The owners of a hotel in Tennessee were arrested Tuesday after authorities say the pair hid fugitives in the building. Dakshaben Patel and Harshil Patel, who own the Super 8 and Mountain Inn in Monteagle, allegedly lied to police about the whereabouts of wanted individuals during an investigation on July …
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A hiker in Washington State was found alive on Saturday after tumbling more than 1,200 feet down a ravine on Mt. Ellinor in the Olympic National Forest, officials said. The 30-year-old man was near the top of the mountain with his hiking partner when he fell down the ravine, Naval …
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A truck driver is counting his blessings after Palm Beach County, Florida,emergency crews rescued him from the 18-wheeler he was trapped in, which was dangling off the side of a bridge. Palm Beach County Fire and Rescue posted a picture to X on Dec. 23 of a tractor trailer truck …
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The family of a 16-year-old who was killed by Des Moines police in December 2022 has filed a lawsuit arguing that the teen never pointed a gun at officers and police should have had better training in de-escalation before the confrontation. The shooting of Trevontay Jenkins was linked to the …
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More than a month after an arson fire at a storage yard damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, the state has hired security guards to watch out for smoke and other trouble at three additional sites beneath Interstate 10 that were leased to the same bankrupt businessman. Associated Press journalists …
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A renowned astrophysicist is calling foul on reports of alien sightings in Earth’s atmosphere, arguing that biological creatures would be unable to survive a journey to our planet. “It would take about a billion years to cross from one side of the Milky Way galaxy to the other,” Avi Loeb, …
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday will reveal his plan to cover a staggering budget deficit as the nation’s most populous state weathers a revenue downturn that could have major consequences for 5.8 million public school children. Just two years ago, California had a budget surplus of more than $100 …
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Investigators in West Virginia now believe a dog that was euthanized after its front legs were severed may have been hit by a train. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office previously said the injuries were caused by a cutting instrument and were not the result of an accident. …
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RICHMOND, Va. – The Civil War Trust has surpassed its $40 million goal in a campaign to protect 64 battlefields in 16 states, raising $52 million over four years. The national nonprofit group announced Saturday at its annual conference that its effort to save battlefields during the war’s just-concluded 150th …
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Imagine if a fire broke out causing an explosion at the San Onofre Nuclear Power plant in San Clemente, California, just like the one that crippled the Fukushima Dai-ichi Plant in Japan last month. That’s the mock scenario playing out at the Joint Information Center in Irvine, California. Just like …
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