North Carolina teen's 2004 roadside death now investigated as homicide with police officer named person of interest
A 16-year-old boy found bleeding on a Garner, North Carolina, roadside more than two decades ago did not die in a random hit-and-run. That is the emerging conclusion of investigators who have reclassified the 2004 death of Josh Davis as a homicide, and identified a Four Oaks police officer as a pers...
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Fort Polk soldier charged with threatening synagogue massacre in recorded Discord audio
Federal prosecutors arrested a 22-year-old U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, after he allegedly described in graphic detail a plan to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue, right down to the weapon, the drum magazine, and the body armor he said he would wear. Jakob Marcoulier w...
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Navy's unmanned MQ-25A Stingray completes maiden test flight in milestone for carrier aviation
The U.S. Navy's MQ-25A Stingray, the service's first operational unmanned carrier-based aircraft, flew for about two hours Saturday after launching from Boeing's facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. The successful maiden flight marks a turning point for a program that has been in d...
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Human remains found in Tampa waterway as search continues for missing USF doctoral student
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday that human remains were recovered from waterways near Tampa during the ongoing search for Nahida Bristy, a 27-year-old University of South Florida doctoral student who vanished alongside her boyfriend on April 16. The grim discovery came two ...
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Chicago shooting suspect allegedly hid handgun under hospital blanket before killing officer
A 26-year-old robbery suspect in police custody allegedly pulled a handgun from beneath a hospital blanket and opened fire on two Chicago officers Saturday, killing one and critically wounding another, then fled through a window before being captured nearby in a hospital gown. A federal complaint fi...
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Lead detective in Nancy Guthrie disappearance was fired for striking a handcuffed suspect
The man running the detective bureau overseeing the search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie, was once fired from the same sheriff's department for admitting he hit a handcuffed, shackled, and wounded arrestee. He got his job back through the courts, ch...
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FDNY firefighters blast NYC bike-lane plan for Astoria street, warn lives are at risk
About twenty FDNY members packed a community board meeting Tuesday night in Queens to oppose a protected-bike-lane plan for 31st Street in Astoria, and the board approved the project anyway, the New York Post reported. The firefighters told board members the Department of Transportation's redesign w...
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Army rolls out Combat Field Test to sharpen battlefield readiness for frontline troops
The U.S. Army is launching a new, age- and gender-neutral fitness assessment designed specifically for soldiers in combat specialties, a move that signals a concrete shift toward the kind of warfighting focus that defense leaders have promised for months. The Combat Field Test, announced in an Army ...
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Suffolk County sheriff's deputy arrested on charges of raping and trafficking 15-year-old boy
A 41-year-old Suffolk County Sheriff's Department deputy faces a staggering list of charges, including rape, child sex trafficking, and creating child pornography, after police in three Massachusetts towns arrested him Friday night following an extensive investigation into the sexual abuse of a 15-y...
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Police say two gunmen fired into crowd of thousands near Indiana University, injuring nine
Two men pulled handguns and fired into a crowd of thousands gathered on a popular strip near the Indiana University campus in Bloomington early Sunday morning, injuring nine people, including five young women struck by bullets or fragments, police said. No arrests have been announced. The motive rem...
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