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Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter fatally shot by Indiana deputy during traffic stop

A recently pardoned Jan. 6 Capitol rioter was fatally shot by an Indiana deputy during a traffic stop this week. Matthew Huttle, 42, was pulled over Sunday afternoon by an officer with the Jasper...

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Federal judge: Some claims out, others remain in lawsuit over hijab removal...

A federal judge is permitting a lawsuit by a Muslim woman to move forward — in part — against Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard and two jail workers because she reportedly wasn’t allowed to wear her...

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Spectator, 57, killed by flying weight during Colorado track meet was...

The man killed by a flying weight thrown off-course during a Sunday high school track-and-field meet in Colorado Springs was a 57-year-old father there to watch his son compete, El Paso County coroner...

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Troy police nab home invasion suspect

The Troy Police Department said it’s believed a series of home invasions has been solved with the recent arrest of a 41-year-old man. Brian Maurice Kellum was taken into custody at a traffic stop on...

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The start of the Palisades and Eaton fires: 24 hours that changed Los Angeles

By Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — As the sun rose on Jan. 8, the sky orange from ash and smoke, Angelenos anxiously waited for news about the extent of the damage from the Altadena...

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Manhunt underway for N.C. inmate who escaped jail through ventilation system

A multi-agency manhunt is underway after an inmate escaped a North Carolina jail by sneaking through the ventilation system. John Matthew Nigh, 37, went missing from his cell some time around 4 p.m. on...

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Pair accused of plotting to kill woman’s husband pleads to lower charge

A Warren man and Chesterfield Township woman accused of plotting to kill her estranged husband came to a jail-free resolution to their criminal cases. Carmen Marchetti, 36, and Aaron Muterspaw, 37,...

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Girl, 8, killed in freak accident at Texas school drop-off

New details have emerged about how a second-grader was killed last week in a “tragic accident” at a Texas elementary school-drop off. An eight-year-old girl, since identified as Serenity Campos, was...

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Meryl Streep escaped from L.A. wildfires by cutting ‘car-size hole in fence’

How Meryl Streep fled the Los Angeles wildfires sounds like something straight out of the movies. The Academy Award winner literally took matters into her own hands to escape the blazes that engulfed...

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Drunk passenger pummels NY cabbie over fare, hijacks taxi

A drunk passenger in a Manhattan yellow cab pummeled the driver and hijacked the taxi during a blow up over the fare, police said Tuesday. The passenger was riding in the back of the yellow cab when he...

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West Bloomfield woman accused of embezzling from ‘vulnerable adult’;...

A West Bloomfield woman has been charged as a co-defendant in an embezzlement case involving a vulnerable adult, accused of being part of a scheme where hundreds of thousands of dollars were...

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Trial set for Royal Oak man accused of lying in wait at ex’s house, shooting...

Trial is scheduled in Oakland County for the case against a 27-year-old Royal Oak man who allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend after breaking into her house when she wasn’t there and waiting for her to...

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3 accused of killing marijuana businessman Sam Simko extradited to Oakland...

Arraignment was held Wednesday for the three Cincinnati men accused in the murder of Sam Simko of Commerce Township, who was fatally shot on Jan. 13 at his marijuana grow business in Pontiac. William...

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DoorDash driver goes missing while making delivery in Georgia

Police in Georgia were seeking the public’s help on Wednesday to find a man who went missing while making a DoorDash delivery. Floyd Davis has not been seen since Friday when he went out to make a...

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Florida tree-trimmer decapitated in woodchipper accident

A Florida tree-trimmer died in a horrifying accident when he was pulled headfirst into a woodchipper and decapitated Tuesday morning, authorities said. The unidentified man was working with Carlton’s...

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‘Why him?’ Undocumented father gets swept up, turned over to ICE during...

An undocumented Chicago-area father who has been in the country for more than two decades was swept up in a fugitive investigation targeting his stepson, a scene captured in a harrowing video that went...

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Here are some of the deadliest plane crashes in US history

By The Associated Press An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National...

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Passengers on downed flight included American and Russian figure skaters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River included figure skaters returning from the...

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Everyone aboard American Airlines jet that collided with Army helicopter is...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army...

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68-year-old man killed in hit-and-run while waiting for bus in Madison Heights

A 68-year-old man was struck by a car and killed while waiting for a bus Wednesday afternoon in Madison Heights, police said, and the driver fled the scene but was subsequently caught. According to...

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