Nevada must pay $340,000 total to the ACLU of Nevada and eight people on a prison firefighting crew in a settlement reached earlier this week, but clears the state of admitting to claims including negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and cruel and unusual punishment. The settlement reached Tuesday by …
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Three people were shot Friday while their van was leaving a Maryland funeral, police said as they searched for possible suspects. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, the Prince George’s County Police Department said in a statement on social media. Footage from news outlets showed bullet holes in a …
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A 44-year-old Michigan man has been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in the death of a 2-year-old boy who died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he found in an SUV. The charge was announced Wednesday by U.S. Attorney Mark Totten. The Associated Press …
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A father has been arrested in the Thanksgiving Day shooting death of his 10-year-old son. Omaha police said in a news release that officers rushed to a home late Thursday and found Kendrick McDonald wounded. He later died at a hospital, and several witnesses inside the home were questioned. DOZENS …
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Riders on a Universal Studios Florida Theme Park roller coaster in Orlando were stuck for nearly an hour in a vertical position Thanksgiving night. The Orlando Fire Department told FOX 35 the incident happened at the park’s Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster on Thursday night, and said there were …
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An illegal immigrant man has been arrested for the shooting death of two sisters in their home in Dallas last week, while he also allegedly shot his daughter during the same incident. Jose Santiago Chairez, 50, has been booked into the Dallas County Jail, and faces charges of capital murder …
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A Florida man is in custody after allegedly trying to force his way into a woman’s apartment and attempting to sexually assault her. Xavier Mendez, 31, was arrested Wednesday in connection to the Nov. 26 incident, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said. “Shortly after 10 p.m., Mendez allegedly entered a …
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State-run disaster relief funds that funneled millions in charitable donations to tornado- and flood-stricken Kentucky can serve as models for quickly getting aid to storm victims, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday in response to an auditor’s review of the programs. The Democratic governor portrayed the findings as a vindication of …
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U.S. forces on Monday conducted a test of the Missile Defense Agency’s upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor for its homeland missile defense system that intercepted an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California occurred around 6:48 a.m. from the northern part of the military installation. …
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A pilot has died after his plane crashed in Arizona, near the Nevada border, on Sunday, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. Around 4 p.m., deputies were dispatched to a call about an aircraft being down, about five miles outside Bullhead City. First responders reported seeing heavy smoke near …
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