PHILADELPHIA – Authorities say a man is in critical condition after a surgical team had to amputate his leg when he became pinned underneath a freight train in Philadelphia. Police say the 46-year-old was hit at about 2:45 a.m. Wednesday on the tracks in the city’s Bustleton section. It’s unclear …
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – A retired Georgia judge who was nearly killed in the 1978 shooting that injured Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt has died. A funeral director says services were held Tuesday for retired Gwinnett County Magistrate Judge Gene Reeves Jr. of Auburn, Georgia. Reeves died Friday at age 85. …
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PENSACOLA, Fla. – Police are investigating after a man’s body was found at a confederate monument in Florida. Police released few details, saying the man’s body was found Sunday morning on a park bench in Pensacola. A witness told the Pensacola News Journal (http://tinyurl.com/o8rtw9g) that he was doing yard work …
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CHICAGO – A U.S. Army parachutist died Sunday after suffering severe injuries from an accident during a stunt at the Chicago Air & Water Show, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Corey Hood, 32, was pronounced dead just after 4 p.m. Sunday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said …
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LOWELL, Mass. – A biology professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell says a missing tarantula isn’t dangerous, but he’s giving fair warning: It can bite. Rick Hochberg, a professor of biological sciences, posted a sign asking to be contacted if the black-and-orange creature is spotted. A poster offering …
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BROOKHAVEN, Miss. – Officials say a 4-year-old is stuck in a well in Mississippi, though the child is alert and talking to emergency workers. Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing says the well is about 40 feet deep. He says rescuers are trying to hoist the child up with a rope, …
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An American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Phoenix made an emergency diversion to Washington-Dulles airport Saturday, after smoke was reported coming from a passenger’s device. American Airlines flight 357 landed safely in Washington, D.C., after the device was contained by crew members, according to an airline spokesperson. Flight 357 was …
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A U.S. District judge on Tuesday rejected Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan’s request to dismiss allegations that she helped an undocumented immigrant evade federal authorities earlier this year. Dugan was arrested in April after allegedly helping Eduardo Flores-Ruiz avoid plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who were trying to …
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A former FBI special agent said that Washington, D.C.’s far-left policies surrounding crime backfired, forcing President Donald Trump to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department. In December 2016, the D.C. Council passed the Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment Act, which banned life without parole for juveniles, eliminated mandatory minimums for juveniles tried …
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A Houston, Texas man was charged with murder after allegedly killing an 11-year-old who played a “ding-dong ditch” prank. Officials in Houston said 42-year-old Gonzalo Leon Jr. was charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing Julian Guzman, 11, on Saturday, as he was running away. Guzman was pronounced dead …
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