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A showdown over shopping cart habits. Deaths from dog attacks are on the rise. And disturbing new evidence led to new murder charges for the Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect.
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Attention all shoppers: Some questions
Do y'all take your shopping cart back? And when did shopping carts become such a hot topic? It doesn't matter. I'm in deep. First of all, what do you call this thing? đ
As a Southerner who has relocated to Denver, I may or may not have seen a confused glance or two when I asked for a âbuggyâ at the grocery store. But y'all might call it a shopping cart. Or something else. Either way, the real question here is: Do you bring it back when you're done using it?
A California woman's hot take on shopping cart etiquette has gotten people riled up online, with many chiming in to say what you do with your cart says a lot about your character. Itâs called the âshopping cart theory.â đ Letâs break it down.
Dog attack deaths on the rise
Fair warning, this next topic is both heartbreaking and divisive. Hereâs the deal: Over the last 10 years, the number of fatal dog attacks in the U.S. has more than doubled â from an average of roughly 40 a year to nearly 100 after the pandemic hit.
What to know: Dogs have bitten, mauled and killed more and more people in recent years. Just in the past two weeks, a husky killed a newborn baby in Tennessee, and an 83-year-old man died in the jaws of unleashed dogs in Alabama.
The stories are heartbreaking. But what to do about the growing numbers of dog attacks is seriously controversial, pitting neighbor against neighbor, and advocates against condo boards and local and state governments. Should certain breeds be banned? Should there be leash laws? What should be done with a dog that becomes aggressive â rehab or euthanization? đŸ Take a look at both sides.
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A 'blueprint' to kill found
Rex Heuermann, the man accused of killing four sex workers and dumping their bodies on Long Island's Gilgo Beach in New York, was indicted Thursday in the slayings of two more women.
What happened: Heuermann, 60, faces two additional second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Jessica Taylor, 20, whose dismembered remains were found days after she disappeared in 2003, and Sandra Costilla, 28, whose body was found in 1993.
Chilling discoveries: Investigators found new evidence, including a document on a hard drive recovered from Heuermann's basement that they believe he used to plan the murders. đ What was in the evidence.
đž See photos: Police investigate Gilgo Beach killings.
Remembering D-Day, 80 years later
Youâve seen the black-and-white D-Day photographs taken under fire on the Normandy beaches during Operation Overlord, the pivotal World War II invasion that led to the defeat of Germany in 1945. You may recognize these names: Author J.D. Salinger, baseball All-Star Yogi Berra and actors James Doohan and Charles Durning. What you may not know is that before they were famous, these men fought in the D-Day invasion.
Poignant memories: All D-Day survivors carried memories for the rest of their lives, even those who went on to careers in film, books, sports and television. Despite later becoming celebrities, these men remained deeply affected. âïž What they remembered.
'Let us be worthy of their sacrifice': Biden honors D-Day, WWII vets.
đž Historical photos from the invasion of Normandy.
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