Denver police shot and killed a 16-year-old girl who allegedly struck and injured an officer with a stolen car early Monday. Authorities did not identify the teen who was shot, but friends identified her as Jessica Hernandez. Police said that one officer was responding to a call for a suspicious …
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WASHINGTON – Federal authorities say they will conduct a safety inspection of Washington’s subway system following a fatal accident last month. In a news release Wednesday, the Federal Transit Administration said the inspection is intended to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Metro transit network and identify areas where …
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CARLSBAD, N.M. – A project out of a New York college is set to offer free medical-screening programs for former workers at the federal government’s nuclear waste repository. The Worker Health Protection Program run by Queens College of the City University of New York will announce later this month details …
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PHOENIX – Convicted murderer Jodi Arias has declined to address a jury considering whether to sentence her to life in prison or death in the killing of her former boyfriend. Arias said Monday that she wanted to make comments to jurors but insisted the courtroom be cleared. She said she …
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Three teenage girls were rescued after their car careened over a 100-foot cliff in Northern Arizona and landed on top of the 16-year-old driver after she was thrown from the vehicle, officials said Thursday. The driver suffered only minor injuries because a depression in the roof of the car created …
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A handcuffed man who stole a police car in Alabama has been arrested again. WIAT-TV (http://bit.ly/1JlRyji ) reports Birmingham officers got a call of a burglary in progress. Officers arrested the suspect Sunday and put him in handcuffs with his hands behind his back and placed him …
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AUSTIN, Texas – A nurse has died after falling from a hoist on a medical helicopter while rescuing a woman from a hiking trail in Austin, Texas. STAR Flight said in a news release that 46-year-old Kristin McLain became detached from the hoist Monday night while retrieving a woman who …
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BALTIMORE – Attorney General Loretta Lynch and other Department of Justice leaders are visiting Baltimore. The new attorney general’s visit Tuesday comes after protests over the death of Freddie Gray, who was fatally injured in police custody, and riots that prompted the governor to bring in the National Guard. Lynch …
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MEDFORD, Mass. – Tufts University students have ended an almost weeklong hunger strike supporting janitors who face layoffs, but say they’ll continue to protest. The student Tufts Labor Coalition says Saturday the five-day strike ended to protect the health of the four people who had been fasting for more than …
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – School officials say two students have been shot on a school bus in Florida. Duval County Public Schools spokeswoman Tia Ford says the shooting occurred Thursday afternoon on the west side of Jacksonville about 140 miles north of Orlando. Both victims were taken to the hospital, and …
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