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A new scientific method for bail reform

A new scientific method for bail reform

Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cities and towns around the country are turning to a new scientifically based algorithm that will work to help judges make decisions during pretrial processes in an attempt to create fairer judicial procedures that are less focused on a cash-based bail system. The algorithm, […]

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High-powered rifles, shotguns, handguns found in man’s home; police say possible mass shooting was prevented

High-powered rifles, shotguns, handguns found in man’s home; police say possible mass shooting was prevented

Los Angeles Police Dept. (LOS ANGELES) — A cache of high-powered rifles, shotguns and handguns have been recovered at a man’s Los Angeles apartment and authorities say a mass shooting may have been thwarted. On Tuesday morning, officers in Hollywood responded to a call from building security of a man […]

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Twelve monkeys missing from Louisiana zoo as search for thief continues

Twelve monkeys missing from Louisiana zoo as search for thief continues

File photo – filo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twelve squirrel monkeys that were stolen from Zoosiana, a Louisiana zoo, shortly before midnight Saturday remain missing five days later. The thief targeted facilities of smaller primates and “compromised” the squirrel monkey exhibit, successfully stealing 12 from the enclosure, according to zoo officials. […]

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Up to 20 hours more Tyre Nichols footage yet to be released: DA

Up to 20 hours more Tyre Nichols footage yet to be released: DA

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — There is up to 20 hours of additional video footage in the Tyre Nichols case that has yet to be released, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy’s office confirmed to ABC News on Thursday. It is not yet clear what that footage may show. […]

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Utah House Passes Moratorium On Personalized License Plates For 2nd Straight Year

Utah House Passes Moratorium On Personalized License Plates For 2nd Straight Year

(Salt Lake City, UT) — It looks like Utah will be temporarily pausing its personalized license plate program once again. The Utah House of Representatives passed a bill that will now head to the Utah Senate for final approval. It calls for a two-year moratorium on “vanity plates,” with Representative […]

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Utah Lawmaker Wants State To Stop Enforcing Rules On Kids’ Lemonade Stands

Utah Lawmaker Wants State To Stop Enforcing Rules On Kids’ Lemonade Stands

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah lawmaker wants the state to stop making kid entrepreneurs follow the same rules as adult business operators. State Senator Jake Anderegg has introduced a measure in the legislature that would exempt kids who operate lemonade stands from regulations that apply to vendors at […]

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Dangerous and possibly record-breaking freeze heading to Northeast: What to expect

Dangerous and possibly record-breaking freeze heading to Northeast: What to expect

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Bitter cold is moving into the northern Great Lakes and upper Midwest before a dangerous and possibly record-shattering freeze invades the Northeast. By Thursday evening, the wind chill — what temperature it feels like — is expected to reach the minus 20s in Minneapolis. On […]

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Virginia principal was not informed 6-year-old had a gun before shooting, lawyer says

Virginia principal was not informed 6-year-old had a gun before shooting, lawyer says

Jay Paul/Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The former principal of Richneck Elementary School, where a 6-year-old intentionally shot a teacher last month in Newport News, Virginia, was not informed that the student had a gun at school, according to her lawyer, despite allegations that administrators were warned the day […]

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Man arrested for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktail at New Jersey synagogue

Man arrested for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktail at New Jersey synagogue

Bloomfield Division of Public Safety (BLOOMFIELD, N.J.) — A 26-year-old man is facing federal charges for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue. Nicholas Malindretos, of Clifton, New Jersey, is accused of trying to firebomb the doors of Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield this weekend. According to […]

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Discrepancy between police accounts, evidence in Tyre Nichols case revealed

Discrepancy between police accounts, evidence in Tyre Nichols case revealed

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The police traffic stop that led to Tyre Nichols’ death was detailed in an incident report obtained by ABC News, as well as a Memphis Police statement, but the written statements provide a different account from what the body camera footage of the disturbing […]

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