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California teen with mental health issues wielding knife shot, killed by deputies

Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home, authorities said Wednesday. The teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been treated after cutting himself, to a mental health facility when he escaped on Tuesday, San …

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British billionaire Joe Lewis gets no prison time at sentencing for insider trading

NEW YORK (AP) — British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, will not spend any time in prison after pleading guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York, a federal judge said Thursday. Judge G.L. Clarke cited Lewis’ decision to promptly come to the United States to face charges and his failing …

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Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. That represents 54% of the illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. between 2017 and 2021, Justice Department officials …

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Virginia au pair murder: Fetish plot, affair, gun range tied to double homicide at home, prosecutors say

An alleged affair and a fetish website connection were revealed this week in the case of a Virginia au pair who prosecutors say was involved in a double homicide at the home where she worked. Prosecutors also said at a probable cause hearing on Monday that Juliana Peres Magalhaes and Brendan Banfield visited a gun range together before his wife, …

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Biden warns Netanyahu that US will change policy on Gaza unless Israel protects civilians

President Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that U.S. policy in Gaza could change if the Israeli military doesn’t do more to improve the humanitarian situation. During a phone call with his Israeli counterpart on Thursday, Biden stressed that Israel’s strikes on “humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable,” according to a White House readout of the …

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US Army Corps of Engineers plans to reopen Port of Baltimore by end of April after Key Bridge collapse

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced a tentative timeline to open a limited access channel that would restore safe navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, blocking the vital waterway. The USACE said it plans to open a 280-foot-wide and 35-foot-deep channel by the end of April. The channel …

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New Hampshire home explosion kills woman, injures child amid nor'easter

A woman is dead, and her family member is hospitalized, after a fire official said a tree “may have” collapsed on a propane tank, instigating a massive fire and home explosion during Thursday’s powerful nor’easter in New Hampshire. Derry Fire Chief Shawn Haggart said in a press conference on Thursday afternoon that his department received reports of a home explosion …

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New York Senate votes to abolish law from 1907 that makes cheating on spouse illegal

A little-known and rarely enforced law from 1907 that makes adultery a crime in the state of New York could soon be a thing of the past, after lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to repeal it. The state Senate approved the bill almost unanimously. It’s now up to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is in the midst of budget …

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Human leg discovered in Wisconsin park, police investigating as homicide

The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office has opened an investigation after a gruesome discovery was made when a resident found a human leg inside a community park. Officials said the leg was discovered at Warnimont Park on Tuesday, April 2, just before 5:30 p.m., “in or near the water” along Lake Michigan east of the golf course by the pump house. …

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Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly's wife testifies in murder trial, describes armed men near borderlands home

Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly’s wife was called to testify on behalf of the prosecution on Wednesday, as the high-stakes murder trial with broad implications about the borderlands continues. Wanda Kelly, who has been married to the defendant for nearly 54 years, told the Santa Cruz County courtroom that she had spotted two men armed with rifles and carrying backpacks …

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