ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Police in the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho say they’re investigating the deaths of “several” people at a home. Police aren’t saying how many people are dead, releasing how they died or providing other details. However, police Lt. Paul Rogers said there’s no threat to the public …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida authorities say a smash-and-grab robber made-off with more than $10,000 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets after he broke into a convenience story by head-butting his way through the glass front door. Surveillance video captured the hooded suspect in a crouch barreling headfirst into the Sunshine Food …
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In a story March 31 about laws known as Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, The Associated Press reported that Douglas Laycock, a constitutional scholar at the University of Virginia Law School, expressed frustration that gay rights advocates criticizing the Indiana version of the law did not acknowledge that the laws had …
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CHICAGO – Federal aviation regulators have increased their oversight of United Airlines after finding violations of pilot qualification and scheduling rules, according to a published report. The Wall Street Journal reported that a high-ranking Federal Aviation Administration official told United of the agency’s concerns in a Feb. 6 letter. The …
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A 38-year-old woman’s quest to find her birth mother ended in a surprising place — the company where she works. WKBN-TV in Youngstown reports http://bit.ly/1ztZr15 that La-Sonya Mitchell-Clark requested records that were made available recently by the Ohio Department of Health. She learned her mother’s name is …
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SALT LAKE CITY – A funeral service has been set for a Salt Lake City couple who died within a few hours of each other after being married for 74 years. Madelyn Yensen died April 7 after suffering a seizure, while her husband, Marcus, died of heart failure about five …
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WARWICK, R.I. – A Rhode Island man is getting creative in his search to secure a kidney donor for his wife. Jim Small, of Warwick, is exhausting all avenues to find a donor to match his wife’s rare type O-negative blood. WJAR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1IF7nDO ) Small first started with a …
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Two Florida hearse drivers have been fired after they stopped at a doughnut shop with a flag-draped coffin in the vehicle on the way to a funeral and an outraged man sent a video to a local veterans group. Multiple news outlets report Rob Carpenter …
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Skeletal remains found in a Minnesota state park have sparked a murder investigation into the death of a Minneapolis woman who went missing almost 30 years ago. Through DNA analysis, remains found last year in Gooseberry State Park have been identified as Cassandra Rhines, who went missing in June 1985 …
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LA PLATA, Md. – A woman was found in a Maryland park pushing her dead toddler in a swing, and authorities say she may have been there all night. Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday that police found the unidentified woman in a park with her …
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