Philadelphia fire officials: 1 firefighter dead, 5 rescued after building collapses
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"Your hate is as cowardly as it is disgusting, and it goes against all that Boston stands for," posted Michelle Wu after at least once skirmish erupted.
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Suspected Proud Boys Yelling Slurs At California LGBTQ Bar Get Pepper-Sprayed
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An Insider reporter traveled to Waco, Texas, and found the reality was different from the version shown on Chip and Joanna Gaines' TV shows.
- The Daily Beast
Feds Detail Frantic Texts Between Driver and Organizer of Doomed Migrant Truck
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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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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.
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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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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
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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.”
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The 53 migrants who died in Texas included this college-educated Honduran couple
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Ice cream shop won’t serve police officers wearing body armor, calling it ‘disturbing’
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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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Woman steals her mom’s car, sells it for $500, police say
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Police say the repeal of Indiana's handgun permit law means someone openly carrying a gun can be on a sidewalk eyeing a school but cops can't legally ask them what they're doing
House Bill 1077 repealed a requirement that handgun owners register for a license to carry permit in the state of Indiana.
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Louisiana woman to meet with police chief about citation for shorts, crop top in viral TikTok
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Maryland, Virginia govs respond to letter from Supreme Court marshal calling on them to protect justices
The governors of Virginia and Maryland have responded to a letter from the Supreme Court's top-ranking security official calling on them to protect the homes of justices.
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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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Julie Chrisley Calls Life After Financial Crime Convictions a 'Telling Time for Us as a Family'
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