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Month: March 2024

Oregon’s drug decriminalization law rolled back as homelessness, overdoses on the rise

Oregon’s drug decriminalization law rolled back as homelessness, overdoses on the rise

ABC News (Portland, Ore.) — Three years ago, Oregon decriminalized small amounts of illicit drugs, from fentanyl to methamphetamine to crack. But some state leaders, local residents and others are having second thoughts about the law, which was passed following a 2020 voter-approved ballot initiative. Now cities like Portland have […]

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How the crime of counterfeiting is making a comeback

How the crime of counterfeiting is making a comeback

Getty Images – STOCK (MINNEAPOLIS) — The U.S. dollar is perhaps the most recognized in the world, accepted nearly everywhere and viewed as one of the most reliable, stable currencies of any nation. Which is why, at a time when consumers swipe or tap a card to pay for most […]

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After dayslong manhunt, man arrested in fatal shooting of mom, 11-year-old in parked car in Massachusetts

After dayslong manhunt, man arrested in fatal shooting of mom, 11-year-old in parked car in Massachusetts

WCVB (WORCESTER, Mass.) — After a dayslong manhunt, a suspect has been taken into custody in the fatal shooting of a mother and her 11-year-old daughter in Massachusetts, authorities said. Chasity Nunez and her daughter, Zella Nunez, were found shot to death in a parked car in Worcester on the […]

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University of Missouri student missing in Nashville, family desperate for information

University of Missouri student missing in Nashville, family desperate for information

WKRN (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The family of a University of Missouri student is desperate for information after the 22-year-old went missing while visiting Nashville, according to authorities. Riley Strain was last seen by friends at 9:52 p.m. Friday after drinking downtown at a bar on Gay Street in the city’s […]

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Trump and co-defendants should post bond for full $464 million judgment, NY attorney general says

Trump and co-defendants should post bond for full $464 million judgment, NY attorney general says

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James argued that Donald Trump and his co-defendants should be required to post a bond to cover the $464 million judgment in their civil fraud case in a court filing Monday. The attorney general’s office argued that the […]

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Three children, two adults dead after school bus and semitruck collide in Illinois: Police

Three children, two adults dead after school bus and semitruck collide in Illinois: Police

PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three children and two adults died after a school bus collided with a semitruck on U.S. Route 24 in Illinois on Monday, authorities said. The fatal collision between the school bus and the semitruck carrying sand happened on the highway at 11:30 a.m., local […]

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Deadly Wisconsin intersection crash victims identified, new details emerge

Deadly Wisconsin intersection crash victims identified, new details emerge

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Investigators revealed the details Monday of the deadly crash on a Wisconsin highway last week and identified the nine people who were killed. Eight of the victims who were killed were passengers in a van that allegedly collided with a semi-tractor truck, whose driver […]

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Body of missing 54-year-old woman found in cemetery on the side of highway in Mexico

Body of missing 54-year-old woman found in cemetery on the side of highway in Mexico

Facebook / Renton Police Department (NEW YORK) — The body of a 54-year-old woman missing since February has been found in a cemetery on the side of a highway in Mexico, police say. Reyna Henandez of Renton, Washington — a suburb of Seattle approximately 12 miles south of downtown — […]

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Crocodile bites man swimming to shore after boat capsizes in Florida Everglades

Crocodile bites man swimming to shore after boat capsizes in Florida Everglades

Lea McQuillan / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 68-year-old man was bitten by a crocodile after his boat capsized in the Florida Everglades and he tried to swim to shore while his boat was sinking. The incident occurred on Sunday at approximately 4:43 p.m. when National Park Service rangers […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 3/11

Prep Sports Roundup: 3/11

Baseball Non-Region SALINA, Utah-Britton Keisel drove in four runs and the Manti Templars routed North Sevier 18-5 Monday in non-region baseball play. Kayson Bailey added three more RBI for the Templars and Lane Cox, Reggie Frischknecht and Braxton Henningson drove in an additional two runs apiece for Manti in victory. […]

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