WASHINGTON – A judge is considering whether to allow President Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin to live full time outside a mental hospital. Lawyers for the government and John Hinckley Jr. on Tuesday concluded seven days of hearings that were meant to help Judge Paul L. Friedman decide whether Hinckley should …
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SARASOTA, Fla. – Police in Sarasota, Florida, have arrested a man they say broke into a home, then fell asleep on the couch. The Bradenton Herald (http://bit.ly/1HrmCS1 ) reports 29-year-old Timothy Bontrager was arrested Saturday morning. Police say the resident woke up and found Bontrager sleeping on her living room …
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BURIEN, Wash. – A campaign is underway in places around the U.S. to “demilitarize” the police and produce officers who think of themselves as protectors of their communities, not members of an occupying force. That philosophy is already at work at Washington state’s police academy, where instructors are using a …
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GOSHEN, N.Y. – A woman accused of killing her fiance on the Hudson River by sabotaging his kayak is a victim of an accident that occurred on the chilly water after they had a couple of drinks, her lawyer said Friday. Angelika Graswald pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and …
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One of the highest ranking leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, M. Russell Ballard, has died. He was 95. He died Sunday surrounded by family at his home, according to a church statement Monday morning. Ballard was second-in-line to become church president based on being the …
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A Houston area nail salon is in hot water after a customer claims the salon owner locked her and her 4-year-old son inside for nearly 30 minutes after she disputed her bill. According to FOX 26 Houston, the woman, who wished to remain anonymous, says she went in on a …
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The Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Tulsa, arguing Tulsa police are continuing to ticket Native American drivers within the tribe’s reservation boundaries despite a recent federal appeals court ruling that they lacked jurisdiction to do so. The tribe filed the lawsuit in federal …
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Months after finalizing a divorce and settling child support with her husband, a 36-year-old Idaho high school teacher was busted for allegedly having sex with a teen boy after police found him at the wheel of her car when she was “too drunk to drive.” Jessica Lawson now faces two …
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The husband of a southern Michigan woman missing for more than two years was charged Wednesday in connection with her disappearance. MI MAN CHARGED AFTER TODDLER FATALLY SHOOTS SELF WITH UNSECURED GUN Dale Warner, 55, was arraigned in Lenawee County District Court on open murder and tampering with evidence charges, …
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An Autryville, North Carolina homeless encampment turned into a crime scene on Sunday after a quadruple shooting that left four people dead, in what law enforcement officials say appeared to be a murder-suicide. The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office said it received reports of shots being fired at about 9:20 a.m. …
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