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Family of black belts saves woman from alleged sexual assault

Family of black belts saves woman from alleged sexual assault

Getty Images – STOCK (KATY, Texas.) — A family of taekwondo black belts in Texas rescued a woman who was allegedly being sexually assaulted. Han An, wife Hong An and their three children Hannah, Simon and Christian, all of whom have black belts in the Korean martial art, came to […]

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Top Florida law enforcement official sues DeSantis, alleging he was fired for blowing the whistle

Top Florida law enforcement official sues DeSantis, alleging he was fired for blowing the whistle

Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A former top law enforcement official in Florida is accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis and his top aides of forcing him to retire after he refused to carry out orders he says were illegal or inappropriate, according to a lawsuit filed overnight. Shane Desguin, a […]

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USC student will not be charged in fatal stabbing of homeless person

USC student will not be charged in fatal stabbing of homeless person

Getty Images – STOCK (LOS ANGELES) — A University of Southern California student will not face charges for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man he said was done in self-defense. Ivan Gallegos, 19, was arrested on suspicion of murder Monday night in the death of 27-year-old Xavier Cerf. Police […]

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Charges to be dropped against most pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University

Charges to be dropped against most pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Thursday moved to dismiss the charges against most of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and nearby City College, though prosecutors are moving forward with cases against a handful of protesters who allegedly assaulted police officers. Prosecutors […]

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Trump urges Georgia court to reject Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ effort to dismiss disqualification appeal

Trump urges Georgia court to reject Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ effort to dismiss disqualification appeal

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the Georgia Court of Appeals to reject Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ effort to dismiss his appeal of the judge’s decision not to disqualify her from Trump’s election interference case in the state. Calling Wills’ effort a “desperate […]

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Man critically injured after being struck by roller coaster at Ohio amusement park

Man critically injured after being struck by roller coaster at Ohio amusement park

ABC (MASON, Ohio.) — A 38-year-old man was critically injured at a Mason, Ohio, amusement park Wednesday night after being hit by a roller coaster. The man had entered a restricted, fenced area of the Kings Island theme park near the Banshee roller coaster “and is believed to have been […]

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Louisiana’s Ten Commandments requirement in school classrooms spurs talk of legal battles

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments requirement in school classrooms spurs talk of legal battles

Getty Images – STOCK (BATON ROUGE, La.) — Several civil liberties groups say they are poised for a legal battle over Louisiana’s new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments one day after the law was signed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The groups – including […]

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Quadruple murder suspect caught in Arkansas after nearly 2-day manhunt: Police

Quadruple murder suspect caught in Arkansas after nearly 2-day manhunt: Police

Getty Images – STOCK (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — The “armed and dangerous” suspect accused of four murders — three in Oklahoma and one in Alabama — as well as a slew of other crimes, was caught Thursday morning following a nearly two-day manhunt. Stacy Lee Drake, 50, was taken into […]

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Tropical Storm Alberto makes landfall in Mexico, storm surge threat ongoing for Texas

Tropical Storm Alberto makes landfall in Mexico, storm surge threat ongoing for Texas

In this aerial image, vehicles drive through flooded neighborhoods on June 19, 2024 in Surfside Beach, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall in Mexico early Thursday after pummeling Texas with rain. In Mexico, three […]

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7-year-old boy shot dead outside his front door in Chicago: ‘Unbearable’

7-year-old boy shot dead outside his front door in Chicago: ‘Unbearable’

ABC (CHICAGO) — Chicago’s mayor and police superintendent are outraged and searching for a killer after a 7-year-old boy was fatally shot in the chest in a random act of gun violence. The boy left his apartment to visit a next-door neighbor Tuesday afternoon, and when he reached the sidewalk, […]

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