A sheriff’s deputy in Idaho has died after he was shot during a traffic stop on Saturday night, authorities said. Deputy Tobin Bolter, 27, pulled over a gray Chevy Suburban in Boise just before 9 p.m. and was shot as he approached the driver’s window, the Ada County Sheriff’s Office said. The driver, a 65-year-old man who was wanted on …
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How a child’s question – such as “Where’s mommy?” – in the wake of a crime or traumatic event is answered can either help a child cope, or snowball into violent, depressing adulthood, studies show. “The child may see the event as an intense threat to his or her safety and will typically experience a high level of fear or …
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Police in Greece have raided multiple homes in Athens and detained dozens of suspects in a crackdown on soccer violence that led to the death of a police officer in December. Police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis, 31, died on Dec. 27 after being hit by a flare during violence between rival fans at a volleyball game in Athens. GREEK POLICE OFFICER …
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A Chicago police officer was shot and killed on the city’s southwest side while heading home from work early Sunday morning, according to the department. The officer was identified as 30-year-old Luis Huesca by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office. Police superintendent Larry Snelling said Huesca was driving home at around 3 a.m. Sunday when he was shot multiple times. Huesca was …
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A woman was killed during an on-campus shooting at Delaware State University over the weekend, and a manhunt for the suspect or suspects is underway. The victim is an 18-year-old woman, who hasn’t been identified yet. She wasn’t a registered student, according to a statement by the school president. “Violence of any kind, particularly gun violence, happens too often on …
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A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly, who was accused of second-degree murder in connection to the death of a Mexican national found fatally shot on his borderland ranch in January 2023. The jury began deliberating April 18. After days of being unable to reach a verdict, the judge overseeing …
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A recent report outlining China’s direct involvement in fueling the fentanyl crisis in the United States has rightfully sent shockwaves through Congress and communities already reeling from the devastating impact of opioid addiction. The Select Committee on China’s findings uncovered China’s subsidization of the production of illicit fentanyl precursors for export, shedding light on the complicity – and in some …
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An Arkansas teen is in custody on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of a high school senior outside a party early Sunday following a high school prom. Donterious Stephens, 19, of Helena, turned himself in to authorities Sunday afternoon in the shooting death of Lorenzo Harrison III, 18, an Arkansas State Police spokeswoman said. Harrison, …
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A female University of Chicago student reportedly disarmed a robbery suspect who approached her on the sidewalk and demanded her phone as she walked home from class on Wednesday. The 21-year-old student named Madi told WGN that she was walking her usual route home from class on South University Avenue when a masked man approached her and demanded her phone, …
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Former President Trump’s historic trial in Manhattan heard its first witness called by the district attorney’s office on Monday, former publisher David Pecker. Pecker previously served as chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc., and allegedly was a key figure in a “catch and kill” scheme ahead of the 2016 election. Pecker, 72, took the stand early …
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