10:55 a.m. The jury in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) has been shown two photographs of him as a child. The photos were displayed Wednesday during the testimony of the son of the family’s landlord in Cambridge. Sam Lipson described Tsarnaev as a “very sweet” …
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BERLIN – It wasn’t the world’s best-hidden marijuana plantation. Berlin police say they were were called to a subway station Monday morning by a street cleaner who reported finding “numerous small plants that seemed suspicious to him.” Officers found 700 small cannabis plants growing among weeds on a traffic island …
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NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans police say a police officer for the Housing Authority of New Orleans has been shot and killed. Officer Garry Flot says the officer was working overtime to guard a public housing construction site. He says the officer’s body was found about 7 a.m. Sunday. He …
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Trustees at the University of North Carolina are renaming a classroom building so that it no longer carries the name of a Ku Klux Klan leader. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said Thursday that Sanders Hall — named after William Sanders, a prominent …
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SAN DIEGO – A California appeals court has upheld former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s decision to dramatically reduce the manslaughter sentence of a political ally’s son. The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled Tuesday that Schwarzenegger’s actions may be seen as deserving of censure and grossly unjust. But the …
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‘NOT NOW’ – Tim Scott leaves his own staff floored as he makes major announcement in 2024 race. Continue reading … ‘OUT OF OPTIONS’ – First batch of migrants arrive in new NYC facility, but their reaction is far from positive. Continue reading … ‘HIGHLY VULNERABLE’ – Top Republican sounds …
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Two Tennessee jail deputies were charged Tuesday with attacking a Memphis inmate who was injured but survived. Shelby County Sheriff’s Office deputies Odell Underwood and Reginald Wilkins have been indicted on charges of official misconduct, official oppression and assault with bodily harm, court records show. Shelby County Jail inmate Damian …
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A 65-year-old California fugitive who eluded authorities for nearly four decades before his arrest in June has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a Florida woman. Donald Santini pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a deal with prosecutors to avoid a first-degree murder charge. Circuit Judge Samantha …
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The distraught sister of a California woman who went missing on a yoga retreat in Guatemala last month said she’s “baffled” that the only witness to the tragedy has broken her silence through an attorney weeks after the family begged her for help. Local prosecutors say that Nancy Ng, 29, …
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Tennessee authorities on Tuesday evening announced the capture of fugitive Sean Williams, who is accused of raping women and children, in Florida after a weeks-long chase down the East Coast. Williams, former owner of Glass and Concrete Contracting LLC in Johnson City, was recently arrested and charged with 20 counts …
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