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A bizarre video has captured a giant inflatable duck blowing across a road in Michigan during a period of high winds. The Thrifty Treasures Antiques & More store in Birch Run says the “cherished symbol” of their business “has passed away” following the viral incident Monday in the village north of Flint. “I was just praying that nobody got hit …

Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby avoided jail time on Thursday after a judge sentenced her to home detention and supervised release after she was convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud, according to local reports. The Baltimore Sun reported that U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Mosby to a year of home detention and three years of supervised release, …

A snowboarder who fled after allegedly plowing into an Aspen skier and leaving her crumpled in the snow before months of physical therapy, was identified using his social media presence and distinctive gear, according to a lawsuit. Anne Cassidy, a mother of four and an “expert skier” familiar with Aspen Mountain, said she was chatting in plain sight on her …

A mysterious shooting in North Carolina north of Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, not far from where some of America’s most elite U.S. Special Operations forces live and train is under investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Division as well as local police. The shooting in Carthage, North Carolina occurred May 3 at 8:15 p.m. following a phone call about …

One of two Jordanian nationals who attempted to breach Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia earlier this month crossed into the U.S. illegally in April before being released, while the other was a foreign student whose status was terminated in January, according to U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Both individuals were apprehended on May 3, 2024, after they attempted …

Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, was back in court Thursday for another pre-trial hearing where his defense pressed the Moscow Police Department detectives about the mishandling of phone records linked to his alibi. Moscow Police Detective Lawrence Mowery testified on Thursday about his role in the investigation, admitting that he did …

Four Colombian nationals were arrested in a Los Angeles suburb Monday night with surveillance equipment that authorities say was being used as part of a “burglary tourism” operation, including one suspect who had been arrested for a similar crime just weeks earlier. Police in Glendale spotted a suspicious vehicle driving without headlights on a dead-end street in the Emerald Isle …

For block after block through the small city of Greenfield, Iowa, the destructive power of an EF-4 tornado that ripped apart more than 100 of the town’s homes in just one minute is evident in the muddy, shattered mess left behind. All along the mile-long swath Thursday was the deafening clamor of heavy equipment scooping up the splintered homes, smashed …

The families of 19 victims of the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting filed a $500 million lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against 91 Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers and the local school district, deeming their response to the 2022 massacre the “single greatest failure of law enforcement to confront an active shooter in American history.” The lawsuit comes …

A mother black bear swiped at a Colorado hiker Tuesday, sending them to the ground where they got scrapes on their arms but were able to finish their walk before getting first aid, according to a statement from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. After the attack in Steamboat Springs, a ritzy ski resort town about three hours northwest of Denver, wildlife …