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 …
Read More »Judge rejects request to publicly release names of jurors in Boston Marathon bombing trial
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 …
Read More »Lawyers for Massachusetts teen charged with teacher's slaying to appeal ruling on psych tests
SALEM, Mass. – A lawyer for a Massachusetts teen charged with killing his high school math teacher is refusing to comply with a judge’s order to turn over to the prosecution raw data of psychological testing performed on the suspect. Sixteen-year-old Philip Chism is charged with murder as an adult …
Read More »Bush returns to New Orleans, a low point in his presidency, for 10th anniversary of Katrina
NEW ORLEANS – Former President Bush is returning to New Orleans — the scene of one of his presidency’s lowest points — to remember the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He’s also coming to tout the region’s recovery from the costliest natural disaster in the nation. He’s delivering remarks Friday …
Read More »Third girl dies nearly week after barge strikes Miami sailing camp boat
A third child has died, nearly a week after suffering critical injuries when a barge struck and sank a sailboat that was part of a sailing camp in Miami, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday. The Coast Guard confirmed the death of a 10-year-old girl, though they did not provide …
Read More »Federal judge blocks Florida from further expansion of 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention facility
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday blocking Florida from further expanding the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ injunction formalized the temporary halt she had ordered two weeks ago. Witnesses continued to testify over multiple …
Read More »Forensic team reveals Kohberger's panicked phone activity before Idaho murders arrest
Bryan Kohberger saw a news article about a white Hyundai Elantra having been identified as a suspect vehicle in the Idaho student murders and immediately panicked, according to the forensic team that analyzed his phone. “I think the vehicle was a huge stress point for him, because he had registered …
Read More »Blue city residents plead for Trump’s help as ‘out of control’ crime leads to another bloody weekend
After yet another bloody weekend, some Chicago residents said they would welcome reinforcements if President Donald Trump decides to federalize the police force in Chicago. Trump first floated the idea on Friday during a press conference in the Oval Office after seeing success with the same effort in Washington, D.C., …
Read More »Missing hiker's body found on Wyoming mountain range a month after eerie final text to wife
A Minnesota hiker was found deceased in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains nearly a month after he sent a final text message to his wife and was not heard from again, authorities said Thursday. The body of Grant Gardner, 38, was found underneath a ledge near the summit of the 13,000-foot Cloud …
Read More »Suspected blue city gunmen kill innocent girl in revenge shooting at home: sheriff
A second man is in custody stemming from a San Antonio mass shooting that left a home riddled with bullets and a young girl dead. Bryan Salazar, 20, is now in custody and charged with capital murder, injury to a child, aggravated assault from a mass shooting and drug and …
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