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American missionary kidnapped in Niger by suspected Islamist militants, sources say

The U.S. government is aware of the kidnapping of an American Christian missionary in the West African nation of Niger, U.S. official sources told Fox News. The sources told Fox News that they suspect that the missionary has been taken north to Islamic State-controlled areas where an offshoot of ISIS …

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Teen sues AI tool maker over fake nude images

A teenager in New Jersey has filed a major lawsuit against the company behind an artificial intelligence (AI) “clothes removal” tool that allegedly created a fake nude image of her. The case has drawn national attention because it shows how AI can invade privacy in harmful ways. The lawsuit was …

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Body found during search for missing Vermont college student Lia Smith near Middlebury campus

A body has been found during the search for a missing Vermont college student who was last seen on campus about a week ago. Lia Smith, 21, was last seen on Middlebury College’s campus on the night of Oct. 17 and was reported missing that Sunday, the school announced. Smith, …

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Authorities tracking “lone hiker” believed to be Washington father accused of killing 3 daughters

Authorities on Tuesday night said they’re tracking a “lone hiker” they believe could be Travis Caleb Decker near a mountain pass in the Wenatchee Mountains of Washington state.  Decker, 32, has been charged with murder and kidnapping after his three daughters were found dead last week. Investigators have been looking for him …

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Suspect “led us to the evidence” in Montana camper’s brutal killing, initially thought to have been bear attack

A suspect has been arrested nearly three weeks after a Montana camper was found brutally killed in an attack that was initially reported as a bear attack, authorities said late Wednesday. The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said it had identified a suspect in the murder of Dustin Kjersem, who was …

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Maine farmer convicted in girl’s 1988 killing says testing excludes his DNA from items at crime scene

A Maine farmer convicted of killing a 12-year-old girl more than three decades ago launched his latest bid on Thursday for a new trial by trying to convince a judge that advances in DNA testing raise questions about his guilt. The attorney for Dennis Dechaine called his first witness at …

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Update: Santa Rosa police recover head of woman allegedly decapitated by her grandson

SANTA ROSA — Police in Santa Rosa on Monday released additional details regarding the horrifying case of a man recently released from state prison who allegedly decapitated his grandmother in her home last week and was arrested in San Francisco Saturday morning. The bizarre and brutally violent case began on …

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Beyond Wonderland shooting victims ID’d as Brandy Escamilla, Josilyn Ruiz; suspect ID’d as James Kelly

The alleged gunman who fired into a crowd killing two people at a Washington state music festival Saturday was stationed at a U.S. Army base in Western Washington, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. Meanwhile, family members said the victims were engaged to be married. James M. Kelly, 26, of Joint …

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Bradley Gillespie, convicted killer who escaped Ohio prison, died of drowning, autopsy shows

A man who escaped from a northwest Ohio prison earlier this month died from drowning, according to autopsy results released Wednesday. Bradley Gillespie, 50, was reported missing May 23 from the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima along with another man who authorities said escaped alongside him. Authorities determined the …

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Lauren Heike’s murder in Phoenix leads to Zion Teasley indictment

An ex-convict has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the death of Lauren Heike, a woman who was attacked from behind and stabbed 15 times while walking on a desert trail in northeast Phoenix last month, authorities said Monday. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced the grand jury …

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