ORLANDO, Fla. – Authorities say a man has made Walt Disney World his happiest place on Earth for dining and dashing. Fifty-one-year-old Jerry Moody was arrested Tuesday after the manager of a lounge at Disney’s Contemporary Resort says he racked up a $92 bar tab and tried to leave without …
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NEW YORK – Two chimpanzees will not be freed from a New York state university where they’re used in locomotion studies after a court decision Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that had sought to afford them legal personhood rights. While the Nonhuman Rights Project had standing to bring the lawsuit on …
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NEW ORLEANS – A man driving wildly down his New Orleans street, hitting other cars and homes after having an argument with his wife, was shot to death Saturday by a police officer, a police spokesman said. Tyler Gamble said the man was shot after getting out of his car …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Winning another national championship has made Urban Meyer a butter man. The Ohio State University football coach and Buckeyes mascot Brutus are being honored with butter sculptures at this year’s Ohio State Fair, which opens Wednesday in Columbus. The life-size sculptures are joining the traditional butter cow …
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WEST ALLIS, Wis. – High-wire daredevil Nik Wallenda has completed his longest tightrope walk ever during an appearance at the Wisconsin State Fair. TV station WTMJ reports Wallenda on Tuesday evening crossed the 1,576-foot wire that was strung more than 10 stories above the Milwaukee Mile Speedway on the fairgrounds. …
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LOS ANGELES – An electric equipment explosion shook a 19-story office building in downtown Los Angeles, sending two people to the hospital and leaving a dozen surrounding buildings without power Friday. The blast Thursday night in the downtown business district home to offices, bars and restaurants also caused a momentary …
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A professor who was criticized for writing an article calling some legal scholars treasonous and “lawful targets” in the war on terror has resigned a month after he was hired to teach a law course at the U.S. Military Academy. An academy spokesman said William C. Bradford resigned on Sunday. …
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Black bears are on the move in Grand Teton National Park and the reason is berry simple. Park officials have closed most of a 7-mile-long gravel road accessing the south end of the park for two days now. The reason: Eight black bears are feeding on hawthorn …
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CINCINNATI – Stomach-turning footage of the viral brawl that broke out in downtown Cincinnati in late July has ignited public outrage as community leaders and members demand answers about the event that left six civilians injured. The brutal beatdown gained traction online as the video of several victims being thrown …
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The Justice Department released hours of interviews between a top federal prosecutor and Ghislaine Maxwell, the only person convicted of or held civilly liable for a role in Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sat down with Maxwell in a federal prison in Tallahassee, where she was being …
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