New forensic technique identifies 9/11 victim nearly 25 years after World Trade Center attack
New York City officials have identified a woman killed in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks using a forensic DNA method never before applied to World Trade Center remains, a breakthrough that still leaves roughly 1,100 victims unidentified as the 25th anniversary approaches. Mayor Zohran Mamdan...
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Haitian gangs slaughter at least 47 in church used as shelter for displaced families
Armed gang members stormed a church sheltering displaced families in the hills above Port-au-Prince on Sunday night, killing at least 47 people in what the local mayor called a "night of terror." Gunmen from the 5 Segonn, "5 Seconds", gang opened fire inside the church in Kenscoff, a hillside commun...
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Suspected killer of Tucson police recruit captured after week-long manhunt and three-hour standoff
Authorities captured the second suspect in the home invasion killing of a 23-year-old Tucson police recruit who was just days from graduating the academy, ending a tense, days-long search that concluded with a SWAT standoff. Alex James Barnett, 33, was hiding inside an apartment complex near East Br...
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Eight killed in Alaska charter plane crash, including Air Force officer and Army Corps civilians
A chartered Cessna 441 crashed near a remote military radar site in western Alaska on August 20, killing all eight people on board, including a 23-year-old Air Force second lieutenant and two Army Corps of Engineers civilians on a routine inspection mission. The aircraft went down at Cape Newenham L...
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Suspect in Oregon quintuple homicide found dead after five bodies discovered on rural property near Portland
Five people and several domestic animals were found dead on a remote property outside Forest Grove, Oregon, in what authorities are calling a quintuple homicide, and the sole suspect has since been found dead of apparent suicide across the state line in Washington. Firefighters responding to a vehic...
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100-person brawl at California MMA event leaves three officers injured, 15 under arrest
A crowd fight involving roughly 100 people erupted at an amateur MMA card in Visalia, California, on Saturday night, forcing four law enforcement agencies to respond and sending three officers to the hospital. Visalia police officers already assigned to the 559 Fights event at the Visalia Convention...
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Houston police officers commandeer Uber driver's car during foot chase of armed suspect
Two Houston police officers jumped into an Uber driver's car after midnight and ordered him to help chase a fleeing suspect, a scene the driver called something "only happened in action movies." Anthony Baines was driving for Uber at roughly 12:20 a.m. on August 8 in Houston's Heights neighborhood w...
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U.S. Marines cancel major joint amphibious drill with South Korea, citing Iran war strain
The U.S. Marine Corps has canceled a massive joint amphibious exercise with South Korea scheduled for September, blaming resource constraints from the war in Iran, the second allied drill scaled back in a matter of weeks. Seoul's military announced Monday that the Ssangyong exercise, a biennial amph...
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Fort Bragg soldier sentenced to life for beating 2-year-old daughter to death, then commissioning fake "afterlife" photos
A North Carolina jury convicted Jeanie Kassandra Ditty of first-degree murder in the death of her toddler daughter Macy Grace, and the case took a disturbing turn when it emerged Ditty had commissioned staged photos depicting herself alongside the child she killed. Ditty, 33, received a life sentenc...
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DNA search reveals man's biological father was Charles Manson — and his daughter turned it into a documentary
A routine DNA submission to a genealogy site led a California man to a shattering discovery about his own parentage, and his filmmaker daughter is now telling the story on Hulu, even as it has fractured their relationship. Daniel Arguelles had long suspected the man who raised him was not his biolog...
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