5 charged in attempted robbery, stabbing on CTA Red Line train
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Dramatic video captures crash on I-35E involving teens in a stolen Kia, police say
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Charges expected for Texas nurse in Los Angeles fiery crash that killed 6, including pregnant woman, baby
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Actress Anne Heche crashed her car into a Los Angeles home while the owner was in the backyard. It took 59 firefighters to put out the blaze.
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Imprisoned John Skelton, whose sons are missing, denied parole
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- LA Times
Los Angeles bank executive among three killed in lightning strike near White House
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More than 300 Haitian migrants arrived in an overloaded boat off the Florida Keys
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- Raleigh News and Observer
As demand continues, residents swap guns for cash at second Durham County gun buyback
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- Austin American-Statesman
Fact-check: Does Texas have highest number of rape offenses in nation?
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A woman visiting Alaska showed two cops who stopped her while driving a 'white privilege card' and the cops let her off
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Metro Atlanta couple charged with using adopted kids to make child porn
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Marjorie Taylor Greene prayed over a convicted Capitol rioter who spent a day crying in a mock prison cell at CPAC
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Rescuers find body while searching for another person who fell from cliff in Texas
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Catalytic Converter theft suspect confronted
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