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1 person killed, 5 wounded in Indiana bar shooting, police say

One person was killed and five others including a police officer were wounded during an early morning shooting Sunday in Indianapolis, police said. Two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers in full uniform were working in off-duty employment at a bar in the 9400 block on East Washington Street when a disturbance erupted in the parking lot around 1:30 a.m., Chief …

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Girl dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound after grabbing LA County deputy's weapon

A girl died Sunday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after she entered a Los Angeles County sheriff’s station and grabbed a deputy’s gun, the department said. LOS ANGELES SQUATTERS SENT PACKING AS HOME INSPECTORS ENTER, CHANGE LOCKS, VIDEO SHOWS The incident came after the girl’s foster parent called authorities to their home around 7:25 p.m. Sunday, saying the girl was …

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Canadian charged after faking school shooting threat, hostage situation in Florida swatting calls

A Canadian man is facing charges after making dozens of swatting calls to a sheriff’s office in Florida over the course of two months, officials said. William Tuckett, 20, was charged with three counts of public mischief and three counts of conveying false information for making false reports of crimes to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, the Sault …

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Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The central dispute in the case is whether the Food and Drug Administration overlooked serious safety problems when it made mifepristone easier to obtain, including …

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Murdered Washington teens, both 16, found along highway in connected killings: report

Two teenagers were found dead within a half mile of each other along Interstate 5 in what Washington State Patrol said are connected killings, Fox 13 reported. The victims – both 16-year-old boys – were hidden behind a high, concrete wall and dense forest along the busy Seattle highway, according to law enforcement. The first victim’s body was in a …

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Missing Vermont teen Brianna Maitland's father suspects 'some kind of struggle' before she vanished

Brianna Maitland was eager to get some rest after her shift washing dishes at an upscale Vermont inn on the evening of March 19, 2004. She had an early-morning shift the next day working at a diner and had to get back to her friend’s house, where she was staying at the time, to get some sleep. The 17-year-old had …

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NYPD officer shot, killed during car stop in Queens by suspect with multiple prior arrests: police

A New York City police officer has died after he was shot while conducting a vehicle stop, authorities said Monday. A pair of officers stopped a vehicle at 1919 Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens around 5:48 p.m. as part of the NYPD Community Response Team because it was parked illegally, the NYPD said. Then a shootout ensued. “We lost …

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Former VA Republican lawmaker arrested again, this time on felony firearm and drug charges

A former Virginia lawmaker was arrested over the weekend on felony gun and drug charges and a misdemeanor charge of violating a protective order, according to a sheriff’s office official and jail records. Matt Fariss, who had served in the House of Delegates as a Republican since 2012 before running unsuccessfully last year as an independent, was booked at a …

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Washington state fire battalion chief arrested on murder charges in wife's death

A Washington state fire department employee was arrested Friday for allegedly murdering his wife after the medical examiner declared her manner of death as a homicide. According to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Kevin West, 49, was arrested on Friday in connection to the murder of his wife, Marcelle “Marcy” West. On Jan. 8, firefighters and Washougal police officers responded …

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X pledges $300K to pay legal fees for Canadian doctor who bucked COVID vaccination mandates

A Canadian doctor with a fast-approaching deadline to pay a $300,000 court judgment in a legal battle over lockdowns and vaccine mandates, received some help from the social media platform X, which offered to cover the cost. Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill is a physician in Ontario, Canada who specializes in pediatrics and immunology. In the summer of 2020, she spoke …

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