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An eclectic, off-grid Hawaii haven, 3 dead men and a suspect caught on surveillance video
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (1006+ words) Nearly 24 hours after Jacob Baker was arrested, residents were struggling to understand what happened and were eager for answers on why authorities zeroed in on the 36-year-old as their suspect in the killings of the men who were all nearing…...
ICE officer wanted in the shooting of a man during the Minneapolis crackdown is arrested in Texas
7+ hour, 41+ min ago (604+ words) Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Hennepin County, Minnesota prosecutors said…...
Mother struck 4-year-old with car in Meriden parking lot, police say
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (224+ words) MERIDEN " A 4-year-old suffered a traumatic head injury Thursday when the child's mother hit them with a vehicle in what is believed to have been an accident, police said." The incident took place in the parking lot of CVS on…...
Canadian man pleads guilty to selling lethal substances to people who killed themselves
6+ hour, 55+ min ago (783+ words) Kenneth Law, dressed in a dark blazer and white shirt, stood in the prisoner's box of a Newmarket, Ontario court to enter his guilty pleas. Under the terms of the agreement, Canadian prosecutors will withdraw 14 murder charges against him. Sentencing…...
Brazilian court orders restoration of Fordlandia, Henry Ford's Amazon ghost town
12+ hour, 11+ min ago (296+ words) Prosecutors said Friday that the decision marks a significant milestone in heritage protection. Fordlandia, now a ghost town and a district of the city of Aveiro, was built in 1927 in Par" by the Ford Motor Co. as a rubber-tapping metropolis…...
Atlanta police investigate whether their officer had sex with federal judge in the judge's chambers
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (392+ words) A federal judge in the 11th Judicial Circuit, which includes Alabama, Florida and Georgia, received a "private reprimand" after a court investigation found that the judge had "sexual intercourse in the judge's chambers during business hours within hearing distance of staff…...
Rescuers evacuate the first of 5 villagers found trapped in a cave in Laos; 2 still missing
11+ hour, 6+ min ago (706+ words) Lao and Thai rescue workers posted the news on social media, along with a video showing the first rescued villager with a lamp strapped to his forehead. The villager, who was not immediately identified, was walking unsteadily with the assistance…...
Former Southern California mayor pleads guilty to secretly acting as agent of Chinese government
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (16+ words) CT Insider...
Oakland police on track to exit federal oversight by September
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (992+ words) Over the 23 long and arduous years that the Oakland police have been under federal court oversight, many comparisons have been made to describe the city's progress and stumbles toward reform. On Wednesday afternoon, U. S. District Court Judge William Orrick, the federal…...
Federal judge says New Hampshire must make it easier to prove citizenship when registering to vote
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (536+ words) Elliot found that changes in 2024 to the state voter registration law unconstitutionally removed one method of proof -- namely, a voter's sworn affidavit attesting to citizenship. "The evidence shows that this is the only method of proof available to a significant…...