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Suspect Accused of Terrorizing Philadelphia in a Doll Mask Is Captured in Las Vegas
U.S. Marshals arrested Zymire Hughes in Nevada after Philadelphia police accused him of menacing people while wearing a doll-style Halloween mask.
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Capitol Police Arrest Man After Finding a Guillotine in His Pickup Near the Supreme Court
Officers say a California man drove across the country with a guillotine in his pickup and parked beside the U.S. Capitol complex.
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NYPD Says People Emerging From Sewers Near Penn Station Were Hunting for Valuables
Police say the people filmed climbing from New York sewers with headlamps and overalls appear to be scavengers—not a threat to city infrastructure.
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Eight-Months-Pregnant Florida Woman Accused of DUI With Two Children in Her SUV
Boca Raton police say a pregnant driver ran red lights, hit a curb, swerved across I-95 and stopped in a travel lane with two children in the vehicle.
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Georgia Police Searched for a Man Over $30 He Found at Walmart. The Internet Had Questions.
Albany police posted a surveillance image seeking a shopper who pocketed $30 after seeing another customer drop it. He returned the cash and will not be charged.
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Someone Stole an $800 Wheelchair From a Disabled Hospice Dog in Florida
St. Cloud police are looking for whoever took a custom wheelchair from the porch of a rescue caring for Baby, a senior hospice dog who cannot walk without it.
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California’s Dragonfly Swarms Are Real, Huge and Apparently Working Pest Control
Large groups of dragonflies are appearing from Oakland to Fresno County, and experts say warm spring rains likely built the perfect launchpad.
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Target Pulls a Children’s Clown Costume After Critics Compare It to Minstrel Imagery
The retailer apologized, removed the costume and said it is investigating how the product made it into its seasonal assortment.
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Texas Mother Charged After Three Children Found Without Water, Beds or Safe Living Space
A Nacogdoches welfare check allegedly uncovered three children living among trash, feces, rotting food and insects without running water or beds.
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Ohio Case Involving 16 'Almost Feral' Children Expands With New Felony Indictments
The investigation that exposed 16 children living in horrific conditions in rural Ohio has widened, with parents now facing additional felony allegations.
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Murder Charge Filed After One-Year-Old Dies in Alleged Extreme Neglect in Scottsville
A Scottsville man now faces a murder charge after a one-year-old was found dead in what police described as dangerous and hazardous living conditions.
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Five People and Several Animals Found Dead at Rural Oregon Property
A vehicle-fire call led responders to five homicide victims and several dead animals outside Forest Grove, Oregon; the identified suspect was later found dead in Washington.