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Flint residents urged to filter water as bottled water donations end amid ongoing water crisis

Flint residents urged to filter water as bottled water donations end amid ongoing water crisis

Tim Graham/Getty Images (FLINT, Mich.) — While weekly bottled water donations have ended for citizens of Flint, Michigan, according to city officials, the water crisis there is ongoing. Health officials are urging residents to continue to use faucet filters certified to remove lead until the residential lead service line replacement […]

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Man, 21, with special needs shot three times, including in head, while waiting at bus stop in Chicago

Man, 21, with special needs shot three times, including in head, while waiting at bus stop in Chicago

ABC 7 (CHICAGO) — A 21-year-old man with special needs was shot three times, including once in the head, while he waited for the bus to go to school in Chicago, according to police. He’s in a hospital in critical condition, Chicago Police Commander Don Jerome said at a news conference. […]

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‘Extreme’ drought completely eliminated in California; Colorado River Basin lags behind

‘Extreme’ drought completely eliminated in California; Colorado River Basin lags behind

ABC News (NEW YORK) — “Extreme” drought has been completely eliminated in California for the first time in nearly three years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. While the drastic change for California has happened over the last few weeks, the most recent batch of rain has completely eliminated the […]

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Illinois paramedics charged with first-degree murder to appear in court

Illinois paramedics charged with first-degree murder to appear in court

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Two Illinois paramedics accused of killing a patient are expected to appear in court on Thursday. Peter J. Cadigan, 50, and Peggy Jill Finley, 45, are facing first-degree murder charges following the death of a man in their care last month. They are being […]

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Missing Pennsylvania mom found dead, DA says

Missing Pennsylvania mom found dead, DA says

Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (PHILADELPHIA) — Missing mom Jennifer Brown has been found dead in Royersford, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele announced. Investigators responded to an industrial complex on Wednesday, Philadelphia ABC affiliate WPVI-TV reported. It was unclear what led authorities to the site where they found […]

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Protester killed after shooting cop near where controversial police training center set to be built: Police

Protester killed after shooting cop near where controversial police training center set to be built: Police

avid_creative/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — An officer is in the hospital and the man who shot him has been killed following a confrontation Wednesday in a wooded area near where a police training center is set to be built, police said. The incident occurred at approximately 9 a.m. in a wooded […]

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Boston man arrested after hiring hitmen to murder wife, her boyfriend, police say

Boston man arrested after hiring hitmen to murder wife, her boyfriend, police say

amphotora/Getty Images (BOSTON) — Mohammed Chowdhury’s alleged plan to hire contract killers to murder his wife and her boyfriend was finally coming into place on Tuesday, according to federal prosecutors. Authorities said that Chowdhury, 46, had shared their work and home locations, photos and work schedules with contract killers, along […]

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British actor Julian Sands, Hawthorne man reported missing in mountains near Los Angeles

British actor Julian Sands, Hawthorne man reported missing in mountains near Los Angeles

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (NEW YORK) — British actor Julian Sands is one of two hikers missing in the mountains of southern California amid recent winter storms, officials from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. Sands was reported missing by family Friday in the Mount Baldy Bowl area […]

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Arkansas detainee died of starvation and neglect, lawsuit claims

Arkansas detainee died of starvation and neglect, lawsuit claims

Courtesy Rodney Price (NEW YORK) — The Sebastian County jail in Arkansas is facing a lawsuit that accuses officials of letting a detainee die of starvation and neglect while in their care. According to the complaint, Larry Price Jr., 51, was found by guards lying in a pool of his […]

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Shooting death of Sinzae Reed, Ohio teen killed by man claiming self-defense, now ruled a homicide

Shooting death of Sinzae Reed, Ohio teen killed by man claiming self-defense, now ruled a homicide

Megan Reed (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The fatal shooting of a Black teenager by a white man in Columbus, Ohio, who claimed self-defense was officially ruled a homicide in an autopsy report. According to a police complaint in October, a witness to the shooting saw Krieg Butler, 36, shoot and kill […]

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