Police in California released video of a pursuit that ended with a suspect clinging onto a moving car in what looked like a carjacking attempt, prior to being shot. Video released Saturday by the Lathrop Police Department shows the Jan. 27 pursuit of suspect Juan Valdez, 40, after a woman called 911 to report her friend was being threatened by …
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to sign legislation passed days ahead of a funding application deadline that aims to increase internet download speeds for rural schools. Under the bill, HB193, schools would be able to get grants to increase download speeds to 100 megabits per second, a four-fold increase over what is currently available in state law, the Anchorage Daily …
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A sheriff’s office in Washington state revealed last week that it received a strange call from an aspiring Bigfoot hunter. The Stevens County Sheriff’s Office kept the caller’s identity concealed when it posted to Facebook about the incident on Mar. 19. While the exact transcript of the call was not shared, the office publicized a staff member’s notes from the …
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A girl died Sunday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after she entered a Los Angeles County sheriff’s station and grabbed a deputy’s gun, the department said. LOS ANGELES SQUATTERS SENT PACKING AS HOME INSPECTORS ENTER, CHANGE LOCKS, VIDEO SHOWS The incident came after the girl’s foster parent called authorities to their home around 7:25 p.m. Sunday, saying the girl was …
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A 20-year-old Mexico resident has pleaded guilty to smuggling seven migrants into the U.S. illegally through sewer pipes in southern California, federal prosecutors say. Kevin Noe Campos Villa now faces a potential 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine following his arrest in January, during which several of the migrants he was escorting had to be rescued from the …
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A woman’s body was found in rubble following a pre-dawn explosion on Wednesday that destroyed a duplex house in northcentral Utah, authorities said. The explosion was reported just before 6 a.m. in a residential area of American Fork. Officials said the duplex was on fire when firefighters arrived. SMALL PLANE CRASH LANDS IN YARD OF UTAH HOME AFTER ENGINE FAILURE …
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Prospective lawyers will no longer have to pass the bar exam to work in Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders authorizing alternative pathways to licensing. The exam “disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks marginalized groups from entering the practice of law” and is “at best minimally effective for ensuring competent lawyers,” the Bar Licensure Task Force determined. …
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A 2-year-old child has died in California after being hit by a truck that had a 3-year-old behind the wheel, police say. The fatal incident happened Saturday afternoon in Woodland, outside of Sacramento, as the vehicle was “left running while parked at a gas pump,” according to the Woodland Police Department. When the owner of the truck was inside the …
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