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Chicago police officer wounded in traffic stop shooting

A Chicago police officer was wounded and a 26-year-old man was killed in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop, police said. The wounded officer was shot in the wrist Thursday evening and hospitalized in good condition, while four other officers who weren’t shot were hospitalized for observation, police said. The man who fired shots suffered multiple gunshot wounds …

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Michigan man pleads guilty to kidnapping, killing 2-year-old

A Michigan man pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old girl whose disappearance last summer led to a 100-mile search that stretched from the state capital to the Detroit area. Rashad Trice, 27, admitted that he took Wynter Cole Smith from her home in Lansing as part of a dispute with a former girlfriend who was the girl’s …

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California teacher's sexting turned into yearslong sexual abuse of student: police

A 40-year-old California drama teacher faces a slew of felonies after police learned of her yearslong sexual relationship with a female student who was 15 years old at the onset, police said. San Diego Police wrote in a press release that Mt. Carmel High School teacher Stacey Michelle Walker “began engaging the 15-year-old victim in conversations that became sexual in …

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Two arrested in Pennsylvania after New York squatters allegedly killed woman, stuffed her in duffel bag

Police have captured two people of interest after a New York woman was allegedly killed by squatters and stuffed into a duffel bag in her apartment. Two people connected to the death of 52-year-old Nadia Vitels were captured in York, Pennsylvania, Friday by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, the New York Police Department told Fox News Digital. Halley Tejada, …

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Ohio dad could still face death penalty in massacre of 3 sons after judge tosses confession

Even after a judge tossed the alleged confession of an Ohio dad accused of executing his three sons and shooting their mother’s hand, he could still face the death penalty, experts say. Ohio law makes capital punishment a possibility in certain murder cases – including when there is a child victim. “The confession isn’t a mitigating or aggravating factor, so …

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Missing woman's mom begs Biden for help in Caribbean paradise where murders have gone unsolved

The mother of a U.K. woman who vanished from her American boyfriend’s yacht in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021 sent an open letter to President Biden on Friday, demanding he do something about the “failures” of police in the tourist hot spot, known for gorgeous beaches and a leisurely island life. Sarm Heslop vanished overnight between March 7 and …

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Young men in upscale Atlanta neighborhood warned about being drugged, robbed after barhopping

Young men in Atlanta have reported being drugged and robbed while out in Atlanta’s affluent Buckhead neighborhood between 2021 and February of this year, according to police records and national reports. Now, police are warning people who spend time out in Atlanta to take precautions, such as staying together with friends, paying “close attention” to drinks, reporting any tampering to …

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Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths: Families threatening to sue each other face 'hell of a hurdle,' lawyer says

As an investigation drags on, families of three dead Kansas City Chiefs fans and the party host whose backyard is where the men were found are threatening lawsuits against each other. But attorneys told Fox News Digital that either case would be difficult to win in court. David Harrington, 37, Clayton McGeeney, 36, and Ricky Johnson, 38, were discovered frozen …

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Former Georgia GOP governor candidate pleads guilty in fraud case

A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea Friday in federal court in Atlanta. The 61-year-old had been indicted in May 2022 on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to commit …

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Suspects arrested in 2022 Ireland gas station explosion that killed 10

Two men were arrested Friday in connection with a gas station explosion in 2022 that killed 10 people and tore apart the heart of a village in northwestern Ireland, police said. The blast shattered Creeslough, County Donegal, a village of 400 near Ireland’s rugged Atlantic coast. The Applegreen gas station and a building that housed the town’s main shop and …

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