EVANSVILLE, Ind. – An Indiana couple faces charges after investigators say they found cellphone videos showing the woman’s 12-month-old daughter putting a handgun in her mouth. Evansville police discovered the videos after a 19-year-old man was arrested for trying to sell a handgun to an undercover officer. Police say the …
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DES MOINES, Iowa – When they were built, parking garages were supposed to help save downtowns from being eclipsed by suburban developments. But decades after cities tore down buildings and replaced them with parking structures, communities across the country are demolishing the garages. In their place, they’re putting up buildings …
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NEW ORLEANS – Viking River Cruises, a major European river cruise company, is coming to New Orleans and the Mississippi River. Gov. Bobby Jindal and Viking officials announced Tuesday that New Orleans will be the first North American home port for the cruise line. Jindal says the move means hundreds …
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DALLAS – A Texas agency is scrambling to relocate more than 100 sex offenders after two companies backed out of a contract to provide post-prison housing. However, officials say they’re no closer to finding a solution despite inquiring about shuttered jails, holding facilities and numerous other options. The Office of …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Diving for abalone can be a dangerous sport, but that doesn’t deter the thousands of people who trek to the northern California coastlines each season to take a stab at getting some of the prized mollusks. With prices on the open market often reaching $125 a pound, …
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UFC star Sean Strickland took former MMA fighter Paige VanZant to task on social media after she revealed she makes more money from her OnlyFans account than she did fighting. Strickland, the UFC middleweight champion, who is on a three-fight winning streak, wrote three reasons why VanZant was rolling in …
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The U.S. Transportation Department is awarding $110 million to fund 19 projects in 17 states to help reduce car collisions with wildlife and help animals safely cross roadways. There are more than 1 million wildlife vehicle collisions in the United States with large animals like deer that cost more than …
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Amanda Knox, who was wrongfully convicted of killing her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007, says the man who did kill Kercher has been “able to cause harm to more young women” since he was released after serving a 13-year sentence. Rudy Guede, 36, was convicted of 21-year-old Kercher’s …
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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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