Philadelphia suffered its second night in a row of mass looting incidents and destructive social media-fueled mayhem on Wednesday, resulting in more than 50 arrests, police said. On Wednesday, groups of thieves, apparently working together, destroyed property in several areas of the city, smashed their way into stores, and stole …
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An Iowa man died after being shot while hunting coyotes with friends. Mark Arends, 53, was hunting on private land near the town of Alden, 60 miles northeast of Des Moines, around 8 p.m. Sunday. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said in a news release that Arends was struck …
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DALLAS – The U.S. government will allow a Texas man to import the carcass of an endangered black rhinoceros he hopes to kill in Africa as part of a conservation fundraiser. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday that importing the carcass from Namibia meets criteria of benefiting the …
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ATLANTA – A Spanish dolphin trainer who was set to become a senior vice president at the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta was found dead inside his vehicle at an airport in Spain, The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting (http://on-ajc.com/1ARsdb1). Authorities say Jose Luis Barbero’s death is being treated as …
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1970: Robert Durst moves back to New York City after graduating from UCLA where he met Susan Berman, a close friend who would later be murdered. 1973: Durst marries Kathleen McCormack in NYC. Feb. 5, 1982: Robert Durst reports his wife missing at the 20th Precinct in Manhattan, five days …
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NEW ORLEANS – A man who had occupied a cypress tree for 11 days to block construction of a premier golf course in New Orleans’ large public park has fallen and injured himself. The man, identified as Lloyd Boover, fell out of the tree in City Park on Tuesday morning. …
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HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth College has charged 64 students accused of cheating in a sports ethics class with violating the Ivy League school’s honor code. College officials confirmed the number of students charged but declined to comment further until the appeals process ends later this month. Professor Randall Balmer told …
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DETROIT – Detroit police say an 8-year-old boy was shot and critically injured while playing in a bedroom at his home when a stray bullet penetrated a wall and hit him in the neck. Sgt. Michael Woody says several children were playing in a second-floor bedroom about 11 p.m. Wednesday …
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NEW ORLEANS – A shrunken police force is fighting a rise in violent crime in New Orleans. Now the focus is on tourist districts after a rash of attacks there. French Quarter residents are fearful that Mardi Gras may be marred again by violence and they’ve posted signs on balconies, …
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LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles federal prosecutors have filed charges against Paris Hilton’s brother Conrad for allegedly disrupting a flight from London. Conrad Hilton was due in court Tuesday afternoon to face allegations that he assaulted and threatened a British Airways flight crew on July 31. An FBI agent says …
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