BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine – State police say autopsies are scheduled on three members of the same family whose bodies were found inside two houses in the coastal Maine town of Boothbay Harbor. Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, says police will await results from Sunday’s …
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SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is searching an area in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca near Seattle for a passenger reported missing from a Holland America cruise ship. The cruise line says the 64-year-old man was aboard the ship Statendam when it sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, Sunday …
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The latest on a Texas inmate scheduled to be executed for the killing of a 93-year-old woman (all times CDT): 12:15 a.m. A Texas inmate set to be executed for the slaying of a 93-year-old woman during a robbery a decade ago is seeking a delay. An …
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The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on race relations and policing was conducted by NORC July 17-19. It is based on online and telephone interviews of 1,223 adults, including 311 black adults, who are members of NORC’s nationally representative AmeriSpeak panel. The original sample was drawn from …
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SILVERTON, Colo. – A million-gallon mine waste spill that sent a plume of orange-ish muck down a river in southwest Colorado on Thursday was caused by a federal mine cleanup crew. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that a cleanup team was working with heavy equipment Wednesday to secure an …
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HICKORY, N.C. – Police in western North Carolina have identified a man accused of swinging an ax at a woman while wearing a clown costume. Multiple media outlets report that the woman has obtained an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Jimmy Raybon of Connelly Springs on a charge of assault with …
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RICHMOND, Va. – Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has asked a federal appeals court to allow him to remain free while he appeals his public corruption convictions to the U.S. Supreme Court. McDonnell filed the motion Thursday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel of the …
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BALTIMORE – Authorities say three llamas that were on the loose in Baltimore County have been returned home. Local media outlets report that police spokesman Cpl. John Wachter says county police were called Friday morning to recapture the animals, which had wandered off from their home. Wachter says the llamas …
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SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. – A Florida couple — married 60 years — are still enjoying a tradition from their wedding day. Every anniversary they take a bite from the top layer of their wedding cake stored in a coffee can in their freezer. Ann and Ken Fredericks said they pour …
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BOSTON – A judge has rejected a motion by The Boston Globe to publicly release the names of jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. Judge George O’Toole Jr.’s ruling Monday came more than three months after a federal jury convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) in the deadly 2013 attack …
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