Petito, Laundrie parents debate civil suit in court
The parents of Gabby Petito appeared in court Wednesday in Sarasota County for a hearing over an upcoming civil suit.
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The bar was hosting a drag show Thursday when about 10 people showed up to yell about “pedophiles” and harass bar operators and patrons.
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3 police officers killed in Kentucky by suspect with rifle
Three law enforcement officers were killed and five wounded in eastern Kentucky when a man with a rifle opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant, authorities said. Police took 49-year-old Lance Storz into custody late Thursday night after an hourslong standoff at a home in Allen, a small town in the hills of Appalachia. The responding officers encountered “pure hell” when they arrived on the scene, Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt told reporters Friday afternoon.
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Feds Detail Frantic Texts Between Driver and Organizer of Doomed Migrant Truck
Anderson County Sheriff's OfficeA 28-year-old Texas man accused of orchestrating the horrific smuggling operation that killed 53 migrants this week frantically texted the driver when the truck went off the radar and later admitted to a confidential informant he had no idea the air conditioning had failed in the sweltering big rig, the feds say.Christian Martinez, 28, was arrested Tuesday on a trafficking charge involving death that could result in life in prison or the death penalty after migran
- Oxygen
Suspects Allegedly Stabbed Woman 484 Times, One Reportedly Said Victim 'Put Up A Good Fight'
One of the two suspects accused of stabbing a woman hundreds of times during a Maine robbery gone wrong has allegedly said that the victim “put up a good fight.” Kimberly Neptune, 43, was found murdered in her home in Perry — 100 miles east of Bangor on the Canadian border — on April 21, the Maine State Police said previously in a press release. She was found by her brother after being stabbed 484 times, Fox 23 reports, including in her legs, stomach, neck and head, according to an autopsy repor
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A 4-year-old Black girl became the poster child for a pro life anti-abortion group. Her mom had no idea until she saw the billboard.
Tricia Fraser was outraged when her child's photo appeared on an anti-abortion ad in 2011 without her consent. After Roe v. Wade's reversal, she's madder.
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No Fourth of July fireworks? California cities cancel pyrotechnics shows amid investigation
Lancaster, Palmdale, La Puente and Lynwood were forced to cancel or revise their shows after the state fire marshal raided a vendor's warehouse.
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Alito's America: Where 'eminent' jurists believe in witches but women are the hysterics
When the abortion ruling came June 24, the first name I searched for was Sir Matthew Hale, believer of witches, and cited by Justice Alito.
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Texas inmate asks to delay execution for kidney donation
A Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks asked that his execution be delayed so he can donate a kidney. Ramiro Gonzales is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on July 13 for fatally shooting 18-year-old Bridget Townsend, a southwest Texas woman whose remains were found nearly two years after she vanished in 2001. In a letter sent Wednesday, Gonzales’ lawyers, Thea Posel and Raoul Schonemann, asked Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to grant a 30-day reprieve so the inmate can be considered a living donor “to someone who is in urgent need of a kidney transplant.”
- Kansas City Star
Ice cream shop won’t serve police officers wearing body armor, calling it ‘disturbing’
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- LA Times
The 53 migrants who died in Texas included this college-educated Honduran couple
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Woman steals her mom’s car, sells it for $500, police say
A woman was arrested after stealing her mother’s car and then selling the vehicle for just $500, according to the Covington Police Department. When she returned to her home on Cottonwood Place in Covington, her 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was missing. A little more than a month later, on April 24, Covington Police said a woman was pulled over driving the stolen Monte Carlo in Memphis at the intersection of North McLean and Poplar Avenue.
- The Telegraph
Met Police officers sacked over racist joke about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked after posting offensive messages in a group chat, including a racist joke about the Duchess of Sussex.
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Suspects arrested in San Jose after elderly couple bound with belts, toddler held at gunpoint
San Jose police have arrested four suspects following a violent string of home invasions, including occasions where several men bound an elderly couple with belts before stealing their bank cards and jewelry and then continued on to hold a father and toddler at gunpoint.
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Suspects sought from attempted homicide at San Jose convenience store
The people seen in this surveillance footage from a San Jose convenience store are wanted for their alleged involvement in an incident in which one of the men fired a gun at the head of the store clerk who had stopped him from stealing a case of beer.
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10,000 hippies and one (illegal) gathering in a remote Colorado forest: Meet the Rainbow Family
About 10,000 members of the Rainbow Family of Living Light are expected to gather in a remote Colorado forest under the watchful eye of authorities.
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Humane Animal Rescue gives positive update on dog that was neglected, abandoned
The Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh provided a positive update on a dog who was abandoned and nearly starved in Crescent Township.
- People
Julie Chrisley Calls Life After Financial Crime Convictions a 'Telling Time for Us as a Family'
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North Carolina Woman Who Claimed Husband Died By Suicide Now Charged With His Murder
A woman in North Carolina who claimed her husband died by suicide is now being charged with his murder. Heather Hicks Auman, 37, was arrested Wednesday for the murder of her husband, Mishael James “MJ” Auman, 37, according to a statement from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the couple’s Seagrove home on Saturday after receiving 911 calls reporting “an alleged self-inflicted gunshot wound.” Responders found Mishael Auman clinging to life at the Ridge Road address, acco
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Louisiana woman to meet with police chief about citation for shorts, crop top in viral TikTok
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- The Daily Beast
Cops Arrest Baby’s Dad in Killing of NYC Mom Pushing Stroller
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