BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Authorities say a teenager was killed when a stone slab weighing about 650 pounds fell on him outside a southern New Jersey business that makes countertops. Ocean County prosecutors say the 17-year-old was found at about 6:40 a.m. Saturday at Stone N’ Counters South LLC in …
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FLINT, Mich. – Relatives of a former U.S. Marine held in an Iranian prison since 2011 say they’re traveling to Vienna to press for his release as diplomats meet to discuss limits on Tehran’s nuclear program. In a statement released Thursday, Amir Hekmati’s family says his father’s health is deteriorating. …
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TOLEDO, Ohio – Ownership of secret recipes and ingredients from an Ohio restaurant made famous on the TV series “M-A-S-H” is at the center of a legal dispute between a grandson of the original owner and the current ownership group. The (Toledo) Blade reports (http://bit.ly/1JlijZi ) that Tony Packo’s Toledo …
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PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Police say a fight over gumbo spices ended with the fatal stabbing of a Florida restaurant worker and former Florida State mascot. Panama City police say 33-year-old Caleb Joshua Halley was working at Buddy’s Seafood Market last Tuesday when he and a co-worker, 26-year-old Orlando Thompson, …
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BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine – Police have found three bodies inside two houses in the coastal Maine town of Boothbay Harbor, and authorities believe they are from the same family. A spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety says two bodies were found Saturday inside a home on Lakeside Drive …
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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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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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Arrests under President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., have blown past 1,000 as the nation’s capital marked its 12th consecutive day without a homicide, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Monday. Pirro said that on Sunday alone there were 86 arrests and 10 illegal guns seized, bringing the …
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