'No justification' for wrong-way highway police chase, expert says
Experts are questioning the police's decision to pursue an alleged robbery suspect who drove the wrong way down Canada's busiest highway, resulting in a deadly crash.
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The Daily Beast‘No Wonder They Shot Him’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Shares Wild Conspiracy Theory
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesMarjorie Taylor Greene wasted no time in suggesting that the shooting of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico Wednesday could be linked to his position on COVID vaccines.The MAGA lawmaker shared a post on X Wednesday which contained a video with English subtitles in which Fico purportedly rails against the treatment of those who opposed vaccination and other government measures to manage the pandemic (The Daily Beast has not verified the translation
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He Was Kidnapped as a Teenager 26 Years Ago. He'd Been Within Sight of His Family's Home the Whole Time: Reports
Omar Bin Omran, now 45, was hidden underneath a haystack in his neighbor's home when he was rescued, according to Algerian media reports
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17-Year-Old N.C. Girl Reported Missing Friday Is Found Dead. Police Say Her Boyfriend Reported Death
Baylee Carver, 17, was found dead on Tuesday, May 14, four days after her boyfriend, Joshua Biles, 20, allegedly told police he disposed of her body
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Teenager Set Up Camera to Capture Planned Murders of Parents Because He Was 'Upset over His Upbringing': Police
Jeremiah Estel Blair, 19, had allegedly been planning to kill his parents for years, police claim
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Ex-wife of Winnipeg serial killer recounts violence, sex assaults, bizarre behaviour
WINNIPEG — A former wife of admitted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki testified Thursday about their violent marriage and how it seemed like he had multiple personalities. The woman said she met Skibicki at Siloam Mission, a Winnipeg homeless shelter, when she was struggling with drug addiction in February 2018. Skibicki was with two other men, she said, and the group invited her back to Skibicki's home. "He said he really likes this one ... referring to me," said the 44-year-old Métis woman, who a
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American woman charged after ammunition found in baggage in Turks and Caicos on Mother's Day trip: Police
Police in Turks and Caicos have charged an American woman with ammunition possession -- a crime that carries a minimum penalty of 12 years -- after airport officials alleged they found illegal ammunition in her luggage. Sharitta Shinise Grier, 45, of Orlando, was visiting Turks and Caicos with her daughter for Mother's Day when, during a routine search at the Howard Hamilton International Airport Monday, officials claim to have found two rounds of ammunition in her bag, police said.
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Wife Texted Friend She Wanted Ex-Husband 'Gone,' Say Police. Then He Was Killed in Front of His Daughter
Shanna Gardner is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony and child endangerment
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L.A.'s dirtiest cop: A mild-mannered traffic officer who moonlighted as a hit man
William Leasure, killer cop, still denies the big crimes, the ones that put him in prison: orchestrating the contract murders of a beauty shop employee and a jazz bassist.
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Gunman's family told deputy before Maine's deadliest shooting that they hadn't removed his weapons
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Police have said repeatedly in the aftermath of Maine’s deadliest shooting that officers thought the gunman’s family had been taking his weapons away. Testifying before an investigative committee on Thursday, the gunman’s sister-in-law suggested that law enforcement officers should have known this wasn’t true, because she and her husband, Ryan Card, told a deputy on the phone a month before Robert Card killed 18 people that he still had access to weapons, despite his deteri
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Man accused in death of Sikh activist appeared in court just 2 days before the killing
Amandeep Singh, the fourth man charged in connection with the killing of prominent Sikh-Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was already caught up in the Canadian justice system at the time of Nijjar's death, CBC News has learned.The Indian national, who entered Canada on a temporary visa, appeared in a Surrey, B.C. courtroom to answer charges on an unrelated matter just two days before, according to police, he lay in wait for Nijjar at the entrance to the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara. Nijjar was
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Cause of Death Revealed for Woman Whose Final Moments Were Revealed When She Called 911 Saying Ex Was Chasing Her
Authorities announced last week that the remains of Jamilla Smith, 30, had been found. She was reported missing in December 2023
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Wash. Dad Allegedly Shot 9-Month-Old Son in Head at Point Blank Range as He Slept
Dion Lamont Montgomery allegedly told police he was using PCP when he shot his baby boy, court records show
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72-Year-Old Suspected ‘Serial Rapist’ Caught After 24 Years on the Run
Herman Carroll was arrested in Branson, Missouri on May 11 after being on the run since 2000, reported the U.S. Marshall's Service
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Beth Ann White sentenced to 110 years for DUI that killed 2
Beth Ann White sentenced to 110 years in prison for drunken crash that killed 2
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Boat found in search for vessel that fatally struck Florida teen, authorities say
Investigators have located a boat that may have struck and killed the 15-year-old granddaughter of a US diplomat near Key Biscayne, Florida, on Saturday, authorities said.
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Police pursuit through 2 states ends with death of woman in Pennsylvania
Police say a pursuit that moved through Delaware and into Pennsylvania included two shootouts and ended in the death of a 23-year-old woman who was being sought on an outstanding warrant.
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Author of a Children's Book About Grief Said Husband Would Be 'Better Off Dead' Before Killing Him: Prosecutors
Kouri Richins had fallen more than $3 million in debt by the time of her husband's death
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Toddler found in the road at 5 a.m., and child’s mother is arrested, SC police say
The 24-year-old parent was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, police said.
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2 suspects sought in connection with archeological theft at national park: NPS
The National Park Service is seeking to identify two suspects wanted in connection with an archeological theft at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The incident occurred on March 23 at Cave Spring Cowboy Camp in the Needles district of the park, NPS said this week while releasing stills of the suspects from a trail camera video. "In a video recorded at the archeological site, the individuals entered a signed-as-closed area, removed artifacts from a cabinet, and handled historic harnesses in a manner that had potential to damage them," NPS said in a release Wednesday.
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Drones smuggled drugs across Niagara River from Canada, 3 suspects caught in NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A smuggling operation used drones to fly drugs across the Niagara River from Canada into upstate New York, using a newly purchased $630,000 house along the river as a drop point, according to a criminal complaint unsealed this week. One person has pleaded guilty and two others face charges after an investigation that started in September 2022. U.S. Border Patrol agents tracked a drone through an overnight excursion from an upscale neighborhood on the U.S. side of the border