A jury on Friday sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death. Last month, the same jury found Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 federal counts against him. Here are the charges: — Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death. — Use of a weapon of mass …
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PORT HURON, Mich. – Authorities will not release the results of an autopsy of a malnourished, dehydrated and physically abused 5-year-old Michigan girl while the investigation into her death continues. The Times Herald of Port Huron reports Thursday that the autopsy report has been completed, but that Public Safety Chief …
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Tulsa police have arrested a disgruntled Walmart worker in Oklahoma who they say threatened to shoot another store employee before responding officers found her sitting in a car outside with a loaded handgun, according to authorities. The suspect, identified as Adrienne Edwards, allegedly made the threats after supervisors disciplined her …
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Washington, D.C., police have recorded 250 homicides so far this year — the highest number of murders that the nation’s capital has seen in two decades — with a month left until the year’s end. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) recorded 248 homicides in 2003, after which homicides began to …
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Hunter Biden’s attorney said Thursday that his client would not be facing charges out of Delaware and California if he was not President Biden’s son, saying the charges would not be brought if his last name was “anything other than Biden.” Earlier Thursday, Hunter Biden was indicted in California on …
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, told colleges and universities in the Lone Star State on Tuesday that they should avoid teaching students about any social agendas and should work to root out antisemitism on their campuses. Abbott was speaking at the annual conference of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating …
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A black bear was euthanized in northern California after charging and biting a man who then shot the animal when it got into a “standoff” with his dog, authorities said Tuesday. The man had let his dog outside in the Calpine neighborhood on Friday night when he noticed his pet …
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A Georgia middle school teacher was arrested after allegedly threatening to cut off the head of a Muslim student who confronted him about an Israeli flag in his classroom. Benjamin Reese, 51, a seventh-grade social studies teacherat Warner Robbins Middle School,was arrested on Dec. 8 on charges of making terroristic …
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A century-old monument honoring the women of the Confederacy was removed from a Florida park on Wednesday, sparking accusations that the city’s mayor was overstepping her authority. Nick Howland, a Republican who sits on Jacksonville’s City Council, called Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s actions to remove the “Women of the Southland” …
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A new California law going into effect in January 2024 will change the way police officers interact with millions of drivers and pedestrians. California police officers seeking to stop a driver or pedestrian must now initiate any interaction by specifying the purpose of the stop before asking inquiring questions. They …
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