT) that Oregon …
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TOKYO – The governor of Japan’s southern Okinawa region says he is heading to Washington to convey local objections to a plan to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the island to another. A plan set in 1996 would move U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma to a …
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WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. – An 82-year-old fan of a historic Pennsylvania roller coaster celebrated his 5,000th ride on it over the holiday weekend — sitting for more than eight hours straight and logging 95 spins around the wooden ride in a single day. Vic Kleman, 82, marked the milestone Sunday …
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NEW YORK – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to come up with ways to reduce the number of people unnecessarily behind bars. The jails announced Wednesday to receive planning grants include the nation’s biggest jails in Los Angeles, …
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Two people have been arrested in connection with a fire that damaged an Atlanta apartment complex and led to more than a hundred evacuations. Atlanta news outlets reported that the fire happened Friday night. Firefighters were still on the scene Saturday putting out hotspots. Investigators believe the fire may have …
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The famous fountains at the Bellagio won’t be very visible this week amid the roar of Formula One racing on the Las Vegas Strip, and gondoliers won’t be serenading tourists at the Venetian resort. “Fountains have been shut off, canals drained, streets closed or harder to navigate,” Michael Green, a …
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