FBI takes over DNA testing in Nancy Guthrie disappearance as Pima County investigation drags on
Pima County authorities have handed DNA samples recovered from Nancy Guthrie's Tucson home to the FBI for advanced testing, a move that marks the most significant forensic development in the 84-year-old woman's disappearance since she vanished on February 1. The transfer puts the federal government'...
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Hegseth ends mandatory flu vaccine for U.S. troops, citing medical autonomy
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will no longer require all service members to receive the annual flu vaccine, a move he framed as restoring personal choice and religious liberty to the men and women in uniform. The directive takes effect immediately. Under the...
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U.S. Marines board and seize Iranian cargo ship in first clash of naval blockade
U.S. Marines rappelled from a helicopter onto an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman on April 19 after the vessel refused to comply with six hours of warnings and a Navy destroyer disabled its engine, marking the first forcible interception since the American naval blockade of Iran began ...
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Missouri man convicted of killing girlfriend after claiming she was abducted
A Jasper County jury needed just one hour to convict Aaron Malone of first-degree murder in the death of his 24-year-old girlfriend, Aspen Lewis, after a three-day trial laid bare a trail of blood, surveillance footage, and a story that fell apart under questioning. Malone, 24, had told police he be...
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L.A. woman arrested at LAX for allegedly trafficking Iranian weapons to Sudan
Federal agents arrested a Woodland Hills, California, woman at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night as she prepared to board a flight to Turkey, and the charges filed against her read like a plot from a spy thriller. Shamim Mafi, 44, an Iranian national and lawful permanent U.S. resid...
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Supreme Court sides with D.C. officer, rebukes lower court's piecemeal approach to Fourth Amendment stops
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in favor of a Washington, D.C., police officer who arrested a minor during a 2 a.m. vehicle stop, rejecting a lower court's decision to throw out the evidence by picking apart the officer's reasons for suspicion one at a time instead of weighing them together. The ...
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California fire captain sentenced to life without parole for killing fiancée and her 7-year-old son
A California fire captain who shot his fiancée and her young son after a dispute over a firefighter movie will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Darin McFarlin, 47, was sentenced Monday to life without parole for the murders of Marissa Divodi-Lessa Herzog, 29, and her 7-year-old son Josiah, t...
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DC police lieutenant charged with soliciting sex from 15-year-old in undercover sting
A 23-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, once celebrated as the first openly gay leader of the DC Police Union, is sitting in a Maryland jail without bond after authorities say he drove to meet a teenage boy who turned out to be an undercover detective. Lt. Matthew Mahl, 47, faces ch...
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San Diego woman arrested after racist tirade and biting officer at recreation center
A San Diego police officer needed hospital treatment after a woman bit his hand during a confrontation at a local recreation center, an encounter that began, police said, with her hurling racist remarks at adults and children near a skate park. Officers from the San Diego Police Department responded...
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Jurors broke down in tears as courtroom recordings revealed Athena Strand's final hour
Jurors in a Tarrant County, Texas, courtroom sobbed openly on Thursday after hearing more than an hour of audio and watching video recordings that captured the abduction and killing of seven-year-old Athena Strand by former FedEx driver Tanner Horner. The recordings, played during the sentencing pha...
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