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Sylvan LebrunChicago Tribune Law enforcement officers shot an armed suspect on Friday night in Aurora after pursuing them from Plano, according to the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office. Illinois State Police is currently investigating the use of force in this incident, a department spokesperson said Saturday. Multiple agencies were involved in the pursuit of the suspect, police said. Deputies from […]

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Authorities sent a Blue Alert to cell phones across Texas Friday morning for a man they allege was involved in the injury of a law enforcement officer.

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Times Union, Albany, N.Y.(TNS) Oct. 4—ALBANY — A Latham woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison with 15 years of supervised release on Thursday in connection with her role in the sexual exploitation of a child, according to the U.S. Attorney General's Office for the Northern District of New York. Kristy Lynne Koldis, 46, who previously worked […]

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Aimee Greenoregonlive.com(TNS) The mother of a 7-year-old boy has filed a $350,000 lawsuit against the Tigard-Tualatin School District, claiming that the boy’s first-grade teacher struck him at least a half dozen times in front of a classroom of students to punish him for standing on a chair. The suit, filed Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court, states […]

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A makeup artist sued Garth Brooks on Thursday, alleging that the country star raped her in a hotel room, and subjected to her to unwanted sexual conduct on other occasions, including sending her lewd text messages and groping her breasts.

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A 6-foot, 5-inch man tossing gym weights as weapons was shot and killed when deputies discovered a taser had no effect on him, according to investigators in Florida.

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Many people who say they were raped or molested while confined at California juvenile facilities are out of time to sue the county governments that oversaw their care.

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Boise State University administrators owe Big City Coffee owner Sarah Fendley $4 million after a jury ruled unanimously in favor of Fendley and awarded her damages in her lawsuit, capping a three-week long trial that centered around the closure of her campus shop nearly four years ago.

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Two Smyrna police officers are recovering at the hospital after getting into a shootout with a suspected gun store robber.

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As first responders across Tampa Bay worked to assess damage Friday morning from Hurricane Helene, emergency managers reported that more than 1,000 people had been rescued overnight across a three-county region.

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Long before he gained international attention for escaping from an Alabama jail with a corrections officer, Casey Cole White spent a wild night on the run from the law that ended when he opted to accept a can of soda instead of shooting himself.

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At least four people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting last night in the nightclub area of Birmingham, Alabama. According to police, four of the injured are "in danger of life." Three of the victims, two men and one woman, died instantly, while a fourth died in hospital.

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A Spokane police officer put a "Let's Go Brandon" sticker on his police car last year, drawing attention from members of the community and law enforcement, and leading to his firing and the reprimand of fellow officers.

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A subway fare-beater accused of threatening a pair of NYPD officers with a knife, sparking a showdown that resulted in four being injured by police gunfire at a Brooklyn L station, was indicted Friday for assaulting the officer struck by his partner in the friendly fire shooting.

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Teresa WatanabeLos Angeles Times(TNS) LOS ANGELES — UCLA police, who were called on to handle some of the nation's largest campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war last spring, are asking for approval to double their stockpile of pepper balls and sponge rounds, obtain eight more projectile launchers and purchase three new drones. The University of […]

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Justin SinkBloomberg News(TNS) One of the most dramatic and chaotic presidential campaigns in modern U.S. political history was dealt another shocking development, when members of the Secret Service engaged what law enforcement described as a rifle-wielding potential assassin near former President Donald Trump on Sunday. The full political impact of the incident — which came just two months after Trump was […]

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When a Florissant woman was pulled over here earlier this year, she thought it was odd the cop asked her to unlock her phone to see her insurance card, then took her phone back to his car — for 10 minutes.

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A Missouri woman has been charged with trying to defraud Elvis Presley’s family out of millions of dollars through the bogus sale of Graceland, the King of Rock and Roll’s legendary home in Memphis, Tenn., federal prosecutors said Friday.

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The State Police recruit severely injured in a boxing “training exercise” has died, the MSP announced late Friday night.

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The Miami-Dade Police officer who is on administrative duty after a heated traffic stop with Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill last weekend previously had been investigated for complaints of excessive force, conduct unbecoming and body-worn camera violations, according to department records.

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