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Cherrie Mahan’s mom reacts to woman claiming to be girl who vanished from school bus stop nearly 40 years ago

A woman is claiming to be Cherrie Mahan, who infamously disappeared from a school bus stop as an 8-year-old girl nearly four decades ago. Cherrie vanished after getting off her school bus about 50 feet from her Pennsylvania home on Feb. 22, 1985. After 13 years of dead ends, Cherrie was declared legally dead in November 1998. But an unnamed …

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Ex-NFL tight end arrested after allegedly breaking glass at 7-Eleven

Former NFL tight end Brandon Pettigrew was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly breaking a glass door at a Dallas 7-Eleven. Video obtained by TMZ Sports appeared to show the ex-Detroit Lions player getting aggressive inside the store at around 2 a.m. The video allegedly shows Pettigrew exchanging words with several others before punching the glass door at the entrance, breaking …

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Illegal migrant from Venezuela allegedly shot NYPD officers at 'point-blank range,' ordered held without bail

The illegal immigrant accused of shooting two New York City Police Department officers in Queens was arraigned on attempted murder and other charges on Wednesday, as prosecutors outlined how the suspect allegedly opened fire at “point-blank range” during a struggle on the ground. Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, 19, appeared remotely from his hospital bed to be arraigned in Queens Criminal …

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Arizona voters will decide fate of Texas-style border law at the ballot box

The Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that will allow voters to decide on the fate of the state’s border security. Patterned after a Texas law, HCR 2060, titled the Secure the Border Act, passed the state House on a party-line vote, with Republicans holding a slim one-vote majority in the chamber. The bill, which already passed through …

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Police officer breaks down door to rescue teen, pets trapped in burning building: bodycam

A teenage girl and three pets were trapped inside a burning building, and there was no time for firefighters to get there. An Atlantic City, New Jersey, police officer was on patrol in the area around 1 a.m. on May 26 when he spotted a commotion outside a burning building, with smoke rising from the home and a person hanging …

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NYC sees rise in hate crimes, led by surging antisemitism, police data shows

New York City crime stats show hate crimes in the Big Apple are on pace to rise for the fourth consecutive year, driven by a spike in antisemitic incidents. There were 276 hate crime complaints in the city through May 31, the most recent data available. That’s up from 210 in 2023. Virtually the entire increase can be seen in …

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Florida man allegedly tells police he is 'Mr. Monopoly,' goes directly to jail

A Florida man who allegedly defaced a sound barrier wall in St. Petersburg was arrested after claiming his name was “Mr. Monopoly,” and that he was born on April 20, 1969, according to court documents. Court documents obtained by Fox News Digital show that Ryan Howard, 33 — not 55 — was arrested on Saturday and charged with resisting arrest …

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NYC crushes over 200 seized mopeds and scooters amid crackdown on illegal vehicles

New York City officials crushed over 200 illegal mopeds and scooters that police have seized off city streets in a crackdown against what authorities described as the “tools of the trade” for many criminals committing crimes against businesses and citizens throughout the city. NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell joined Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban on …

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Alabama Realtor shocked when squatter greets her and potential buyers at home showing

An Alabama Realtor who has shown hundreds of houses recently experienced something she had never encountered throughout her career in real estate. A squatter was living in the home she was showing. Courtney Hartsfield, a Realtor from the Tyler Hughes Realty Group with Horizon Realty based in Madison, Alabama, was showing a house to out-of-state clients May 16, when she …

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MA movie slasher said nothing while stabbing 4 girls, laughed ‘like the Joker': victim

A shadow crept behind a girl in a dimly lit movie theater before she felt a sudden “poke” in her back, she told police. Blood ran down her back. “I was in shock and didn’t realize what happened,” the young victim of an unprovoked Massachusetts AMC slashing spree told police, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital via a …

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