BILLINGS, Mont. – An escalating legal fight over a $59 million federal dam project on Montana’s lower Yellowstone River could decide the fate of an endangered, dinosaur-like fish population that has been blocked from its spawning grounds for decades. Construction on the dam northeast of Glendive is set to begin …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A medical examiner has ruled as accidental the death of a man who fell from an elevated tram at Orlando International Airport last month. The medical examiner in Orlando released a report Monday showing that 32-year-old Adam Lee died from blunt trauma to the head. Lee was …
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BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana’s attorney general is showing no signs of backing off his effort to retry the last imprisoned member of the “Angola Three.” Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said Wednesday that he is convinced Albert Woodfox is guilty of the 1972 slaying of Louisiana State Penitentiary prison guard …
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BALTIMORE – Authorities say a mother placed her living toddler in a swing at a Maryland park one morning and he remained there until he was found dead of cold and thirst two days later when someone spotted the mother pushing her lifeless child in the swing. The Charles County …
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PONTIAC, Mich. – A Michigan judge has sent three children to juvenile detention for refusing to have lunch or talk to their father as required under a court-ordered custody agreement. Oakland County Judge Lisa Gorcyca (GOHR’-sih-uh) says the children, aged 15, 10 and 9 years, can see their father but …
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – A hand grenade a woman found in her grandfather’s belongings prompted police in Vermont to evacuate their department and surrounding homes after she brought it into the station. South Burlington police say the cleared the department and nearby buildings on Saturday as a precautionary measure because …
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Following a shooting that wounded five soldiers at Fort Stewart on Wednesday, a former public safety director at the Georgia military installation outlined the post’s emergency response and weapons safety protocols, as officials praised fellow troops who tackled the suspect, likely preventing further casualties. Army Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, of …
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ANACONDA, Mont. – Two residents of the rural Montana town that was rocked by an armed gunman’s alleged mass shooting at a local bar said members of the town had long predicted that he would snap. Two men in Anaconda, Montana, who requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of …
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The parents of a missing 7-month-old Southern California child have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the child was falsely reported kidnapped, authorities said Friday. Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 41, were taken into custody at their home in Cabazon, 90 miles east of Los Angeles, the San …
Read More »A shooting in New York City on Saturday left one person dead and four people wounded, including one teenager in critical condition, according to police. Officers responded at around 7:30 p.m. to a report of a shooting on Burke Avenue and Wickham Avenue near Haffen Park, a spokesperson for the …
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