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Boy, 13, charged in 'wrestling' death of girl, 5
A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV. "The 13-year-old reported he started to wrestle with the victim and practiced 'WWE' style ...
FBI: Airline passenger said there was a bomb
A preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday for a Colorado man accused of telling a flight attendant there was a bomb in his backpack on a flight from Knoxville, Tenn., to Denver. Federal prosecutors say Mark Michael Bote, of Thornton, was arrested Friday after the Frontier Airlines flight landed. He made ...
FBI digging at former home of famed NY mobster
FBI agents with jackhammers and shovels were digging Tuesday under a New York City house once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the movie "Goodfellas." James Burke, the late Lucchese crime family associate, is said to have buried victims in familiar places — including ...
Georgia News Digest
The state at 6:15 p.m. NEW & DEVELOPING: DEKALB CEO INDICTED FALCONS STADIUM GWINNETT TB EXPOSURE — LANIER-BOAT FIRE — FORMER OFFICER SENTENCED — COLUMBUS JAIL ESCAPE TOP STORIES: DEKALB CEO INDICTED ATLANTA — A grand jury indictment on Tuesday accuses DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis of threatening to withhold ...
Zimmerman trial attorneys pick 40 potential jurors
Forty potential jurors in George Zimmerman's murder trial were asked Tuesday to return for further questioning, clearing the first round of interviews for a case that involves issues of race, equal justice and gun control. Prosecutors and defense attorneys whittled down the pool from hundreds of prospects on the seventh ...
3 more plead guilty in probe of Pilot Flying J
Three more employees of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns' owner and Tennessee's governor pleaded guilty Tuesday in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates. Regional sales manager Kevin Clark pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court in Knoxville. Local media ...
NJ man admits showing child sex abuse online
A 68-year-old southern New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to charges he sexually abused a 15-month-old boy and streamed footage of the assault online. Rodford Brindley of Toms River pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual exploitation of a child. He faces up to 30 years in prison when he's sentenced Sept. ...
Republicans negotiate changes to Wisconsin budget
Republicans negotiated a series of last-minute changes to the state budget on Tuesday, including removing a cap on a popular tax credit program for disabled veterans and delaying the loosening of requirements for high-capacity wells opposed by environmentalists. The changes, discussed among Republican legislative leaders, were announced throughout the day ...
Catholic religious order opens abuse files
A Roman Catholic religious order released an unusually candid report Tuesday outlining how its leaders failed for decades to stop sex abuse in its schools and other ministries. The Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph, which spans 10 Midwestern states, asked experts in clergy sex abuse to provide a full ...
Minn. dad charged in death of baby left in minivan
A Minnesota man is charged with manslaughter in the death of his 5-month-old daughter, who was left for hours in a hot minivan last week, prosecutors said Tuesday. The Clay County Attorney's office charged Andrew Sandstrom, 24, with one count of second-degree manslaughter. Sandstrom will be summoned to appear in ...
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