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Florida man wearing women's blouse, no pants crashes car into jail to 'kill everyone,' authorities say

A homeless Florida man wearing women’s clothes who wanted to “kill everyone” intentionally drove a vehicle through the jail, authorities said Tuesday. Joseph Leedy, 40, drove a car through the doors of the Martin County Jail lobby Tuesday night, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said. Images released by the sheriff’s office show a Toyota halfway inside the jail building with …

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Pressure mounts as more Boeing whistleblowers step forward following suicide

Whistleblowers at Boeing and one of its subcontractors continue to voice their concerns about airplane safety in the wake of the unexpected deaths of two of their colleagues who had also gone public. At least three have come forward publicly so far. Others are weighing the risks of adding their voices with concerns over the production of civilian and military …

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Recent WSU grad's disappearance from Seattle airport tied to missing Idaho man, toddler

A 21-year-old woman who recently graduated from Washington State University in Pullman disappeared from Seattle International Airport the same day her fiance and his 2-year-old daughter went missing from Moscow, Idaho. Nadia Erika Cole was reported missing from the airport on May 29, according to the private investigator her family hired. Cole’s fiance, 21-year-old Aaron Daniel Aung, and his 2-year-old …

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Columbia University agrees to do more to protect students in settlement with Jewish student

Columbia University reached a settlement with a Jewish student on Tuesday, resulting in the Ivy League school’s agreement to take additional steps to make its students feel safe on campus. The anonymous student alleged harassment and intimidation “from an extreme element within the on-campus Gaza war protests had forced Jewish (and other) students off Columbia’s campus,” the student’s legal team …

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Maryland jail releases convicted sex offender illegal immigrant despite ICE detainer

A Guatemalan national convicted of major sex crimes against a Maryland minor was released by Baltimore County Corrections, despite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) request to keep him detained. ICE said in a press release that Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested 25-year-old Raul Calderon-Interiano near his home in Baltimore on Saturday. Calderon-Interiano was first …

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$3.5M settlement reached with family of Iowa State student who died in rowing accident

Iowa officials agreed Tuesday to pay $3.5 million in a settlement agreement with the family of an Iowa State University student who drowned after a school crew club boat capsized in cold, rough waters. The State Appeal Board approved the terms of the agreement between Iowa State and the parents of Yaakov Ben-David more than three years after the 20-year-old …

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Chicago couple brutally assaulted by teens while on date, pregnant wife loses baby after attack

A Chicago couple were attacked after going on a date in the Windy City’s Streeterville neighborhood on Friday. The husband and wife were walking on the street when they were surrounded by an unknown number of teens Friday evening near Grand Avenue and McClurg Court, FOX 32 Chicago reported. The woman, whose name is Nina, told the outlet they were …

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Rodeo star Spencer Wright's son Levi dies after Utah river accident: report

Saddle bronc champion Spencer Wright’s 3-year-old son has died nearly two weeks after he fell off his toy tractor and into a Utah river, drowning and losing oxygen to his brain, a family friend said. The toddler was airlifted to Beaver Valley Hospital after the accident in Beaver Creek on May 21, Fox News Digital previously reported. He remained in …

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Yellowstone bison gores 83-year-old tourist, lifting her off the ground

An 83-year-old woman has been seriously injured in Yellowstone National Park after being gored by a bison that was “defending its space,” park officials say. The tourist from Greenville, South Carolina, was targeted by the bison on June 1 near the Storm Point Trail at Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming, according to the National Park Service. “The bison, defending its space, …

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1 dead, 1 charged in pair of Alaska shootings

Anchorage police are investigating two separate shootings that left one man dead and another wounded and facing murder charges. The most recent shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. Monday after officers responded to reports of shots fired in an Anchorage neighborhood, according to a police press release. Officers arrived and learned that two men were involved in the shooting in a …

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