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Year: 2023

Veteran deputy and dad of four killed by inmate during escape attempt

Veteran deputy and dad of four killed by inmate during escape attempt

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. (INDIANAPOLIS) — An Indiana sheriff’s office is mourning the loss of a veteran deputy who was attacked and killed by an inmate during an escape attempt, authorities said. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm, 61, was transporting an inmate back to jail after a medical appointment […]

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Biden declares emergency in flood-hit Vermont as Northeast braces for more rain

Biden declares emergency in flood-hit Vermont as Northeast braces for more rain

Scott Eisen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Vermont, where torrential rainfall has triggered life-threatening flash floods. The president’s action frees up federal resources to supplement the state and local response efforts as well as authorizing the Federal Emergency Management […]

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Law enforcement line-of-duty deaths decrease by 66% in 2023

Law enforcement line-of-duty deaths decrease by 66% in 2023

amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Law enforcement line-of-duty deaths decreased by 66% halfway through 2023, according to a report released by the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund on Tuesday. Every year the NLEMF releases two reports — one counting the midyear line of duty death statistics and one recapping the […]

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Evan Gershkovich’s parents say Biden promised ‘to do whatever it takes’ to bring their son home

Evan Gershkovich’s parents say Biden promised ‘to do whatever it takes’ to bring their son home

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Journalist Evan Gershkovich has spent more than three months in Russian detention, but his parents say they remain confident the U.S. government will do all it can to bring their son home. “President [Joe] Biden spoke to us and gave us a promise to do […]

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Two boys dead after being swept away by waters from an open dam

Two boys dead after being swept away by waters from an open dam

Twitter / @OKCFC (OKLAHOMA CITY) — Two boys have died after they were swept away by waters from an open dam in Oklahoma City, officials say. The incident occurred late in the afternoon on Monday when officials from the Oklahoma City Fire Department were needed for a water rescue emergency […]

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Husband arrested for alleged hit-and-run murder of his own wife

Husband arrested for alleged hit-and-run murder of his own wife

Facebook / Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — The husband of a woman who was found dead by the side of a road last month has been arrested for the alleged hit-and-run murder of his wife, police say. The body of Angela Marie McClelland, a 49-year-old woman from […]

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Escaped suspect in Michigan murder taken back into custody in Montana

Escaped suspect in Michigan murder taken back into custody in Montana

Plains, Montana, Police Dept. (NEW YORK) — A suspect in a cold-case murder who escaped while being taken to Michigan to face charges has been found following a massive manhunt in Montana, authorities said. Fugitive Chadwick Shane Mobley, 42, was arrested and taken back into custody on Monday night after […]

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Maine father drowns while trying to save daughters caught in current, state officials say

Maine father drowns while trying to save daughters caught in current, state officials say

danilovi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Maine father drowned while attempting to rescue his two daughters who were struggling in a deep water current, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. Henry Brooks was with his family at Seven Tree Pond in Union, Maine, Saturday afternoon, watching […]

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One Hospitalized After Road Rage Incident at Gooseberry

One Hospitalized After Road Rage Incident at Gooseberry

Around 12:30 a.m. on July 9, Sevier County deputies were dispatched to a report of a subject who was struck by a car at the Gooseberry Admin site. It was reported that the car had fled the scene. While deputies were responding to the scene a description of the car […]

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Facing ’emergency,’ DC prepares to pass new crime bill

Facing ’emergency,’ DC prepares to pass new crime bill

Kali9/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Politicians in the nation’s capital are expected on Tuesday to pass what is being called an emergency public safety bill to address rising crime rates in the city. As of Monday, homicide in Washington was up 17% year-to-date compared to 2022, while reported robberies were up […]

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