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Mayor says he wishes driver in fatal crash was under arrest

Mayor says he wishes driver in fatal crash was under arrest

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday the driver who fatally struck two children in Park Slope on Monday should never have been behind the wheel. Investigators believe the driver, 44-year-old Dorothy Bruns, suffered a seizure, NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan told […]

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NC man’s mysterious abduction unsolved five weeks later

NC man’s mysterious abduction unsolved five weeks later

Durham Police Department(DURHAM, N.C.) — A distraught North Carolina woman is pleading for the safe return of her 27-year-old son who, police say, was kidnapped right in front of her and several other witnesses earlier this year. Four men abducted Charleston Prentice Goodman Jan. 28 at about 6:20 p.m., Durham […]

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Treacherous conditions expected this evening as nor’easter pummels Northeast

Treacherous conditions expected this evening as nor’easter pummels Northeast

JANIFEST/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A second nor’easter is barreling through the East Coast Wednesday, just days after a deadly storm tore through the region. At least 60 million Americans are in the storm’s path, and a treacherous commute home is expected for those in the Northeast. The storm is prompting flight […]

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Nikolas Cruz indicted on 34 counts in Florida school shooting

Nikolas Cruz indicted on 34 counts in Florida school shooting

BrianAJackson/iStock/Thinkstock(PARKLAND, Fla.) — A grand jury has indicted Nikolas Cruz on 34 counts related to last month’s mass shooting at a South Florida high school. Cruz, 19, allegedly opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14, killing 17 people and injuring others. On Wednesday, the […]

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Texas mother of 5 whose murder conviction was overturned to receive $500K from the state

Texas mother of 5 whose murder conviction was overturned to receive $500K from the state

ABC News(SAN ANTONIO) — Hannah Overton, a south Texas mother of five whose wrongful conviction for the 2006 death of her foster son was overturned last year, is expected to receive over $500,000 in compensation from the state for the years she spent in jail. “I’m very thankful that this […]

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Utah student allegedly brought bomb to school in his backpack and tried to detonate it

Utah student allegedly brought bomb to school in his backpack and tried to detonate it

ABC News(ST. GEORGE, Utah) — A Utah high school student, who had allegedly researched information on the Islamic State terrorist group, has been arrested on suspicion planting a homemade backpack bomb in his school cafeteria and attempting to detonate it at lunchtime, authorities said Wednesday. Classmates of the suspect thwarted […]

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Utica College student arrested for allegedly making ‘terroristic’ threats against school

Utica College student arrested for allegedly making ‘terroristic’ threats against school

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Utica College student has been arrested for allegedly making “terroristic” threats against the school in upstate New York this week, police said. Fahrudin Omerovic, 23, was arrested Tuesday and charged with four counts of “making a terroristic threat,” according to Utica Police Department spokesman Lt. Bryan […]

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Gun shop owner says he turned away Florida shooting suspect from buying AR-15

Gun shop owner says he turned away Florida shooting suspect from buying AR-15

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Nikolas Cruz apparently tried to buy an AR-15-style rifle at a South Florida gun shop, but was turned away due to his age, just months before he allegedly opened fire at a nearby high school.  In a recent interview with ABC affiliate WPLG, the owner of Coconut […]

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Parkland shooting suspect seen ‘smiling and giggling’ in jail, records show

Parkland shooting suspect seen ‘smiling and giggling’ in jail, records show

Mike Stocker-Pool/Getty Images(BROWARD COUNTY, Fla.) — The 19-year-old accused of killing 17 students and teachers in Florida last month was observed “smiling and giggling” on multiple occasions during his time behind bars, according to jail records. Deputies said Nikolas Cruz “appeared to break out in laughter” while in custody Feb. […]

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One cop killed, two others shot in Missouri; suspect dead

One cop killed, two others shot in Missouri; suspect dead

iStock/Thinkstock(CLINTON, Mo.) —  A Clinton, Missouri, police officer who was gunned down Tuesday night had returned to that department after another officer there died in the line of duty last year, authorities said Wednesday. Two other police officers were injured but survived the Tuesday night shooting in Clinton, about 75 […]

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